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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. channel-wheel of reality. ''See'' chakra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. continuum. The texts of Vajrayana Buddhism expounding the natural purity of the mind. ''See also'' agama.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. continuum. The texts of Vajrayana Bud … lit. continuum. The texts of Vajrayana Buddhism expounding the natural purity of the mind. The Nyingma school classifies the tantras into outer tantras (Kriya, Upa, and Yoga) and inner tantras (Mahayoga, Anuyoga, and Atiyoga). The Sarma, or New Translation, tradition uses another method, dividing the tantras into four classes: Kriya, Upa, Yogatantra, and Anuttaratantra.riya, Upa, Yogatantra, and Anuttaratantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (lit. cutting, to cut. The name of a yogic practice based on the teaching of the Prajnaparamita, brought to Tibet by the Indian master Phadampa Sangye and propagated by the yogini Machig Lapdron. The goal of cho is the destruction of ego-clinging.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. cutting. A meditative and ritual prac … lit. cutting. A meditative and ritual practice, based on the prajnaparamita, involving a visualization in which the physical body is offered as food to evil or dangerous spirits, the purpose being to destroy or "cut" the four demons within. Chö was introduced to Tibet by the Indian master Padampa Sangye and his Tibetan disciple the yogini Machig Labdrön.ibetan disciple the yogini Machig Labdrön.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. eight gatherings. A way of classifyin … lit. eight gatherings. A way of classifying the functions of the mind according to the Chittamatra school, also used in the Vajrayana. The eight types of consciousness are the five sense consciousnesses followed by the mental consciousness, the defiled emotional consciousness of conceiving "I," and the consciousness of the alaya, the fundamental level of the mind. alaya, the fundamental level of the mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. enlarged vision or profound insight. Vipashyana is essentially the primordial wisdom that overcomes the ignorant belief in the existence of the self and realizes ultimate reality.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (lit. expanse of the Dharma; ultimate reality, synonym of voidness or openness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. heap or aggregate. The five skandhas … lit. heap or aggregate. The five skandhas are the component elements of form, feeling, perception, conditioning factors, and consciousness. They are the elements into which the person may be analyzed without residue. When they appear together, the illusion of self is produced in the ignorant mind. of self is produced in the ignorant mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. hero. A name given to male Bodhisattvas in the tantras; the male equivalent of a dakini.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. hero. A title used in the tantras to refer to male Bodhisattvas; the male equivalent of a dakini. ''See also'' dakini.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. holder of the vajra. The name of a sambhogakaya Buddha who is the union of the five enlightened lineages. Vajradhara is sometimes equated with Samantabhadra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. immeasurable light. The Buddha of the Lotus lineage, symbolizing the speech of all the Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. individual liberation. This term is u … lit. individual liberation. This term is used to refer to the eight kinds of Buddhist ordination, together with their connected vows and disciplines. These are: the vows of upavasa, or twenty-four-hour discipline; male and female upasaka (''dge bsnyen''), or lay practitioner; male and female shramanera (''dge tshul''), or aspirant for a full ordination; shiksamana (''dge slob ma''), or female novice; and male and female bhikshu (''dge slong''), or fully ordained monks and nuns. Since these vows are specifically motivated by the determination to free oneself from samsara, they are fundamental to the Hinayana. They are, however, widely taken and practiced in Mahayana Buddhism. The system of Pratimoksha is sometimes referred to as the "seven vows," in which case the temporary vow of upavasa is omitted.e the temporary vow of upavasa is omitted.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. joining ('' 'byor'') or union with the natural state of the mind (''rnal ma''). A term commonly used to refer to spiritual practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. lotus-born. Referred to by many other … lit. lotus-born. Referred to by many other titles such as the Master of Orgyen and Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava was predicted by the Buddha Shakyamuni as the one who would propagate the teachings of the Vajrayana. Invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen in the eighth century, he succeeded in definitively establishing there the Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.he Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. method of practice. A systematized practice of the stage of generation comprising many steps and including the yogas related to the body, speech, and mind of the deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. moving through space. The representat … lit. moving through space. The representation of wisdom in female form. There are several levels of dakini: wisdom dakinis, who have complete realization, and worldly dakinis, who possess various spiritual powers. The word is also used as a title for great women teachers and as a respectful form of address to the wives of spiritual masters.address to the wives of spiritual masters.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (lit. naked ascetics. An important Indian r … lit. naked ascetics. An important Indian rdigious system founded in the sixth century B.C.E. by ]ina (whence Jaina or Jain), also known as Vardhamana. The Jainas or Jains advocate a very pure ethical system involving, in particular, an extreme form of ahimsa, or nonviolence.an extreme form of ahimsa, or nonviolence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (lit. nectar of immortality, sometimes trans-lated as "ambrosia." A substance (liquid or solid) prepared with the help of tantric rituals. It symbolizes Wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (lit. noble. A being who has transcended sam-saric existence. There are four classes of Aryas: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. one who has gone thus. A synonym for Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. one who has gone to, and proceeds in, bliss. A synonym for Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (lit. patience. Fearless acceptance of the ultimate nature of things.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (lit. patience. Fearless acceptance of the ultimate nature of things.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. pith instructions. ''See also'' agama.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. primordial-wisdom being. Invoked, in … lit. primordial-wisdom being. Invoked, in the context of the practice of the generation stage (''bskyed rim''), from the wisdom expanse of the dharmakaya. It then merges with, and abides in, the heart of the samayasattva (the commitment being), namely, the visualized meditational deity.namely, the visualized meditational deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (lit. superior, sublime, or noble one. One who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (lit. superior, sublime, or noble one. One who has transcended samsaric existence. There are four classes of sublime beings: Arhats, Pratyekabuddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. support of offering. Symbolic represe … lit. support of offering. Symbolic representation of the Buddha's enlightenment. Stupas, perhaps the most typical of Buddhist monuments, are to be found in a variety of forms all over the Buddhist world. They often contain the relics of enlightened beings and are objects of great reverence.beings and are objects of great reverence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. the Blissful. The name of the "Western Paradise," the pure land of the Buddha Amitabha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. the ambrosia that overcomes the Demon of Death. The draft of immortality and symbol of wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. the ambrosia that overcomes the demon of death. The draft of immortality and a symbol of wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. the essence of the Sugata. The luminous and empty nature of the mind. A synonym of the tathagatagarbha, the Buddha-nature present in every sentient being.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. the essence of the Tathagata. ''See'' sugatagarbha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (lit. the ground-of-all, universal ground. According to the Chittamatra school, this is the fundamental level of the mind, in which karmic imprints are stored.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (lit. the ground-of-all, universal ground. According to the Chittamatra school, this is the fundamental level of the mind, in which karmic imprints are stored.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. the ground-of-all. According to the Mahayana, this is the fundamental and indeterminate level of the mind, in which karmic imprints are stored.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. the land of rose-apples. The southern continent of the four situated around Mount Meru. Jambudvipa is the human world in which we live.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. the loving one. The tenth-ground Bodhisattva now residing as the Buddha's regent in the heaven of Tushita. When the age of Shakyamuni ends, Maitreya will manifest in the world as the fifth Buddha of this fortunate kalpa. ''See also'' fortunate kalpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. the state beyond suffering. As a blan … lit. the state beyond suffering. As a blanket term, this indicates the various levels of enlightenment attainable in both the Shravakayana and Mahayana, namely, the enlightenment of the Shravakas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Buddhas. It should be noted, however, that when nirvana, or enlightenment, is understood simply as emancipation from samsara (the goal, in other words, of the Hinayana), it is not to be understood as buddhahood. As expounded in the Mahayana, buddhahood utterly transcends both the suffering of samsara and the peace of nirvana. Buddhahood is therefore referred to as "nonabiding nirvana" (''mi gnas myang 'das''), in other words, a state that abides neither in the extreme of samsara nor in that of peace.e extreme of samsara nor in that of peace.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. thought-free wisdom. Primordial knowledge divested of all discursive activity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. three wheels. Conceptions of the inherent existence of the object, the subject, and the action itself.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (lit. thus gone, an epithet of Buddha or buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. treasure-revealer. Reincarnations of the accomplished disciples of Guru Padmasambhava, who discover and reveal the spiritual treasures concealed by him and his consort Yeshe Tsogyal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. treasure. Teachings and blessed substances concealed principally by Guru Padmasambhava, to be revealed later, at a time when they would be more beneficial for the world and its inhabitants.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. unsurpassable tantra. The fourth and … lit. unsurpassable tantra. The fourth and highest class of the tantra according to the fourfold classification of the tantras preferred in the New tradition. It corresponds to the three inner tantras (maha, anu, and ati) as contrasted with the three outer tantras (kriya, charya, and yoga) of the sixfold Nyingma classification.ga) of the sixfold Nyingma classification.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (lit. wheel of time. One of the main tantra … lit. wheel of time. One of the main tantras practiced by the New Translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is celebrated for the unique cosmological system that it expounds and is closely associated with the hidden realm of Shambhala, the king of which was the first to receive this teaching from the Buddha. to receive this teaching from the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (lit. wheel or channel-wheel. A configurati … lit. wheel or channel-wheel. A configuration of spokes or petal-like channels resembling a wheel, which is supported by the central channel. Depending on the tantra, four or six chakras are mentioned. The dharmachakra is the channel-wheel situated at the level of the heart.-wheel situated at the level of the heart.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (lit. “Dharma body.” Also called absolute dimension. The emptiness aspect of buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (lit. “Gentle and Glorious.” The bodhisattva who embodies the buddhas’ knowledge and wisdom.)