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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (n. of a Buddha, Lord of the Jewel Family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (n. of a Hindu god with an elephant's head, … n. of a Hindu god with an elephant's head, who both creates and removes obstacles, lord (''īśa'') of the troop (''gaṇa'') of subordinate gods attendant on Śiva. His title ''Vināyaka'' 'Remover (of obstacles)' is deliberately misinterpreted by Buddhists as 'Leader-astray' (Tib. ''log 'dren'')ts as 'Leader-astray' (Tib. ''log 'dren''))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (n. of fourth Perfection, joy in the practice of virtue)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (n. of several plants — ''Mesua roxburghii, Rottlera tinctoria'' and ''Michelia champaka'' — or may =''nāga-puṣpikā'', yellow jasmine.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (name of Minling Terdag Lingpa (1646—1714). … name of Minling Terdag Lingpa (1646—1714). A celebrated tertön and founder of the Mindroling monastery in central Tibet. He collected the tantras of the long oral lineage of the Nyingma school and all the earlier terma teachings. He was thus instrumental in the preservation of the Nyingma tradition.the preservation of the Nyingma tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (nature of mind. Pointing out the mind essence: the main aim of the 'pointing-out instruction' is to make obvious to the meditator what it is that knows and thinks —— not as a theory but a direct experience. ''See'' pointing-out instruction.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (ne pas tuer, ne pas voler, éviter l’incond … ne pas tuer, ne pas voler, éviter l’inconduite sexuelle, dire la vérité, ne pas médire, parler avec douceur, ne pas parler indûment, ne pas être cupide, ne pas être malveillant et ne pas avoir de vues fausses. Cf. CGP, p. 145 et suiv.; et POL, p. 109-114, pour les actes négatifs et leurs effets., pour les actes négatifs et leurs effets.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (nectar of immortality; drink of the gods; tantric rituals often use blessed liquor or fruit juice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (negative emotions involving one or more of … negative emotions involving one or more of the three poisons (greed, hate and delusion), under whose influence we create actions that cause us to be reborn in ''saṃsāra''. They include six root defilements — ignorance, attachment, aversion, pride, defiled doubt and wrong view — and secondary defilements, sometimes counted as twentyy defilements, sometimes counted as twenty)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (negative influences mentioned in old prophecies as three kinds: invading armies, infectious diseases, and material substances.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (nine gradual vehicles of the Nyingma school: Shravaka, Pratyekabuddha, Bodhisattva, Kriya, Upa, Yoga, Maha, Anu, and Ati. They are meant to be alternative approaches to liberation and enlightenment for people of various types of capacity and inclinations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (nine yanas; "Vehicle." ''See'' nine yanas; three yanas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (nonhumans who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers; can be either 'mundane' i.e. virtuous samsaric beings or 'wisdom protectors' who are emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (nonrecognition of intrinsic awareness; lack of awareness of one's essential nature [unenlightenment (BM); low-level (cognitive) intensity (FRC); loss of pure awareness (KB); unawareness, ignorance (MW); non-recognition (NJ)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (nyon thos)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (obscuration, the most fundamental level of which is ignorance of the essential nature of the ground of being)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (of or pertaining to Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (of the Tsangsar clan; one of the masters in the Barom Kagyu lineage; Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's ancestor.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (of the five families, the chief buddha of the tathagata family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (of the four joys is associated with one of the four cakras: Awakened Joy (forehead cakra); Joy of Limitless Good Qualities (throat cakra);  Supreme Joy of the Mahāmudrā (heart cakra); and Spontaneous Transcendent  Awakened Joy (navel cakra).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (of the nature of non-retrogression. An arhat of this nature is of the highest<br> grade; he is an asamaya-vimukta.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (of the threefold precepts: ''see'' triple-vow vajra holder.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (often pron. 'Kanjur': 'the Translated Word (of the Buddha)', the Tibetan canon of scriptures, comprising the Vinaya, several collections of Sūtras, and the Tantras)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (often pron. 'Tänjur': 'the Translated Trea … often pron. 'Tänjur': 'the Translated Treatises', the collection of Tib. translations of the Indian Buddhist literature other than the actual Buddha-Word — commentaries, treatises, hymns, rituals, dictionaries, medical texts, etc. — amounting to over two hundred volumes, or about twice the length of the Kangyur. or about twice the length of the Kangyur.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (old-fashion fire kit using flint, steel and dry moss or bark.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one learned in the profound mantric lore (D).)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of Chokgyur Lingpa's four close disciples who spread his teachings in eastern Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of Karmey Khenpo's disciples; important holder of the monastic precepts in Kham.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of King Trisong Deutsen's queens who made obstacles for Vairotsana, resulting in his exile.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of Longchenpa's famous Seven Treasuries. Translated by Richard Barron as: ''Precious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena'' and ''A Treasure Trove of Scriptural Transmission'', (Padma Publishing).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of Padmasambhava's twenty-five disciples. Same as Jnanakumara of Nyag.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of Padmasambhavas twenty-five disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (one of Shākyamuni's closest disciples, known for his wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of eight main bodhisattvas; personification of the perfection of transcendent knowledge.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one of noble nature, exceedingly wise, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the chief deities for averting obstacles and negative forces.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (one of the eight great bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (one of the eight great bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the eight great bodhisattvas; chief compiler of the Vajrayana teachings; also known as Lord of Secrets.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one of the eight great holders of intrinsic awareness of Buddhist India who taught Padmakara; Hungchhenkara was responsible for transmitting to him the lineage of the deity Yangdag Heruka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the eight practice lineages; brought to Tibet by Kyungpo Naljor (1002-1064).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the eight practice lineages; brought to Tibet by Padampa Sangye.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (one of the eighteen earliest schools of Buddhism; classified by the Tibetans as one of the sub-sects of the Vaibāshika school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the fifteenth Karmapa's chief disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (one of the five Dhyāni buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (one of the five Dhyāni buddhas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (one of the five Dhyānibuddhas; his Sambhogakāya  form is Vajrasattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one of the five aspects of pristine awaren … one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); the awareness of samsara and nirvana as the display of equal purity in supreme emptiness [primordial wisdom of equanimity (BM); wisdom of sameness (LS); Awareness of Fundamental Sameness (MK); primordial wisdom of the nature of equality (NJ); pristine cognition of sameness (NS); timeless awareness of equalness (PPTC); All-equalizing Wisdom (SGK); wisdom of equality (WPT)]ng Wisdom (SGK); wisdom of equality (WPT)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one of the five aspects of pristine awaren … one of the five aspects of pristine awareness (''see ye-shey nga''); refers to the fact that emptiness is not an inert void, but is free of sullying factors, like a polished mirror in which anything can arise [mirror(-like) primordial wisdom (BM); Mirrorlike Awareness (MK); mirror-like timeless awareness (PPTC); mirror-like wisdom (RW, WPT); Mirror Wisdom (SGK)]ike wisdom (RW, WPT); Mirror Wisdom (SGK)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one of the five basic afflictive emotions)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one of the five basic emotional "poisons" that obscure the nature of mind)