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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one of the three poisons)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one of the three poisons)
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 two main divisions of the practice of Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the two potential successors to the fifth Dalai Lama, the other being Sangye Gyamtso.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (one of the two primary Nyingma monasteries in Central Tibet (founded in 1670, by Terdag Lingpa), the other being Dorje Drag.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one who "holds" the realization of intrinsic awareness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (one who has achieved liberation from cyclic existence: the goal of the Hinayāna practitioner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one who has attained ''Nirvāṇa''. Pali ''Arahant'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (one who has gained siddhi, or spiritual accomplishment; a term for a realized saint of the vajrayana path)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one who has realized the generation of Bodhicitta and whose sole aim is thus to benefit others)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (one who has removed every gross and subtle obscuration veiling the mind and has developed all good qualities, such as wisdom, compassion and skilful means, to the full.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one who has taken Refuge in the Three Jewels and vows of pure moral conduct — to abandon killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and drinking alcohol.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one who rules over the four continents of … one who rules over the four continents of human beings. He bears the thirty-two Marks of a Great Being, and is assisted in his rule by the Seven precious Things (''sapta-ratna''), listed in Sarvajña-mitra's verse 24, the precious wheel etc. These have remarkable magical properties, and are also interpreted as symbolic of the seven Enlightenment factors (''bodhyaṅga, byang chub kyi yan lag''), mindfulness etc.yang chub kyi yan lag''), mindfulness etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (one-pointed concentrated meditation, and analytical meditation on Emptiness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (or Ancient Translation School, rnying ma T … or Ancient Translation School, rnying ma The original tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Its adherents study and practice the tantras, and their related teachings, translated in the first period between the introduction of the Buddha Dharma to Tibet in the eighth century and the period of the new translations inaugurated by Rinchen Zangpo (958-1051) after the persecution by Langdarma.-1051) after the persecution by Langdarma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (or Gradual Stages of the Path to Enlighten … or Gradual Stages of the Path to Enlightenment is a system of teaching and meditation initially introduced into Tibetan Buddhism by Atisha. This approach integrates all the teachings of the three yanas (Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana) into one progressive system of training and realization on the path to Buddhahood.and realization on the path to Buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (or Particularist; a non-Buddhist school teaching a path to liberation employing ablutions, fasts, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (or the Triple Refuge, are the most basic sources of spiritual inspiration in Buddhism. They are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (or the Triple Refuge, are the most basic sources of spiritual inspiration in Buddhism. They are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (original purity [primordial purity (BM, DZP, MW, NGP, NS, SL, VH, WPT); pure from the beginning (DZ, DZP); diaphanous (FRC); absolutely pure (KB)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (outer level of ethical precepts, inner level of bodhisattva trainings, and innermost tantric level of a vidyadhara. Someone who observes all three is a 'vajra holder of the threefold precepts'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (oṃ svabhāva śuddhaḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāva … oṃ svabhāva śuddhaḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāva haṃ; This mantra is commonly used at the outset of development stage practice to dissolve all phenomena into emptiness (prior to developing the visualization). Tsele Natsok Rangdröl explains, "One begins the development stage with purifying into emptiness by means of the svabhāva mantra. This mantra is meant to remind the practitioner of the essence of emptiness, the original natural state of all phenomena ... It is precisely the natural expression of this emptiness, the magical display of its unceasing cognizant quality, that emanates and manifests in the form of a celestial palace and various types of deities." [EM 88]ace and various types of deities." [EM 88])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (passing away in a mass of rainbow light and leaving no corpse behind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (past, present and future.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (past, present, future.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (path of trainee)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (perfected one, realized one, adept who has attained ''siddhi''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (perfected one, realized one, adept who has attained realization.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (perhaps 'flashing or shining one' (MW): Brahmanical god of the wind, and the numerous Vedic storm-gods.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (perhaps an error for ''bimbā, Momordica monadelpha'', a plant with bright red gourd fruits.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (person who has received empowerment, continues the sadhana practice and keeps the commitments; could be a monk or nun but refers mainly to lay practitioners.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (pertaining to the Yogācāra, a Mahāyāna philosophical school also known as Citta-mātra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (pills, tiny white pearls; often found among the ashes of sublime people and great meditators.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (planets and stars reflected in water; a traditional metaphor for the illusion-like nature of phenomena)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (pledge to bring every sentient being to liberation and enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951/Glossary + (political commissioner of the Manchu emperor of China)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (position assise considérée comme idéale po … position assise considérée comme idéale pour rendre l’esprit clair et stable: 1) les jambes croisées en position de lotus; 2) les mains posées l’une sur l’autre au-dessous du nombril dans la moudra de la méditation ; 3) la colonne vertébrale droite; 4) le menton légèrement rentré; 5) les épaules écartées dans la «position des ailes d’un vautour» (au sol), c’està-dire les bras légèrement décollés de la poitrine ; 6) le regard posé dans la direction du bout du nez ; et 7) la langue touchant légèrement le palais.) la langue touchant légèrement le palais.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (powdered form of roasted barley; a staple food of the Tibetans. People nowadays make it out of roasted wheat and maize, but still call it tsampa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (powerful long-lived serpent-like beings wh … powerful long-lived serpent-like beings who inhabit bodies of water and often guard great treasure. Nanda was one of their great kings. He helped protect the Buddha from the elements when the Buddha was seated at Bodh Gayā, and gave Nāgārjuna various treatises from the nāga treasure. various treatises from the nāga treasure.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (powerful long-lived serpent-like beings who inhabit bodies of water and often guard great treasure. Nagas belong half to the animal realm and half to the god realm. They generally live in the form of snakes, but many can change into human form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (powerful spirit and guardian of the Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (practical and concise advice on how to carry out a spiritual practice in the most simple and effective way.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (practice to develop the blissful inner heat to refine the subtle vajra body, consume obscurations and to bring forth realization. One of the Six Doctrines of Naropa; practiced primarily in the Kagyu lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (practice to develop the mystic inner heat in one type of tantric yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (practices for restoring vital energy that has been degenerated and dissipated which causes illness, aging and death to occur.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (practitioner of Vajrayana who keeps long hair, wears a different robe than monks, and can be married.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (presently situated in Tenchen county, south of Nangchen one the road between Chamdo and Lhasa. Kyungpo is the name of a district in Kham and means garuda.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (presumably in the Gegyal Riwo district southwest of Nangchen, west of Tengchen on the main road from Chamdo to Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (previous life of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; lama at Drong monastery near Nakchukha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (primarily the eighteen main tantras now contained in the ''Nyingma Gyubum'', chief of which is ''Guhyagarbha Tantra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (primordial buddha who awakened to enlightenment many eons before this world was formed; forefather of the Dzogchen teachings.)