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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the famous Tsurphu Scroll an early Ming dy … the famous Tsurphu Scroll an early Ming dynasty silk-backed painting with Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Uighur and Arabic inscriptions. It depicts the miracles performed by the Fifth Karmapa Dezhin Shekpa during his 22-day visit to the Yunglo (Yongle) emperor in Nanjing in 1407. The emperor also offered the Karmapa the famous Black Hat, which he had seen in a vision during a religious ceremony.n in a vision during a religious ceremony.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the famous temple and most important pilgrimage site in Lhasa, houses the Jowo statue of Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the female genitals.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the fifth Perfection, see ''Dhyāna; (dhyāna, mnyam bzhag)'': gesture of both hands flat with palms upward, right fingers resting on the left, thumbs slightly bent with the tips touching.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the fifth of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; an approach in which all phenomena are realized to be perfect in their supreme purity and equalness)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the final and most important part of the preliminary practices. The practice of supplicating for blessings and mingling the mind of an enlightened master with one's own mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the first of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; an approach employing ascetic practices and ritual purity)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the first of the three categories of teachings in atiyoga, or Great Perfection)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (the first treasure teaching discovered by Orgyen Terdak Lingpa, is classified by Kongtrul in ''The Treasury of Rediscovered Teachings'' as a meditation on the physically manifest body of enlightenment of the peaceful form of Guru Rinpochay.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the five aspects of pristine awareness—pri … the five aspects of pristine awareness—pristine awareness of the basic space of phenomena, or dharmadhatu (''chhö-ying ye-shey''); mirror-like pristine awareness (''me-long ta-bui ye-shey''); pristine awareness of equalness (''nyam-nyid ye-shey''); discriminating pristine awareness (''so-sor tog-pai ye-shey''); and all-accomplishing pristine awareness (''ja-wa drub-pai ye-shey'')ine awareness (''ja-wa drub-pai ye-shey''))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the five immediate karmas, sins or evil ac … the five immediate karmas, sins or evil acts are killing one's mother, one's father, or an ''Arhant''; causing schism in the Saṅgha of ''bhikṣus''; and drawing blood from a ''Tathāgata'' with evil intent. The five close to or approaching them (''de dang nye ba lnga'') are defiling one's mother who is an Arhantī; killing a Bodhisattva on the Definite Stage (''niyata-bhūmi''); killing an ''Ārya'' on the Path of Training (i.e. not yet an ''Arhant''); robbing the Saṅgha of means of livelihood; and destroying a ''stūpa'' of livelihood; and destroying a ''stūpa'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (the five sciences: language; dialectics; science of  medicine; science of mechanical arts; religious philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the flow or "thread" of conserous awareness from moment to moment that is misapprehended as a discrete "self" or ego-entity)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the flower ''Pentapetes phoenicia'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (the followers of Sammita. This Hinayana gr … the followers of Sammita. This Hinayana group (of which no original writings have survived) seems to have been large and, to judge by the Tibetan name ("honored by many"), prestigious. It is divided into three subgroups or lineages: (1) Kaurukullaka (''sa sgron ril gnas pa'i sde''); (2) Avantava (''rung ba pa'i sde''); and (3) Vatsiputriya (''gnas ma bu ba'i sde'').3) Vatsiputriya (''gnas ma bu ba'i sde'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (the followers of Sammita. This Hinayana gr … the followers of Sammita. This Hinayana group (of which no original writings have survived) seems to have been large and, to judge by the Tibetan name ("honored by many"), prestigious. It is divided into three subgroups or lineages: (1) Kaurukullaka (''sa sgron ril gnas pa'i sde''); (2) Avantava (''rung ba pa'i sde''); and (3) Vatsiputriya (''gnas ma bu ba'i sde'').3) Vatsiputriya (''gnas ma bu ba'i sde'').)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (the form body of a buddha comprising the sambhogakāya and nirmanakāya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (the form in which a buddha appears to advanced bodhisattvas; the enjoyment body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (the form in which a buddha appears to ordinary beings; the emanation body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (the form in which the Buddha appeared when teaching tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the four empowerments, consecrations or initiations are the Flask, Secret, Wisdom-knowledge and Word Empowerments of ''Anuttara-yoga-tantra'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the fourth of four levels of realization i … the fourth of four levels of realization in Dzogchen practice. To quote Tsele Natsok Rangdröl, "the body, experiences, sense faculties and all thought forms become exhausted, so there is no way one can avoid attaining enlightenment and dissolving into the space of dharmata beyond thought and description." dharmata beyond thought and description.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the fourth of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; the approach in which all phenomena are viewed as the inseparability of the two levels of truth, pure from the very beginning in supreme dharmakaya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the fundamentally uncontrived nature of be … the fundamentally uncontrived nature of being; the Great Perfection teachings state that this ground is already endowed with all positive qualities of enlightened being, perfect and complete without having to be sought or brought into being deliberately; the process of the spiritual path is one of making the ground evident as the fruition, rather than fundamentally altering it in any way [basis (BM); Being (FRC); ground-basis (NJ, PC); base, foundation (SL)]und-basis (NJ, PC); base, foundation (SL)])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the gifted khenpo sent to receive teachings on ''Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo'' from Jamdrak Rinpoche.; one of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoches teachers.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the great tertön's servant; told many stories to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (the greatest scholar of the Nyingma school, who lived from 1308 to 1364)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (the guardian at the gates of the Mandala. … the guardian at the gates of the Mandala. The unity of the Mandala is only attained through transcendent awareness. What remains are separate and unique forms. They are beings who have not seen the reality of their own nature and stand outside the walls of communication with the Guru. the walls of communication with the Guru.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the hermitage on Mount Abum Rinchen Pungpa where Chimey Dorje spent the second half of his life; presently a nunnery and retreat center.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (the highest and most direct meditations on the nature of mind transmitted within a number of instruction lineages.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (the highest and most direct meditations on the nature of mind transmitted within the Ancient Instruction Lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (the highest level of practice of Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (the highest of the heavens of the form realm.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (the highest ḍākinī who embodies all of Buddha wisdom; she is the driving force of all wisdom; she is identical to the indestructible and immutable nature of the vajra, and her activity represents the dynamic power of vajra wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the historical Buddha, regarded as the chief teacher of our present age.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the historical Buddha, regarded as the chief teacher of our present age.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the homeland of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, accessible only by horse, one day from Lachab, Fortress Peak, or Dechen Ling.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the hottest hell.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951/Glossary + (the household of a monk official or monk)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (the hub around which the various segments of the universe are arranged; visualized especially at the centre of mandala offerings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the human existence with all necessary conditions for Dharma practice - free of the eight leisureless states, and with ten factors of good fortune (Rabten, ''The Essential Nectar'', n.35).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the imprints of actions and defilements, which are carried from life to life and can ripen as a persistence of the same defilement or as the various forms of karmic results)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (the indestructible throne upon which the B … the indestructible throne upon which the Buddha Sakyamuni sat during his awakening and which gave its name to the town now known as Bodh Gaya. Depicted in the form of a mandala, the throne represents the unity of subject and object and the shared ground of both. and object and the shared ground of both.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the influence of mischievous spirits that can cause misfortune and/or disease.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (the inhabitants of an underground kingdom often associated with serpents. Their Tibetan name is 'lu'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (the interdependent nature of phenomena; their manner of appearance and functioning.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the intermediate state between death and the next rebirth)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (the lack of true, independent self-existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (the lama in charge of the chants for the protectors.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (the law of cause and effect of Buddhist philosophy. All happiness and good things that you enjoy in this life are because of merits accumulated in your past lives, and vice versa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (the lotus. Every Buddha is iconographicall … the lotus. Every Buddha is iconographically depicted sitting upon a sun and moon resting upon the lotus, representative of the Dharmadhatu or Free Space. Prajnaparamita, the body of scriptures prepared by the Madhyamika school of meditation and metaphysics. It is the Goddess who is identical with every woman and Emptiness. It is the Perfection of Penetrating Insight. is the Perfection of Penetrating Insight.)