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• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the objective pole of dualistic experience; the emergence of apparent phenomena as sensory objects for avenues of sensory consciousness (e.g., visual forms as objects of visual consciousness) [object (GL)])
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism; dating from the eighth century when Padmakara visited Tibet)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the path of Buddhist practice based upon principles expounded in the tantras)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (the path of practice, the flow of mindforms, the written scriptures, moral discipline, the Word of the Buddha, the realm of divinity, Mantra, religion and ultimate clarity and purity.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the perfect, absolute, heavenly, divine wi … the perfect, absolute, heavenly, divine wisdom, which will suddenly break forth from the bodies of terrifying gods in the shape of fire' (Jäschke), the transcendant knowledge of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas beyond the Seventh Stage; the tenth Perfection. Five W.-k.: see ''Kleśa''.nth Perfection. Five W.-k.: see ''Kleśa''.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (the philosophical cum psychological materi … the philosophical cum psychological material which the Buddha Sakyamuni left with his devotees and which became part of the Buddhist Canon. It is presented in a rigid and highly categorized system which is coherent and virtually all inclusive. However, the Buddha Sakyamuni did not encourage this kind of speculative preoccupation while the mind remained contaminated by unresolved passionate problems.minated by unresolved passionate problems.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the philosophical orientation, the act of … the philosophical orientation, the act of growing accustomed to that, the implementation of that insight during the activities of daily life, and the final outcome resulting from such training. Each of the nine vehicles has its particular definition of view, meditation, conduct and fruition.of view, meditation, conduct and fruition.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (the physical eye through which we perceive … the physical eye through which we perceive our physical surroundings;
 the eye of the gods which can see what ordinary mortals cannot; the eye of wisdom
 which penetrates all appearances; the eye of the Dharma which sees reality without
obscurations; and the eye of the Buddha, the omniscient and most perfect seeing of
a ll aspects of the cosmos.fect seeing of
a ll aspects of the cosmos.)
• 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 pinnacle of the teachings of the Shangpa Instruction Lineage.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the place where Chokgyur Lingpa revealed the terma treasure ''Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel''. Situated in Nangchen on the road between Jekundu and Sharda.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the present age, when the five degenerations are rife — those of lifetime, the era, beings, views and defilements)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the present world-age)
• 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 principal protector of the Karmapas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the principles to which a practitioner is personally committed in vajrayana practice)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the process that leads from the unenlightened state of a sentient being to the awakened state of a buddha)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (the redemptress venerated as a great Bodhisattva of
Compassion. King Srong-btsan sgam-po's two Buddhist queens were considered
to be emanations of Tārā.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the reincarnation of Karmey Khenpo, the cousin of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (the ritual instrument shaped like a thunde … the ritual instrument shaped like a thunderbolt which represents the masculine principle and the awareness which cannot be thrown off balance no matter what physical or mental apparition arises to disturb it. The Vajra is indestructible and immutable. Often these ritual instruments fall from the skies and are found already shaped lying upon the ground at propitious times.lying upon the ground at propitious times.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (the round of birth and death that encloses the realms of the animals, the gods, the anti-gods, the tortured spirits, the denizens of hell and humankind. It is all conditioned existence. It is pain and suffering.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the ruler of the gods of the Realm of Form. He has four faces)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the s. of magical power (of levitation, tr … the s. of magical power (of levitation, transmutation and control of one's feelings), divine hearing, knowing others' thoughts, remembering past lives, and knowing the death and rebirth of sentient beings; and (in ''Arhants'' and Buddhas only) knowledge of the exhaustion of the contaminations. See ''Mppś'', Chap. XLIII.contaminations. See ''Mppś'', Chap. XLIII.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the sacred mountain in west Tibet.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the schema of nine yanas, or spiritual app … the schema of nine yanas, or spiritual approaches, elaborated in the teachings of the Nyingma school; the three paths of the shravaka, pratyekabuddha and bodhisattva, and the six levels of tantra—kriyatantra, upatantra, yogatantra, mahayoga, anuyoga and atiyoga; the eight lower approaches are subsumed within the ninth yana of atiyoga, or Great Perfectionninth yana of atiyoga, or Great Perfection)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the school of Tibetan Buddhism based upon … the school of Tibetan Buddhism based upon the teachings of the Indian master known to Tibetans as P'hadampa Sang-gyay (ཕ་དམ་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་), who visited Tibet in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries; the focus is the pacification of suffering through realization of emptiness, and the main scriptural sources are the sutras of the Perfection of Transcendent Knowledge (Prajñāpāramitā)of Transcendent Knowledge (Prajñāpāramitā))
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the seat of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo in Derge county, home of the famous Buddhist college and subsequently the seat of the successor, Dzongsar Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the second Perfection.)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the second of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; the approach of gaining accomplishment, especially through mantra repetition and meditative absorption)
• 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 secret form of Guru Rinpochay within the practice of the Gathering of the Jewels.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the sets of vowed discipline — Prātimokṣa, Bodhisattva and Tantric vows.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the seven p. are the familiar Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn; the eighth is the fictitious and malevolent Rāhu, causer of eclipses. Often a ninth is added, Ketu, the comet, likewise evil and fictitious.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the sixth of six levels of tantra in the N … the sixth of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school, also known as the Great Perfection approach (''see'' Dzogchen), within which are subsumed the meanings of the eight lower approaches (''see t'heg-pa rim-pa gu''). The great perfection is the nature of reality—the ground of being and its manifest aspect—spontaneously present and self-arising [yoga of the innermost essence (MW)]ising [yoga of the innermost essence (MW)])
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (the state of Buddhahood charac-
terized by perfection of the accumulations of merit and wisdom, and by the
removal of the two obscurations.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (the state of consciousness between death and rebirth; the 'space' between
 waking and sleeping; the 'space' between thoughts, etc.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the state of continually having to take rebirth under the control of karma and defilements.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary  + (the state of realization of an arhat or a buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the states in which there is no opportunit … the states in which there is no opportunity to practise the Dharma, namely being born in hell, as an animal, as a ''preta'', among the long-lived gods, or in a barbaric country where there are no Buddhist monastics or lay followers; being dull-witted, deaf and dumb; being addicted to perverse views such as disbelief in rebirth or Liberation; and when no Buddha has appeared and taught the Dharma.Buddha has appeared and taught the Dharma.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the subjective pole of experience; conceptual thought patterns that perpetuate perceptions of sensory objects [subject, that which apprehends (GL); reifying concepts (PT)])
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the successive steps in the career of an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva; Buddhahood is attained from the Tenth Stage. A Master of the T.S. is thus an ''Ārya''-Bodhisattva or a Buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the sutras mention: devas, nagas, yakshas, … the sutras mention: devas, nagas, yakshas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, and mahoragas. All of them were able to receive and practice the teachings of the Buddha. These eight classes can also refer to various types of mundane spirits who can cause either help or harm, but remain invisible to normal human beings: ''ging, mara, tsen, yaksha, raksha, mamo, rahula'', and ''naga''. On a subtle level, they are regarded as the impure manifestation of the eight types of consciousness.ation of the eight types of consciousness.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary  + (the ten stages or grounds through which advanced bodhisattvas pass on their way to enlightenment.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the ten unwholesome acts are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, harsh speech, slander, vain speech, covetousness, illwill, and wrong view.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the terrestrial pure land of Padmasambhava.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the terrible judge of the dead, king of th … the terrible judge of the dead, king of the ''pretas'' in the underground Yama-world (''yama-loka'') and also guardian of the southern quarter. The 'Yamas' are either the ''pretas'' or his servants who on his orders throw sinners into hell (AdK, III pp. 153,156). sinners into hell (AdK, III pp. 153,156).)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the third Perfection.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary  + (the third of six levels of tantra in the Nyingma school; the approach of calm abiding and penetrative insight to perceive basic space, devoid of defining characteristics)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the thirty-two characteristic Marks and ei … the thirty-two characteristic Marks and eighty minor Signs of a Great Being (a Universal Monarch or a Buddha), such as thousand-spoked wheels on the palms and soles, the hairs of the body pointing upwards, and copper-coloured nails. See Conze, ''Large Sutra'', Appendix II.. See Conze, ''Large Sutra'', Appendix II.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the three Deliverances, or Doors of Deliverance)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the three Objects of Refuge — Buddha, Dharma and Saṅgha)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (the three ill destinies, see Destiny.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the three inner tantras of the Nyingma school; profound methods for awakening to buddhahood in one lifetime.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (the three kayas: dharmakaya, saṃbhogakaya … the three kayas: dharmakaya, saṃbhogakaya and nirmanakaya. Dharmakaya is the 'body' of enlightened qualities, which is devoid of constructs, like space. Can be either an aspect of the yogi's experience or of final enlightenment. Sambhogakaya is the sublime form of a buddha in the buddhafields endowed with the 'major and minor marks'. Nirmanakaya is the incarnations to influence and benefit sentient beings. to influence and benefit sentient beings.)