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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Bodhicitta;On the relative level, this is … Bodhicitta;On the relative level, this is the wish to attain buddhahood for the sake of sentient beings, together with the practice necessary to accomplish this. On an absolute level, it is nondual wisdom, the ultimate nature of mind and the true status of phenomena. In certain tantric contexts, bodhicitta refers to the essential physical substance, a fluid found in the heart center, which is the support of mind.eart center, which is the support of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Bodhicitta;bodhicitta;See Altruistic intention.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;A fully enlightened compassionate being who, through the "superior" motivation and practices of the mahayana path, goes beyond personal liberation to benefit all sentient beings. (See also Three yanas))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;Bodhi means awakened state of … Bodhisattva;Bodhi means awakened state of mind, sattva means being or essence, in the sense of being without hesitation. The Bodhisattva is one who has committed himself to follow the path of compassion and the perfection of the six paramitas. The characteristic of the Bodhisattva is that his actions do not refer back to a centre or ego, he does not dwell in the absorption quality of meditation which is without clarity or inspiration.n which is without clarity or inspiration.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;The ideal of the Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, beings who, having given rise to bodhicitta, dedicate themselves to developing wisdom and compassion for the benefit of others in this and all future lives through taking the bodhisattva's vow.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;The ideal of the Mahāyāna Buddhist practitioner, beings who, having given rise to bodhicitta, dedicate themselves to developing wisdom and compassion for the benefit of others in this and all future lives through taking the bodhisattva's vow.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;Tibetan: Jan-chup Sem-pa, meaning the one who aspires to and is actually engaged in the path to Buddhahood for the sake of others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;bodhisattva;A person who, when seeing any sentient being, spontaneously feels the altruistic intention.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;bodhisattva;A practitioner on … Bodhisattva;bodhisattva;A practitioner on the path to Buddhahood, training in the practice of compassion and the six pāramitās (q.v.), who has vowed to attain enlightenment for the sake of all beings. The Tibetan translation of this term means "hero of the enlightened mind."term means "hero of the enlightened mind.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Bodhisattva;describes the yogin who has ov … Bodhisattva;describes the yogin who has overcome fear and attained the illuminated understanding of a mature aspirant upon the path. Bodhisattvas are either incarnate or divine. In their incarnate form they are called Buddhasons while in their divine manifestation they are Herukas.eir divine manifestation they are Herukas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Bodhisattvayāna;The vehicle of the Bodhisattvas within the Sūtrayāna (q.v.) or the Sūtrayāna part of the Mahāyāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Bomta Khenpo;bomta khenpo;(19th-20th cent.) — Polo Khenpo Dorje;disciple of Khenpo Ngakchung.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Bon;a native religion of Tibet, whose founder is said to be gShen-rab who came from either Ta-zig (which may be Persia) or Zhang-zhung, an area of western Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Boudha;Boudhanath;boudha;boudhanath;location of the Great Stupa in the Kathmandu valley.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Bountiful Cow;bountiful cow;godānīya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Brahma realm;brahma realm;celestial world of the god Brahma within the Realms of Form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Brahma;chief of the gods residing in the realm of form;often described as the  creator of world-systems.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Brahmane;Membre de la caste sacerdotale, la plus élevée de la société indienne.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Brahma’s Abode;brahma’s abode;brahmakāyika)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Brahma’s Ministers;brahma’s ministers;brahmapurohita)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Brahmic conduct;brahmic conduct;brahmacarya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Brahmin;A member of the priestly caste in Indian society.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Brahmin;A member of the priestly caste in Indian society.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Distinguishing the Views/Glossary + (Brahmā;Greatly powerful Hindu deity who resides in the form-realm.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Bras-spuṅs;definition= One of the three great Gelukpa monastic institutions near Lhasa. The monastery was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Chöje Tashi Pelden.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (Buddha)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Buddha Avatamsaka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Buddha Shakyamuni;the historical Buddha, regarded as the chief teacher of our present age.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (Buddha Śākyamuni;buddha śākyamuni;The Buddha, often called the Gautama Buddha, who is the latest Buddha and lived between 563 and 483 B. C.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Buddha-nature (Buddha-potential);buddha-nature (buddha-potential);The factors allowing all beings to attain full enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (Buddha-nature;buddha-nature;tathagatagarbha;de shin shek pay nying po;de shin shek pay nying po;The original nature present in all being which when realized leads to enlightenment. It is often called the essence of Buddhahood or enlightened essence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Buddha-vacana;Words of the Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Buddha;One who has removed the two veils ( … Buddha;One who has removed the two veils (the veil of afflictive emotions, which is the cause of suffering, and the veil of ignorance, which is the obstacle to omniscience) and who has brought to perfection the two sorts of knowledge (of the ultimate and relative nature of phenomena).ltimate and relative nature of phenomena).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Buddha;a personification of the Unity of B … Buddha;a personification of the Unity of Bliss-Void. This unity becomes actualized in its pristine reality only very rarely. Yet because of the natural propensity to project the infirmities of a deluded mind upon incarnations in the spatio-temporal environment, even when a Buddha incarnates, he is barely recognized. Every Guru is a Buddha.barely recognized. Every Guru is a Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Buddha;buddha;Any person who has purified all defilements and developed all good qualities. "The Buddha" refers to Shakyamuni Buddha, who lived 2,500 years ago in India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Buddha;enlightened or awakened one who has … Buddha;enlightened or awakened one who has completely abandoned all obscurations and perfected every good quality. A perfected bodhisattva after attaining true and complete enlightenment is known as a buddha. The Buddha generally referred to is Shakyamuni Buddha, the buddha of this era, who lived in India around the 6th century B.C. There have been innumerable buddhas in past eons who manifested the way to enlightenment. In the current Good Eon —— from the beginning to the end of human beings —— there will be one thousand buddhas of which Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth. of which Buddha Shakyamuni is the fourth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Buddhadharma;The teaching of the Buddha. ''See also'' Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Buddhadharma;the Doctrine of Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Buddhaghosha;A celebrated fourth-century master of the Theravada, contemporary of Asanga and Vasubandhu. He was the author of the ''Visuddhimagga'', a text greatly revered in Theravada Buddhism as the classic presentation of their tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Buddhaguhya;(8th-9th cent.) — renowned Indian master who visited Mount Kailash at the time of King Trisong Deutsen and transmitted the ''Guhyagarbha'' tantra to the Tibetan translator Jnana Kumara of Nyag.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Bumtang valley;bumtang valley;sacred valley in mid-Eastern Bhutan, traditional home to the master Pema Lingpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Burning Ground;burning ground;kukūla)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Byams chos sde lnga;བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་;five … Byams chos sde lnga;བྱམས་ཆོས་སྡེ་ལྔ་;five treatises of Maitreya;five treatises of maitreya;Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṃkāra, mNgon rtogs rgyan);Ornament for the Mahāyāna Sūtras (Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, Theg pa chen po mdo sde rgyan);Differentiation of the Middle and the Extremes (Madhyāntavibhaṅga, dBus mtha' rnam 'byed);Differentiation of Phenomena and Their Nature (Dharmadharmatāvibhaṅga, Chos dang chos nyid rnam 'byed);and The Mahāyāna Treatise of the Highest Continuum (Mahāyānottaratantrashāstra, Theg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos).heg pa chen po rgyud bla ma'i bstan bcos).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Byang sems rdo la gser zhun;Bodhichitta Wr … Byang sems rdo la gser zhun;Bodhichitta Written in Pure Gold on Stone;bodhichitta written in pure gold on stone;A text written by Manjushrimitra as a confession to Prahevajra;one of the five major scriptures of the Mind Class that were translated by Vairotsana. Class that were translated by Vairotsana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Byang-chub sems-dpa';Bodhisattva;a being i … Byang-chub sems-dpa';Bodhisattva;a being in whom the thought of enlightenment has arisen, one who has formed the intention to strive for complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. After practicing the Dharma for countless lifetimes, a perfected Bodhisattva is reborn in the world to demon- strate the way to enlightenment by becoming a Buddha. The Bodhisattvayāna is the vehicle of the Bodhisattva. Beginning with the generation of the mind dedicated to enlightenment, the Bodhisattva develops compassion and wisdom, the perfect knowledge of śūnyatā, the emptiness of all existence. He practices the six pāramitās which begin as ordinary virtues (giving, morality, patience, effort, meditation, and wisdom) and culminate in perfect transcendent action. From within the six, four further pāramitās arise: skillful means, vows, power, and primordial wisdom. The Bodhisattvayāna has ten stages, the first beginning with entry into the Path of Seeing: the Joyous, the Immacu- late, the Light-giving, the Radiant, the Invincible, the Realizing, the Far-reaching, the Immovable, the Beneficial, and the Cloud of Dharma., the Beneficial, and the Cloud of Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (BÖN;bön;Major Tibetan religious tradition, which since the seventh century has been very much influenced by and influential upon Buddhism. BÖn, like '''Nyingma''', has its own '''Great Completeness''' traditions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Bön;bön;Indigenous religion of Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Bön;bön;The native religion of Tibet. Its followers are called Bönpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (Bön;bön;The original spiritual tradition o … Bön;bön;The original spiritual tradition of Tibet, existing before the advent of Buddhism in the Land of Snow. Modem Bönpos recognize three kinds of Bön : 1. Ancient Bön (''bon mying ma''), 2. Eternal Bön (''g.yung drung bon'') and 3. New Bön (''bon gsar''). What we are referring to Bön in this collection of works is the second kind of Bön.ection of works is the second kind of Bön.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Bön;definition=A general name for the indigenous,pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Bönpo;bönpo;religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the 9th Century.)