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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Bārhaspatyas;See Amaraguru, followers of.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (CANDRAKIRTI;candrakirti;Seventh-century Indian Buddhist philosopher, famous for his development of the '''Middle Way''' school first systematized by '''Nagarjuna'''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (CANNIBALS;cannibals;See orc)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (CENTRAL CHANNEL;central channel;avadhuti;See avadhuti)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (CHANNELS,ENERGIES,AND ESSENCE-DROPS;channe … CHANNELS,ENERGIES,AND ESSENCE-DROPS;channels,energies,and essence-drops;The subtle channels or veins (nodi, Skt.;rtsa, Tib.), the wind-energies (prana;rlung), and the bodily essences (bindu;thig le), which are manipulated and brought under control in the course of Anuyoga practice.control in the course of Anuyoga practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (CHETSUN SENGE WANGCHUK;chetsun senge wangc … CHETSUN SENGE WANGCHUK;chetsun senge wangchuk;A great master of the Nyingma Lineage. ''Chetsun'' means "Noble-Tongued," someone who never lied, slandered, or gossiped. At the verge of passing away in the rainbow body of five-colored light, at Oyuk Lung in Central Tibet, he imparted his last instructions, the epitome of the Dzogchen teachings, to the dakini Palgyi Lodrö. Many centuries later, the great nonsectarian master Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo had a visionary experience recalling his former incarnation as Chetsun Senge Wangchuk and was given the teachings back by the dakini. He wrote them down as the ''Chetsun Nyingthig'', the Heart Essence of Chetsun, a cycle of teachings that is one of the most important Dzogchen tantras to be practiced in the coming generations.to be practiced in the coming generations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (COGNITIVE NONDUALISM;cognitive nondualism)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (COLLATERAL COHERENCE;collateral coherence;Sense of subject and object as unseparated by image or distance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (CONCENTRATION OF HEROIC FEARLESSNESS;concentration of heroic fearlessness;See threefold concentration)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (CONSEQUENTIALIST;consequentialist;Prāsaṅgika;One of the two major '''Middle Way''' (''Mādhyamika'') schools of Buddhism, widely regarded in Tibet as the subtlest philosophical discussion of emptiness and ignorance)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (CREATION AND PERFECTION;creation and perfe … CREATION AND PERFECTION;creation and perfection;The two principal phases of tantric practice. The creation (also referred to as "generation" and "development") stage (bskyed rim) involves meditation on appearances, sounds, and thoughts as deities, mantras, and wisdom, respectively. The perfection stage (rdzogs rim) refers to the dissolution of visualized forms into emptiness and the experience of this;it also indicates the meditation on the subtle channels, energies, and essence of the body.annels, energies, and essence of the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Cakras;there are four main cakras, which a … Cakras;there are four main cakras, which are located at the head, throat, heart, and navel. Three channels (nādī) pass through these cakras, acting as the conductors of energy and vital forces. Patterning (Tib. rtsa), energy (Tib. rlung), and vitality (Tib. thig-le) refer to the interrelationship of these elements.o the interrelationship of these elements.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Calling the Guru from Afar;calling the guru from afar;famous devotional chant written by Jamgön Kongtrul.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Catuhpitha;Four seats. A mother tantra of the Highest Yoga Tantra class, associated with the vajra family.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Cavampati;(6th cent. B.C.E.) Shakyamuni Buddha's disciple. In a past life he had ridiculed a monk, so in this life he was always moving his mouth like a cow chewing its cud. However, he became foremost in understanding of the Vinaya.117n. 12)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Central channel;central channel;avadhūtī;Central channel.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Central channel;central channel;dhūtī)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Cercle des existences;Samsara)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Cercle des morts et des renaissances;Samsara)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Cessation without analysis;cessation without analysis;''See'' Nonanalytical cessation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Chakrasamvara;A semi-wrathful (blissful) H … Chakrasamvara;A semi-wrathful (blissful) Heruka of the padma or lotus family, belonging to the class of mother tantras. Blue in color, he is usually depicted in union with his female consort, Vajrayogini, who is red. He is the principal deity of the Kagyu lineage, and is also very important to the Gelugpas.nd is also very important to the Gelugpas.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chakrasamvara;main yidam deity and tantra of the New Schools.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Chalu;chalu;a thick coarse blanket, commonly made out of yak bair.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Chamara;NGAYAB;ngayab;The name of the subcontinent lying to the south and west of the continent of Jambu (our world) according to Buddhist cosmology (see Mount Meru). It is here that the Buddha-field of Guru Rinpoche is located.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chamdo;chamdo;province south of Nangchen, presently included within the Tibet Autonomous Region.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Chandaka;闡陀)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (Chandrakīrti;Indian master of the sixth century who elucidated Nāgārjuna's exposition of the Madhyamaka philosophy;author of the ''Madhyamakāvtāra'' ([[sic]]).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Chang;chang;a favourite Tibetan brew simil … Chang;chang;a favourite Tibetan brew similar to beer made only out of barley in Tibet, but now commonly made out of rice and wheat due to the difficulty of obtaining barley. Whatever it is made out of, it is still called chang. In the Tibetan folk tradition there is a whole philosophy surrounding chang.e is a whole philosophy surrounding chang.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Channels,inner and central;channels,inner … Channels,inner and central;channels,inner and central;The structures of the subtle body, emanating out from the cakras and through which ''prāṇa'', or life-force energy, flows. The central channel, which directly connects the cakras, is of particular importance. It is said that realization occurs when the prāṇa enters the central channel, and hence it is the object of yogic practice. hence it is the object of yogic practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Channels,inner and central;channels,inner … Channels,inner and central;channels,inner and central;The structures of the subtle body, emanating out from the cakras and through which ''prāṇa'', or life-force energy, flows. The central channel, which directly connects the cakras, is of particular importance. It is said that realization occurs when the prāṇa enters the central channel, and hence it is the object of yogic practice. hence it is the object of yogic practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chanting the Names of Manjushri;chanting t … Chanting the Names of Manjushri;chanting the names of manjushri;''Manjushri Nama Sangirti Expressed in Songs of Praise''. A tantra in six hundred verses belonging to Kriya Yoga known to all Tibetan Buddhists as ''Jampal Tsenjö''. It is text number 424 in the Tsamdrak edition of ''Collected Nyingma Tantras (Nyingma Gyuma)''. Translated as ''Chanting the Names of Manjushri'', A. Wayman, Shambhala Publications.shri'', A. Wayman, Shambhala Publications.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chatral Rinpoche;chatral rinpoche;Sangye Dorje;prominent Nyingma master living at Pharping in the southern part of the Kathmandu valley.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Chemar;chemar;a ceremonial offering made o … Chemar;chemar;a ceremonial offering made of tsampa (see bdow for explanation) mixed with butter, raisins and sugar or jaggery (brown sugar). Chemar offered during Losar (Tibetan new year) is much more elaborate than those offered on other occasions. When offering chemar, chang must accompany it. offering chemar, chang must accompany it.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Chenrezik;chenrezik;The embodiment of compassion and Tibet's special deity, usually depicted as white. The Dalai Lama and the Karmapa are considered incarnations of Chenrezik.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Chern-den-de,De-zhin Sheg-pa;chern-den-de,de-zhin sheg-pa;Bhagawan Buddha, the One thus gone.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chetsun Nyingtig;chetsun nyingtig;''see'' Heart Essence of Chetsun.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chetsun Senge Wangchuk;chetsun senge wangc … Chetsun Senge Wangchuk;chetsun senge wangchuk;(11th-12th cent.) — great master of the Nyingma lineage. As a result of his high level of realization, his physical body disappeared in rainbow light at the time of death. See also ''Heart Essence of Chetsun''.th. See also ''Heart Essence of Chetsun''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chimey Dorje;chimey dorje;(1884-1948?) — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's father and an adept Chö practitioner.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chini Lama;chini lama;lama of Chinese descent who was the custodian of the Great Stupa of Boudhanath.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Chittamatra;Known as the Mind Only school … Chittamatra;Known as the Mind Only school and belonging to the Mahayana, this philosophical school emphasizes the mental nature of all phenomena as they arise from the seeds of habitual patterns. An analogy for this mental nature is the dream, wherein both subject and object are mentally produced. Further, just as we wake up from a dream, so can we realize the illusory nature of perception divided into subject and object. The self-awareness that comes to know this reality beyond duality is posited as the ultimate.beyond duality is posited as the ultimate.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (Chittamatra;Usually translated as the Mind-only School and is one of the major schools in the Mahayana tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (Chittamatrin;See note 36.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (Chittamātra;third of the four major schools of Buddhist philosophy;this Mahāyāna school denies the existence of external objects and asserts the true existence of the mind;sometimes referred to as the Mind-only school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Chod;chod;Literally, to cut. In the yogic … Chod;chod;Literally, to cut. In the yogic context, it means to cut the basis of attachment to the illusion of a separate and inherently existing self through the ritual offering of one's body to all beings;and to cut the four maras in particular. </br>:The Chod practice is based upon the revelations of the ''Prajnaparamita Sutras''. It was introduced into Tibet by the Indian guru Phadampa Sangye, and was developed by his chief Tibetan disciple, the great Tibetan yogini Machig Labdron. Machig Labdron became so renowned that students and teachers travelled from India to Tibet to receive her Chod teachings. </br>:Because of the shamanistic character of the Chod practice, some have speculated that it was adopted from Bon, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet. However, according to Lopon Tenzin Namdak, the current head of the Bonpo tradition, they also learned Chod from Phadampa Sangye, and made it a part of their tradition at the same time as the Buddhists.adition at the same time as the Buddhists.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chokgyur Lingpa;chokgyur lingpa;(1829-1870) — important revealer of hidden treasure from Padmasambhava;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's great-grandfather.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chokling of Tsikey;chokling of tsikey;Tsikey Chokling;the incarnations of Chokgyur Lingpa residing at Tsikey monastery. Presently there are two, one in Boudhanath, Nepal and one in Tsikey monastery, Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Chokling;chokling;short for Chokgyur Lingpa;''see also'' Chokling of Tsikey, Chokling of Neten.)