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• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dezhin Shekpa;dezhin shekpa;(1384-1415) — the fifth Karmapa, who performed numerous miracles in China and was given the famous black crown by Emperor Yunglo (Yongle) after converting him to Buddhism.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Dharma Kings;dharma kings;three great Tibe … Dharma Kings;dharma kings;three great Tibetan kings who encouraged the transmission of
Buddhism to Tibet and became known as the three great Dharma Kings: Srong-
btsan sgam-po, Khri-srong lde'u-btsan, and Ral-pa-can. Srong-btsan sgam-po (7th century) first great Dharma King, who united the
Tibetan kingdom. He married two Buddhist princesses, Bhjľkūṭl of Nepal and
Wen-ch'eng of China. He built the first Buddhist temples, established a code of
laws based on Dharma principles, developed the Tibetan script with the help of his
minister Thon-mi Sambhoṭa, and also began the translation of Buddhist texts into
Tibetan. Srong-btsan sgam-po was succeeded by;Gung-srong, Mang-srong,
'Dus-srong, and Khri-lde gTsug-btsan (Mes-ag-tshoms). Khri-srong lde'u-btsan (8th century) second great Dharma King, who invited
to Tibet Padmasambhava, Sāntarakṣita, Vimalamitra, and many other Buddhist
teachers including Jinamitra and Dānaśīla. With the aid of Sāntarakṣita and
Padmasambhava, he built bSam-yas, the great monastery and teaching center
modelled after Odantapurī. He proclaimed Buddhism the religion of Tibet, and
during his reign the first monks were ordained. Paṇḍitas and lotsāwas translated
many texts, and large numbers of practice centers were established. He was
succeeded by: Mu-ne and Khri-lde srong-btsan (Sad-na-legs). Ral-pa-can (9th century) third great Dharma King, who supported the
standardization of new grammar and vocabulary for translation and the revision of
old translations. He renewed old centers and invited many Buddhist scholars to
Tibet. He was renowned for his devotion to the Dharma.s renowned for his devotion to the Dharma.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dharma protector;dharma protector;nonhumans who vow to protect and guard the teachings of the Buddha and its followers;can be either 'mundane' i.e. virtuous samsaric beings or 'wisdom protectors' who are emanations of buddhas or bodhisattvas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Dharma;The body of teaching expounded by S … Dharma;The body of teaching expounded by Shākyamuni Buddha and' other enlightened beings that shows the way to enlightenment. It comprises two aspects: the Dharma of transmission, namely, the teachings that are actually given, and the Dharma of realization, or the states that are attained through the application of the teachings. through the application of the teachings.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary  + (Dharma;Truth, law, way, path. The teachings of the Buddhas. In other contexts "dharma" refers to phenomena or mental and physical objects.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary  + (Dharma;dharma;The realizations and cessations of suffering and its causes. In a more general sense, Dharma refers to the teachings and doctrine of the Buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dharma;teaching of the Buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary  + (Dharma;the doctrine of Buddha;it could also mean any religion when used in its context.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary  + (Dharma;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  + (Dharma;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/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dharmadhatu;realm of phenomena;the suchness in which emptiness and dependent origination are inseparable;nature of mind and phenomena that lies beyond arising, dwelling and ceasing.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary  + (Dharmakāya Buddha,sixth;dharmakāya buddha,sixth;This refers to Vajradhara, who is said to be the dharmakāya level of the sambhogakāya. The five jinas or tathāgatas are more purely sambhogakāya emanations. Hence, Vajradhara is the sixth.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Dharmakāya;The absolute, or truth, body;an aspect of emptiness.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (Dharmapala;the guardian at the gates of th … Dharmapala;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/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (Dharmaraja;a king who follows the Dharma and performs the duty of providing the conditions in which every individual has the freedom to enter the spiritual quest of self-knowing. His sole aim is to become a master in his own right.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dharmaraja;religious rulers, Dharma kings.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary  + (Dhrtaka;Daitaka;daitaka;(n.d.) The fifth ancestor in India, according to the lineage accepted in Zen.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary  + (Dhyana;Meditation or concentration. It mea … Dhyana;Meditation or concentration. It means being watchful with that basic panoramic awareness that characterises all the other Paramitas. Dhyana is the means of stabilizing oneself within the framework of seeing relationships, and thereby seeing that one can afford to open. This openness and keen meditative intelligence brings one to deal with the nowness of each new situation.al with the nowness of each new situation.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names  + (Di ng+gi pa;ཌི་ངྒི་པ་;Dingipa)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (Diamond vehicle;diamond vehicle;Vajrayana;''See'' Vajrayana.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary  + (Difficulties encountered by the practition … Difficulties encountered by the practitioner. There are four kinds-skandha-mara which is incorrect view of self, kleshamara which is being overpowered by negative emotions, mrityumara which is death and interrupts spiritual practice, and devaputra-mara which is becoming stuck in the bliss that comes out of meditation.in the bliss that comes out of meditation.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dilgo Khyentse;dilgo khyentse;(1910-1991) … Dilgo Khyentse;dilgo khyentse;(1910-1991) — one the five immediate re-embodiments of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. Regarded by followers of all four schools as one of the foremost recent masters of Tibetan Buddhism. In the early days of his life, Tulku Urgyen first knew him as Tulku Salgah or Rabsel Dawa.t knew him as Tulku Salgah or Rabsel Dawa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dilyak Drubpön;dilyak drubpön;(1908-1963) — accomplished meditator who completed numerous three year retreats at Dilyak monastery;retreat master at Tsurphu.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dilyak monastery;dilyak monastery;Dabzang Rinpoche's monastery in Nangchen, founded by the first Dabzang Rinpoche.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary  + (Dipamkara;dipamkara;dīpaṃkara)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Disciplines;disciplines;see Eight Great Disciplines.)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Doctrine;doctrine;''See'' Dharma.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names  + (Dom+bi he ru ka,Dom+bi pa;ཌོམྦི་ཧེ་རུ་ཀ་,ཌོམྦི་པ་;Dombi Héruka)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary  + (Doma;doma;a tiny vegetable-like a sweet-potato, found in abundance under the ground in Tibet. It is one of the main ingredients of an auspicious chemar.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary  + (Dombhi;Dombhi was one of the eighty-four m … Dombhi;Dombhi was one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas of the Indian Mahamudra lineage. A king of Magadha, Dombhi was initiated into the mandala of Hevajra by the mahasiddha Virupa. Although he was an enlightened ruler who brought peace to his nation, Dombhi was forced to abdicate for choosing a lower caste woman as his tantric consort. After his departure the country fell into misgovernment and longed for their old ruler back. Summoned to return from his jungle retreat, Dombhi emerged from the jungle astride a pregnant tigress, waving a poisonous snake as a whip, to demonstrate his attainments.as a whip, to demonstrate his attainments.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (Don smra gnyis;དོན་སྨྲ་གཉིས་;two Proponents of Referents;two proponents of referents;Vaibhāṣhikas and Sautrāntikas, who assert that entities exist as external referents. GTCD.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Don-grub;Amoghasiddhi;one of the five Dhyānibuddhas.;one of the five dhyānibuddhas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dorje Ziji;dorje ziji;one of the names of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (Old Khyentse);means Indestructible Resplendence.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drak Yerpa;drak yerpa;One of five sacred places blessed by Padmasambhava. Situated 30 km northeast of Lhasa, it is famous for caves used for meditation by the Lotus-Born master and his consort Yeshe Tsogyal, as well as by the 10th century scholar Atisha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drakda;drakda;birthplace of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche near the Life-Lake of Yeshe Tsogyal (Tsogyal Lhatso), situated at Drakda some 20 km from Samye.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drepung;drepung;one of the three major Gelukpa monasteries around Lhasa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary  + (Dri;dri;a cross between a yak and a cow. To an unaccustomed eye yak, dzo (see below) and dri might look alike.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drigung;drigung;major branch of the Kagyu lineage, founded by Kyobpa Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217), a disciple of Phamo Drupa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drimey Dashar;drimey dashar;one of Padmasambhava's twenty-five disciples. Same as Jnanakumara of Nyag.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Droma;droma;a sweet root used as a delicacy;sweet potato of Tibet.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drong Gompa;drong gompa;(Bong Gompa) the monastery of Lama Tendzin Dorje, Chökyi Nyima's previous life, which is situated several days' journey north of Lhasa on the route to Kham through Nakchukha. Drong means wild yak.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drowo;drowo;Valley of Birches, residence of Marpa the Translator, presently in Lhodrak county in southern Tibet.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Druk Sang-Ngak Chöling;druk sang-ngak chöl … Druk Sang-Ngak Chöling;druk sang-ngak chöling;The seat of the Drukchen Jamgön. Literally, the "Dharma Garden of Secret Mantrayana" at Jar in southern Tibet was built by the fourth Drukchen, Pema Karpo (1527-1592) who transferred the seat of the Drukpa Order to this place.he seat of the Drukpa Order to this place.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drukchen;drukchen;respectfully referred to … Drukchen;drukchen;respectfully referred to as the Drukchen Jamgön. His monastery's name is Druk Sang-Ngak Chöling. The Drukchen incarnation in residence during Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's early childhood was Mipham Chokyi Wangpo (1884-1930) whose principal guru was the great siddha, Drubwang Shakya Shri.as the great siddha, Drubwang Shakya Shri.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drukpa Kagyu;drukpa kagyu;The Kagyu teachings transmitted from Gampopa through Phamo Drubpa to Lingje Repa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche;drukpa yongdzin rinpoche;(d. 1958) — the eighth Druk Kharag Yongdzin/Dechen Chokhor Yongdzin Ngagi Wangpo;a prominent Drukpa Kagyu master of Central Tibet.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Drönyer;drönyer;an attendant in charge of receiving guests.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dudjom Rinpoche;dudjom rinpoche;(1904-1987) — incarnation of the great treasure revealer Dudjom Lingpa. He was the supreme head of the Nyingma lineage after exile from Tibet and is regarded as one of the most prominent scholars of our time.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Dudul;dudul;Samten Gyatso's attendant and Tulku Urgyen's childhood friend.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary  + (Dukkha;dukkha;Unsatisfactory conditions. See Suffering.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā (Callahan)/Glossary  + (Dung skyong;དུང་སྐྱོང་;Śankhapālo)