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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)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā (Callahan)/Glossary + (Dus ’khor;དུས་འཁོར་;Kālacakra;kālacakra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dusum Khyenpa;dusum khyenpa;(1110-1193) — first Karmapa and disciple of Gampopa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dusölma;dusölma;protector;a female guardian protector of the Buddhist teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzigar Kongtrul;dzigar kongtrul;one of the main incarnations of Jamgön Kongtrul the first. His present tulku is the youngest son of Neten Chokling.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Dzo;dzo;a female yak, and as useful as a yak.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzogchen;dzogchen;Also known as Great Perf … Dzogchen;dzogchen;Also known as Great Perfection and Ati Yoga. The highest teachings of the Nyingma School of the Early Translations. The early lineage masters include Garab Dorje, Manjushrimitra, Shri Singha, Jnanasutra, Vimalamitra, Padmasambhava and Vairotsana. Numerous Dzogchen teachings were concealed as ''termas'' treasures by these masters and revealed through the following centuries. These teachings are embodied in the oral instructions one receives personally from a qualified master.ceives personally from a qualified master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Dzogchen;dzogchen;The "great perfection";a … Dzogchen;dzogchen;The "great perfection";according to the Nyingma lineage, the highest of the nine ''yanas'', or vehicles, of practice and realization. Dzogchen contains two major facets, ''trekchö'', "cutting through," and ''tögel'', "crossing over." ''Trekchö'' refers to the cultivation of a mind that is utterly empty and without any constraints, limitations, or preoccupations. ''Tögel'' refers to the practice of relating to appearance as a vehicle of immediate liberation.ance as a vehicle of immediate liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzongsar Khyentse;dzongsar khyentse;(1893- … Dzongsar Khyentse;dzongsar khyentse;(1893-1959) — Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö of Dzongsar monastery;one of the five reincarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. He upheld the Rimey (nonsectarian) tradition, and was one of the two main root gurus of Dilgo Khyentse.the two main root gurus of Dilgo Khyentse.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzongsar monastery;dzongsar monastery;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/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Dzongshö;dzongshö;also Sugata Assemblage o … Dzongshö;dzongshö;also Sugata Assemblage of Dzongshö, the sacred place of hidden qualities where Chokgyur Lingpa revealed implements belonging to the master Padmasambhava, the abbot Shantarakshita and the king Trisong Deutsen. The great tertön also revealed a guidebook explaining the lay-out and benefits of practicing there. lay-out and benefits of practicing there.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Dāmaru;small ritual drum used in tantric ceremonies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (E VAṂ;e vaṃ;Concisely put, E is emptiness, … E VAṂ;e vaṃ;Concisely put, E is emptiness, prajñā;and VAṂ is great bliss, method. The pair are contained in the Sanskrit for "Thus I have heard": ''evaṃ'' (thus) ''mayā'' (I) ''shrutam'' (heard). See Galloway 1991;Gray 2007, 29–31;Lopez 1996, 47–48;Schoening 1996, 116–17;and Wayman 1974, 59n1. For a discussion of e vaṃ as a symbol for the causal continuum, see Kongtrul 2005, 188–97.usal continuum, see Kongtrul 2005, 188–97.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (E and VAṂ;e and vaṃ;E is the seed syllable for the feminine principle-emptiness, prajñā;VAṂ is the seed syllable for the masculine principle-form, upāya. EVAṂ is the union of prajñā and upāya-space and indestructibility.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhahood Without Meditation/Glossary + (E ka dza Ti,sngags srung ma;ཨེ་ཀ་ཛ་ཊི་,སྔགས་སྲུང་མ་;Ekajati;Ekajati,Ngagsrung-ma;ekajati,ngagsrung-ma;wrathful feminine protective deity;the main protector of the Great Perfection teachings)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (EMAHO;emaho;See Kyeho)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (EMANATION;emanation;The appearance in human form of an enlightened person.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (EMPTINESS;emptiness;The absence of '''inherent existence''' (according to '''Geluk Consequentialists''').)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (ENGRAVINGS (brkos-phor);engravings (brkos-phor))

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (EVOLUTIONARY NONDUALISM;evolutionary nondualism;The absence of any final boundary be between ordinary persons and the state of Buddhahood, or enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Ego;ego;There is no such thing as ego as a … Ego;ego;There is no such thing as ego as a centralised entity. Ego is the product of various misunderstandings which cause ultimate panic. It ranges in degrees of sophistication from ape instinct to even the most advanced scientific exploration that is oriented towards proving oneself. As one becomes expert at this game of continually establishing a basic security then one instinctively tends to deceive oneself about the laws of reality. This is the basic twist: to see everything as relating to the fictitious Self.ything as relating to the fictitious Self.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Eh;eh;The seed syllable for all-encompassing space, the womb which accommodates all creations, the mother principle. It is passiveness or emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Eight Great Disciplines;eight great disciplines;ascetic practices concerned with food, dress, speech, body, mind, teaching, benefitting others, and compassion.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Eight Heruka Sādhanas;eight heruka sādhana … Eight Heruka Sādhanas;eight heruka sādhanas;the eight Heruka Sādhanas are part of the meditative realization transmission which preserves essential instructions for practice. Each of these sādhanas is connected with a particular root text and with various specific practices containing everything necessary for enlightenment. They were transmit- ted from Padmasambhava to eight of his disciples who were known as the Eight Great Ācāryas. The Eight Heruka Sādhanas are: 'Jam-dpal-sku (gshin-rje); Padma-gsung;Yang-dag-thugs;rDo-rje phur-ba 'phrin-las;bDud-rtsi yon-tan; Ma-mo rbod-stong;'Jig-rten mchos-bstod;and dMod-pa drag-sngags.-rten mchos-bstod;and dMod-pa drag-sngags.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Eight Sadhana Teachings;eight sadhana teac … Eight Sadhana Teachings;eight sadhana teachings;''Eight Commands'';eight chief yidam deities of Mahayoga and their corresponding tantras and sadhanas: Manjushri Body, Lotus Speech, Vishuddha Mind, Nectar Quality, Kilaya Activity, Liberating Sorcery of Mother Deities, Maledictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship.ictory Fierce Mantra, and Mundane Worship.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Eight worldly preoccupations;eight worldly … Eight worldly preoccupations;eight worldly preoccupations;Gain or loss, pleasure or pain, praise or criticism, and fame or infamy. Most people who are not following a spiritual path seek gain and try to avoid loss, and so on for each of these pairs of opposites.o on for each of these pairs of opposites.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Eighteen Mahayoga Tantras;eighteen mahayoga tantras;eighteen important scriptures translated into Tibetan during the time of King Trisong Deutsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Eighteen characteristics of a precious hum … Eighteen characteristics of a precious human existence;eighteen characteristics of a precious human existence;These eighteen characteristics comprise eight freedoms and ten endowments. The eight freedoms consist in not being born (1) in the realms of hell;(2) as a hungry ghost;(3) as an animal;(4) in the realms of the gods;(5) among barbarians who are ignorant of the teachings and practices of the Buddhadharma;(6) as one with wrong views, such as those of nihilism, of the substantiality of the ego and phenomena, etc.;(7) in a time or place where a Buddha has not appeared;and (8) as mentally handicapped. The ten endowments are subdivided into five that are considered intrinsic and five considered extrinsic. The five intrinsic endowments are (1) to be born as a human being;(2) to inhabit a ''central land'', that is, one where the Buddhadharma is proclaimed;(3) to be in possession of normal faculties;(4) to be one who has not abandoned oneself to great karmic negativity;and (5) to have faith in the Dharma. The five extrinsic endowments are the facts (1) that a Buddha has appeared in the world;(2) that he has expounded the Dharma;(3) that his Teaching still persists;(4) that it is practiced;and (5) that one is accepted as a disciple by a spiritual master.epted as a disciple by a spiritual master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Eighteen inner tantras of Secret Mantra;eighteen inner tantras of secret mantra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Ekajati;EKADZATI;ekadzati;A female wisdom protector of the tantric teachings, an emanation of Samantabhadri. See dharmapala)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Embodiment of Realization;embodiment of realization;''(Tukdrub Gongpa Kundu)'' A terma treasure revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa that combines all levels of guru sadhana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Emptiness,Signlessness and Wishlessness;emptiness,signlessness and wishlessness;śūnyatā,animitta,apraṇihita;the three Deliverances, or Doors of Deliverance)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Emptiness. In the Mahayana, ''shunyata'' i … Emptiness. In the Mahayana, ''shunyata'' is said to be the ultimate nature of "what is." Phenomena are "empty" in the specific sense that they have no enduring essence that can be objectified, conceptualized, or named. What they inherently are is, thus, utterly beyond language and the ability of the mind to grasp. This "ineffability" of things is experienced by the thinking mind as utterly empty, but by the nonconceptual, inherent wisdom of our buddha-nature as "inseparable appearance and emptiness." In other words, while things are empty in the way stated, they continue to appear, "beyond thought."they continue to appear, "beyond thought.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Emptiness;emptiness;According to the Prasangika Madhyamaka School, it is the lack of independent, or inherent, existence. This is the ultimate nature or reality of all persons and phenomena.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Emptiness;emptiness;The central teaching of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the quality of a lack of abiding essence in any phenomena;connected to the teachings on impermanence and interdependence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Emptiness;emptiness;The central teaching of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the quality of a lack of abiding essence in any phenomena;connected to the teachings on impermanence and interdependence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Enlightenment (Buddhahood);enlightenment ( … Enlightenment (Buddhahood);enlightenment (buddhahood);The state of a Buddha, that is, the state of having forever eliminated all disturbing attitudes, karmic imprints, and their stains from one's mindstream, and having developed one's good qualities and wisdom to their fullest extent. Buddhahood supersedes liberation. extent. Buddhahood supersedes liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Esprit affamé;Préta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Au Cœur de la compassion/Glossary + (Esprit d’Éveil;Bodhicitta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Essence Manual of Oral Instruction;essence … Essence Manual of Oral Instruction;essence manual of oral instruction;''(Sheldam Nyingjang Yishin Norbu)'' the first volume of Chokgyur Lingpa's ''New Treasures'' and the major scripture in the ''Tukdrub Barchey Kunsel'' cycle. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche regarded this important text as being a tantra in itself.mportant text as being a tantra in itself.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Evocation;evocation;sādhana;Evocation, viz … Evocation;evocation;sādhana;Evocation, viz. the envisaging and calling forth of a divinity normally by means of repetitive recitation (japa) of the appropriate formula (mantra) and by meditation (dhyāna) upon his formal representa- tion. Thus a written sādhana of a divinity usually provides a full description of his form and attributes together with his special formula.ributes together with his special formula.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Excellent Appearance;excellent appearance;sudṛśa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (FIVE BODIES;five bodies;See Trikaya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (FIVE ELEMENTS;five elements;Earth, water, fire, wind, and space.)