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• 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.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary  + (FOUR GREAT KINGS;four great kings;Four spiritual powers ruling over a celestial realm situated in the world of desire. They are associated with the four cardinal directions, of which they arc considered to be the guardians.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary  + (Fifth Dalai Lama;fifth dalai lama;Lobzang Gyatso;lobzang gyatso;See Fifth Dalai Lama, Lobzang Gyatso.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary  + (Five Aggregates;five aggregates;five aggregates;five aggregates;See Five skandhas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Branches of Learning;five branches of learning;the five sciences: language;dialectics;science of
 medicine;science of mechanical arts;religious philosophy.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Buddha Families;five buddha families;Buddha, Karma, Padma, Ratna, and Vajra;see also Five
 Dhyāni buddhas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary  + (Five Dharmas of Maitreya;five dharmas of maitreya;Five important commentarial teachings given by the bodhisattva Maitreya to the great Indian teacher Asaṅga.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary  + (Five Dharmas of Maitreya;five dharmas of maitreya;Five important commentarial teachings given by the bodhisattva Maitreya to the great Indian teacher Asaṅga.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Dhyāni buddhas;five dhyāni buddhas;Va … Five Dhyāni buddhas;five dhyāni buddhas;Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, Amoghasiddhi, and
 Akṣobhya. These five Buddhas are associated with various aspects of existence,
for example the five skandhas: Vairocana (consciousness), Ratnasambhava (sen-
sation), Amitābha (perception), Amoghasiddhi (volition), and Akṣobhya (form).ghasiddhi (volition), and Akṣobhya (form).)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Elements;five elements;earth (the solid), air (the gaseous), fire (the incandescent), water
(the liquid), and space. The five elements can also be associated with the
five Dhyānibuddhas and with the cakras.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Eyes;five eyes;the physical eye throu … Five Eyes;five eyes;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/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Kāyas;five kāyas;see Three Kāyas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Paths;five paths;five aspects of the complete path to enlightenment, following one
another in succession: preparation or accumulation;application;vision or seeing;
cultivation;no more learning.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Five Types of Pristine Awareness;five type … Five Types of Pristine Awareness;five types of pristine awareness;each of the five types of Pristine Awareness
is associated with one of the Dhyānibuddhas: Mirror-like Awareness (Skt.
Ādarśajñāna, Tib. Me-long ye-shes) is associated with Akṣobhya;Awareness of
Fundamental Sameness (Skt. Samatājñāna, Tib. mNyam-nyid ye-shes) is associ-
ated with Ratnasambhava;All-encompassing Investigating Awareness (Skt.
Pratyavekṣaṇajñāna, Tib. So-sor rtogs-pa'i ye-shes) is associated with Amitābha;
All-accomplishing Awareness (Skt. Kṛtyānuṣṭānajñāna, Tib. Bya-grub ye-shes) is
associated with Amoghasiddhi;The Awareness of the Expanse of Dharma (Skt.
Dharmadhātujñāna, Tib. Chos-dbyings ye-shes) is associated with Vairocana.ngs ye-shes) is associated with Vairocana.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Five aggregates;five aggregates;skandhas;The five psychophysical constituents that characterize sentient beings: form, feeling, appraisal, impulse, and consciousness.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary  + (Five buddha energies;five buddha energies;Five different "families" or categories of buddhas and their respective energies, or styles of manifestation: padma (lotus), vajra (diamond), karma (action), ratna (jewel), and buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary  + (Five buddha energies;five buddha energies;Five different "families" or categories of buddhas and their respective energies, or styles of manifestation: padma (lotus), vajra (diamond), karma (action), ratna (jewel), and buddha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary  + (Five paths;five paths;In Mahāyāna Buddhism the path is described in terms of a gradual journey consisting of the five paths of Accumulation, Application, Seeing, Meditation, and No More Learning.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary  + (Five paths;five paths;In Mahāyāna Buddhism the path is described in terms of a gradual journey consisting of the five paths of Accumulation, Application, Seeing, Meditation, and No More Learning.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Five paths;five paths;The paths of accumul … Five paths;five paths;The paths of accumulation, preparation, seeing, meditation, and no more learning. These represent successive stages in spiritual progress rather than distinct and different pathways to enlightenment. A Bodhisattva on the path of no more learning has attained Buddhahood. ''See also'' Ten levels.ained Buddhahood. ''See also'' Ten levels.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary  + (Five poisons;five poisons;The five principal negative emotions: ignorance, attachment, hatred, pride, and jealousy.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (Five skandhas;five skandhas;''See'' Skandhas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary  + (Form Realm;form realm;A god realm where th … Form Realm;form realm;A god realm where the beings are free from the desires of the Desire Realm, but still have attachment to subtler forms and sensations. There is neither taste nor smell in the Form Realm. The beings reborn here have cultivated various meditative absorptions;they are huge and live extremely long lives.ey are huge and live extremely long lives.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Form Realm;form realm;realm between the desire realm and the formless realm inhabited by
the higher gods.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary  + (Form realm;form realm;rūpadhātu)