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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Foundational Vehicle;foundational vehicle; … Foundational Vehicle;foundational vehicle;hinayana;In the Tibetan context, it is understood as the part of the Buddhist heritage that focuses on the rules and regulations for the ordained sangha and on the practice of liberating oneself from the ocean of samsara. In general usage, the term often overlaps with Theravada, "the school of the elders," which is still practiced in Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Cambodia.and, Burma, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Cambodia.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Four Branches of Heart Essence,the;four br … Four Branches of Heart Essence,the;four branches of heart essence,the;(''Nyingtig Yabzhi'') One of the most famous collections of Dzogchen scriptures, in which Longchenpa combined the streams of teachings from Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra together with his own mind treasures.itra together with his own mind treasures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Empowerments;four empowerments;Vase Empowerment, Secret Empowerment, Wisdom Empowerment, Creativity Empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Four Gyens;four gyens;Machik's four spirit … Four Gyens;four gyens;Machik's four spiritual daughters, who each have the word ''gyen'', or "ornament," as part of their name. They are present throughout the text, asking questions and participating in the action. Four immeasurables - Four subjects of meditation and important virtues that one cultivates for others on the bodhisattva path. The four are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Four Gyens;four gyens;Machik's four spirit … Four Gyens;four gyens;Machik's four spiritual daughters, who each have the word ''gyen'', or "ornament," as part of their name. They are present throughout the text, asking questions and participating in the action. Four immeasurables - Four subjects of meditation and important virtues that one cultivates for others on the bodhisattva path. The four are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Immeasurables;four immeasurables;love, compassion, joy, equanimity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Joys;four joys;of the four joys is as … Four Joys;four joys;of the four joys is associated with one of the four cakras: Awakened Joy (forehead cakra);Joy of Limitless Good Qualities (throat cakra);  Supreme Joy of the Mahāmudrā (heart cakra);and Spontaneous Transcendent  Awakened Joy (navel cakra). Transcendent  Awakened Joy (navel cakra).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Kāyas;four kāyas;see Three Kāyas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Means of Conversion;four means of conversion;giving, kind words, assisting the development of others, consistency between words and actions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Four Noble Truths;four noble truths;(1) Su … Four Noble Truths;four noble truths;(1) Suffering: the nature of existence in saṃsāra is suffering. (2) Cause: the cause of suffering is negative or obscuring emotions. (3) Cessation: the cessation of suffering is Buddhahood. (4) Path: the path is the means to attain liberation.he path is the means to attain liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Four Noble Truths;four noble truths;suffering, cause of suffering, ending of suffering, and the  eightfold path to liberation from suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Four Reminders;four reminders;Four preliminary instructions known as the Four Thoughts That Transform the Mind: the preciousness of a human birth, impermanence, the suffering of the six realms of samsaric existence, and karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Four classes of tantras;four classes of tantras;The four different types or levels of tantra, the kriyātantra, ubhayatantra or caryātantra, yogatantra, and unsurpassed yogatantra. ''See also'' Tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Four classes of tantras;four classes of tantras;The four different types or levels of tantra, the kriyātantra, ubhayatantra or caryātantra, yogatantra, and unsurpassed yogatantra. ''See also'' Tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Four empowerments;four empowerments;Empowe … Four empowerments;four empowerments;Empowerment is an important practice of Vajrayāna Buddhism in which students are symbolically invested with the ability to do particular practices by a qualified lama. The four empowerments are (1) the vase empowerment, the empowerment of body;(2) the secret empowerment, the empowerment of speech;(3) the wisdom empowerment, the empowerment of mind;and (4) the word empowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.mpowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Four empowerments;four empowerments;Empowe … Four empowerments;four empowerments;Empowerment is an important practice of Vajrayāna Buddhism in which students are symbolically invested with the ability to do particular practices by a qualified lama. The four empowerments are (1) the vase empowerment, the empowerment of body;(2) the secret empowerment, the empowerment of speech;(3) the wisdom empowerment, the empowerment of mind;and (4) the word empowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.mpowerment, the nonconceptual empowerment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Four immeasurables;four immeasurables;Four subjects of meditation and important virtues that one cultivates for others on the bodhisattva path. The four are love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Four kayas;four kayas;''See'' Five Bodies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Four samadhis';four samadhis';See Four concentrations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Four samadhis';four samadhis';See Four concentrations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Four vases containing the water of life (tshe-chu bum-pa bzhi), discovered at the Longevity Cave at Campa Temple in Bumthang by Dorje Lingpa, 789)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Four-Armed Mahakala;four-armed mahakala;guardian protector of the teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Fragrant aloe-wood;fragrant aloe-wood;agaru;Agallochum, Amyris agallocha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Frustrated spirit;frustrated spirit;preta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Fulfillment Stage;fulfillment stage;see Perfecting Stage.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Full Virtue;full virtue;śubhakṛtsna)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Fully Conquering;fully conquering;vaijayanta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Fundamental Vehicle;fundamental vehicle;''See'' Shrāvakayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (GAMPOPA;gampopa;(1079-1153) Also known as … GAMPOPA;gampopa;(1079-1153) Also known as Dhakpo Lharje, Gampopa trained as a doctor before becoming a monk in the Kadampa tradition. He eventually met his root teacher, Milarepa, whose principal disciple he was to become and from whom he received the transmission of the Six Yogas of Naropa. Unifying the monastic and yogic paths, Gampopa exerted a decisive influence over the Kagyu tradition.cisive influence over the Kagyu tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (GELUK;geluk;"Yellow Hats," the most populous and politically powerful of the four orders of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (GENERATION AND PERFECTION;generation and perfection;See creation and perfection)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (GREAT COMPLETENESS;great completeness;Regarded as the highest practice by both '''Nyingma''' Buddhist and '''Bön''' practitioners.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (GREAT VEHICLE;great vehicle;See Mahayana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (GURU RINPOCHE;guru rinpoche;The name by wh … GURU RINPOCHE;guru rinpoche;The name by which Guru Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, is commonly known in Tibet. He was predicted by Shakyamuni Buddha as the one who would propagate the teachings of the Secret Mantra. Invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen in the eighth century, he succeeded in definitively establishing there the Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.he Buddhist teachings of sutra and tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Ga Lotsawa;ga lotsawa;great siddha and tra … Ga Lotsawa;ga lotsawa;great siddha and translator who visited India;also known as Palchen Galo ['Galo' is an abbreviation of Ga Lotsawa, or "the translator of the Ga clan"]. He stayed at Nalanda monastery and meditated in the Cool Grove Charnel Ground, where he had a vision of a wisdom-protector and received predictions, [tur]-protector and received predictions, [tur])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Galo;galo;''see'' Ga Lotsawa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Gampo Dar;gampo dar;Mount Gampo Dar is the … Gampo Dar;gampo dar;Mount Gampo Dar is the location where Gampopa established his monastery, and it is the source 6f his name, Gampopa, "the man from Gampo." Gampo means calm, sober, deep. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche says, "Of all the places in Tibet, Gampo Dar has the most breathtaking scenery."po Dar has the most breathtaking scenery.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Gampo or Dakla Gampo;gampo or dakla gampo;the mountain where Gampopa lived, in the southeastern part of Central Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Gampopa;gampopa;(1079-1153 CE). One of the … Gampopa;gampopa;(1079-1153 CE). One of the two principal students of Milarepa (the other being Rechungpa). When Gampopa met Milarepa, he was a Kadam monk, and subsequently he combined Milarepa's meditative and eremitical approach with the settled monasticism of his Kadam training. Through his disciple, Tusumkhyenpa, he was instrumental in the formation of the Kagyü sublineage, the Karma Kagyü, presided over by the Karmapa line of incarnations. over by the Karmapa line of incarnations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Gampopa;gampopa;(1079-1153) — forefather o … Gampopa;gampopa;(1079-1153) — forefather of all the Kagyu lineages;foremost disciple of Milarepa who possessed both supreme realization and great scholarship. He was the author of ''The Jewel Ornament of Liberation''. More details can be found in ''The Life of Milarepa'' and ''The Rain of Wisdom'', Shambhala Publications. Rain of Wisdom'', Shambhala Publications.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Ganapati;ganapati;a monkey-faced guardian of the Buddha's teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Ganden;Tuṣita;The Sanskrit name refers to … Ganden;Tuṣita;The Sanskrit name refers to the "heaven" of Tuṣita, whence all Buddhas issue, and which is now presided over by Lord Maitreya, the future Buddha. Here, ''dGa'-ldan'' [Ganden] refers to the great monastic institution near Lhasa founded by Tsongkapa himself in the year 1409.ded by Tsongkapa himself in the year 1409.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Ganden;ganden;major Gelukpa monastery near Lhasa, founded in 1409 by Tsongkhapa.[map])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Gandharvas;beings living in the desire realm in cloud-like castles;they are  known for their beautiful music.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Gangtok;gangtok;capital of the former (up to 1975) independent kingdom Sikkim, situated between Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Gar Drubchen;gar drubchen;A Tibetan accomplished master of the Drigung Kagyu school who was an emanation of Nagarjuna and also Phamo Drupa (1110-70), one of the three foremost disciples of Gampopa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Gar log;གར་ལོག་;Garlok;garlok)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Gar sha;གར་ཤ་;Garsha;garsha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Garab Dorje;garab dorje;An Indian siddha and first human progenitor of the Dzogchen teachings of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Garab Dorje;garab dorje;Prahevajra;incarna … Garab Dorje;garab dorje;Prahevajra;incarnation of a god who earlier had been empowered by the buddhas. Immaculately conceived, his mother was a nun, the daughter of King Dhahena Talo of Uddiyana. Garab Dorje received all the tantras, scriptures and oral instructions of Dzogchen from Vajrasattva and Vajrapani in person and became the first human master in the Dzogchen lineage. Having reached the state of complete enlightenment through the effortless Great Perfection, Garab Dorje transmitted the teachings to his retinue of exceptional beings. Manjushrimitra is regarded as his chief disciple. Padmasambhava is also known to have received the transmission of the Dzogchen tantras directly from Garab Dorje's wisdom form. Garab Dorje means 'Indestructible joy'rm. Garab Dorje means 'Indestructible joy')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Garuda;Symbolic mythical bird used in icon … Garuda;Symbolic mythical bird used in iconography. According to the story about the Garuda or celestial hawk, it nests in the wish-fulfilling tree of life, is full grown in the egg, and subdues the viciousness of the Nagas (symbolising the swamp-like quality of passion). Since it is mature from birth, it signifies absolute confidence.m birth, it signifies absolute confidence.)