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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mao Tse-tung;mao tse-tung;helmsman of Communism in China;seen by many Tibetans as possessed by a demonic force bent on destroying the Dharma and happiness of sentient beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Mara;The "evil one" who attempted, at the … Mara;The "evil one" who attempted, at the last minute, to dissuade Shakyamuni Buddha from completing his quest for enlightenment. Mara is the personification of the forces of ignorance that keep sentient beings enmeshed in samsara. In the developed tradition, Mara is said to have four primary forms: He manifests as the five ''skandhas'';the lord of death;the defiling emotions (''kleshas'');and as divine beings who carry out his biddings. divine beings who carry out his biddings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Mara;lord of the desire realm, master of illusion who attempted to prevent the Buddha from attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gayā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mara;mara;demon of obstacles;anything that distracts a practitioner from the Dharma and the pursuit of lasting happiness and liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Maratika;maratika;sacred cave where Padmasambhava and Mandarava attained immortality;these days believed to be in southeastern Nepal.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Margyenma;margyenma;one of King Trisong Deutsen's queens who made obstacles for Vairotsana, resulting in his exile.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Markaṭahradafira;瀰猴江側)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Markaṭahradafira;瀰猴江邊)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Marpa;marpa;(1002/12-1097) — great forefather of the Kagyu lineage. See ''Life of Marpa the Translator''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Master of Orgyen;master of orgyen;''See'' Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Mastery over Others’ Emanations;mastery over others’ emanations;Paranirmitavaśavartin)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Materialism;materialism;The profit oriente … Materialism;materialism;The profit oriented and competitive mentality which could even be applied to "spiritual" activities. It is based on the neurotic need for security and expanding ego's territory. It is the paranoid fear ofloss and greed for achievement which tends to permeate one's whole psychology. Materialism is the "sane" approach to gaining happiness. There's nothing wrong with it, but in the process of seeking happiness the original aim is lost. Instead of the simple primordial happiness one tries to grasp something tangible. At the end one is amazed to find that the search did not fulfil the original aim. Instead, shock and panic result.inal aim. Instead, shock and panic result.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Maudgalyaputra;One of the two most importa … Maudgalyaputra;One of the two most important disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni belonging to the Shravaka Sangha (the other being Shariputra). Maudgalyaputra was endowed with many magical powers. In traditional representations of Buddha Shakyamuni, he and Shariputra are often depicted standing to right and left of the Master. standing to right and left of the Master.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Maudgalyayana;(6th cent. B.C.E.) One of Shakyamuni's ten great disciples, foremost in the manifestation of supernatural powers. He was inō at Veluvana vihara, the monastery donated by King Bimbisara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Mañjuśrī;The bodhisattva of wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Maṇḍala;maṇḍala;'center and surrounding;' usually a deity along with its surrounding environment. A maṇḍala is often a symbolic, graphic representation of a tantric deity's realm of existence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Me lha;མེ་ལྷ་;Agni)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Means;means;upāya;'Means', one of the two … Means;means;upāya;'Means', one of the two supreme coefficients of final enlightenment, of which Wisdom (prajñā, q.v.) is the other. For references to this pair, Wisdom and Means, see the Index. The Means par excellence is Hevajra/ Heruka, with whom the yogin must identify himself (see pp. 32-33, śl. I. x. 30, II. iv. 78). In the rite of union the feminine partner is prajñā and the yogin himself is upāya (I. x. 7). the yogin himself is upāya (I. x. 7). )
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Medicine Buddha;medicine buddha;The buddha associated with healing, on both the spiritual and physical levels. He is blue in color, and holds a begging bowl full of medicine in his left hand, and a myrobalan (amra) flower in his right hand.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Meditation;meditation;Habituating ourselves to positive attitudes, beneficial emotions, and accurate perspectives.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Meditation;meditation;It is a way of stepp … Meditation;meditation;It is a way of stepping out of the neurotic and complicated state of ego. It is not worship, nor is it ritual. Yet, ironically, meditation is the only way of spiritual practice. By transcending the questioning mind, meditation provides an enormous situation of free communication. It is a way of being simple-beyond the dualistic network. It is not a mental gymnastic practice.rk. It is not a mental gymnastic practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Meditative quiescence;meditative quiescence;The ability to remain single-pointedly on an object of meditation with a pliant and serene mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Melemchi;melemchi;village in the Helambu region (Yölmo), three days walk north of Kathmandu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Mental calm;mental calm;shamatha;A state in meditation in which the mind concentrates one-pointedly and effortlessly on the object of meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Merit Born;merit born;Puṇyaprasava)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Mi-bskyod-pa;Akṣobhya)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Mi-bskyod-pa;Akṣobhya;Literally, "the Immovable." Name of the Saṃbhogakāya form of Buddha-nature, and a central deity in the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Mi-bskyod;Akṣobhya;one of the five Dhyānibuddhas;his Sambhogakāya  form is Vajrasattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123) Great yogi and poet of Tibetan Buddhism and the Karma Kagyu lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123) — one of the … Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123) — one of the most famous yogis and poets in Tibetan religious history;much of the teachings of the Karma Kagyu schools passed through him. See ''The Life of Milarepa'' and ''The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa''. His name means 'Cotton-clad Mila.'repa''. His name means 'Cotton-clad Mila.')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123). The best-kn … Milarepa;milarepa;(1040-1123). The best-known and perhaps most well-loved hermit and ''yogin'' in Tibetan Buddhist history. He was the principal disciple of the translator Marpa (1012-1097), Tibetan founder of the Kagyü lineage received in India from the ''siddha'' Naropa (1016-1100). After an extraordinarily difficult youth filled with suffering and much evildoing, Milarepa met Marpa, studied under him, and finally received Vajrayana transmission. Then, at Marpa's direction, Milarepa entered solitary retreat in the mountains and spent the rest of his life meditating and training disciples. His principal students were Rechungpa and Gampopa.cipal students were Rechungpa and Gampopa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Introduction to the Middle Way/Glossary + (Mimamsa;Name of two distinct Hindu tenet systems based on the exegesis of the Vedic texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Finding Rest in the Nature of the Mind/Glossary + (Mimamsa;Name of two distinct Hindu tenet systems based on the exegesis of the Vedic texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mind Section;Space Section;Instruction Sec … Mind Section;Space Section;Instruction Section;mind section;space section;instruction section;the ''Three Sections of the Great Perfection'';after Garab Dorje established the six million four hundred thousand tantras of Dzogchen in the human world, his chief disciple, Manjushrimitra, arranged these tantras into three categories: the Mind Section emphasizing luminosity, the Space Section emphasizing emptiness, and the Instruction Section emphasizing their inseparability. They represent the most profound or subtle spiritual literature present in this world.piritual literature present in this world.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mindrolling;mindrolling;one of the two primary Nyingma monasteries in Central Tibet (founded in 1670, by Terdag Lingpa), the other being Dorje Drag.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mingyur Chödrön;mingyur chödrön;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's sister.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mingyur Dorje;mingyur dorje;the tulku of Yongey Mingyur Dorje;he was a disciple of Chokgyur Lingpa and though being a tulku himself was the tertön's servant.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mipham;mipham;(1846-1912) — student of Jam … Mipham;mipham;(1846-1912) — student of Jamgön Kongtrul, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Paltrul Rinpoche. Blessed by Manjushri, he became one of the greatest scholars of his time;his collected works fill more than 30 volumes. His chief disciple was Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal, the root guru of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. the root guru of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Mirgō;mirgō;a wild beast similar to a gorilla.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (Moment;moment;kṣaṇa;Moment. There are four … Moment;moment;kṣaṇa;Moment. There are four moments, marking the stages of the four joys: Variety vicitra Development vipāka Consummation vimarda Blank vilaksana My use of 'consummation' for vimarda represents an interpretation and not a translation. Vimarda, which actually means 'rubbing' is regularly glossed by ālocana, łreflection', viz. the reflection that bliss has been experienced oneself (see pp. 35 and 95).ction that bliss has been experienced oneself (see pp. 35 and 95).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Mon;mon;is a place at the border of Tibet and Bhutan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Monkey-Faced Ganapati;monkey-faced ganapati;a protector of the Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Abum;mount abum;Abum Rinchen Pungpa;abum rinchen pungpa;Mount Abum;situated eight hours' drive on dirt roads from Sharda in Nangchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Dakpo;mount dakpo;Dakla Gampo;eight-peaked mountain in the region in Southern Central Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Gegyal;mount gegyal;presumably in the Gegyal Riwo district southwest of Nangchen, west of Tengchen on the main road from Chamdo to Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Kailash;mount kailash;sacred mountain in west Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Kangsar;mount kangsar;mountain on the old route between Nangchen and Lhasa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Mount Karma;mount karma;sacred mountain south of Nangchen on the way to Chamdo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;The mythical mountain at the center of the universe, according to Indo-Tibetan cosmology.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Mount Meru;mount meru;ften identified with … Mount Meru;mount meru;ften identified with Kailasha in the Hindu world, this mount is the centre of the universe and is ringed by mountains and lakes which protect it from the great ocean in which float the four continents and the eight island continents. On top of the heavenly mount is a flat plain, the home of the gods. In the centre of the plain is the three-tiered temple of the Guru's Body.he three-tiered temple of the Guru's Body.)