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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nyingma school;nyingma school;teachings br … Nyingma school;nyingma school;teachings brought to Tibet and translated mainly during the reign of King Trisong Deutsen and in the subsequent period up to Rinchen Zangpo in the ninth century, chiefly by the great masters Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Shantarakshita, and Vairotsana. The two main types of transmission are Kahma and Terma. Practices are based on both the outer and inner tantras with emphasis on the practice of the inner tantras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga and Ati Yoga.antras of Mahayoga, Anu Yoga and Ati Yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Nyingma;nyingma;The "lineage of the ancien … Nyingma;nyingma;The "lineage of the ancients" or "Old Translation school," one of the four principal schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the only one to emerge from the first spreading of Buddhism to Tibet in the seventh to ninth centuries. It is understood to have been founded by Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) with the help of Guru Rinpoche's consort Yeshe Tsogyal, twenty-five great disciples, and numerous other devoted practitioners. and numerous other devoted practitioners.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Nyingma;nyingma;The earliest of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, founded in the eighth century by Guru Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nyingtig Yabzhi;nyingtig yabzhi;''see'' Four Branches of Heart Essence.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nyingtig;nyingtig;heart essence;usually refers to the innermost aspect of the Dzogchen teachings, such as the instructions of Vimalamitra or Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Nyoshul Jönpalung;nyoshul jönpalung;The monastic seat and hermitage of Khenpo Ngakchung.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Nyoshul Khen;nyoshul khen;(1932-1999) — Ja … Nyoshul Khen;nyoshul khen;(1932-1999) — Jamyang Dorje;one of the greatest recent khenpos of the Nyingma tradition;renowned for his spontaneous poetry and songs of realization;disciple of Shedrub Tenpey Nyima and one of the holders of the ''Hearing Lineage of Nyingtig'' which came through Jigmey Lingpa and Paltrul Rinpoche.hrough Jigmey Lingpa and Paltrul Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Nyung ti;ཉུང་ཏི་;Nyung-ti;nyung-ti)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Nāga-puṣpa;n. of several plants — ''Mesua roxburghii, Rottlera tinctoria'' and ''Michelia champaka'' — or may =''nāga-puṣpikā'', yellow jasmine.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Nāga;A powerful being in Indo-Tibetan mythology, the nāga is commonly represented as a being with a human torso and head and with a serpent's body. Nāgas are commonly associated with water and with wealth and dwell in subterranean areas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Nāga;A powerful being in Indo-Tibetan mythology, the nāga is commonly represented as a being with a human torso and head and with a serpent's body. Nāgas are commonly associated with water and with wealth and dwell in subterranean areas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Nāgas;powerful long-lived serpent-like bei … Nāgas;powerful long-lived serpent-like beings who inhabit bodies of water and often guard great treasure. Nanda was one of their great kings. He helped protect the Buddha from the elements when the Buddha was seated at Bodh Gayā, and gave Nāgārjuna various treatises from the nāga treasure. various treatises from the nāga treasure.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Nāgā;the inhabitants of an underground kingdom often associated with serpents. Their Tibetan name is 'lu'.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Nāgārjuna;A famous Indian master of the fi … Nāgārjuna;A famous Indian master of the first century A.D., and founder of the Madhyamaka school. There is also a tantric master of the same name who was a teacher of Tilopa. Traditional sources claim that these two are one and the same. His name comes from the legend that he retrieved the ''Prajñāpāramitā'' literature from the nāgas.rajñāpāramitā'' literature from the nāgas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (Nāgārjuna;Indian Buddhist master of the second century who elucidated the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras of Buddha;the major expounder of the Madhyamaka philosophy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Nālanda;Nālanda;nālanda;Nālanda;Well-known Buddhist university. It was founded near the middle of the fifth century (earlier according to some sources), under the first Kumāragupta. It produced numerous great masters, among them Asaṅga and Vasubandhu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (O rgyan;This land where the tantras were p … O rgyan;This land where the tantras were promulgated and preserved—which is also called the land of dākinīs—has a quasi-mythical status in relation to the Tibetan tradition. It has, however, been identified as the ancient Buddhist kingdom of Udyana in the Swat Valley of northwest Pakistan, though there is no evidence for the practice of higher tantras there. More recent research has brought attention to the region of Orissa (renamed Odisha in November 2010) on the eastern coast of India, which has had a number of variant names but was known as Oddiyāna up to at least the fourteenth century. It was a center for the practice of the higher tantras and was the region where many Buddhist tantras, such as Kalācakra, originated. Lake Chilika, the second largest lagoon in the world, matches the legend of Oddiyānas lake. pandita. A title given to an individual recognized for his or her learning. It has entered the English language as pundit, which is the Hindi formanguage as pundit, which is the Hindi form)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (ONTOLOGICAL NONDUALISM;ontological nondualism;Indissoluable unity between conventional, conditioned phenomena and their ultimate or unconditioned nature of emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (ORGYEN SAMBHA;orgyen sambha;Another name of Guru Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (ORGYEN;orgyen;Also called Oddiyana, a country to the northwest of ancient India, nowadays identified as the Swat Valley in Kashmir. It was here that Guru Padmasambhava was born.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Old Khyentse;old khyentse;in this book, short for Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Old Kongtrul;old kongtrul;in this book, short for Jamgön Kongtrul the First.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (Om mani padme hung;om mani padme hung;The mantra of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. The most popular mantra in Tibetan Buddhism, also known as the six-syllable mantra. ''Hung'' is the Tibetan pronunciation of Sanskrit ''hum''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (One Hundred Chö empowerments;one hundred chö empowerments;''Chöwang Gyatsa'';collection of one hundred empowerments for the practice of Chö.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (One of the "three trainings," ''shila'' in … One of the "three trainings," ''shila'' includes various codes of conduct that Buddhists follow as part of the path to awakening. Laypeople typically follow the five precepts (to refrain from taking life, stealing, false speech, sexual misconduct, and intoxicants that cloud the mind), while monks and nuns adhere to a collection of several hundred rules of monastic restraint divided into categories of varying severity.vided into categories of varying severity.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Orgyan rin po che;ORGYEN RINPOCHE;orgyen rinpoche;Same as Guru Rinpoche.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Orgyan;ORGYEN;orgyen;Same as Guru Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Orgyan;also known as Uddiyāna or Odiyan;home of many ḍākinīs, and birth- place of Padmasambhava;thought to be located in the Swat valley northwest of India, which borders on modern Afghanistan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Orgyen Chöpel;orgyen chöpel;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoches paternal grandfather.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo,dpal sprul rin … Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo,dpal sprul rin po che (1808-1887);Patrul Rinpoche;patrul rinpoche;A major holder of the Longchen Nyingtik teachings and exponent of Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva), famed for his simple lifestyle and as the author of The Words of My Perfect Teacher. He is often considered to be the emanation of Jigme Lingpa's speech be the emanation of Jigme Lingpa's speech)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Orgyen Tobgyal;orgyen tobgyal;(b.1952) — oldest son of the third Neten Chokling. Lives in Bir, Himachal Pradesh in Northern India, where he has rebuilt Neten monastery.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (PADMASAMBHAVA;padmasambhava;Consort and teacher of Yeshey Tsogyel, and a founding figure of Buddhist '''Great Completeness''' traditions in Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (PANDITA;A scholar, someone learned in the five traditional sciences. See five sciences)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (PARAMITA;See perfections)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (PHAT;phat;sacred, tantric syllable used in the practices of ''phowa'', ''Chö'' or ''Trekchö'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Pad dkar mo;པད་དཀར་མོ་;Puṇḍarīka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Pad-ma'byuṅ-gnas;Padmasambhava)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (Pad-ma- 'byun-gnas;Padmasambhava;The eighth-century Indian ''siddha'' usually credited with having established Buddhism in Tibet. Together with the Indian monk-scholar Śāntirakṣita, he founded the earliest order of Buddhism in Tibet, the Nyingmapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Padma Thod-Phreng-rtsal;lit. 'the Lotus-one ornamented by a rosary of skulls'; an emanation of Padmasambhava.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Padma mthar byed;པདམ་མཐར་བྱེད་;Padmāntaka)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Padma'i sgrol ma;པདམའི་སྒྲོལ་མ་;Padmatārā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Padma;Pema;pema;the lotus. Every Buddha is … Padma;Pema;pema;the lotus. Every Buddha is iconographically depicted sitting upon a sun and moon resting upon the lotus, representative of the Dharmadhatu or Free Space. Prajnaparamita, the body of scriptures prepared by the Madhyamika school of meditation and metaphysics. It is the Goddess who is identical with every woman and Emptiness. It is the Perfection of Penetrating Insight. is the Perfection of Penetrating Insight.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (Padmasambhava)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Padmasambhava;(8th century). Literally "Lo … Padmasambhava;(8th century). Literally "Lotus-Born." Also known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Guru") or the Second Buddha. Indian Buddhist mahasiddha from Oddiyana who brought Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet and neighboring countries at the invitation of the Abbot Shantarakshita and King Trisong Detsen. Regarded as the founder of the Nyingma tradition.d as the founder of the Nyingma tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Padmasambhava;The Indian ''siddha'' who br … Padmasambhava;The Indian ''siddha'' who brought Vajrayana Buddhism for the first time to Tibet, in the eighth century CE. His traditional biography says that he was miraculously born in a lotus, adopted by king Indrabhuti in Northwest India, and brought up as a prince. His unconventional behavior led to banishment, and he spent the rest of his life roaming the charnel grounds, jungles, and wastelands, learning from ''dakinis'' both human and superhuman, and practicing the tantric teachings. During his wanderings, he met and trained many disciples. At the request of the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen, Padmasambhava went to Tibet and was instrumental in the establishment of Buddhism there. He is considered the founder of the Nyingma tradition and also its principal guru, and many liturgies and meditations invoke his presence and request his blessings.ke his presence and request his blessings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Padmasambhava;padmasambhava;the Lotus-Born master who brought Vajrayana to Tibet in the eight century;also referred to as Guru Rinpoche, the precious teacher. For more details on this master's life, see ''The Lotus-Born''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Padmasambhava;the 'Lotus-born' Guru of Odiyan;his eight major manifesta- tions are: Padma 'byung-gnas, Padma rgyal-po, rDo-rje gro-lod, Nyi-ma 'od-zer, Sākya seng-ge, Seng-ge sgra-sgrog, Blo-ldan mchog-sred, and rDo-rje 'chang.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Padmasattva;padmasattva;chief deity in a mind treasure revealed by Old Khyentse after Chokgyur Lingpa's passing. In a vision, he saw the great tertön in his saṃbhogakaya form and, receiving an empowerment and teachings, wrote them down.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Padmasaṁbhava;Also known as Padmakara or Guru Rinpoche, the founder of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasaṁbhava was one of the major figures in the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet in approximately the eighth century c.e.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Padmasaṁbhava;Also known as Padmakara or Guru Rinpoche, the founder of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasaṁbhava was one of the major figures in the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet in approximately the eighth century c.e.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary + (Pak;pak;kneaded tsampa dough is called pak.)