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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Rinpoche;rinpoche;Precious One. An honorific term reserved for tulkus or lamas of high rank or great meditative accomplishment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Rinpoche;rinpoche;venerable;respectful way of addressing one's guru, abbot or Buddhist teacher.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Riwoche monastery;riwoche monastery;important monastic center for the Taklung branch of the Kagyu lineage, situated to the south of Nangchen a little more than one hundred kilometers from Chamdo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (Rose-Apple Land;rose-apple land;jambudvīpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Rudra;A powerful, violent, and malicious spirit. [TD 1315])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Rudra;Originally a Hindu deity, an emanati … Rudra;Originally a Hindu deity, an emanation of Śiva. In the vajrayāna, Rudra is the personification of the destructive principle of ultimate ego. Traditionally, Rudra was a student who perverted the teachings, eventually killing his guru. Rudrahood is the complete opposite of buddhahood.od is the complete opposite of buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Rumtek;rumtek;The town in Sikkim, India, w … Rumtek;rumtek;The town in Sikkim, India, where the sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, built the Dharma Chakra Center, also known as Rumtek Monastery, his main seat in exile, which is also home to the Karma Shri Nalanda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies.nda Institute for Higher Buddhist Studies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Rumtek;rumtek;chief seat of the Karma Kagyu lineage established in Sikkim, India, by the sixteenth Karmapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Rāga;lit. 'tint, colour': a mode in Indian classical music)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Rāhula;A demon associated with eclipses, and with one of the nine planets in Indo-Tibetan cosmology. Also regarded as a dharma protector.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Rāhula;A demon associated with eclipses, and with one of the nine planets in Indo-Tibetan cosmology. Also regarded as a dharma protector.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Rājagṛha;羅閲城)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (Rājagṛha;羅閲祇)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SACRED LANDS AND PLACES;sacred lands and places;The twenty-four countries, thirty-two lo-cations, and eight charnel grounds inhabited by dakas and dakinis. They have a psychophysical significance and are correlated with certain points of the subtle body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (SAMANTABHADRA;samantabhadra;The primordial Buddha, in some contexts also the primordially pure innate awareness of each individual.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SAMBHOGAKAYA;See Trikaya)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (SAMSARA;samsara;The round of birth and death.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SHAKYAMUNI;Gautama, the historical Buddha of our age, the founder of Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SHANTARAKSHITA;Also traditionally referred to as Khenpo Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva Abbot. A great Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism, abbot of the university of Nalanda, invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (SHANTIDEVA;shantideva;Śhāntideva;Eighth-century Indian Buddhist scholar and poet, author of ''Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacāryāvatāra)'')
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (SHRI SINGHA;shri singha;A master in the Dz … SHRI SINGHA;shri singha;A master in the Dzogchen lineage and root guru of Guru Rinpoche. Shri Singha attained complete realization of the Dzogchen teachings and, along with Guru Rinpoche, was one of the only two masters to fully attain the "empowerment of the display of awareness," through which they could transform the phenomenal world in any way they desired. phenomenal world in any way they desired.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SKILLFUL MEANS AND WISDOM;skillful means a … SKILLFUL MEANS AND WISDOM;skillful means and wisdom;An important pairing in Mahayana Buddhism. It refers to the wisdom (shes rah) of emptiness, and the voidness aspect of phenomena, together with the skillful means (thabs) of compas-sion, and the appearance aspect of phenomena. Skillful means and wisdom are indissociable.illful means and wisdom are indissociable.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (SKY WOMAN;sky woman;ḍākiṅī;Female muse of enlightenment, associated especially with the '''Great Completeness''' and other esoteric Buddhist practice lineages)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SUMERU;See Mount Meru)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (SUTRA;sutra;Scriptures said to have been spoken by the Buddha, but written down at least one or more centuries after his lifetime.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (SVABHAVIKAKAYA;See Trikaya)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sabchu Rinpoche;sabchu rinpoche;lama from Dilyak monastery in Nangchen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sachen Kunga Nyingpo;sachen kunga nyingpo;(1092-1158) — one of the five forefathers of the Sakya lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Sacred pledge;sacred pledge;samaya;The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Sacred pledge;sacred pledge;samaya;The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Sadaprarudita;The story of Sadaprarudita searching for his guru is related in the last chapters of the ''Prajnaparamita Sutras''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Sadhana;sadhana;The meditation practice associated with a particular Buddha. This is often a written text that one follows, by chanting or reading, in order to meditate on that Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Sadāprarudita;The name of a bodhisattva, renowned for his unwavering perseverance in seeking enlightenment. He appears in the Prajñāpāramitā literature. His teacher was Dharmodgata, whom he met in the city of Gandhavatī.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sahor;sahor;kingdom in ancient India;believed to be identical with Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sakya Pandita;sakya pandita;(1182-1251) — Kunga Gyaltsen;renowned scholar and Tibetan statesman;staved off a Mongolian invasion (1244) by converting Emperor Godan Khan to Buddhism.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (Sakya Pandita;sakya pandita;An important Sakyapa master (1182-1251), also known as Kunga Gyaltsen)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sakya lineage;sakya lineage;one of the four major schools of Buddhism in Tibet;began in the eleventh century when Drogmi Lotsawa 993-1050), disciple of the Indian master Virupa, brought his teachings back to Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sakya monastery;sakya monastery;one of the main seats of the lineage in Central Tibet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Sakya;sakya;One of the four main traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Khon Konchok Gyalpo (1034—1102).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Sakya;sakya;One of the four schools of Tib … Sakya;sakya;One of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Sakya school has origins in the teachings of the Indian ''mahasiddha'' Virupa (ninth or tenth century) and was brought to Tibet by the Tibetan Drokmi (993-1077). The Sakya school is particularly renowned for its ''lamdre'' (path and fruit) teachings that combine Mahayana and Vajrayana into a unified synthesis.na and Vajrayana into a unified synthesis.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Saltong Shogum;saltong shogum;One of Gampo … Saltong Shogum;saltong shogum;One of Gampopa's foremost disciples, from Kham. Sal means "clear" and Tong is short for Tong Pa Nyid, meaning "emptiness," indicating that he was born with the realization of emptiness and clear luminosity. Shogum means "harelip," because he was born with a cleft palate. Saltong Shogum became the guru who founded the Traleg Kyabgon line of tulkus, the supreme abbots of Thrangu Monastery in Kham.preme abbots of Thrangu Monastery in Kham.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Samantabhadra;The "all-good," ultimate, ''dharmakaya'' buddha in the Nyingma tradition, depicted as naked and dark blue in color, often in union with his consort Samantabhadri, who is depicted as white in color.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Samantabhadra;primordial buddha who awakened to enlightenment many eons before this world was formed;forefather of the Dzogchen teachings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Sambhogakāya;The body of enjoyment, or the transhuman forms in which Buddhas may manifest themselves. The sambhogakāya is directly perceptible only to highly realized beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Sambhogakāya;see Three Kāyas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Samgya;samgya;abbreviation of Samten Gyatso.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Samsara;'cyclic existence,' 'Vicious circl … Samsara;'cyclic existence,' 'Vicious circle' or 'round' of birth and death and rebirth within the six realms;characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance;the state of ordinary sentient beings fettered by ignorance and dualistic perception, karma and disturbing emotions. It also means ordinary reality, an endless cycle of frustration and suffering generated as the result of karma.uffering generated as the result of karma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Samsara;the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth within the six realms of existence, characterized by suffering, impermanence, and ignorance.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Samsara;the round of birth and death that encloses the realms of the animals, the gods, the anti-gods, the tortured spirits, the denizens of hell and humankind. It is all conditioned existence. It is pain and suffering.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Samsāra;The wheel, or round, of existence. … Samsāra;The wheel, or round, of existence. The state of being unenlightened, in which the mind, enslaved by the three poisons of attachment, hatred, and ignorance, passes uncontrolled from one state to another through an endless stream of psychophysical experiences that are all characterized by suffering. ''See also'' Six realms;Three worlds.ing. ''See also'' Six realms;Three worlds.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Samten Gyatso;samten gyatso;(1881-1945/6) — master of the Barom and ''New Treasures'' lineages;based at Lachab monastery in Nangchen;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoches uncle & root guru.)