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• 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.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Samten Kangsar;samten kangsar;powerful spirit and guardian of the Dharma.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Samye;samye;temple complex and monastery in Central Tibet founded by Padmasambhava, King Trisong Deutsen, and Shantarakshita;center of the early transmission.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sang-Ngak;sang-ngak;(Uncle Sang-Ngak);the uncle of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Folk Tales of Tibet/Glossary  + (Sang;sang;a denomination of Tibetan currency.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary  + (Sangha;sangha;Any person who directly and nonconceptually realizes emptiness. In a more general sense, Sangha refers to the communities of ordained monastics. It is sometimes used to refer to Buddhists in general.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangha;sangha;community of practitioners usually the fully ordained monks and nuns or the ''ngakpas'', tantric practitioners distinguished by their long braided hair, white skirts, and striped shawls.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Sangha;the community of those practicing t … Sangha;the community of those practicing the teachings of the Buddha, united
by their vision and their commitment to the path. In order to lay the foundation
for Dharma practice, various forms of discipline are undertaken. Eight traditional
kinds of Sangha exist: bhikṣu and bhikṣuṇī: fully ordained monks and nuns;
śramaṇara and sramaṇĩ: novices who have taken preliminary vows;śikṣamaṇa:
aspirants too young to join the community but who follow special rules;upavasta:
laymen or laywomen who take monk's vows for a certain limited time;upāsaka and
upāsikā: laymen and laywomen who practice Buddhist teachings and follow five
precepts: not to kill, not to steal, not to lie, not to take intoxicating substances, not
to engage in sexual misconduct.ances, not
to engage in sexual misconduct.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary  + (Sangha;the community or fellowship of aspirants to the Here and Now united by their common knowledge of the transpersonal aspects of the human mind, and their common place of refuge-the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary  + (Sanghanandi;Sōgyanandai;sōgyanandai;(d. 74 B.C.E.))
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (Sangs rgyas thod pa;སངས་རྒྱས་ཐོད་པ་;Buddhakapāla)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Strand of Jewels/Tibetan-English Glossary  + (Sangs rgyas;Buddha;buddha)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Sangs-rgyas;Buddha;lit. 'awakened';the Enl … Sangs-rgyas;Buddha;lit. 'awakened';the Enlightened One;a perfected
 Bodhisattva, after attaining complete, perfect enlightenment in a human form,
 is known as a Buddha. The Buddha generally referred to is Sākyamuni Buddha,
 the Buddha of this era, who lived in India around the 6th century B.C. But there
 have also been perfected Bodhisattvas in ages past who have manifested the
way to enlightenment. In the current fortunate era, there will be one thousand
 Buddhas, Sākyamuni Buddha being the fourth. In some eras, no Buddhas appear
at all.h. In some eras, no Buddhas appear
at all.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangwa Yeshe;sangwa yeshe;(Secret Wisdom), enlightened dakini.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangye Gyamtso;sangye gyamtso;(1653-1703/5) — regent-king after the fifth Dalai Lama, and one of Chokgyur Lingpa's former lives.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangye Lama;sangye lama;(990?-1070) — earliest tertön in Tibet.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangye Lingpa;sangye lingpa;(1340-1396) — reincarnation of the second son of King Trisong Deutsen;major tertön and revealer of the ''Lama Gongdu'' cycle in 13 volumes.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sangye Yeshe of Nub;sangye yeshe of nub;(b … Sangye Yeshe of Nub;sangye yeshe of nub;(b.9th cent.) — Nubchen Sangye Yeshe;one of the twenty-five disciples of Padmasambhava;chief recipient of the Anu Yoga teachings and visited India and Nepal seven times. When the evil king Langdarma attempted to destroy Buddhism in Tibet, Sangye Yeshe instilled fear in the king by causing an enormous scorpion, the size of nine yaks, to magically appear by a single gesture of his right hand. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche is considered one of his reincarnations.e is considered one of his reincarnations.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary  + (Saraha;(c. tenth century). An Indian mahasiddha, or master of high accomplishment. He was the author of three famous cycles of dohas, or songs of realization.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary  + (Saraha;Indian master;mentor to Nāgārjuna and highly accomplished tantric practitioner.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary  + (Saraha;Indian yogi of high accomplishment, author of three cycles of ''dohas'', or songs of realization.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary  + (Saraha;One of the eighty-four ''mahasiddha … Saraha;One of the eighty-four ''mahasiddhas'' or enlightened tantric masters. Saraha is known in Tibetan Buddhism as the "grandfather of the ''siddhas''," indicating a belief that his life falls rather at the beginning of the tradition of ''mahasiddhas''. He is particularly known for his instruction on Mahamudra, given in ''dohas'' (collections of realization songs).ohas'' (collections of realization songs).)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary  + (Sarasvatī;goddess of Euphony and patron of … Sarasvatī;goddess of Euphony and patron of the arts and sciences;early known as
 goddess of a sacred river in northern India and as the goddess of speech and
 learning;traditionally regarded in India as the source of the Sanskrit language and
 Devanāgari letters.Sanskrit language and
 Devanāgari letters.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sarma schools;sarma schools;New schools: Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug as well as Shijey and Chö, Jordruk, Shangpa Kagyu, and Nyendrub (Kalachakra).)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Sarnath;sarnath;sacred site near Varanasi where Buddha Shakyamuni gave the first teaching on the four noble truths.)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary  + (Sarvastivada;sarvastivada;Sarvāstivāda)

• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary  + (Sarvāstivāda;A follower of the sarvāstitva doctrine.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary  + (Sautrāntika;Follower of an important school of thought, characterized as "one who takes<br> as authority the sütra and not the śāstra:")
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary  + (Saṃmatīya;prominent Hīnayānist school, to which in the seventh century more than a quarter of the Buddhist monks in India were counted as belonging. They were notorious for their heretical, 'Personalist' views and often their bigotry and moral depravity.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary  + (Saṃmitīya;one of the eighteen earliest schools of Buddhism;classified by the Tibetans as one of the sub-sects of the Vaibāshika school.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary  + (Saṃyaktva-niyamavakrānti;Same as samyaktva-niyāma-avakramaṇa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary  + (Saṅgha (/Saṃgha);The Buddhist monastic community.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary  + (Saṅs-rgyas;Buddha)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary  + (Saṅs-rgyas;Buddha;Literally, an "Awakened One." The title given ro one who has attained complete enlightenment. Used especially with reference to Siddhārtha Gautama, the sixth-century Indian founder of the Buddhist Doctrine.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Scripture of the Great Assemblage;scripture of the great assemblage;Do Gongdu;do gongdu;''(Do Gongdu)'', fundamental tantra in the Anu Yoga category.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary  + (Se ra;definition=One of the three great Gelukpa monasteries near Lhasa. Sera was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chöje Shakya Yeshe,a direct disciple of Tsongkapa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Secret Essence Kilaya;secret essence kilaya;''(Sangtik Purpa)'', terma revelation of Chokgyur Lingpa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Secret Mantra;secret mantra;synonym for Vajrayana.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary  + (See kayas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary  + (See luminosity.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary  + (See the three kayas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary  + (Seed syllables;seed syllables;bīja;A single syllable conceived as one expression of enlightened mind. It represents a primal vibration and corresponds to the seminal source of being. Each deity springs from a single seed syllable.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary  + (Seed syllables;seed syllables;bīja;A single syllable conceived as one expression of enlightened mind. It represents a primal vibration and corresponds to the seminal source of being. Each deity springs from a single seed syllable.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary  + (Selflessness;selflessness;See Emptiness.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (Sems 'grel skor gsum;སེམས་འགྲེལ་སྐོར་གསུམ་;Trilogy of Commentaries by Bodhisattvas;trilogy of commentaries by bodhisattvas;See glossary: Commentaries by Bodhisattvas.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary  + (Sems sde bco brgyad;Eighteen Major Scriptu … Sems sde bco brgyad;Eighteen Major Scriptures of the Mind Class;eighteen major scriptures of the mind class;A set of Dzogchen tantras taught by Shri Singha to Vairotsana and Tsang Lekdrub, of which the first five were translated by Vairotsana before his exile to Tsawarong and the remaining thirteen were later translated by Vimalamitra and Yudra Nyingpo.anslated by Vimalamitra and Yudra Nyingpo.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary  + (Ser sna rdo rje;སེར་སྣ་རྡོ་རྗེ་;Vajra Avarice;vajra avarice;Mātsaryavajra)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary  + (Seven Branch Prayer;seven branch prayer;Us … Seven Branch Prayer;seven branch prayer;Used in all lineages of Tibetan Buddhism to develop bodhichitta, the mind of enlightenment, and to accumulate merit. The seven parts of the prayer are: (1) to prostrate and pay homage, either physically or mentally, to all Buddhas and bodhisattvas in the universe;(2) to make actual and visualized offerings to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas;(3) to confess all one's wrongdoings and one's violations of vows and precepts;(4) to rejoice in the virtuous conduct of all beings;(5) to pray that the Dharma continues to be present and taught to all beings in accordance with their capacity to understand;(6) to beseech the Buddhas not to pass into nirvana yet, but to remain in samsara and teach until all beings are enlightened;(7) to dedicate the merit of one's practice toward one's own enlightenment in order to be able to guide all sentient beings to a similar level of attainment. The Seven Branch Prayer can be practiced on its own or in short form as a preliminary prayer for other practices. a preliminary prayer for other practices.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary  + (Seven Treasuries;seven treasuries;seven profound writings by Longchenpa.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary  + (Seven-point posture of Vairocana;seven-point posture of vairocana;The seven points of posture recommended for sitting meditation, involving proper positioning of the legs, spine, neck, head, arms, chin, and eyes.)
• Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary  + (Seven-point posture of Vairocana;seven-point posture of vairocana;The seven points of posture recommended for sitting meditation, involving proper positioning of the legs, spine, neck, head, arms, chin, and eyes.)