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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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sevenfold Cycle of Profundity;sevenfold cycle of profundity;''(Zabpa Kordun)'', a most extensive set of revelations by Chokgyur Lingpa;contains the sadhana of the Lotus-Dakini, Kilaya, etc.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Sey Phakchok;sey phakchok;son of Shakya Shri who continued his teaching and encampment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (Sha' kya thub pa;Śākyamuni;śākyamuni;Śākyamuni)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shabdrung Rinpoche;shabdrung rinpoche;early name for Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (Old Khyentse).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shabkar Tsokdrug Rangdröl;shabkar tsokdrug rangdröl;(1781-1851) — great master-bodhisattva;see ''Life of Shabkar''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Shakputri;The son of King Jah and lineage holder of both Mahayoga and Anu Yoga. He is also known as Indrabhuti the Younger and Master Lawapa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Shakya Shri;A Kashmiri master, the last ab … Shakya Shri;A Kashmiri master, the last abbot of Vikramashila, who visited Tibet in the early thirteenth century. He was the source of the lineage of monastic ordination called the Middle Vinaya lineage (''bar 'dul'') of the Ngor branch of the Sakya school.') of the Ngor branch of the Sakya school.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shakya Shri;shakya shri;Tibetan mahasiddha of the nineteenth century;belonged chiefly to the Drukpa Kagyu lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Shakya thub pa;Śākyamuni;'the Sage of the Śākyas', n. of the historical Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Shakyamuni;Historical Buddha Gautama, who attained full enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, circa 500 B.C.E.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shakyamuni;shakyamuni;the historical Buddha, regarded as the chief teacher of our present age.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shangpa Kagyu;shangpa kagyu;one of the eight practice lineages;brought to Tibet by Kyungpo Naljor (1002-1064).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shantarakshita;abbot of Vikramashila who ordained the first Tibetan monks at the invitation of King Trisong Deutsen.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shantideva;(685-763) — one of the eighty-four mahasiddhas of India;composed the famous ''Bodhisattva Charya Avatara (The Way of the Bodhisattva)''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Shariputra;(6th cent. B.C.E.) One of the ten great disciples of Shakyamuni. He was especially noted for wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (Shariputra;One of the two main Shravaka disciples of the Buddha Shakyamuni, noted for his wisdom. ''See also'' Maudgalyaputra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shechen Kongtrul;shechen kongtrul;(1901-1960) — Pema Drimey;one of the incarnations of Jamgön Kongtrul (Old Kongtrul);guru of Chögyam Trungpa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Shechen Rabjam;shechen rabjam;(1910-195?) — one of the main masters at Shechen monastery.)