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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (TANTRA;tantra;A diverse group of meditativ … TANTRA;tantra;A diverse group of meditative techniques considered especially esoteric and effective, often working with physical posture and the body's energy currents or involving the experience of oneself as a particular enlightened being. The writings associated with these practices are also known as tantras.these practices are also known as tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (TARANATHA KUNGA NYINGPO;taranatha kunga nyingpo;(1575-1635): A famous scholar and the most eminent master of the Jonang tradition. One of the leading exponents of the "extraneous emptiness" view (gzhan stong).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (TERMA;terma;See Treasure)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (THERAVADA;theravada;Early form of Indian Buddhism, practiced today in Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (THONMI SAMBHOTA;thonmi sambhota;A minister of the king Songtsen Gampo. After studying in India, he composed the grammar of the Tibetan language and devised the alphabet.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (THREE DOORS;three doors;Body, speech, and mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (THREE FAMILIES;three families;See Lords of the three Families)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (THREEFOLD CONCENTRATION;threefold concentr … THREEFOLD CONCENTRATION;threefold concentration;The three highest forms of concentra-tion cultivated by Bodhisattvas and begun on the path of Seeing. Mirage-Like concentration (sgyu ma Ita btt'i ling nge 'dzin) is an absorption in which the Bodhisattvas on the seven impure grounds perceive all phenomena as illusory. The concentration of heroic fearlessness (dpa bar 'gro bai ting nge 'dzin), which is possessed by Bodhisattvas on the pure grounds, eliminates all obstructions to enlightened activity. The vajra-like concentration (rdo rje Ita bui ting nge 'dzin) eliminates the most subtle obscurations veiling the perfect state of Buddhahood. It is virtually synonymous with the enlightenment itself, for only the Bodhisattvas who are at the very end of the tenth ground possess it.e very end of the tenth ground possess it.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (TILOPA;tilopa;Indian mahasiddha, the guru of Naropa and father of the Kagyü lineage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (TRACES;traces;The residue of past actions or ideas and the harbingers of future ones.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (TRIPLE GEM;triple gem;See Three Jewels)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (TSONG-KHA-PA;tsong-kha-pa;Fourteenth-century master scholar and teacher of the first Dalai Lama, regarded as the founder of the '''Geluk''' order.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (Ta pi hri tsa;Tapihritsa;tapihritsa;The 25 … Ta pi hri tsa;Tapihritsa;tapihritsa;The 25th lineage holder of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' and master of Nangzher Löpo. He reached the Body of the Great Transfer (''‘pho ba chen po'i sku'') and is responsible, together with his disciple, for the codification of the ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' into written form. ''Zhangzhung Nyengyü'' into written form.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Taking refuge;taking refuge;Entrusting one's spiritual development to the guidance of the Three Jewels-the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Taklung Tsetrul;taklung tsetrul;lama of Taklung monastery.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Taklung;taklung;Kagyu monastery 150 km northwest of Lhasa founded in the twelfth century.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Taksham Lingpa;taksham lingpa;(1682-?) — also known as Nuden Dorje or Samten Lingpa;tertön and emanation of Atsara Sale, Yeshe Tsogyal's Nepalese consort.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Taktsang;taktsang;Tiger's Nest, sacred place of Padmasambhava above the Paro valley of Bhutan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2005)/Glossary + (Tala;An Asian palm tree, the palmyra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend (2013)/Glossary + (Tala;An Asian palm tree, the palmyra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tana;tana;monastery in Nangchen originally Yelpa Kagyu, named Horse-Eared after distinctively shaped mountain peaks above it;site of Ling Gesar's tomb.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tantra on the Essence of Secrets;tantra on the essence of secrets;see Guhyagarbha Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tantra system;tantra system;canonical scri … Tantra system;tantra system;canonical scripture in which the Buddha taught Vajrayana in his sambhogakaya form. The real sense of tantra is 'continuity,' the innate buddha nature, which is known as the 'tantra of the expressed meaning.' The general sense of tantra is the extraordinary tantric scriptures also known as the 'tantra of the expressing words.' Can also refer to all the resultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole.sultant teachings of Vajrayana as a whole.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (Tantra-ācārya;professor of Tantric studies.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Tantra;both the written scripture which teaches the Tantrika the way and the Way itself with which the Tantrika then identifies. Tantra is the thread upon which every experience is strung, but itself remains invisible implicit Voidness.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Cultivating A Compassionate Heart/Glossary + (Tantra;tantra;A scripture describing Vajrayana practice.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Tantras;The texts of Vajrayāna Buddhism, generally regarded as secret and difficult to understand without interpretation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Tantras;The texts of Vajrayāna Buddhism, generally regarded as secret and difficult to understand without interpretation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (Tantrayana;another name for Vajrayana.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Tantrayāna;see Vajrayāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Legend of the Great Stupa/Glossary + (Tantrika;a yogic follower of the precepts … Tantrika;a yogic follower of the precepts of the Mantrayana and the Tantrayana. There is no distinction between the lore that he lives by and the experience of the Buddhas. Terton, the discoverer of Terma, or texts which are hidden in the seed form of a cypher or mark in various secret places such as rocks, deep pools, caves, the Guru's Mind and the sky. These texts are to be discovered at the propitious time and disseminated when their import can be understood. Tirthikas, argumentative persons convinced that their existence relies on their own indestructible egos. Hence the term is applied to the Brahmin extremists who assert the existence of Atman and to other schismatics who have lost the Truth of the Middle Way.<ho have lost the Truth of the Middle Way.<)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Tara;Drölma;drölma;"the Lady who Liberates," a female buddha much loved by the Tibetans. To protect beings from danger and assist them on life's path, she has twenty-one forms, the most popular being Green Tara and White Tara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tarthang Tulku;tarthang tulku;Nyingma master based in the United States;prolific publisher of sacred scriptures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tashi Chimey;tashi chimey;Tulku Urgyen Rinpoches aunt.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tashi Gang;tashi gang;two days east from Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tashi Lhunpo;tashi lhunpo;monastery, seat of the Panchen Lama in Shigatse;founded in 1447 by Gedun Drub (1391-1475), Tsongkhapa's nephew and disciple;used to house up to four thousand monks.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tashi Özer;tashi özer;(1836-1910) — abbot of Paljor and Palpung monasteries and a student of Jamgön Kongtrul.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Tathāgata;An epithet for a Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Tathāgatagarbha;The Buddha nature, the potential for Buddhahood, present in the mind of every sentient being.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Te se;ཏེ་སེ་;Mount Kailash;mount kailash)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Ten Spiritual Levels;ten spiritual levels;see Bodhisattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mother of Knowledge/Glossary + (Ten Virtues to abstain from;ten virtues to abstain from;to abstain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, slander, abusive speech, senseless speech, coveting, ill-will, and wrong views.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night/Glossary + (Ten level;ten level;Stages on the path to enlightenment. The first Bodhisattva level marks the beginning of the path of seeing. The second to tenth levels are progressive stages within the path of meditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (Ten stages;ten stages;Also called the ten ''bhūmis'' or ten grounds. The ten levels of advanced realization of one following the path of a bodhisattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (Ten stages;ten stages;Also called the ten ''bhūmis'' or ten grounds. The ten levels of advanced realization of one following the path of a bodhisattva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/This Precious Life/Glossary + (Ten unvirtuous actions;ten unvirtuous acti … Ten unvirtuous actions;ten unvirtuous actions;The three unvirtuous actions of body (killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct);four of speech (lying, sowing discord, harsh speech, and idle chatter);and three of mind (covetousness, wishing harm on others, and wrong view). Their opposites are the ten virtuous actions.ir opposites are the ten virtuous actions.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tendzin Dorje;tendzin dorje;previous life of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche;lama at Drong monastery near Nakchukha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tendzin Rabgye;tendzin rabgye;healer and accomplished master from one of the old temples of the Barom Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tenga Rinpoche;tenga rinpoche;master from Benchen monastery in Nangchen;close friend of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (Tenga Tulku;tenga tulku;brother of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (Tengyur;tengyur;Along with the Kangyur (q. … Tengyur;tengyur;Along with the Kangyur (q.v.), the Tengyur forms the central corpus of Buddhist texts in the Tibetan tradition. There are many editions, the Derge being the most popular, and they contain translations of over 3,500 Indian treatises in more than 200 volumes.Indian treatises in more than 200 volumes.)