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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (bindu;A sphere or drop of light, which rides the prana (q.v.) in the nadi (q.v.) of the illusory or subtle body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (bindu;Drop, dot, semen, essence. The bindu … bindu;Drop, dot, semen, essence. The bindu or drops are about the size of sesame seeds, and are more substantive than prana. Although substantial, they are clear like a crystal or diamond, and magnificently bright. There are two basic types of drops: the white drops and the red drops. The white drops are the pure essence of the male seminal fluid (sperm). The red drops are related to the pure essence of the female menstrual blood (ovum). There are both gross and subtle aspects to the drops. The gross or substantive form of the red and white drops flow through the nadis or channels. The subtle drops exist within the center of the heart chakra which is penetrated by the central channel. </br>:The seat of the white drop is in the crown chakra at the top of the head, and it is from here that the semen originates. The seat of the red drop is in the navel chakra, and it is from here that the blood originates. The red drop is also the source of bodily warmth, and is the foundation for developing the inner heat of tummo. The energy of the drops have both a temporary and an ultimate value. Their temporary value is to produce the state of great bliss for Highest Yoga Tantra practitioners. Within that experience of the blissful state, one uses the mind of great bliss to meditate on emptiness. This is the ultimate value, the realization of the yidam Chakrasamvara (or Hevajra, Kalachakra, Guhyasamaja), whose essential nature is skillful means inseparable from emptiness. </br>:In some contexts, bindu refers specifically to the sexual essences, i.e. the semen and blood. Conservation of these substances is considered vital to Highest Yoga Tantra.s considered vital to Highest Yoga Tantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bindu;Life supporting energy.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Hevajra Tantra I/Glossary + (bindu;Meaning literally a 'drop' or a 'poi … bindu;Meaning literally a 'drop' or a 'point', bindu refers pre-eminently to the point at the centre of the maṇḍala, where all 'thought-creation' (bhāvanā) is absorbed. Hence it represents the Void (śūnyatā) or the 'Moon', which is the bodhicitta in its absolute aspect. Through identifica- tion of terminology it may also mean the bodhicitta in its relative aspect;thus it may be known as the white bindu, being paired with 'blood', which by analogy is called the red bindu. The Tibetan term thzg-le (also used to translate Sanskrit tilaka) is the usual word for semen. It occurs glossed with bodhicitta on pp. 94 fn. and 95 fn.d with bodhicitta on pp. 94 fn. and 95 fn.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bindu;tig lee;tig lee;Vital essence drops located within the body and visualized in vajrayana practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle/Glossary + (binegation;binegation;See tetralemma, in which a form of binegation is the (negated) fourth position. (Distinguish binegation that is ''not'' the fourth position of a tetralemma and which is used to describe ultimate Reality.))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bio ldan mchog sred;One of the eight manif … bio ldan mchog sred;One of the eight manifestations of Padmasambhava. Lord Nyang (mnga' bdag nyang / myang) See Nyang Ral Nyima Oser. Lord of Great Compassion (jo bo thugs rje chen po) See Avalokiteshvara. Lord of Secrets (gsang ba'i bdag po) See Vajrapani. Lord Ralpachen of Nyang (mnga' bdag nyang ral pa can) See Nyang Ral Nyima Oser.yang ral pa can) See Nyang Ral Nyima Oser.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (bio ldog rnam bzhi;four thoughts that turn … bio ldog rnam bzhi;four thoughts that turn the mind to dharma;four thoughts that turn the mind to dharma;lodok namshyi;lodok namshyi;(1) contemplating the rarity and preciousness of human fife, (2) impermanence and death, (3) karma, or cause and effect, and (4) the defects or shortcomings of samsara.4) the defects or shortcomings of samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (bio sbyong;lojong;lojong;A practice of tra … bio sbyong;lojong;lojong;A practice of training (sbyong) the mind (''io''/bio) and cultivating relative and absolute bodhichitta with the use of short phrases, or slogans, as taught by Atisha in his Seven-Point Mind Training and other eminent Kadam masters. Later, numerous ''lojong'' slogans were written by masters of all schools.ns were written by masters of all schools.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names + (bir+Ya b+ha dra;བིརྻ་བྷ་དྲ་;Viryabhadra)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (birth state;birth state;upapattibhava)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Timeless Rapture/Glossary + (birya ra dza;King of Diligence;king of diligence)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names of Nonhuman Beings + (bishwa karma;བིཤྭ་ཀརྨ་;Vishvakarma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names + (bishwa karma;བིཤྭ་ཀརྨ་;Vishvakarma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names + (bit+pA lo;བིཏྤཱ་ལོ་;Bitpalo;bitpalo)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka 'gsum;three kinds of transmitted precept;three kinds of transmitted precept;Transmitted precepts given as oral teaching (''gsungs-pa''), given by consecration or blessing (''byin-gyis brlabs-pa'') and given by mandate (''rjes-su gnang-ba''). 74)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bka 'gyur;KANGYUR;kangyur;The collection of 108 volumes containing the canon of Buddhist scriptures embodying the teachings of the Buddha Shakyamuni.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (bka ’babs;བཀ་འབབས་;special oral tradition; … bka ’babs;བཀ་འབབས་;special oral tradition;special oral tradition;Literally, a “descent of the word,” a lineage of transmission related to highly specialized and esoteric practices, most often related to the ''tantras'', as for instance, the four special oral traditions received by Tilopa.pecial oral traditions received by Tilopa.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka' 'dus tshom bu nyer gcig;twenty-one ma … bka' 'dus tshom bu nyer gcig;twenty-one maṇḍala clusters of the gathering of the transmitted precepts;twenty-one maṇḍala clusters of the gathering of the transmitted precepts;As enumerated in ''Ocean of Doctrines, the Gathering of Transmitted Precepts'', these are Glorious [[Mahottara Heruka]] in the centre;[[Yangdak Heruka]], [[Vajrāvali]], [[Vajrapāṇi]] and ''rdo-rje rtsal-rdzogs'' in the east;[[Vajrakapālamāla]], [[Cakrasaṃvara]], [[Yamāntaka]] and ''ratna rtsal-rdzogs'' in the south;[[Hayagrīva]], [[Hevajra]], [[Guhyasamāja]] and ''padma rtsal-rdzogs'' in the west;Chemcok, [[Kālacakra]], ''mkha'-klong 'khyil-ba'' and ''karma rtsal-rdzogs'' in the north;''mngon-rdzogs rgyal-po'' in the south-east;Vajrakumāra in the south-west;''dregs-'dul'' in the north-west;and ''stobs-ldan nag-po'' in the north-east. 779stobs-ldan nag-po'' in the north-east. 779)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;KANGYUR;kangyur;The "Translated Words" of Buddha Shakyamuni. The Buddhist canon of about 108 volumes of scriptures.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;KANGYUR;kangyur;The canonical collection of sutras and tantras translated into Tibetan.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In Praise of Tara/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Kangyur,Kanjur;kangyur,kanjur;often pron. 'Kanjur': 'the Translated Word (of the Buddha)', the Tibetan canon of scriptures, comprising the Vinaya, several collections of Sūtras, and the Tantras)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Kangyur;kangyur;A collection, o … bka' 'gyur;Kangyur;kangyur;A collection, often in 108 volumes, that constitutes the base of the Buddhist canon in the Tibetan tradition. The ''Kangyur'' (literally, "translation of the words of Buddha") is divided into several sections, of which the main ones are the ''Tripiṭaka'', or Three Baskets, (sde snod gsum) and the tantras (rgyud)., (sde snod gsum) and the tantras (rgyud).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Kangyur;kangyur;The Tibetan version of the Indian Buddhist canon (Skt. Tripitaka), that fills 103 volumes in the Derge edition, containing the Buddha's teachings in both sutras and tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Kangyur;kangyur;“the translated word”: the Tibetan translations of the original canonical works that recorded the Buddha's teachings of the Tripitaka and the tantras. The Kangyur comprises a collection of more than one hundred volumes)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Kanjur;kanjur)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Fundamental Mind/Glossary + (bka' 'gyur;Translated Word of Buddha;translated word of buddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Traité de la Continuité suprême du Grand Véhicule/Glossary + (bka' (vacana);parole du bouddha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka' babs bdun;seven successions of the tr … bka' babs bdun;seven successions of the transmitted precepts;seven successions of the transmitted precepts;Those which descended to Chogyur Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, namely, the transmitted precepts (''bka' ''), earth treasures (''sa-gter''), reconcealed treasures (''yang-gter''), intentional treasures (''dgongs-gter''), recollected treasures (''rjes-su dran-pa'i gter''), pure visions (''dag-snang'') and aural transmissions (''snyan brgyud''). 751-2, 844-7, 854, 855-8'snyan brgyud''). 751-2, 844-7, 854, 855-8)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (bka' babs bzhi;transmissions,four special; … bka' babs bzhi;transmissions,four special;transmissions,four special;The transmissions that Tilopa received from his four main teachers. These four transmissions were passed from Tilopa to Nāropa and then to Marpa. They are the yogas of the illusory body, dream, luminosity, and caṇḍālī.sory body, dream, luminosity, and caṇḍālī.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (bka' babs bzhi;བཀའ་བབས་བཞི་;four special o … bka' babs bzhi;བཀའ་བབས་བཞི་;four special oral traditions;four special oral traditions;Four transmissions received by Tilopa, regarding, respectively, Guhyasamāja, the ''Four Seats Tantra'', the illusory body, and transference of consciousness;Mahāmāyā and dreams;Cakrasaṃvara and clear light;and Hevajra and inner heat.nd clear light;and Hevajra and inner heat.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bka' babs kyi chu bo chen po bzhi;Four gre … bka' babs kyi chu bo chen po bzhi;Four great rivers of transmissions;four great rivers of transmissions;The rivers of empowerment of yidam, tantric scriptures, spiritual friend, and of the expression of awareness. These four transmissions originate from Garab Dorje, King Jah, Buddhaguhya, and Shri Singha, respectively.uddhaguhya, and Shri Singha, respectively.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dakini's Warm Breath/Glossary + (bka' babs lung bstan;---;kabap lungten;kabap lungten)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Beings/Glossary + (bka' babs pa;definition=Literally,"a specially commissioned one." A disciple who is deemed specially qualified to carry out a teacher's charge with complete success.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bka' bar pa'i bstan bya'i gtso bo;བཀའ་བར་པའི་བསྟན་བྱའི་གཙོ་བོ་;main topic of the middle pronouncement;main topic of the middle pronouncement)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bka' bar pa'i dngos bstan gyi nges don;བཀའ་བར་པའི་དངོས་བསྟན་གྱི་ངེས་དོན་;definitive meaning of the explicit teachings of the middle pronouncement;definitive meaning of the explicit teachings of the middle pronouncement)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bka' bar pa'i dngos bstan;བཀའ་བར་པའི་དངོས་བསྟན་;explicit teachings of the middle pronouncement;explicit teachings of the middle pronouncement)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bka' bar pa'i shugs bstan gyi nges don;བཀའ་བར་པའི་ཤུགས་བསྟན་གྱི་ངེས་དོན་;definitive meaning implicitly taught by the middle pronouncement;definitive meaning implicitly taught by the middle pronouncement)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (bka' bar pa;intermediate teachings;intermediate teachings;The Buddha's second turning of the wheel of Dharma.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bka' bcu pa/ ka bcu pa;བཀའ་བཅུ་པ་/ཀ་བཅུ་པ་;Master of Ten Texts;master of ten texts)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jamgon Kongtrul's Retreat Manual/Appendix 4: Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Deities, and Practices Mentioned in the Retreat Manual + (bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa;Gathering o … bka' brgyad bde gshegs 'dus pa;Gathering of the Joyful Ones of the Eight Great Configurations of Deities;gathering of the joyful ones of the eight great configurations of deities;a treasure teaching discovered by Nyang Ral Nyima Özer, is a meditation that includes all of the deities of the Eight Great Configurations of Deities.the Eight Great Configurations of Deities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (bka' brgyad;Kagyé;kagyé;Eight Dispensations.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka' brgyad;eight transmitted precepts;eight transmitted precepts;The deities associated with the EIGHT CLASSES OF MEANS FOR ATTAINMENT 4;521, 591, 606, 805, 828)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka' brgyud che bzhi;four great subsects o … bka' brgyud che bzhi;four great subsects of the kagyü tradition;four great subsects of the kagyü tradition;The [[Karmapa]] school founded by Tüsum Khyenpa, the Barampa school founded by Tarma Wangcuk, the Tshelpa school founded by Zhang Tshelpa Tsöndru Trakpa and the Phakmotrupa school founded by Phakmotrupa Dorje Gyelpo. 395, 853, 952by Phakmotrupa Dorje Gyelpo. 395, 853, 952)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bka' brgyud chung brgyad;eight minor subse … bka' brgyud chung brgyad;eight minor subsects of the kagyü school;eight minor subsects of the kagyü school;These are the traditions following Phakmotrupa, namely, the Drigungpa which was founded by Drigung Kyopa Jiktensumgön (1143-1217);the Taklungpa founded by Taklung Thangpa Trashipel (1142-1210);the Trhopupa founded by Campapel (1173-1228);the Ling-re founded by Lingje Repa (1128-88);the Martshang founded by [[Marpa Druptop Sherap Senge]];the Yelpa founded by [[Yeshe Tsekpa]];the Gyazang founded by [[Zarwa Kelden Yeshe]];and the Shukseb founded by [[Kyergom Chenpo]]. 395, 853, 952yergom Chenpo]]. 395, 853, 952)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (bka' brgyud kyi dbye ba gnyis;བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ཀྱི་དབྱེ་བ་གཉིས་;two divisions of Kagyü;two divisions of kagyü;Shangpa and Dakpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (bka' brgyud pa;KAGYUPA;kagyupa;One of the … bka' brgyud pa;KAGYUPA;kagyupa;One of the New Translation schools of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Marpa the Translator (1012-1099). This school subsequently divided into many subschools, the most well known nowadays being the Karma (or Dhakpo) Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu, Drukpa Kagyu, and Shangpa Kagyu.ng Kagyu, Drukpa Kagyu, and Shangpa Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (bka' brgyud pa;Kagyupa;kagyupa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (bka' brgyud pa;Kagyupa;kagyupa;One of the … bka' brgyud pa;Kagyupa;kagyupa;One of the New Translation schools, founded by Marpa the Translator (1012—1099). This school is divided into many subschools, the most well known nowadays being the Karma (or Dhakpo) Kagyu, Drikung Kagyu, Drukpa Kagyu, and Shangpa Kagyu.ng Kagyu, Drukpa Kagyu, and Shangpa Kagyu.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Timeless Rapture/Glossary + (bka' brgyud phrin las shing rta;Kagyu Trinlé Shingta;kagyu trinlé shingta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dakini's Warm Breath/Glossary + (bka' brgyud;---;Kagyü;kagyü)