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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bod ru bzhi;Four districts of Tibet;four districts of tibet;Four areas in Central Tibet flanking the rivers Kyichu and Tsangpo.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bod ru bzhi;four tibetan provinces;four tibetan provinces;Uru and Yoru in Central Tibet, with Yeru and Rulak in Tsang. 708)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bod snga rabs pa;བོད་སྔ་རབས་པ་;early Tibetans;early tibetans)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/An Outline of the Triple Sutra of Shin Buddhism Vol1/Glossary + (bodhi-caryāvatāra;菩提行經;bodai-gyōkyō;bodai-gyōkyō)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/An Outline of the Triple Sutra of Shin Buddhism Vol1/Glossary + (bodhi-citta;菩提真;bodaishin;bodaishin)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/An Outline of the Triple Sutra of Shin Buddhism Vol1/Glossary + (bodhi-maṇḍa;菩提道場;bodai-dōjō;bodai-dōjō)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (bodhi;Enlightenment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (bodhi;Enlightnment, awakening. According to the Abhidharmikas, it comprises<br> kṣaya- and anutpāda-jñāna.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (bodhichitta;"Mind (or heart) of enlightenm … bodhichitta;"Mind (or heart) of enlightenment." ''Bodhichitta'' is the essence of enlightenment that, according to the Mahayana, exists in the heart of all sentient beings. Understood in Tibetan Buddhism as another name for the buddha-nature, it is gradually brought to the full maturity of buddhahood through the various Mahayana practices.od through the various Mahayana practices.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (bodhichitta;''Bodhi'' means awakening, whi … bodhichitta;''Bodhi'' means awakening, while ''chitta'' means mind. Thus bodhichitta means "the awakening mind." There are two types of bodhichitta, absolute or ultimate bodhichitta, and relative bodhichitta. According to Gampopa, absolute bodhichitta is the non-dual realization of emptiness inseparable from compassion, which is radiant, unshakable and beyond concepts. Relative bodhichitta is the compassionate mind of the bodhisattva, which aspires and works to liberate all sentient beings from samsara through the practice of the six paramitas.through the practice of the six paramitas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (bodhichitta;In general, the motivation to … bodhichitta;In general, the motivation to attain full awakening and bring others to that same liberation. It is divided into ultimate bodhichitta, which is the realization of mind s nature, and relative bodhichitta, which is again divided into the aspiration and the actual engagement in the practice of the six or ten perfections. ''See also'' perfections.ten perfections. ''See also'' perfections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Enlightened Vagabond/Glossary + (bodhichitta;The wish to attain buddhahood, the enlightened state, for the sake of all sentient beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bodhichitta;chang chup sems;chang chup sem … bodhichitta;chang chup sems;chang chup sems;Literally, the mind of enlightenment. There are two kinds of bodhichitta- absolute bodhichitta which is completely awakened mind that sees the emptiness of phenomena and relative bodhichitta which is the aspiration to practice the six paramitas and free all beings from the sufferings of samsara.all beings from the sufferings of samsara.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mind and its Functions/Glossary + (bodhicitta;Bodhichitta;bodhichitta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (bodhicitta;bodhicitta;see collection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (bodhicitta;chang chup chi sem;chang chup c … bodhicitta;chang chup chi sem;chang chup chi sem;Literally, the mind of enlightenment. There are two kinds of bodhicitta—absolute or completely awakened mind that sees the emptiness of phenomena and relative bodhicitta which is the aspiration to practice the six pāramitās and free all beings from the sufferings of saṃsāra.all beings from the sufferings of saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (bodhidharma;(d. 532) Legendary Indian monk who came to China and became founder of Chan Buddhism. He is considered twentyeighth in the Indian lineage from Shakyamuni. 75n. 3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (bodhipakṣya-dharma;Dharma-s conducive to Enlightenment. There are 37: four<br> smṛtyupasthāna-s, four samyak pradhāna-s, four rddhipāda-s, five indriya-s,<br> five bala-s, seven bodhyañga-s, eight āryāṣṭāṅgika-mārga-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhum … bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhumi;The ten successive grounds or stages of a bodhisattvas practice, beginning with the initial realization of emptiness on the first level and culminating with the vajralike samadhi at the end of the tenth level that opens into full realization. On each level, there are defects to be discarded and qualities to be manifested. buddha nature: A synonym for the ultimate nature of mind, emphasizing its presence within all living beings.ing its presence within all living beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhum … bodhisattva levels;bodhisattva levels;bhumi;The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually are described as consisting of 10 levels in the sutra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition. tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (bodhisattva name;bodhisattva name;The name given to the bodhisattva-to-be during the bodhisattva vow ceremony.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (bodhisattva posture;bodhisattva posture;Th … bodhisattva posture;bodhisattva posture;The meditation position where the legs are loosely crossed, with the left leg drawn up close (symbolizing control of sexual energy), and the right leg slightly out in front (symbolizing the readiness to act for the benefit of sentient beings). bodhisattva stages There are ten bodhisattva stages or bhumis: (1) The Joyous;(2) The Stainless;(3) The Radiant;(4) The Brilliant;(5) The Hard to Conquer;(6) The Realized;(7) The Reaching Far;(8) The Unshakable;(9) The Good Intelligence;(10) The Cloud of Dharma. At each stage, more defilements and obscurations are purified, and more enlightened qualities are manifested. The first six stages correspond to the realization of the six paramitas, and the last four to refinement of the perfection of wisdom (prajna paramita). The ten stages are progressive, but do not always occur in a linear fashion. Beyond the tenth stage is complete awakening, buddhahood.h stage is complete awakening, buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Blazing Splendor/Glossary + (bodhisattva vow;bodhisattva vow;pledge to bring every sentient being to liberation and enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (bodhisattva;"Being destined to enlightenme … bodhisattva;"Being destined to enlightenment." The term originally referred to Shakyamuni Buddha, beginning when he first made the vow to attain complete and perfect enlightenment, through three incalculable eons of rebirths in which he developed wisdom and compassion, down to the moment in his final birth when he attained awakening. Subsequently, ''bodhisattva'' came to indicate the Mahayana practitioner. All Mahayanists, like the Buddha, have made the vow to follow the path to complete and perfect enlightenment, one day becoming a world-redeeming buddha like Shakyamuni and thereby accomplishing the maximum possible benefit to sentient beings.ximum possible benefit to sentient beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (bodhisattva;Awakening hero. One who is fol … bodhisattva;Awakening hero. One who is following the Mahayana path of the six paramitas and is cultivating bodhichitta, both relative and absolute. One formally takes the bodhisattva vow from one's spiritual master, and thereafter renews the vow daily with the aspiration to attain enlightenment not merely for oneself, but for the sake of all sentient beings, and to continue to be reborn within samsara until all beings have attained enlightenment.il all beings have attained enlightenment.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mind and its Functions/Glossary + (bodhisattva;Bodhisattva;bodhisattva)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Echoes of Voidness/Glossary + (bodhisattva;a Mahāyāna practitioner;someone striving to gain the full enlightenment of buddhahood in order to benefit others.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (bodhisattva;bodhisattva;bodhisattva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bodhisattva;chang chup sem pa;chang chup s … bodhisattva;chang chup sem pa;chang chup sem pa;An individual who has committed him or herself to the mahayana path of compassion and the practice of the six paramitas to achieve Buddhahood in order to free all beings from samsara. More specifically those with that motivation who have achieved liberation from samsara and are one of the ten bodhisattva stages that culminates in Buddhahood.ttva stages that culminates in Buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (bodhisattva;chang chup sem pa;chang chup sem pa;An person who has committed him or herself to the mahāyāna path of compassion and the practice of the six pāramitās to free beings from saṃsāra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mind and its Functions/Glossary + (bodhisattvacāryāvatāra;Bodhisattvacharyavatara;bodhisattvacharyavatara)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/An Outline of the Triple Sutra of Shin Buddhism Vol1/Glossary + (bodhisattvas;菩薩;bosatsu;bosatsu)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (bodhyaṅga;Enlightenment-factors. There are seven: smṛti, dharma-(prà)vicaya,<br> vīrya, prīti,praśrabdhi, samādhi,upekṣā.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (bodies,three;bodies,three;trikāya;The thre … bodies,three;bodies,three;trikāya;The three modes of existence and communication for an enlightened being. The dharma-body (''dharmakāya'') is the embodiment of voidness and its realization, the enjoyment-body (''saṃbhogakāya'') is the means of communication with advanced meditators, and the emanation-body (''nirmāṇakāya'') appears like a physical body in the world, but its form and activities are consciously directed and consist of the training of undeveloped beings. A fourth body, the essential-body (''svabhāvakāya'') represents the unity of the above three.) represents the unity of the above three.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization/Glossary + (body contemplation;body contemplation;kāyānupassanā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization/Glossary + (body contemplation;body contemplation;kāyānupassanā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rayons de lune/Glossary + (bogs 'don;enrichissement (de l'expérience),progression)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Rules for Nuns according to the Dharmaguptakavinaya. Part III/Glossary + (boil;boil;pifaka;瘡)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (bola;Code name for the male sexual organ. See the Hevajra Tantra, part 2, chapter 3, verse 60cd. Farrow and Menon 1992, 201;and Snellgrove 1959, part 1, 100.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ratnakīrti’s Proof of Momentariness by Positive Correlation/Glossary + (bom,produced;bom,produced;jāta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ratnakīrti’s Proof of Momentariness by Positive Correlation/Glossary + (bom,produced;bom,produced;jāta)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bon gyer;Shamanism;shamanism;In this book the term has the negative connotation of rituals performed for selfish or superficial, mundane aims.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (bon gyi mdzad pa bcu gnyis;བོན་གྱི་མཛད་པ་བ … bon gyi mdzad pa bcu gnyis;བོན་གྱི་མཛད་པ་བཅུ་གཉིས་;twelve deeds of Bön;twelve deeds of bön;Miwo Sherap's birth, dissemination of teachings, pacification of beings, guidance of beings, marriage, emanation, conquest of demons, victory, knowledge, isolation, and liberation.ory, knowledge, isolation, and liberation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Precepts in Eight Chapters/Glossary + (bon gyi sku;Absolute Body;absolute body;The coalescence of Emptiness and Clarity abiding as the primordially pure mode of the natural state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Buddhism's Journey to Tibet/List of Names + (bon po khro tshang 'brug lha;བོན་པོ་ཁྲོ་ཚང་འབྲུག་ལྷ་;Bönpo Dro-tsang Druklha;bönpo dro-tsang druklha)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (bon po;Bonpo;bonpo;The religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the ninth century.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bon po;Bőnpo;bőnpo;The religion prevalent in Tibet before the establishment of Buddhism in the ninth century.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (bon;BON;bon;The religion in Tibet before Buddhism. When used with a negative connotation, it means the use of rituals for mundane or selfish pursuits.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (bon;Bon religion;bon religion)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Luminous Mind/Glossary + (bon;Bön;bön)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (bon;Bön;bön;The indigenous shamanistic religion of Tibet, preceding the arrival of Buddhism. Bön has continued to thrive and integrate various Buddhist ideas while retaining its own separate identity.)