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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (bslabs pa gsum;three trainings;three trainings;trishika;Trainings in ethical discipline, concentration, and discriminating knowledge. The three trainings form the basis of the Buddhist path.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (bslabs pa gsum;three trainings;three trainings;triśikṣā;The threefold training in discipline, concentration, and wisdom.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (bslabs pa gsum;three trainings;three trainings;trishiksha;The threefold training in discipline, concentration, and wisdom)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (bslabs pa kun las btus pa;SHIKSASAMUCCAYA;shiksasamuccaya;An anthology of texts taken from important Mahayana sutras, compiled by Shantideva.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Āryadeva's Lamp That Integrates the Practices/Glossary + (bslabs;repeated cultivation;repeated cultivation;abhyāsa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā (Callahan)/Glossary + (bslad pa;བསླད་པ་;adulterate;adulterate)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Kālacakra and the Tibetan Calendar/Glossary + (bslu ba med pa’i gzer;Unerring determinant;unerring determinant)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Dose of Emptiness (1992)/Glossary + (bslu ba,'khrul pa;erroneous;erroneous)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (bslu med rgyu 'bras kyi rten 'brel;UNFAILING INTERDEPENDENCE OF CAUSE AND EFFECT;unfailing interdependence of cause and effect;The law of relative truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Everlasting Rain of Nectar/Glossary + (bsngo ba;dedication;dedication;pariṇāma)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsngo ba;dedication;dedication;pariṇāmanā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsngo ba;dedication;dedication;pariṇāmanā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsngo ba;dedication;dedication;pariṇāmanā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Strand of Jewels/Glossary + (bsnun;probe;probe)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Strand of Jewels/Tibetan-English Glossary + (bsnun;probe;probe)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Journey and Goal/Glossary + (bsnyel ba med pa;absence of oblivion;absence of oblivion;asamoṣa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsnyel mi mnga;not forget;not forget;nāsti vismṛtatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsnyel mi mnga;not forget;not forget;nāsti vismṛtatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Range of the Bodhisattva, A Mahāyāna Sūtra/Glossary + (bsnyel mi mnga;not forget;not forget;nāsti vismṛtatā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Visions of Unity/Glossary + (bsnyen bsgrub;བསྙེན་བསྒྲུབ་;approximation-accomplishment;approximation-accomplishment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Food of Bodhisattvas/Glossary + (bsnyen gnas;UPAVASA;upavasa;The twenty-four-hour Pratimoksha vow, consisting of nine precepts and taken by lay people.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (bsnyen gnas;Upavasa;The twenty-four-hour pratimoksha vow, consisting of eight precepts and taken by laypeople.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Jewels from the Treasury/Glossary + (bsnyen gnas;fasting vows;fasting vows)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (bsnyen pa,grub pa,las sbyor;Approach,accom … bsnyen pa,grub pa,las sbyor;Approach,accomplishment,and activation;approach,accomplishment,and activation;Three consecutive stages in the practice of a sadhana. In the first stage the practitioner becomes familiar with the figure and mandala of the meditational deity. In the second stage, the deity is "accomplished," and in the third, different enlightened activities are practiced.rent enlightened activities are practiced.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;Approach;approach;Approach is th … bsnyen pa;Approach;approach;Approach is the first of the four divisions of approach and accomplishment. Though this stage is relevant in a variety of contexts, in terms of development stage practice, approach refers to the phase in which the wisdom being "approaches" one's own state of being. [KR 60]roaches" one's own state of being. [KR 60])

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;approach;approach)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;approach;approach;sevā;Elsewhere … bsnyen pa;approach;approach;sevā;Elsewhere this term is an "approach", or "approximation" in the sense of getting close to the deity. The Sanskrit also has the meaning of homage, worship, devotion, and so on, or "service" in the sense of devoted attendance to a master or deity. Wayman translates it this way. In indigenous Tibetan (usually without the nominative ''pa''), it can refer to a qualifying meditation retreat on the generation stage. In this work it is mostly used as one of the four branches of approach and accomplishment. ''See also'' four branches.ccomplishment. ''See also'' four branches.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lumière de diamant/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;approche;sevā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 15 to 17 Vol. 2/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;ritual service;ritual service;sevā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;sevā;This term is difficult to t … bsnyen pa;sevā;This term is difficult to translate due to its multiple meanings, which include "worship," "attendance," "service," and even "approach," a literal rendering of the Tibetan. It primarily refers to the practice of reciting a great number of mantras in conjunction with meditation on a specific deity. This is understood as both a process of familiarization to bring one's mind closer to the deity and thus to the nature of one's own mind and, in a dualistic sense, a propitiation of the deity. In the more dualistic approach of the lower tantras, this propitiation of the deity ultimately results in the deity's appearance to the devotee to grant a boon or siddhie to the devotee to grant a boon or siddhi)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (bsnyen pa;བསྙེན་པ་;approach;approach;sevā)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub kyi yan lag bzhi;Four aspects … bsnyen sgrub kyi yan lag bzhi;Four aspects of approach and accomplishment;four aspects of approach and accomplishment;Approach, full approach, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. Four important aspects of Vajrayana practice, especially with regard to the recitation stage of yidam practice. These four aspects, however, can apply to any level of meaning within the tantras. Their traditional analogy is to invite the ruler of a country, to present him with gifts and make a specific request, to obtain his permission to carry out one's aim, and to use one's authority to accomplish the welfare of self and others. In the context of recitation practice, "approach" is to visualize the yidam deity with the mantra in its heart center;"full approach" is the spinning garland of mantra syllables emanating light rays, making offerings to all the buddhas in the ten directions;"accomplishment" is to receive their blessings, which purify all one's obscurations;and "great accomplishment" is to transform the world into the mandala of a pure realm, the beings into male and female deities, sounds into mantra, and all thoughts and emotions into a pure display of innate wakefulness. Four continents (gling bzhi) The four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru: Superior Body, Jambu continent, Cow Utilizing, and Unpleasant Sound.nent, Cow Utilizing, and Unpleasant Sound.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Journey and Goal/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub kyi yan lag bzhi;four branches of approach and accomplishment;four branches of approach and accomplishment;catvāri sevā sādhanāṇga)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi;Four Divisions o … bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi;Four Divisions of Approach and Accomplishment;four divisions of approach and accomplishment;There are four phases of tantric practice: approach, close approach, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. Ju Mipham explains, '~pproach and accomplishment subsume all the various practices that utilize the unique methods of the Secret Mantra tradition to achieve whatever spiritual accomplishments one desires, whether supreme or mundane." [ON 534] As seen in the preceding commentaries, these classifications can be applied to the fruitional state (as in the relationship between these four and the four knowledge holders discussed by Jigme Lingpa), to mantra recitation (as discussed by Getse Mahapaṇḍita), and also to development stage practice in general (''see'' individual Glossary entries).ral (''see'' individual Glossary entries).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi;four branches of … bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi;four branches of ritual service and attainment;four branches of ritual service and attainment;caturahgasevāsādhana;Ritual service (''bsnyen-pa'', Skt. ''sevā'') entails the recitation of mantra and one-pointed prayerful devotion to a deity that is visualised;further ritual service (''nye-bar bsnyen-pa'', Skt. ''upasevā'') entails the prayer that the deity's blessings will descend, transforming the mundane body, speech and mind into the three syllables of indestructible reality;attainment (''sgrub-pa'', Skt. ''sādhana'') entails that accomplishments are absorbed from the sugatas of the ten directions into the deity and thence into oneself, either in actuality, meditation or dreams;and great attainment (''sgrub-chen'', Skt. ''mahāsādhana'') is the ultimate realisation of beginningless primordial purity which is experienced when body, speech and mind are identical to the deity. This is the inner significance of the ritual ceremonies and elaborate dance routines contained within the ''sgrub-chen''. Also referred to as the FOUR UNIONS. 280, 297, 494, 847, 903s the FOUR UNIONS. 280, 297, 494, 847, 903)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub yan lag bzhi;four divisions of approach and accomplishment;four divisions of approach and accomplishment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;Approach and Accomplishment;approach and accomplishment;''See'' four divisions of approach and accomplishment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perles d'ambroisie Volume III/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;Approche et accomplissement ( … bsnyen sgrub;Approche et accomplissement (pratiques d’-);deux étapes de la méditation de la phase de création. Dans la première, on «approche» la déité en récitant son mantra;dans la seconde, on est assez familiarisé avec elle pour s’identifier à elle, ou l’«accomplir».our s’identifier à elle, ou l’«accomplir».)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Timeless Rapture/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;Familiarization and Accomplishment;familiarization and accomplishment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;Progressive stages in the generation stage of tantric practice, in the course of which yogis gradually identify themselves with the deity through visualization and the recitation of mantra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;approach and accomplishment;a … bsnyen sgrub;approach and accomplishment;approach and accomplishment;Two steps in practices involving the recitation of a mantra. In the first, practitioners approach the deity that they are visualizing by reciting the deity's mantra. In the second they are familiar enough to identify themselves with the deity.ugh to identify themselves with the deity.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lumière de diamant/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;branches de l’approche et de l’accomplissement)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lumière de diamant/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;et accomplissement;approche)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra, Books 15 to 17 Vol. 2/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;ritual service and rites of attainment;ritual service and rites of attainment;sevāsādhana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mipham's Beacon of Certainty/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;service and accomplishment;service and accomplishment;sevasādhana)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;worship and accomplishment;wo … bsnyen sgrub;worship and accomplishment;worship and accomplishment;sevāsādhana;The two aspects of sādhana practice, particularly within the contact of mahāyoga. These are subdivided into four branches: worship, close worship, accomplishment, and great accomplishment. See GD164-68, VE 241-44.t accomplishment. See GD164-68, VE 241-44.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wisdom Nectar/Glossary + (bsnyen sgrub;བསྙེན་སྒྲུབ་;approach and accomplishment;approach and accomplishment)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lumière de diamant/Glossary + (bsnyen;approche;approche;seva)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (bsnyung gnas;nyungné;nyungné;Fasting practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (bsod nam;MERIT;merit;Good karma, the positive energy generated by wholesome actions of body, speech, and mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Timeless Rapture/Glossary + (bsod nams 'byung gnas;Punyakara-gupta;also known as Dorjé Denpa)