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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mahāmudrā and Related Instructions/Glossary + (Generally refers to the deities that are kings of the four directions. Their paradises are at the foot of Mount Meru so that each king looks out over one of the four directions)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Generally refers to the generation stage where conceptualization is used to "create" divine forms, as opposed to the more nonconceptual completion stage. Within the generation stage, it refers to the more advanced practices of subtle yoga and drop yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (Generally religion, here the doctrine of Buddha.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Generally speaking, a “virtuous friend” wh … Generally speaking, a “virtuous friend” who assists one on the spiritual path. The Tibetan term is used most commonly to refer to great masters of the Kadam tradition and, since the seventeenth century, to Geluk monks with a high level of scholastic achievement.th a high level of scholastic achievement.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Generally speaking, any powerful attainmen … Generally speaking, any powerful attainment that results from spiritual practice. Yogic achievements are generally divided into the transmundane—i.e., complete ''buddhahood''一 and the mundane, which includes such powers as invisibility, flying, walking through solids, curing disease, and prolonging life.lids, curing disease, and prolonging life.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/White Lotus (Mipham)/Glossary + (Generally speaking, the three dimensions are above, on, and under the earth. Occasionally this term refers to the three realms of Buddhist cosmology. ''See also'' three realms.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Generally, ''ārya'' refers to the levels ( … Generally, ''ārya'' refers to the levels (''bhūmi'') of attainment, or to those who have attained these levels, characterized by a direct and non conceptual understanding of the ultimate truth in meditation. Becoming an ārya, attaining the first of the ten levels, and reaching the path of seeing all happen simultaneously. Specifically, in this work the Ārya tradition is the Guhyasamāja tradition that primarily follows Ārya Nāgārjuna and his disciples. follows Ārya Nāgārjuna and his disciples.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Generally, a highly developed meditative c … Generally, a highly developed meditative concentration, whose power divorces the mind temporarily fromafflictions such as desire. It shares essential characteristics with meditative concentration and peaceful abiding. Specifically, in the Sutra Vehicle, it refers to the four meditative absorptions that act as causes for birth in the form or Brahmā realms. In Kālacakra, meditative absorption is the second of the six yogas absorption is the second of the six yogas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Ornament of Stainless Light/Glossary + (Generally, an advanced meditative developm … Generally, an advanced meditative development in which the mind can be effortlessly held toaparticular object. Although by its nature it is almost synonymous with meditative absorption and peaceful abiding, a meditative concentration is often used to develop powers or to bring about some magical transformation in inanimate phenomena. Because of this function meditative concentrations are variously named. In Kālacakra, meditative concentration is the sixth of the six yogasoncentration is the sixth of the six yogas)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Generally, any correct knowledge. Specifically, transcendent wisdom, the direct perception of the void nature of persons and things. During such experience the perception of the apparent world is temporarily suppressed.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Generally, buddha hood is attained by unit … Generally, buddha hood is attained by uniting the two aspects of means and knowledge, in mahayana compassion and emptiness, and in vajrayana the stages of development and completion. According to the Kagyu schools in particular, these two aspects are the "path of means," referring to the six doctrines and the "path of liberation," referring to the actual practice of mahamudra.rring to the actual practice of mahamudra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Generally, in the buddhadharma the practit … Generally, in the buddhadharma the practitioner takes the refuge vow, where he commits himself to the Buddha as example, the dharma as teaching, and the saṅgha as fellow practitioners on the path. The refuge vow marks the practitioner's formal entry into the dharma. In the vajrayāna, the refuge is fourfold, including the root guru, or sixfold, including the three roots and the three jewelsuding the three roots and the three jewels)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Drinking the Mountain Stream (2004)/Glossary + (Generally, knowledge; specifically, the wisdom by which the apparent world and its reality are simultaneously perceived.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Generally, the four or five "wheels" or chakras in the body.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Generally, the period of being involved in sense perceptions and daily activities. Specifically, the period of being distracted from the natural state of mind.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Generally, the period of involvement in sense perception and activities. Specifically, the time when distracted from the natural state of mind. See also Meditation and postmeditation.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Generally, this term is used as in dharmacakra pravartana ("turning the wheel of dharma"), which refers to teaching the dharma. More technically, it can refer to the heart cakra.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Lamp to Illuminate the Five Stages/Glossary + (Generally, this term refers to the prime f … Generally, this term refers to the prime function of any consciousness apprehending its own object. The branch of ''apprehending'' is the fourth yoga of six yogas that comprise an alternative categorization of the completion stage. In terms of the five stages, it is a synonym for clear light. ''See also'' six-branch yoga.clear light. ''See also'' six-branch yoga.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Deity Mantra and Wisdom/Glossary + (Generally, three types of faith are discus … Generally, three types of faith are discussed in the scholastic tradition: lucid faith, desirous faith, and the faith of conviction. The first entails a lucid frame of mind that arises in reference to the Three Jewels. The second concerns the desire to take up and reject the four truths. The third involves having conviction in the principle of karmic causality. [YD 607]he principle of karmic causality. [YD 607])
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Rain of Wisdom/Glossary + (Generally, upāya conveys the sense that en … Generally, upāya conveys the sense that enlightened beings teach the dharma skillfully, taking into consideration the various needs, abilities, and shortcomings of their students. Upāya is an expression of compassion. In the bodhisattva's discipline, it corresponds to the first five pāramitās and to relative bodhicitta. By prajñā alone, without upāya, the bodhisattva is fettered to a quietistic nirvāṇa. By upāya without prajñā, one remains bound to saṃsāra. Therefore the practitioner must unify them.<br> In vajrayāna, upāya arises from śūnyatā. It is joined with prajñā and represents the male, form aspect of the union of form and emptiness. form aspect of the union of form and emptiness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Generating cause. One of a set of five hetu-s.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Generation of the deity through the five steps of the moon, sun, seed syllable and emblem, fusion, and the complete form of the deity. See Kongtrul 2008, 94. Note that the five steps are enumerated differently in other texts.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (Generation of the deity through the three steps of seed syllable, emblem, and the complete form of the deity. See Kongtrul 2008, 95.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Generation stage and completion stage.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Generosity of material things, of protection from fear, and of the Dharma teachings.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (Generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, concentration, and wisdom.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Mudra/Glossary + (Generosity, giving without expectation, or … Generosity, giving without expectation, or opening, welcoming others. In other words, one does not establish the animal instinct of territory but anyone can help themselves " to me". As is said in the Bodhisattva disciplines, welcoming is the first gesture of the Bodhisattva. Without this, none of the other perfections could be put into practice.er perfections could be put into practice.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Generosity, kindness, blessing; a traditional Japanese social concept that implies some benefaction or kindness from which one incurs a natural response of obligation. 191n. 65)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Generosity, pleasing speech, giving appropriate teachings, and maintaining consistency in behavior.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (Genjō means manifestation, actualization, … Genjō means manifestation, actualization, or the present phenomena. Kōan, a term for stories and dialogues of ancient masters, here simply means the essential truth, so together this signifies manifestation of fundamental truth. "Genjōkōan" is also the name of one of Dōgen's major essays in the Shōbōgenzō. 76n.4en's major essays in the Shōbōgenzō. 76n.4)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Gathering of Brilliant Moons/Glossary + (Genuine, true; the real thing.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (Gesture, seal, sign, symbol. Mudra general … Gesture, seal, sign, symbol. Mudra generally refers to the hand gestures during Vajrayana practices that symbolize the qualities, moods, and actions related to a specific yidam. Vajrayana practice incorporates one's body, speech, and mind into the practice. Mudra corresponds to the body, drawing it into sacred activity. Mudra thus supports mantra and samadhi in the process of invoking the yidam. </br>:See ''karmamudra'' and ''Mahamudra'' for other uses of the term. ''Mahamudra'' for other uses of the term.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Gnostic dharmakāya and natural dharmakāya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (Gnostic dharmakāya and the two subdivisions of the natural body: natural emptiness and natural lack of any obstacles.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gnostic mantra (''rig-sngags'', Skt. ''vid … Gnostic mantra (''rig-sngags'', Skt. ''vidyāmantra''), dhāranī mantra (''gzungs-sngags'', Skt. ''dhāraṇīmantra'') and secret mantra (''gsang-sngags'', Skt. ''guhyamantra''). The ''dgongs-pa grub-pa'i rgyud'' says, “One should know that all mantra are divided into three classes: gnostic mantra which are the essence of skilful means, dhāraṇīs which are the essence of discriminative awareness and secret mantra which are the non-dual pristine cognition.” Thus dhāraṇīs are said to originate from the teachings of the Transcendent Perfection of Discriminative Awareness, gnostic mantra from the Kriyātantra and secret mantra from [[Mahāyoga]], [[Anuyoga]] and [[Atiyoga]]. 257)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Wondrous Dance of Illusion/Glossary + (Goddesses who guard the four gates of the Secret Mantra mandala: (1) the Hook Lady (lcags kyu ma); (2) the Noose Lady (zhags pa ma); (3) the Chain Lady (lcags sgrog ma); and (4) the Bell Lady (dril bu ma).)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Goddesses with human bodies and animal heads. Tramen means "hybrid" or "alloy.")
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gods ''lha'', Skt. ''deva''), antigods ('' … Gods ''lha'', Skt. ''deva''), antigods (''lha-ma-yin'', Skt. ''asura''), human beings (''mi'', Skt. ''manusya''), tormented spirits (''yi-dvags'', Skt. ''preta''), animals (''dud-'gro'', Skt. ''tiryak'') and denizens of hell (''dmyal-ba'', Skt. ''naraka''). 14-15, 21, 99,166, 250, 312, 341, 357''). 14-15, 21, 99,166, 250, 312, 341, 357)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (Gods, demigods, human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Gods, demigods, human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (Gods, demigods, human beings, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gods, humans, animals, tormenter spirits and denizens of hell. 414)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Gods, the highest of the six classes of samsaric beings, who enjoy the temporal bliss of the heavenly state.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gold, silver, turquoise, coral and pearl; or gold, silver, copper, iron and lead. 838)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (Gold, silver, turquoise, coral, and pearl.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gold, silver, turquoise, coral, pearl, emerald, and sapphire. 435)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Gold-filled copper vase discovered by Sangye Lingpa)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Golden image of Mañjughoṣa which contained fragments of the conqueror Zurpoche's robes built at Ukpalung by Zur Ham Sākya Jungne)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (Golden image of Śākyamuni at Katok offered by the king of Jang)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (Good conduct.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (Good karma, the positive energy generated by wholesome actions of body, speech, and mind.)