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Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Life of Gampopa/Glossary + (The khatvanga staff is an ornament of many … The khatvanga staff is an ornament of many tantric deities. It is usually held in the crook of the left elbow. It represents the sacred consort, and the inseparability of wisdom and skillful means. The khatvanga is adorned with a five-pointed vajra and three severed heads: a freshly severed head, a dried head, and a skull. The five-pointed vajra symbolizes vanquishing the five poisons of pride, jealousy, greed, hatred, and ignorance, and the attainment of the five transcendent wisdoms. The three human heads represent attainment of the three kayas.s represent attainment of the three kayas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Meeting the Great Bliss Queen/Glossary + (The kind of cohesiveness that can come from a story that is complete and conclusive, a cohesiveness that does not exist for postmodern sensibilities.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of Tibet in the seventh century, … The king of Tibet in the seventh century, who prepared the way for transmission of the Buddhist teachings. He is regarded as an incarnation of Avalokiteshvara. He married Bhrikuti of Nepal and Wen Cheng of China, who each brought a sacred statue of Buddha Shakyamuni to Lhasa. Songtsen Gampo built the first Buddhist temples in Tibet, established a code of laws based on Dharma principles, and had his minister Thőnmi Sambhota develop the Tibetan script. During his reign, the translation of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began.tion of Buddhist texts into Tibetan began.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of mountains and world-axis, ac-c … The king of mountains and world-axis, ac-cording to the cosmology of ancient India. Around it are located the four continents and eight subcontinents, of which one universe is composed. All universes, of which there are an infinite number, are arranged in the same way.nite number, are arranged in the same way.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The king of the country of Uddiyana during the appearance of Padmasambhava in this world. Sometimes his name is spelled Indrabhuti.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The knowable (''shes-bya''), the path (''l … The knowable (''shes-bya''), the path (''lam'' ), nirvāṇa (''mya-ngan-las 'das''), objects of mind (''yid-kyi yul''), merit (''bsod-nams''), life-span (''tshe''), the scriptures (''gsung-rab''), emergent objects ('' 'byung-'gyur''), regulations (''nges-pa''), and religious traditions (''chos-lugs''). 51-3religious traditions (''chos-lugs''). 51-3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The knowing (shes pa) that has always been present since the beginning (ye nas), awareness, clarity-emptiness, naturally dwelling in all beings)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The knowledge derived at the immediate end of a direct realization into <br>a particular noble truth. —► abhisamaya.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Sarvastivada Abhidharma/Glossary + (The knowledge of the destruction of the outflows.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The knowledge or wisdom exclusive to noble beings or ''āryas''. Also termed "pristine wisdom," "transcendent awareness," and the like.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The knowledge that determines everything included in the phenomenal world of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa as being empty, identityless, and non objective, such that all appearances and mindsets are gradually extinguished in the space of awareness.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The lamp manager, who takes care of lamps and lamp oil. 193n.79)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The land where the Anu Yoga teachings appeared.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The largest hatsu-u eating bowl after the zuhatsu; largest of the kunsu. 103n. 19)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Treasury of Precious Qualities: Book One (2001)/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras, the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification; a synonym of Dzogchen (''rdzogs pa chen po''), the Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lady of the Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras, the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification. See also Great Perfection)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The last and highest of the inner tantras; the summit of the system of nine vehicles according to the Nyingma classification; a synonym of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The last and highest of the six ''paramitas'', or perfections.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Zurchungpa's Testament/Glossary + (The last five of the ten advantages: (1) a … The last five of the ten advantages: (1) a Buddha has appeared in the world in which one is, (2) he has taught the doctrine, (3) his teaching has endured until now, (4) there are spiritual friends who can teach it, and (5) one has been accepted as a disciple by such a teachern accepted as a disciple by such a teacher)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The last four levels of the fourth concent … The last four levels of the fourth concentration of the form realm. Only noble beings are born in these levels, hence the name "pure states." The four are: Not [as] Great (Mi che ba, Avṛiha); Without Pain (Mi gdung ba, Atapa); Excellent Appearance (Gya nom snang ba, Sudṛisha) and Superior Vision (Shin tu mthong ba, Sudarshana), counted as one in this presentation; and Akaniṣhṭha ('Og min, "Highest" or "Below None"). This accords with the Kālachakra system (chapter 1, section 8), which omits Excellent Appearance. See the Stainless Light in C.T. 6:397; and Newman 1987, 493–94.ht in C.T. 6:397; and Newman 1987, 493–94.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The last of the Buddhist tantric systems t … The last of the Buddhist tantric systems to develop in India, regarded by new translation schools as the most advanced of Buddhist practices. It often is divided into ''father tantras'' (e.g., Guhyasamāja), which stress methods for generating the ''illusory body'', and ''mother tantras'' (e.g., Cakrasamvara), which emphasize attainment of the clear-light mind. Its practices are VNofolà ''generation stage'' and ''completion stage''.neration stage'' and ''completion stage''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The last of the five paths, the culmination of the path to perfect enlightenment—buddhahood.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The last of the three categories of the Mind Class tantras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The last stage in the yoga of nonmeditation, which is the complete collapse of fixation and conceptual mind, like a cloud free from the clouds of intellectual meditation. Synonymous with complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The last three of the ten levels.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle/Glossary + (The lasting happiness of liberation and omniscience, i.e., buddhahood.)

Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The law of relative truth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The layman who takes one vow (i.e. not to kill), the layman who takes several vows (i.e. not to kill, steal or commit falsehood) and the layman who takes full vows (i.e. not to kill, steal, lie, commit sexual misconduct or be intoxicated). 70)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The left channel among the three principal channels that run vertically through the torso and up into the head)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Lamp of Mahamudra/Glossary + (The lesser nirvana refers to the liberatio … The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, nirvana is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment, which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. state of cessation attained by an arhant.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Mirror of Mindfulness (1989)/Glossary + (The lesser nirvana refers to the liberatio … The lesser nirvana refers to the liberation from cyclic existence attained by a hinayana practitioner. When referring to a buddha, ''nirvana'' is the great nondwelling state of enlightenment which falls neither into the extreme of samsaric existence nor into the passive state of cessation attained by an arhant. state of cessation attained by an arhant.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Music in the Sky/Glossary + (The letter composed by the Karmapa to predict his next incarnation, indicating the place, the names of his parents, and other details about his rebirth.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Profound Inner Principles/Glossary + (The letter अ in Devanāgarī, rendered as A … The letter अ in Devanāgarī, rendered as A in Tibetan. When the red element is said to have the shape of the short a, the reference is to the last stroke line in the formation of the letter (in either Sanskrit or Tibetan), which is triangular. This line turned upside-down is the shape of the red bindu below the navel. (Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, October 1999)o Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, October 1999))
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The level of enlightenment attained by the pious attendants, self-centred buddhas and [[bodhisattva]]s. 414)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Perfect or Perfected? Rongtön on Buddha-Nature/Glossary + (The level of experience of the ordinary, d … The level of experience of the ordinary, dualistic mind. The phenomena of conventional reality seem real to the mind perceiving them, when in fact they are not ultimately real. A mind that has penetrated the ultimate, however, sees that the mind apprehending these phenomena is in fact concealing the true nature of reality. The various tenets of Buddhist thought define conventional reality in different ways. In the Abhidharma tradition, for instance, conventional reality refers to the world of concepts and ideas conjured by the mind. The individual components of the phenomena that are experienced (''dharmas''), on the other hand, are ultimately real. In mainstream Madhyamaka, conventional reality is defined as that which can be apprehended by the mind, including all phenomena and objects of knowledge. Ultimate reality is beyond the grasp of the mind and refers to the fact that the very nature of phenomena is their lack of inherent existence, which is nothing the mind can hold on to. In Yogācāra, the imagined and the dependent nature both constitute conventional reality. See also ''ultimate reality'' and ''three natures''.'ultimate reality'' and ''three natures''.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The level of vowed moral conduct corresponding to Vajrayāna practice, primarily involving regarding one's teacher and all beings and phenomena as pure in nature.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Uttara Tantra: A Treatise on Buddha Nature/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva goes through to reach enlightenment. Also called the bodhisattva levels and usually described as consisting of ten levels in the sūtra tradition and 13 in the tantra tradition.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Song of Lodro Thaye: A Vajra Song on Mahamudra by Jamgon Kongtrul/Glossary + (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.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Lotus-Born/Glossary + (The levels or stages a bodhisattva traverses on the journey to complete enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The levels or stages of a bodhisattva on the way to perfect enlightenment.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Great Image/Glossary + (The levels or stages of the bodhisattvas.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical Systems/Glossary + (The levels traversed by a bodhisattva: the joyous, the stainless, the illuminating, the radiant, the hard-to-conquer, the manifest, the farreaching, the unmoving, the good-minded, the Dharma cloud.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism/Glossary + (The lexical (''yi-ge''), general (''spyi''), concealed (''sbas-pa'') and conclusive (''mthar-thug'') styles for the appraisal or exegesis of secret mantra texts. 35, 292-3)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Düdjom Lingpa's Visions of the Great Perfection: Heart of the Great Perfection/Glossary + (The liberation of pristine awareness perceiving its own essential nature for itself, characteristic of the youthful vase kāya. SeeGD 149 .)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Dōgen's Pure Standards for the Zen Community/Glossary + (The librarian of a monastery. See chōshu. 52n. 18)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2003)/Glossary + (The life-force energy current, literally, "wind," the psychophysical energy present in the body which gives vitality and life, moving through the inner channels and cakras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/Machik's Complete Explanation (2013)/Glossary + (The life-force energy current, literally, "wind," the psychophysical energy present in the body which gives vitality and life, moving through the inner channels and cakras.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life/Glossary + (The light and mobile elements of the body; ranging from the gross breath to the many subtle currents of energy that, flowing through an intricate network of channels, allow for most physical functions to operate.)
Tsadra Library Glossary Search/All Gloss Entries/In the Presence of Masters/Glossary + (The line of incarnations (''tulkus'') that … The line of incarnations (''tulkus'') that has reigned as the supreme head of the Karma Kagyü lineage. The Karmapa incarnations began with Gampopa's disciple Tusumkhyenpa in the twelfth century and continue down to the present in the person of the seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.erson of the seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa.)