Glossary
Short explanations of the Tibetan, Sanskrit and Ganden lineage terms used on this site, including the names of the masters. They do not replace the teachings; they are a first orientation.
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404 doenças
Traditional classification of Tibetan medicine that groups all illnesses into 404 kinds. On the site, it shows that the Tara mandalas counter every root of illness.
Other spellings: 404 raízes de doenças
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Akshobhya
མི་འཁྲུགས་པ་"The Unshakeable One": one of the five Buddhas, associated with purification. In the Jangwa Puja, the departed are guided to his Pure Land.
Other spellings: Buda Akshobhya, Mitrugpa
Alto yoga tantra
The highest of the four classes of tantra, which includes the generation and completion stages. Some of the centre's practices, such as Kangso, are reserved for those who have completed their highest yoga tantra classes.
Other spellings: Yoga tantra superior, Anuttarayoga tantra
Aniversário de Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
Celebration of the birthday of His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. At the centre it coincides with the conclusion of the Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden Festival.
Atisha
Great Indian master (982–1054) who taught in Tibet and wrote A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, the basis of the Lamrim teachings.
Other spellings: Atiśa, Atisha Dipamkara Shrijnana, Jowo Je
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Bandeiras de oração
རླུང་རྟ་Colourful flags printed with prayers and mantras which, according to tradition, spread blessings carried by the wind. The almanac shows the favourable days for raising them.
Other spellings: Lungta
Bodhichitta
བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས་changchub sem
The mind that aspires to full enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings. It is the heart of the Mahayana path.
Other spellings: Bodicita, Bodhicitta, Mente da iluminação
Bodhisattva
One who has generated bodhichitta and strives for enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. The bodhisattva vow is the formal commitment to follow this path.
Other spellings: Bodisatva, Voto de bodhisattva
Buda
"The Awakened One": a being who has removed every fault and perfected every quality, attaining full enlightenment. In the plural, it refers to all enlightened beings.
Other spellings: Buddha, Budas
Buda da Medicina
སྨན་བླ་A blue Buddha whose practice is devoted to physical and mental healing and to removing the causes of illness.
Other spellings: Medicine Buddha, Menla, Bhaishajyaguru
Buda Shakyamuni
The historical Buddha, who attained enlightenment in India about 2,500 years ago and taught the Dharma to free all beings from suffering. He is the source of every Buddhist lineage.
Other spellings: Buddha Shakyamuni, Sakyamuni, o Buda
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Centro Budista Djampel Pawo
འཇམ་དཔལ་དཔའ་བོ་Buddhist centre of the Ganden lineage founded in São Paulo in 2001 by Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche. The name is connected with Manjushri (Jampel) and means something like "Manjushri Hero".
Other spellings: Djampel Pawo, Jampel Pawo, CBDP
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Dadju
Group of the centre's practitioners who conduct the Jangwa Puja.
Other spellings: classe de dadju
Dakini
མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་"Sky-goer": a female manifestation of enlightened wisdom who inspires and protects tantric practitioners.
Other spellings: Khandroma
Dedicação
Offering the virtue of a practice to a purpose or to someone, such as a person's health, the liberation of someone who has died or the good of all beings. At the centre, the names sent in are dedicated in the daily prayers and festivals.
Other spellings: dedicação de nomes
Daily prayers with names in the Book of Health, during the Guru Puja, for physical and mental health.
Other spellings: Dedications for Health
Denma
Region of Tibet where Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche was enthroned in 2003.
Dharma
ཆོས་chö
The Buddha's teachings and the realisations they bring about; the path that leads to freedom from suffering and to enlightenment.
Other spellings: Darma
Dia de Dakini
མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་khandroma
Lunar day dedicated to the dakinis, female manifestations of enlightened wisdom, considered special for the tsog offering. It usually falls on the 25th lunar day.
Other spellings: Dia das Dakinis
Dia de Lama Tsongkhapa
Anniversary of Je Tsongkhapa's passing (parinirvana), on the 25th day of the 10th lunar month, traditionally celebrated with offerings of light.
Other spellings: Ganden Ngamchö, Festival das Lamparinas
Dorje Chang
རྡོ་རྗེ་འཆང་"Vajra Holder": the form of the Buddha who teaches tantra. It is also used as an honorific for the greatest masters, as in Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.
Other spellings: Vajradhara
Dorje Shugden
རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན་A Dharma protector of the Ganden lineage, presented by the centre as Manjushri, the wisdom of all Buddhas, in the form of a protector. He looks after practitioners so that they follow the Lamrim path without straying from bodhichitta.
Other spellings: Dorjé Shugdän, Gyalchen Dorje Shugden
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Estágios de geração e de conclusão
The two phases of highest yoga tantra practice. In the generation stage the practitioner trains in visualising themselves as the deity; in the completion stage they work directly with the subtle mind to attain enlightenment.
Other spellings: Estágio de geração, Estágio de conclusão, Estágio de completude
Estupa
མཆོད་རྟེན་Sacred monument symbolising the Buddha's enlightened mind, usually containing relics and sacred texts. In the centre's project, the stupa serves to pacify the mind: inner peace creates outer peace.
Other spellings: Stupa, Chörten
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Gelong
དགེ་སློང་A monk who has received full ordination, with the complete set of monastic vows.
Other spellings: Gelongma, Bhikshu
Gelug / Linhagem Ganden
དགེ་ལུགས་པ་ · དགའ་ལྡན་Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa in the 15th century, also called the Ganden lineage after Ganden Monastery, which he founded. It joins rigorous study, ethical discipline and the practice of sutra and tantra.
Other spellings: Gelug, Gelugpa, Linhagem Ganden, Gandenpa
Geshe
དགེ་བཤེས་Monastic academic title of the Gelug tradition, granted after many years of studying Buddhist philosophy and debate.
Other spellings: Gueshe
Gompa
དགོན་པ་In Tibetan, "monastery" or "place of solitude". At the centre, it is the meditation and practice hall, entered without shoes and in silence.
Other spellings: Gonpa
Guru puja / Lama Chöpa
བླ་མ་མཆོད་པ་A guru yoga practice composed by the First Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chökyi Gyaltsen, that brings together all the stages of the sutra and tantra paths. At the centre it is held every morning and, on Sundays, in the presence of Venerable Kalden Rinpoche.
Other spellings: Lama Chöpa, Guru puja, Oferenda ao Guia Espiritual
Guru raiz
A practitioner's principal spiritual teacher, from whom they received the most important teachings and initiations. A "heart disciple" is a teacher's principal disciple.
Other spellings: Lama raiz, Mestre raiz, Discípulo raiz
Guru Vajrayogini (dia)
Almanac date dedicated to the practice of Guru Vajrayogini, connected with the tsog offering.
Guru yoga
Practice in which the disciple regards the spiritual teacher as inseparable from the Buddha and receives their blessings. It is considered the root of all realisations.
Other spellings: Ioga do guru
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Iluminação
The state of a Buddha: a mind completely free of all obscurations and endowed with perfect wisdom and compassion. It is the goal of the Mahayana path.
Other spellings: Plena iluminação, Budeidade
Impermanência
The fact that all composite things change from moment to moment and eventually come to an end. Reflecting on it is one of the foundations of the Lamrim.
Iniciação
དབང་Ceremony in which a qualified teacher introduces the disciple to the practice of a tantric deity and grants permission to practise it. Associates can record their initiations in My Account.
Other spellings: Iniciações, Empoderamento
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Purification ritual dedicated to people who have died, so that their consciousness is purified and guided towards a good rebirth. At the centre it is held every year on the full moon of the seventh lunar month.
Other spellings: Jangwa, Festival de Libertação dos Mortos
Je Tsongkhapa
རྗེ་ཙོང་ཁ་པ་Great Tibetan master (1357–1419), founder of the Gelug tradition (Ganden lineage), who brought together a complete understanding of sutra and tantra and wrote the Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path (Lamrim Chenmo).
Other spellings: Lama Tsongkhapa, Tsong Khapa, Je Rinpoche
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Kalarupa
ཆོས་རྒྱལ་A wrathful Dharma protector, the "Dharma King", traditionally connected with Yamantaka. According to the centre, he was entrusted by the Buddha with caring for all practitioners, especially in times of instability and violence.
Other spellings: Dharmaraja, Chögyal
Kalden Tulku Rinpoche
སྐལ་ལྡན་His Eminence Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche, founder and teacher of the Djampel Pawo Buddhist Centre (2001). He studied at Sera Je Monastery, received full ordination in Tibet and was enthroned as a tulku in 2003 by his root guru, Kyabje Denma Gonsar Rinpoche.
Other spellings: Kalden Rinpoche, Venerável Kalden Rinpoche, Kalden Tulku
Kangso
བསྐང་གསོ་Daily puja of offering and restoration of commitments with the Dharma protectors, called "The Melodious Drums of Victory" at the centre. Attendance is reserved for those who have completed highest yoga tantra classes, but anyone can sponsor names.
Other spellings: Kangsol, Os Tambores Melodiosos da Vitória
Kangyur e Tengyur
བཀའ་འགྱུར་ · བསྟན་འགྱུར་The two great collections of the Tibetan Buddhist canon: the Kangyur gathers the translated words of the Buddha, and the Tengyur the commentaries of the Indian masters.
Other spellings: Kangyur, Kanjur, Tengyur, Tanjur
Karma
The law of cause and effect of actions: virtuous actions bring happiness and non-virtuous actions bring suffering, in this life or in future lives.
Other spellings: Carma, ações cármicas
Khata
ཁ་བཏགས་Ceremonial scarf, usually white, offered as a sign of respect and good intention to teachers, sacred images and at ceremonies.
Other spellings: Katha
Khensur
མཁན་ཟུར་Title of someone who has previously served as abbot of a monastery or monastic college.
Other spellings: Abade emérito
Khensur Sherab Chödar Rinpoche
Abbot emeritus of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, who gave full ordination (gelong) to Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche in Tibet.
Other spellings: Venerável Khensur Sherab Chödar Rinpoche
Kriya tantra
The first of the four classes of tantra, emphasising ritual, purification and outer conduct.
Other spellings: Tantra de ação
Kuyon
An offering (usually monetary) made to the teacher or to those performing a ritual, together with a khata, at the Festival fire pujas.
Other spellings: Ku-yön
Kyabje
སྐྱབས་རྗེ་"Lord of refuge": a title of great respect given to the most eminent masters of the tradition.
Kyabje Denma Gonsar Rinpoche
Root guru of Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche, who enthroned him as a tulku in Denma, Tibet, in 2003.
Other spellings: Denma Gonsar Rinpoche
Kyabje Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo
ཕ་བོང་ཁ་Great Gelug master (1878–1941), whose Lamrim teachings, collected in Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand, made the complete practice of the Ganden lineage accessible. He was the root teacher of Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.
Other spellings: Pabongka Rinpoche, Phabongkha Rinpoche
Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
His Holiness, recognised as the reincarnation of Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang. He is a guru of Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche and visited the centre in 2012 for the first Rabne Chenmo in Brazil.
Other spellings: Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang
ཁྲི་བྱང་Great Gelug master (1901–1981), heart disciple of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche. He gathered and passed on his teacher's teachings, making them accessible to practitioners of every capacity.
Other spellings: Trijang Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
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Labrang
བླ་བྲང་The institutional household of a reincarnate lama (tulku), which manages their activities and assets. The Kalden Labrang was founded in 2003, after Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche's enthronement in Tibet.
Other spellings: Kalden Labrang
Lama
བླ་མ་A qualified spiritual teacher who guides disciples on the Dharma path. It is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit guru.
Other spellings: Guru, Mestre
Lamrim
ལམ་རིམ་"Stages of the path to enlightenment": a step-by-step presentation of all the Buddha's teachings, systematised by Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa. It is one of the foundations of training at the centre.
Other spellings: Lam Rim, Estágios do caminho
Le-shin
Small wooden boards prepared and blessed by His Eminence Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche, on which requests for peace, prosperity and power are inscribed and dedicated at the Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden Festival.
Other spellings: Leshin, tábua le-shin
Lhabab Düchen
ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན་One of the four great Buddha days: it celebrates his descent from the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, where he had taught the Dharma to his mother. It falls on the 22nd day of the 9th lunar month.
Lhaptse
Traditional shrine built in high places and dedicated to the protectors and spirits of the land, which radiates protection for Dharma activities.
Other spellings: Lapse, Labtse, Latse
Libertação
Final freedom from the cycle of rebirth marked by suffering (samsara), attained by removing the mental afflictions and their causes.
Other spellings: Nirvana
Linhagem sussurrada Ganden
Lineage of oral instructions passed down from Je Tsongkhapa directly from teacher to disciple, which the centre follows in particular.
Other spellings: Ganden Nyengyu, ganden nyengyu gelugpa, Linhagem oral de Ganden
Lojong
བློ་སྦྱོང་"Mind training": practical instructions for transforming everyday difficulties into the path, exchanging self-cherishing for cherishing others.
Other spellings: Lo Jong
Losar
ལོ་གསར་The Tibetan New Year, on the first day of the first lunar month, celebrated with pujas, offerings and prayers for the year ahead.
Other spellings: Ano-Novo tibetano
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Mahayana
"Great Vehicle": the Buddhist path motivated by bodhichitta, which seeks full enlightenment in order to free all beings. It is the basis of training at the centre.
Other spellings: Maaiana, Grande Veículo
Mala
ཕྲེང་བ་trengwa
Buddhist rosary, usually with 108 beads, used to count mantra recitations.
Other spellings: Japamala, Rosário budista
Mandala
Representation of the pure environment of a Buddha or deity. It also refers to the symbolic offering of the entire universe to holy beings.
Other spellings: Mandalas, Mandala do Protetor
Manjushri
འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས་The Buddha of wisdom, embodying the wisdom of all Buddhas. He is traditionally shown holding a sword that cuts through ignorance and a text.
Other spellings: Mañjuśrī, Jampelyang
Mantra
Sacred syllables recited to protect the mind and connect with the qualities of a Buddha or deity. Associates can record their mantra counts in My Account.
Other spellings: Mantras, contagem de mantras
Meditação cantada
At the centre's ceremonies, the sadhana is recited in Tibetan, in a chanted rhythm, while participants follow the text.
Other spellings: recitação em tibetano
Monastério de Sera Je
སེ་ར་བྱེས་One of the colleges of Sera Monastery, one of the great Gelug monasteries, now re-established in South India. It is where Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche studied.
Other spellings: Sera Je, Sera Jey
Monastério de Tashi Lhünpo
བཀྲ་ཤིས་ལྷུན་པོ་Great Gelug monastery in Shigatse, Tibet, where Venerable Kalden Tulku Rinpoche received full ordination.
Other spellings: Tashi Lhünpo
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Nagarjuna
ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་Lu Drub
Great Indian master and philosopher, founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school, who explained the emptiness taught by the Buddha.
Nagas
ཀླུ་Beings connected with water, earth and the natural environment, called "lords of the environment" on the site. Cultivating a good relationship with them is part of the Environment and Pacification project.
Other spellings: Naga
Nome de refúgio
Name given by the teacher to someone who takes refuge in the Three Jewels. At the centre, it can be added in My Account and is used in emails.
Other spellings: Refuge name
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Odyana Lhaptse
The centre's lhaptse in the Serra da Cantareira (São Paulo), where the closing fire pujas of the Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden Festival are held.
Other spellings: Lhaptse da Serra da Cantareira
Oferenda de tsog (dias de)
Lunar days on which the tsog offering is traditionally made, usually the 10th and 25th of the lunar month. See "Tsog / Ganachakra".
Other spellings: dia de tsog
Oito dharmas mundanos
Four pairs of concerns that bind the mind to worldly life: gain and loss, pleasure and pain, praise and blame, fame and disrepute.
Other spellings: Oito preocupações mundanas
Oito medos
Eight dangers from which Tara protects, according to tradition. They have an outer meaning (physical threats) and an inner one (disturbing emotions such as pride, anger, attachment and doubt).
Other spellings: Oito perigos
Oito preceitos mahayana
Eight vows taken for one day, from dawn to the next dawn, with the motivation of benefiting all beings. They are traditionally taken on special lunar days.
Other spellings: Oito preceitos, Votos de um dia
Oráculo
Traditional consultation carried out at monasteries on request, to guide decisions or to indicate suitable personal pujas.
Other spellings: consulta ao oráculo
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Pari Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang
Almanac date connected with Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.
Paz, prosperidade e poder
Three of the enlightened activities to which rituals such as fire pujas and le-shin are dedicated: pacifying obstacles and illness, increasing favourable conditions and empowering virtuous activities.
Other spellings: atividades iluminadas
Prostração
Gesture of respect made with the body before the Buddha, the teacher or the altar, which helps to purify and to reduce pride.
Other spellings: Prostrações
Protetor do Dharma
An enlightened or oath-bound being committed to protecting the teachings and practitioners, removing obstacles and creating favourable conditions for practice.
Other spellings: Protetores, Dharmapala
Puja
Ceremony of prayer, offering and meditation, usually held in a group with chanted recitation of a text (sadhana), dedicated to purposes such as health, pacification or the removal of obstacles.
Other spellings: Pujas
Puja de fogo
སྦྱིན་སྲེག་Ritual in which offerings are placed into a consecrated fire to purify broken commitments and to accomplish peaceful, enriching and empowering activities. It concludes the Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden Festival.
Other spellings: Pujas de fogo, Jinsek
Puja de nagas
Offering puja to the nagas, beings connected with water and earth, to pacify the environment and harmonise our relationship with them. It is part of the Environment and Pacification project.
Other spellings: Puja de naga, Dia de naga
Puja de Tara (dia)
Lunar day especially auspicious for Tara practice, usually the 8th day of the lunar month.
Other spellings: Puja de Tara
Puja do Buda da Medicina
སྨན་བླ་Lunar day dedicated to the Medicine Buddha, whose practice is devoted to physical and mental healing. It usually falls on the 8th and 15th lunar days.
Puja dos protetores (dia)
Lunar day dedicated to the Dharma protectors, traditionally the 29th day of the lunar month.
Other spellings: Puja dos protetores
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Quatro classes do tantra
The traditional division of the tantric teachings into kriya (action), charya (performance), yoga and highest yoga tantra, in increasing order of depth.
Quatro Mandalas de Tara Chittamani
Daily practice offering four mandalas to Tara Chittamani and the twenty-one Taras, to remove obstacles and improve the conditions of everyday and spiritual life.
Other spellings: Quatro Mandalas, Mandalas de Tara
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Rabne Chenmo
རབ་གནས་ཆེན་མོ་Great consecration ceremony that invites the presence of enlightened beings into a temple, statues or sacred objects. The first Rabne Chenmo in Brazil was performed at the centre in 2012 by Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche.
Other spellings: Rabne, Grande consagração
Refúgio
Relying on the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha as guides on the spiritual path. Formally taking refuge before a teacher marks one's entry into the Buddhist path.
Other spellings: tomar refúgio, data do refúgio
Retiro
A period devoted to intensive practice, usually with mantra recitation and meditation on a deity, under the teacher's guidance. Associates can record their retreats and certificates in My Account.
Other spellings: Retiros, certificado de retiro
Rinpoche
རིན་པོ་ཆེ་"Precious one": a title of respect given to recognised teachers, especially tulkus and great lamas.
Other spellings: Rimpoche
Roda do Dharma
Traditional image for the act of teaching the Dharma. "Turning the wheel of Dharma" means giving teachings.
Other spellings: girar a roda do Dharma
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Sadhana
Meditation and ritual text that guides a practice step by step, usually recited in Tibetan. It is handed out to participants during ceremonies.
Other spellings: Sadhanas, texto de meditação
Saga Dawa
ས་ག་ཟླ་བ་The fourth lunar month, the holiest of the Tibetan year, celebrating the birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni. The main day is the full moon (15th day).
Other spellings: Saka Dawa, Saga Dawa Düchen
Sangha
དགེ་འདུན་gendün
The spiritual community. Broadly, the practitioners who follow the Dharma together; strictly, the monastic community and realised beings.
Other spellings: Sanga
Satchum bumpa
Consecrated vase filled with precious and blessed substances, buried or placed at specific sites to heal and enrich the earth.
Other spellings: Satchu bumpa, Sachu bumpa, Vaso do tesouro da terra
Seis Reinos
The six kinds of rebirth in cyclic existence: gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts and hell beings.
Other spellings: Seis reinos de existência
Seres sencientes
Every being with a mind that has not yet attained enlightenment, in any form of life. Benefiting all of them is the motivation of the Mahayana.
Other spellings: todos os seres
Serra da Cantareira
Forested area north of São Paulo where the centre's Odyana Lhaptse is located.
Sojong
གསོ་སྦྱོང་Ceremony of the monastic community for confession and restoration of vows, usually held on the new moon and full moon.
Sutra
The Buddha's discourses, and the body of teachings and practices of the common path that form the basis for tantra.
Other spellings: Sutras
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Tantra
The teachings and methods of the Vajrayana, practised on the basis of renunciation, bodhichitta and wisdom, and received through initiation from a qualified teacher.
Other spellings: Tantras
Tara
སྒྲོལ་མ་A female Buddha of compassion and swift action, who protects from fears and obstacles. The twenty-one Taras are her manifestations, each with a different activity.
Other spellings: Vinte e uma Taras, Drolma
A form of Tara practised in highest yoga tantra in the Gelug tradition. She cares for each being as if it were her only child and guides it through every stage to enlightenment.
Other spellings: Chittamani Tara, Suprema Tara Chittamani
Tathagata
"The One Thus Gone": one of the Buddha's titles, meaning one who has reached ultimate reality. On the site, it refers to Buddha Shakyamuni.
Other spellings: Tathagata Supremo
Terra Pura
A realm manifested by a Buddha, where conditions are entirely favourable to practising the Dharma and attaining enlightenment.
Other spellings: Terras Puras, Campo de Buda
Terras Puras do Buda Akshobhya
The Pure Land of Buddha Akshobhya, in the east, to which the Jangwa Puja guides the departed, according to the centre's text.
Other spellings: Terra Pura de Akshobhya, Abhirati
Theravada
"Teaching of the Elders": the Buddhist tradition prevalent in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, based on the Pali canon.
Other spellings: Teravada
Transmigrante
The consciousness of a person who has died, moving on from one life to the next. In the Jangwa Puja, the names of the departed are dedicated so that they may find a good rebirth.
Other spellings: ente falecido
Treino da mente
See "Lojong". Also used more broadly for training the mind in Dharma practice.
Três Joias
The Buddha (the teacher), the Dharma (the teachings) and the Sangha (the spiritual community): the three objects of refuge in Buddhism.
Other spellings: Três Joias Preciosas
Tsog / Ganachakra
ཚོགས་Ritual offering of food and substances pleasing to the senses, made to the guru, the Buddhas and all beings. It accumulates virtue and renews commitments. At the centre it is performed within the Lama Chöpa.
Other spellings: Tsog, Tsok, Ganachakra, Oferenda de tsog, festim de tsog
Tulku
སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་A teacher recognised as the reincarnation of an accomplished practitioner, who is reborn intentionally in order to continue benefiting beings.
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Vajrayana
"Diamond Vehicle": the part of the Mahayana that includes the methods of tantra, practised with initiation and the guidance of a qualified teacher.
Other spellings: Veículo do Diamante, Mantrayana, Tantrayana
Vajrayogini
རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་མ་A female deity of highest yoga tantra, very important in the Gelug tradition. Her practice is received through initiation.
Other spellings: Guru Vajrayogini, Dorje Naljorma
Virtude
A positive action, word or thought that creates causes for happiness and progress on the path. Offerings, practice and service to the centre accumulate virtue.
Other spellings: karma virtuoso
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Yamantaka
རྡོ་རྗེ་འཇིགས་བྱེད་Wrathful form of Manjushri and one of the main highest yoga tantra deities in the Gelug tradition. The centre held a Yamantaka initiation in November 2025.
Other spellings: Vajrabhairava, Dorje Jigje