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The '''five certainties''' (Skt. ''pañcaniyata''; Tib. ངེས་པ་ལྔ་, ''ngepa nga'', [[Wyl.]] ''nges pa lnga'') or '''perfections''' (ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ་ལྔ་, ''pünsum tsokpa nga'', ''phun sum tshogs pa lnga'') are: 
#the certain or perfect teacher, 
#the certain or perfect teaching, 
#the certain or perfect place, 
#the certain or perfect disciples and 
#the certain or perfect time.

==Further Reading==
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 32-34.
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 9-10.
*[[Thinley Norbu]], ''The Small Golden Key'' (Shambhala Publications, 1999), pages 70-72.

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