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'''Five inner enabling empowerments''' (Tib. ནུས་པའི་དབང་ལྔ་, [[Wyl.]] ''nus pa'i dbang lnga'') — five [[empowerment]]s conferred as an entry point to the practice of [[Mahayoga]] in order to ripen students who have [[diligence]]. These five empowerments are subdivisions of the vase empowerment. They are:
#the empowerment of [[Ratnasambhava]] concerning listening
#the empowerment of [[Akshobhya]] concerning meditation
#the empowerment of [[Amitabha]] concerning teaching
#the empowerment of [[Amoghasiddhi]] concerning [[enlightened activity]]
#the empowerment of the [[five buddha families]] concerning the infinite teachings of the [[vajra]] king

==Reference==
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), page 315.

==Further Reading==
*[[Longchenpa]], ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', pages 372-376.

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[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: 05-Five]]