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Five inner enabling empowerments (Wyl. nus pa'i dbang lnga) — five empowerments conferred as an entry point to the practice of Mahayoga in order to ripen students who have energy.
- 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
Further Reading
- 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.
- Longchenpa, Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions, pages 372-376.