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'''Samaya''' (Tib. ''damtsik''; [[Wyl.]] ''dam tshig'') — the [[vajrayana]] commitments taken when receiving [[empowerment]]. In the [[Dzogchen]] tradition there are [[twenty-seven root samayas]] of the body, speech and mind and [[twenty-five branch samayas]]. | '''Samaya''' (Tib. ''damtsik''; [[Wyl.]] ''dam tshig'') — the [[vajrayana]] commitments taken when receiving [[empowerment]]. In the [[Dzogchen]] tradition there are [[twenty-seven root samayas]] of the body, speech and mind and [[twenty-five branch samayas]]. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Tulku Thondup]], 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' in ''Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life'', Boston: Shambhala, 1995, pp. 106-133 | |||
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[[Category:Vows and commitments]] | [[Category:Vows and commitments]] | ||
Revision as of 12:16, 16 June 2009
Samaya (Tib. damtsik; Wyl. dam tshig) — the vajrayana commitments taken when receiving empowerment. In the Dzogchen tradition there are twenty-seven root samayas of the body, speech and mind and twenty-five branch samayas.
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' in Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life, Boston: Shambhala, 1995, pp. 106-133