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==Further Reading==
==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
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life'' (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training', pages 106-133.


[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Vows and commitments]]
[[Category:Vows and commitments]]

Revision as of 16:55, 10 July 2010

Samaya (Skt.; 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.

Teachings on Samaya Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Further Reading

  • Tulku Thondup, Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training', pages 106-133.