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The meaning of manifesting as the sounds of the [[dharma]] endowed with the '''sixty aspects of melodious speech''' (Tib. གསུང་དབྱངས་ཡན་ལག་དྲུག་ཅུ་ ) is described in both [[Sutra]] and [[Tantra]]. 

First, according to the ‘[[Sutra on the Inconceivable Secret]]’:
 
:Gentle, soft, appealing, and attractive,
:Pure, flawless, distinct, and captivating,
:Worthy, indomitable, pleasant, melodious, and clear,
:Not rough, not coarse, and extremely pleasing to hear,
:Satisfying for body, for mind, and delightful,
:Creating happiness, without sorrow, and instigating insight,
:Comprehensible, elucidating, and generating joy,
:Utterly enjoyable, bringing comprehension and full understanding,
:Reasonable, relevant, free from the fault of repetition,
:Melodious like the sound of the lion, the elephant, and the dragon,
:Like the naga king, the gandharvas, and the kalapinga bird,
:Like the melodious voice of Brahma and the shangshang bird,
:Majestic like the voice and the drum of Indra,
:Not boastful and pervading all sounds without utterance,
:Without corruption of words, without incompleteness,
:Not feeble, not weak, extremely magnificent,
:Pervasive, free from rigidity,
:Connecting interruption and perfecting all sounds,
:Satisfying the senses, not inferior, and unchanging,
:Not blurting and fully resounding to the assembly,
:Endowed with the supreme of all aspects,
:He teaches in the manner of the profound and vast teachings.

Second, according to Tantra, there are six categories: like the voice of Brahma, cymbals, singing, the kalapinga bird, thunder, and the sitar. There are sixty aspects when each of them is multiplied by these ten: generating understanding, comprehensible, respectable, without discord, extremely profound, acceptable, indomitable, pleasing to hear, unconfused, and extremely distinct.

Moreover, there are sixty aspects when these ten natures each have six occasions: being most resonant, all-pervading, immediately comprehensible, clearing doubts, commanding presence, showing immediacy, completely engaging, interesting, distinctive, and taming everyone. <ref>*Appendix 10 in ''The Light of Wisdom Volume 1''. Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2 </ref>

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*[[Thirty-two major marks of a buddha]]
*[[Eighty minor marks of a buddha]]
*[[Enlightened qualities]]
*[[Thirty-nine qualities exclusive to a buddha]]
*[[Eighteen unshared qualities of a buddha]]
*[[Four perfect knowledges]]
*[[Four fearlessnesses]]
*[[Ten powers]]
*[[Khenjuk]]

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