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'''Ten outer benefiting empowerments''' (Tib. ཕན་པའི་དབང་བཅུ་, ''penpé wang chu'', [[Wyl.]] ''phan pa'i dbang bcu'') — ten [[empowerment]]s for peaceful deities<ref>Source: [[Ju Mipham Jampal Gyepa'i Dorje]], ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]'', trans. by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2010), page 211.</ref> conferred as an entry point to the practice of [[Mahayoga]] in order to ripen students who have [[faith]]. These ten empowerments are subdivisions of the vase empowerment.
#diadem or crown
#head ornament or pennants
#[[mala]] or rosary
#armor
#victory banner
#seals
#parasol
#vase
#food and drink
#five essences<ref>Source for list: [[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 314.</ref>

==References==
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==Further Reading==
*[[Longchenpa]], ''Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions'', pages 376-379.

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[[category: Empowerments]]
[[Category: Enumerations]]
[[Category: 10-Ten]]