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'''Threefold kindness''' (Tib. བཀའ་དྲིན་གསུམ་ལྡན་, ''kadrin sumden'', [[Wyl.]] ''bka<nowiki>'</nowiki> drin gsum ldan'') of the [[root teacher]]:

==In the [[Sutrayana]]==
According to the ''[[Great Tibetan Dictionary]]'':

#Transmitting the vows (or precepts)
#Giving oral transmissions
#Granting instructions

According to [[Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé]]'s ''[[Dungkar Great Tibetan Dictionary|Great Tibetan Dictionary]]''<ref>p.163</ref>:

#Teaching the [[Dharma]]
#Blessing the mind of the disciple
#Sustaining the assembly through material support

==In the [[Vajrayana]]==

#Conferring [[empowerment]] (Wyl. ''sngags kyi dbang bskur'')
#Explaining the [[tantra]]s (Wyl. ''rgyud bshad'')
#Granting [[pith instructions]] (Wyl. ''man ngag gnang'')

In addition, Dungkar's Great Dictionary says that the expression refers to the transmission of the [[three sets of vows]], i.e.

#Pratimoksha precepts
#Bodhisattva vows
#Tantric samayas

==Notes==
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[[Category:Enumerations]]
[[Category:03-Three]]