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'''Threefold kindness''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bka<nowiki>'</nowiki> drin gsum ldan'') of the [[root teacher]]:
'''Threefold kindness''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bka<nowiki>'</nowiki> drin gsum ldan'') of the [[root teacher]]:
According to the [[Sutrayana]]:
#Transmitting the vows (or precepts)
#Giving oral transmissions
#Granting instructions
According to the [[Vajrayana]]:


#Conferring [[empowerment]] (''sngags kyi dbang bskur'')
#Conferring [[empowerment]] (''sngags kyi dbang bskur'')

Revision as of 08:11, 11 June 2009

Threefold kindness (Wyl. bka' drin gsum ldan) of the root teacher:

According to the Sutrayana:

  1. Transmitting the vows (or precepts)
  2. Giving oral transmissions
  3. Granting instructions

According to the Vajrayana:

  1. Conferring empowerment (sngags kyi dbang bskur)
  2. Explaining the tantras (rgyud bshad)
  3. Granting pith instructions (man ngag gnang)