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'''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]].
'''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 [[About Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Khenpo Namdrol]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1995
*[[Khenpo Namdrol]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1995
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 26 August 1997 (Q & A session, includes teaching on breakages of samaya)
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 26 August 1997 (Q & A session, includes teaching on breakages of samaya)

Revision as of 16:54, 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, 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training' in Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life, Boston: Shambhala, 1995, pp. 106-133