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Ten topics of tantra (རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་དངོས་པོ་བཅུ་, Wyl. rgyud kyi dngos po bcu)

Longchen Rabjam structured the path of Mantrayana in his commentary of the Guhyagarbha tantra, Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions according to the ten topics of tantra:

1. view, ལྟ་བ་
2. samadhi, ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་
3. action or conduct, སྤྱོད་པ་
4. mandala, དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་
5. empowerment, དབང་
6. samaya, དམ་ཚིག་
7. sadhana, སྒྲུབ་པ་
8. offerings, མཆོད་པ་
9. activity, ཕྲིན་ལས་
10. mudra, ཕྱག་རྒྱ་

In Mipham Rinpoche's exposition, Essence of Clear Light, the tenth topic is divided into two, resulting in eleven topics.

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