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[[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: | [[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: | ||
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#[[view]] (Skt. ''dṛṣṭi''; Tib. [[ལྟ་བ་]], ''tawa'') | |||
#[[samadhi]] (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib [[ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་]], ''ting ngé dzin'') | |||
#[[action]] or conduct (Skt. ''charyā''; Tib [[སྤྱོད་པ་]], ''chöpa'') | |||
#[[mandala]] (Skt. ''maṇḍala''; Tib [[དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་]], ''kyilkhor'') | |||
#[[empowerment]] (Skt ''abhiṣeka'' or ''abhiṣiñca''; Tib [[དབང་]], ''wang'') | |||
#[[samaya]] (Skt.; Tib [[དམ་ཚིག་]], damtsik) | |||
#[[sadhana]] (Skt. ''sādhana''; Tib [[སྒྲུབ་པ་]], ''drubpa'') | |||
#[[offerings]] (Skt. ''pūjā''; Tib [[མཆོད་པ་]], ''chöpa'') | |||
#[[enlightened activity]] (Skt. ''karma''; Tib [[ཕྲིན་ལས་]], ''trinlé'') | |||
#[[mudra]] (Skt. ''mudrā''; Tib [[ཕྱག་རྒྱ་]], ''chakgya'') | |||
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In [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s exposition, ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]'', the tenth topic is divided into two, resulting in [[Eleven topics of tantra|eleven topics]]. | In [[Mipham Rinpoche]]'s exposition, ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]'', the tenth topic is divided into two, resulting in [[Eleven topics of tantra|eleven topics]]. | ||
==How the Ten Topics Relate to the [[Ten paramitas|Ten Paramitas]]== | |||
#view is related to ''[[prajñaparamita]]'', the paramita of wisdom | |||
#samadhi is related to ''dhyanaparamita'', the paramita of [[meditative concentration]] | |||
#action is related to ''kshantiparamita'', the paramita of [[patience]] | |||
#mandala is related to ''jñanaparamita'', the paramita of [[primordial wisdom]] | |||
#empowerment is related to ''balaparamita'', the paramita of [[strength]] | |||
#samaya is related to ''shilaparamita'', the paramita of [[discipline]] | |||
#sadhana is related to ''viryaparamita'', the paramita of [[diligence]] | |||
#offerings are related to ''danaparamita'', the paramita of [[generosity]] | |||
#enlightened activity is related to ''pranidhanaparamita'', the paramita of [[aspiration prayers]] | |||
#mudra & mantra are related to ''upayakaushalaparamita'', the paramita of [[skilful means]]<ref>Source: [[Mipham Rinpoche]], ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]''.</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 14:16, 14 February 2012
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:
- view (Skt. dṛṣṭi; Tib. ལྟ་བ་, tawa)
- samadhi (Skt. samādhi; Tib ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin)
- action or conduct (Skt. charyā; Tib སྤྱོད་པ་, chöpa)
- mandala (Skt. maṇḍala; Tib དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་, kyilkhor)
- empowerment (Skt abhiṣeka or abhiṣiñca; Tib དབང་, wang)
- samaya (Skt.; Tib དམ་ཚིག་, damtsik)
- sadhana (Skt. sādhana; Tib སྒྲུབ་པ་, drubpa)
- offerings (Skt. pūjā; Tib མཆོད་པ་, chöpa)
- enlightened activity (Skt. karma; Tib ཕྲིན་ལས་, trinlé)
- mudra (Skt. mudrā; Tib ཕྱག་རྒྱ་, chakgya)
In Mipham Rinpoche's exposition, Essence of Clear Light, the tenth topic is divided into two, resulting in eleven topics.
How the Ten Topics Relate to the Ten Paramitas
- view is related to prajñaparamita, the paramita of wisdom
- samadhi is related to dhyanaparamita, the paramita of meditative concentration
- action is related to kshantiparamita, the paramita of patience
- mandala is related to jñanaparamita, the paramita of primordial wisdom
- empowerment is related to balaparamita, the paramita of strength
- samaya is related to shilaparamita, the paramita of discipline
- sadhana is related to viryaparamita, the paramita of diligence
- offerings are related to danaparamita, the paramita of generosity
- enlightened activity is related to pranidhanaparamita, the paramita of aspiration prayers
- mudra & mantra are related to upayakaushalaparamita, the paramita of skilful means[1]
References
- ↑ Source: Mipham Rinpoche, Essence of Clear Light.