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==Teachings on Samaya==
==Teachings on Samaya==
*[[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)


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 08:11, 11 August 2009

Samaya (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

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