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'''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]]. | '''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== | ==Teachings on Samaya== | ||
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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.
Teachings on Samaya
- Khenpo Namdrol, Lerab Ling, 1995
- Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 26 August 1997 (Q & A session, includes teaching on breakages of 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