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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. [[དམ་ཚིག་]], ''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|Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==

Revision as of 03:35, 3 February 2011

Samaya (Skt.; Tib. དམ་ཚིག་, 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, Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training', pages 106-133.