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==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 29 July 1994
*[[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)
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 26 August 1997 (Q & A session, includes teaching on breakages of samaya)
*[[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 7 December 2005
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 10 July 2010
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 10 July 2010
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], San Diego, 16 November 2011
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], San Diego, 16 November 2011

Revision as of 13:24, 27 November 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.