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'''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]]. | '''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]]. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | |||
*word of honour (Light of Berotsana) | |||
==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ==Teachings on Samaya Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha== | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 2 March 2012
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.
Alternative Translations
- word of honour (Light of Berotsana)
Teachings on Samaya Given to the Rigpa Sangha
- Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 29 July 1994
- Khenpo Namdrol, Lerab Ling, 1995
- 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, San Diego, 16 November 2011
Further Reading
- Tulku Thondup, Enlightened Journey: Buddhist Practice as Daily Life (Boston: Shambhala, 1995), 'The Empowerments and Precepts of Esoteric Training', pages 106-133.