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'''Ten outer benefiting empowerments''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phan pa'i dbang bcu'') — ten [[empowerment]]s conferred as an entry point to the practice of [[Mahayoga]] in order to ripen students who have [[faith]]. These ten empowerments are subdivisions of the vase empowerment.
'''Ten outer benefiting empowerments''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phan pa'i dbang bcu'') — ten [[empowerment]]s for peaceful deities<ref>Source: [[Ju Mipham Jampal Gyepa'i Dorje]], ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]'', trans. by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2010), page 211.</ref> conferred as an entry point to the practice of [[Mahayoga]] in order to ripen students who have [[faith]]. These ten empowerments are subdivisions of the vase empowerment.
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#food and drink
#five essences
#five essences<ref>Source for list: [[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), page 314.</ref>


==Reference==
==References==
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), page 314.
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==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 17:20, 28 February 2012

Ten outer benefiting empowerments (Wyl. phan pa'i dbang bcu) — ten empowerments for peaceful deities[1] conferred as an entry point to the practice of Mahayoga in order to ripen students who have faith. These ten empowerments are subdivisions of the vase empowerment.

  1. diadem
  2. head ornament
  3. chaplet
  4. armor
  5. victory banner
  6. seals
  7. parasol
  8. vase
  9. food and drink
  10. five essences[2]

References

  1. Source: Ju Mipham Jampal Gyepa'i Dorje, Essence of Clear Light, trans. by Lama Chönam and Sangye Khandro of the Light of Berotsana Translation Group (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2010), page 211.
  2. Source for list: Jamgön Kongtrul, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra, translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), page 314.

Further Reading

  • Longchenpa, Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions, pages 376-379.