Ten topics of tantra

Ten topics of tantra (Tib. རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་དངོས་པོ་བཅུ་, Wyl. rgyud kyi dngos po bcu)

Longchen Rabjam structured the path of Mantrayana in his commentary of the Guhyagarbha tantra, Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions according to the ten topics of tantra:

1. view (Skt. dṛṣṭi; Tib. ལྟ་བ་, tawa)
2. samadhi (Skt. samādhi; Tib ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin)
3. action or conduct (Skt. charyā; Tib སྤྱོད་པ་, chöpa)
4. mandala (Skt. maṇḍala; Tib དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་, kyilkhor)
5. empowerment (Skt abhiṣeka or abhiṣiñca; Tib དབང་, wang)
6. samaya (Skt.; Tib དམ་ཚིག་, damtsik)
7. sadhana (Skt. sādhana; Tib སྒྲུབ་པ་, drubpa)
8. offerings (Skt. pūjā; Tib མཆོད་པ་, chöpa)
9. enlightened activity (Skt. karma; Tib ཕྲིན་ལས་, trinlé)
10. mudra (Skt. mudrā; Tib ཕྱག་རྒྱ་, chakgya)

In Mipham Rinpoche's exposition, Essence of Clear Light, the tenth topic is divided into two, resulting in eleven topics.

How the Ten Topics Relate to the Ten Paramitas

1. view is related to prajñaparamita, the paramita of wisdom
2. samadhi is related to dhyanaparamita, the paramita of meditative concentration
3. action is related to kshantiparamita, the paramita of patience
4. mandala is related to jñanaparamita, the paramita of primordial wisdom
5. empowerment is related to balaparamita, the paramita of strength
6. samaya is related to shilaparamita, the paramita of discipline
7. sadhana is related to viryaparamita, the paramita of diligence
8. offerings are related to danaparamita, the paramita of generosity
9. enlightened activity is related to pranidhanaparamita, the paramita of aspiration prayers
10. mudra & mantra are related to upayakaushalaparamita, the paramita of skilful means

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