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==How the Ten Topics Relate to the [[Ten paramitas|Ten Paramitas]]==
==How the Ten Topics Relate to the [[Ten paramitas|Ten Paramitas]]==
#view is related to ''[[prajñaparamita]]'', the paramita of wisdom
#view is related to the paramita of wisdom (Skt. ''[[prajñaparamita|prajñāpāramitā]]'')
#samadhi is related to ''dhyanaparamita'', the paramita of [[meditative concentration]]
#samadhi is related to the paramita of [[meditative concentration]] (Skt. ''dhyānapāramitā'')
#action is related to ''kshantiparamita'', the paramita of [[patience]]
#action is related to the paramita of [[patience]] (Skt. ''kṣāntipāramitā'')
#mandala is related to ''jñanaparamita'', the paramita of [[primordial wisdom]]
#mandala is related to the paramita of [[primordial wisdom]] (Skt. ''jñānapāramitā'')
#empowerment is related to ''balaparamita'', the paramita of [[strength]]
#empowerment is related to the paramita of [[strength]] (Skt. ''balapāramitā'')
#samaya is related to ''shilaparamita'', the paramita of [[discipline]]
#samaya is related to the paramita of [[discipline]] (Skt. ''śīlapāramitā'')
#sadhana is related to ''viryaparamita'', the paramita of [[diligence]]
#sadhana is related to the paramita of [[diligence]] (Skt. ''vīryapāramitā'')
#offerings are related to ''danaparamita'', the paramita of [[generosity]]
#offerings are related to the paramita of [[generosity]] (Skt. ''dānapāramitā'')
#enlightened activity is related to ''pranidhanaparamita'', the paramita of [[aspiration prayers]]
#enlightened activity is related to the paramita of [[aspiration prayers]] (Skt. ''praṇidhānapāramitā'')
#mudra & mantra are related to ''upayakaushalaparamita'', the paramita of [[skilful means]]<ref>Source: [[Mipham Rinpoche]], ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]''.</ref>
#mudra & mantra are related to the paramita of [[skilful means]] (Skt. ''upāyakauśalapāramitā'')<ref>Source: [[Mipham Rinpoche]], ''[[Essence of Clear Light]]''.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:26, 26 February 2012

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 the paramita of wisdom (Skt. prajñāpāramitā)
  2. samadhi is related to the paramita of meditative concentration (Skt. dhyānapāramitā)
  3. action is related to the paramita of patience (Skt. kṣāntipāramitā)
  4. mandala is related to the paramita of primordial wisdom (Skt. jñānapāramitā)
  5. empowerment is related to the paramita of strength (Skt. balapāramitā)
  6. samaya is related to the paramita of discipline (Skt. śīlapāramitā)
  7. sadhana is related to the paramita of diligence (Skt. vīryapāramitā)
  8. offerings are related to the paramita of generosity (Skt. dānapāramitā)
  9. enlightened activity is related to the paramita of aspiration prayers (Skt. praṇidhānapāramitā)
  10. mudra & mantra are related to the paramita of skilful means (Skt. upāyakauśalapāramitā)[1]

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