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'''Threefold kindness''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bka<nowiki>'</nowiki> drin gsum ldan'') of the [[root teacher]]: | '''Threefold kindness''' (Tib. བཀའ་དྲིན་གསུམ་ལྡན་, ''kadrin sumden'', [[Wyl.]] ''bka<nowiki>'</nowiki> drin gsum ldan'') of the [[root teacher]]: | ||
==In the [[Sutrayana]]== | ==In the [[Sutrayana]]== | ||
Revision as of 01:49, 1 January 2018
Threefold kindness (Tib. བཀའ་དྲིན་གསུམ་ལྡན་, kadrin sumden, Wyl. bka' drin gsum ldan) of the root teacher:
In the Sutrayana
According to the Great Tibetan Dictionary:
- Transmitting the vows (or precepts)
- Giving oral transmissions
- Granting instructions
According to Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé's Great Tibetan Dictionary[1]:
- Teaching the Dharma
- Blessing the mind of the disciple
- Sustaining the assembly through material support
In the Vajrayana
- Conferring empowerment (sngags kyi dbang bskur)
- Explaining the tantras (rgyud bshad)
- Granting pith instructions (man ngag gnang)
In addition, Dungkar's Great Dictionary says that the expression refers to the transmission of the three sets of vows, i.e.
- Pratimoksha precepts
- Bodhisattva vows
- Tantric samayas
Notes
- ↑ p.163