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'''Three authentics''' (Tib. ཚད་ལྡན་གསུམ་, ''tseden sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''tshad ldan gsum'') — the three authentic factors which must come together in order for the introduction to the [[nature of mind]] to take place: | '''Three authentics''' (Tib. ཚད་ལྡན་གསུམ་, ''tseden sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''tshad ldan gsum'') — the three authentic factors which must come together in order for the introduction to the [[nature of mind]] to take place: | ||
#the authentic [[blessing]]s of the master (''bla ma byin rlabs tshad ldan'') | #the authentic [[blessing]]s of the master (བླ་མ་བྱིན་རླབས་ཚད་ལྡན་, ''bla ma byin rlabs tshad ldan'') | ||
#authentic [[devotion]] of the student (''slob ma mos gus tshad ldan'') | #authentic [[devotion]] of the student (སློབ་མ་མོས་གུས་ཚད་ལྡན་, ''slob ma mos gus tshad ldan'') | ||
#authentic instructions of the lineage (''brgyud pa'i gdams ngag tshad ldan'') | #authentic instructions of the lineage (བརྒྱུད་པའི་གདམས་ངག་ཚད་ལྡན་, ''brgyud pa'i gdams ngag tshad ldan'') | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:32, 2 August 2018
Three authentics (Tib. ཚད་ལྡན་གསུམ་, tseden sum, Wyl. tshad ldan gsum) — the three authentic factors which must come together in order for the introduction to the nature of mind to take place:
- the authentic blessings of the master (བླ་མ་བྱིན་རླབས་ཚད་ལྡན་, bla ma byin rlabs tshad ldan)
- authentic devotion of the student (སློབ་མ་མོས་གུས་ཚད་ལྡན་, slob ma mos gus tshad ldan)
- authentic instructions of the lineage (བརྒྱུད་པའི་གདམས་ངག་ཚད་ལྡན་, brgyud pa'i gdams ngag tshad ldan)
Further Reading
- Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, revised and updated edition (Harper San Francisco, 2002), page 44.