Six special attributes

The six special attributes (Tib. ཁྱད་ཆོས་དྲུག་, Wyl. khyad chos drug) define the process of gaining realization within the ground of being according to the Atiyoga teachings: awareness emerging from the ground of being, perceiving its own manifestation, distinguishing itself from any state of confusion, gaining freedom in that distinction, not relying on any external condition for its presence, and resting in its own natural lucidity.