According to Sāṃkhya philosophy, these are spirit (''snying-thobs'', Skt. ''sattva''), energy (''rdul'', Skt. ''rajas'') and inertia (''mun-pa'', Skt. ''tamas''). 65 +
The realisation which is primordially acquired (''ye-nas chos-nyid rang-gi rig-pas rtogs-pa'') and the realisation resulting from attainments acquired on the path (''lam-bsgom stobs-kyis rtogs-pa''). 27, 71-2, 176-7 +
Discriminative awareness born of study (''thos-pa-las byung-ba'i shes-rab'', Skt. ''śrutamayīprajñā''), discriminative awareness born of thought (''bsam-pa-las byung-ba'i shes-rab'', Skt. ''cintāmayīprajñā'') and discriminative awareness born of meditation (''bsgoms-pa-las byung-ba'i shes-rab'', Skt. ''bhāvanāmayīprajñā''). 277, 332, 722 +
These are the four nails which control life-breath (''srog-sdom gzer-bzhi'') according to Yogatantra, namely, the nail of unchanging intention (''mi-'gyur dgongs-pa'i gzer''), the divine nail of contemplation (''ting-'dzin lha'i gzer''), the nail OF mantra w hich is the nucleus (''snying-po sngags-kyi gzer'') and the nail of activity which is the emanation and absorption of light rays ('' 'phro-'du phrin-las-kyi gzer''). 647 +
The omens perceived by Śākyamuni, which prompted his renunciation of the household life, namely, old age, sickness, death and a wandering ascetic. 418-19 +
According to Kriyātantra, these are the deity of emptiness (''stong-pa'i lha''), the deity of seed-syllables (''yi-ge'i lha''), the deity of sound (''sgra'i lha''), the deity of form (''gzugs-kyi lha''), the deity of seals (''phyag-rgya'i lha'') and the deity of symbols (''mtshan-ma'i lha''). 270, 350-1 +
The vehicles of gods and humans (''lha-mi'i theg-pa''), pious attendants (''nyan thos-kyi theg-pa''), self-centred buddhas (''rang-sangs-rgyas-kyi theg-pa''), [[bodhisattva]]s (''byang-chub sems-dpa'i theg-pa'') and of the result ('' 'bras-bu'i theg-pa''). 17, 81-2, 133 +
According to the ''Sūtra of the Descent to Laṅkā'', Ch. 3, these are the mundane ('' 'jig-rten-pa'i ye-shes''), supramundane ('' 'jig-rten-las 'das-pa'iye-shes'') and most supramundane (''shin-tu 'jig-rten-las 'das-pa'i ye-shes'') pristine cognitions. An alternative enumeration given in Ch. 2 of the same work refers to the following three characteristics of the pristine cognition of those who are sublime: (1) freedom from appearance (Skt. ''nirābhāsalakṣaṇa''); (2) sustaining power (Skt. ''adhiṣṭhānalakṣana''); and (3) realisation of one's own sublime pristinecognition (Skt. ''pratyātmāryajñānagatilakṣaṇa). 180-1 +
According to [[Mahāyoga]], these are the body (of the deity) in its entirety (''sku yongs-rdzogs''), the speech in the form of seed-syllables (''gsung yig-'bru'') and the buddha-mind of concentration (''thugs bsam-gtan''). 279 +
Direct sensory perception (''dbang-po'i mngon-sum'', Skt. ''indriyapratyakṣa''), the direct perception of intrinsic awareness, i.e. of one's own mental states (''rang-rig mngon-sum'', Skt. ''svasaṃvedanapratyakṣa'') and the direct perception (of emptiness) by the yogin (''rnal-'byor mngon-sum'', Skt. ''yogipratyakṣa''). Note that canonical sources usually list four kinds of direct perception, adding to these three intellectual direct perception (''blo'i mngon-sum'', Skt. manaḥpratyakṣa). 102 +
The unbroken lineage of the THREE PRECIOUS JEWELS, the immeasurable great realisation of the doctrine, the treasure which brings delight to sentient beings and the treasure which is like the sky. 743 +