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According to Yogatantra, there are five minor families corresponding to the five major families, namely, the [[Tathāgata]], Vajra, Jewel, Lotus and Activity. 273 +
These are equivalent to the ELEVEN COMMITMENTS OF KRIYĀTANTRA ''with the addition'': of the commitments not to drink water in a locality inhabited by violators of commitments (''lung-gcig chu-la mi-btung'') and not to converse with such violators (''nyams-dang kha mi-bsre-ba bsrung''). 355 +
Animate substance (''srog'', Skt. ''jīva''), inanimate substance (''zag-pa'', Skt. ''ajīva''), commitments (''sdom-pa'', Skt. ''saṃvara''), rejuvination, i.e. purgation of past deeds (''nges-par rga-ba'', Skt. ''nirjara''), bondage ('' 'ching'', Skt. ''bandha''), deeds (''las'', Skt. ''karmāsrava''), evil (''sdig-pa'', Skt. ''pāpa''), virtue (''bsod-nams'', Skt. ''puṇya'') and liberation (''thar-pa'', Skt. ''mokṣa''). 16, 66 +
Moral discipline (''tshul-khrims'', Skt. ''[[śīla]]''), discriminative awareness (''shes-rab'', Skt. ''prajñā'') and mind, i.e. meditation (''sems'', Skt. ''citta''). 70-1, 73, 79, 88, 322, 403, 707, 879, 898 +
Refer to [[J. Robinson]], ''[[Buddha's Lions]]'', for their enumeration and life stories. 442 +
Those who possess the SEVEN DISTINCTIONS OF ENLIGHTENED ATTRIBUTES. 31, 259-60 +
Ritual service (''bsnyen-pa'', Skt. ''sevā'') entails the recitation of mantra and one-pointed prayerful devotion to a deity that is visualised; further ritual service (''nye-bar bsnyen-pa'', Skt. ''upasevā'') entails the prayer that the deity's blessings will descend, transforming the mundane body, speech and mind into the three syllables of indestructible reality; attainment (''sgrub-pa'', Skt. ''sādhana'') entails that accomplishments are absorbed from the sugatas of the ten directions into the deity and thence into oneself, either in actuality, meditation or dreams; and great attainment (''sgrub-chen'', Skt. ''mahāsādhana'') is the ultimate realisation of beginningless primordial purity which is experienced when body, speech and mind are identical to the deity. This is the inner significance of the ritual ceremonies and elaborate dance routines contained within the ''sgrub-chen''. Also referred to as the FOUR UNIONS. 280, 297, 494, 847, 903 +
According to [[Jamgön Kongtrül]], ''shes-bya kun-khyab mdzod'', Vol. 2, p. 192, these are to abandon sleep which cuts off the life of concentration, to abandon alcohol, to propound the symbolic language of secret mantra and to destroy idleness. 367 +
According to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, ''gsung-rtsom gces-sgrig'', pp. 22-3, the thirteen generations of lamas who established Katok are the successive regents of Katokpa Tampa Deshek, namely, Tsangtönpa Dorje Gyeltsen, Campabum, Ce-nga Mangpuwa Sonam Bumpa, Uwöpa Yeshebum, Cangcup Pelwa, Sonam Zangpo, Künga Bumpa, Lodrö Bumpa, Lodrö Senge, Cangcup Lodrö, Cangcup Senge, Cangcup Gyeltsen and Khedrup Yeshe Gyeltsen. This enumeration omits Katokpa Wangcuk Pelwa after Künga Bumpa. Another list given in Gönpo Wangyal, ''chos-kyi rnam-grangs'', p. 378, counts Katokpa Tampa Deshek as the first of the thirteen, and instead omits Cangcup Senge and Khedrup Yeshe Gyeltsen, as follows: Katok Tampa Deshek, Tsangtönpa, Campabum, Sonam Bumpa, Uwöpa Yeshebumpa, Cangcup Pelwa, Sonam Zangpo, Künga Bumpa, Wangcuk Pelwa, Lodrö Bumpa, Lodrö Senge, Cangcup Lodrö and Cangcup Gyeltsen. 688-99 +
One of the FOUR AXIOMS OF MAHĀYOGA consisting of the sameness of emptiness (''stong-pa''), the sameness of the coalescence of appearances and emptiness (''snang-stong zung-'jug''), the sameness of freedom from conceptual elaboration (''spros-bral'') and sameness itself (''mnyam-nyid''). 275-6 +
According to the system of Orgyenpa, these are explained as follows (1) training the body through the indestructible reality of the buddha-body, there is the branch of ritual service which develops composure (''sku rdo-rjes lus-la sbyang-ste sor-sdud bsnyen-pa'iyan-lag''); (2) training the speech through the indestrucdble reality of the buddha-speech, there is the branch of attainment associated with breath control (''gsungs rdo-rjes ngag-la sbyang-ste srog-'dzin sgrub-pa'i yan-lag''); and (3) training the mind through the indestructible reality of the buddha-mind, there is the branch of great attainment associated with recollection and contemplation (''thugs rdo-rjes yid-la sbyang-ste dran-ting sgrub-chen-gyi yan-lag''). 853 +
These are the parameters for the appraisal of the scriptures or texts of secret mantra. They comprise those which employ the language of (hidden) intention (''dgongs-pa'i skad''), those which do not (''de-bzhin-min''), those which are literal (''sgra ji-bzhin-pa''), those which are not (''de-bzhin-min''), those of provisional meaning (''drang-ba'i don'', Skt. ''neyārtha'') and those of definitive meaning (''nges-don'', Skt. ''nītārtha''). 35, 290-2 +
These are explained in the context of Yogatantra under the FOUR MIRACLES. 33, 272 +
These powers of intention associated with King Ja are directed towards: excellent gold plates as a writing material (''gser-gyi byang-bu 'bri gzhi phun-sum tshogs-pa-la dgongs-pa''), excellent molten beryl as the substance in which one writes (''bai-ḍūrya'i zhun-ma rgyu phun-sum-tshogs-pa-la dgongs-pa''), excellent treasure chests of various precious gems (''rin-chen sna-tshogs-kyi sgrom-bu snod-la dgongs-pa''), celestial abodes which cannot be destroyed by the four elements (''nam-mkha' 'byung-bzhis mi-'jig-pa gnas-la dgongs-pa''), the special treasure guardians who possess the eye of pristine cognition (''ye-shes spyan- ldan mams gter-srung khyad-par-can-la dgongs-pa''), the keenest faculties possessed by King Ja (''chos-bdag rgyal-po dza dbang-po yang-rab-la dgongs-pa'') and towards the spread and propagation of (the doctrine by) ordinary and sublime beings, [[bodhisattva]]s and other such lineage-holders (''skye-'phags byang-sems sogs brgyud-'dzin dar-rgyas-la dgongs-pa''). 455 +
According to the ''Tantra of the Secret Nucleus'' and related works, such as the so-called ''Tibetan Book of the Dead'', these are [[Samantabhadra]], [[Samantabhadrī]], [[Vairocana]], [[Akṣobhya]], [[Ratnasambhava]], [[Amitābha]], [[Amoghasiddhi]], [[Ākāśadhātvīśvarī]], [[Buddhalocanā]], [[Māmakī]], [[Paṇḍaravāsinī]], [[Samayatārā]], [[Kṣitigarbha]], [[Vajrapāṇi]], [[Ākāśagarbha]], [[Avalokiteśvara]], [[Lāsyā]], [[Mālyā]], [[Gītā]], [[Nartī]], [[Maitreya]], [[Nivaraṇaviṣkambhin]], [[Samantabhadra]], [[Mañjuśrī]], [[Dhūpā]], [[Puṣpā]], [[Ālokā]], [[Gandhā]], [[Amṛtakuṇḍalin]], [[Hayagrīva]], [[Mahābala]], [[Yamāntaka]], [[Aṅkuśā]], [[Pāśā]], [[Sphoṭā]], [[Ghaṇṭā]], [[Munīndra]], [[Vemacitra]], [[Śākyamuni]], [[Siṃha]], [[Jvālamukha]] and [[Yamarāja]]. 125-6, 623, 644, 691 +
The awareness-holder of indestructible reality (''rdo-rje'i rig-'dzin'', Skt. *''vajravidyādhara''), the awareness-holder of the doctrinal wheel (''chos-'khor-gyi rig-'dzin'', Skt. *''dharmacakravidyādhara''), the awareness-holder of precious gemstones (''rin-chen-gyi rig-'dzin'', Skt. *''ratnavidyādhara''), the awareness-holder of the lotus (padma'irig-'dzin, Skt. *padmavidyādhara) and the awarenessholder of the sword (''ral-gri'i rig-'dzin'', Skt. *''khaḍgavidyādhara''). 282 +
The [[obscuration]]s of the knowable, of conflicting emotions and of propensities. Alternatively, the third may be absorption in trance. 469 +
Elemental bases (''khams''), years (''lo''), numbers (''sme-ba''), trigrams (''spar-kha''), months (''zla-ba''), days (''nyi-ma''), two-hour periods (''dus-tshod''), planets (''gza''') and stars (''skar-ma''). 104 +
According to the [[Vaibhāṣika]], these are space (''nam-mkha' '', Skt. ''ākāśa''), the cessation of corruption due to individual scrutiny (''so-sor brtags-pas 'gog-pa'', Skt. ''pratisaṃkhyānirodha'') and the cessation (of the future arising of any object) independent of individual scrutiny (''brtags-min-gyi 'gog-pa'', Skt. ''apratisaṃkhyānirodha). 157 +
The mantra of [[Avalokiteśvara]], OṂ MA ṆI PAD ME HŪṂ, each syllable of which purifies one of the SIX CLASSES OF LIVING BEINGS. 508, 545, 569, 841 +
