The activity field infinite as the sky (''nam-mkha' mtha'-yas skye-mched'', Skt. ''ākāśānantyāyatana''); the activity field of infmite consciousness (''rnam-shes mtha'-yas skye-mched'', Skt. ''vijñānānantyāyatana''); the activity field of nothing at all (''ci-yang med-pa'i skye-mched'', Skt. ''akiṃcanyāyatana'', and the activity field where there is neither perception nor non-perception ('' 'du-shes-med 'du-shes med-min skye-mched'', Skt. ''naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana); Mvt. (3110 13). 13, 15, 61-2 +
Reliance on meaning rather than on words, reliance on the doctrine rather than on individuals, reliance on pristine cognition rather than on consciousness, and reliance on the defmitive rather than on the provisional meaning; Mvt. (1546-9). 186, 871 +
These are similar to the FIVE AWAKENINGS, omitting the first, I.e. emptiness. They are the lunar throne (''zla-gdan''), the seed-syllables of speech (''gsung yig-'bru''), the symbolic implements of mind (''thugs phyag-mtshan'') and the perfect body of the deity (''sku yongs-rdzogs''). 279 +
The Oral Tradition which Permeates All Discourses (''gleng-bayongs-la bor-ba'i kha-gtam'') and the Oral Tradition which is Divulged in Speech at No Fixed Time ('''khar-phog dus-med-pa'i kha-gtam'''). 331 +
The enlightened or buddha-body, speech, mind, attributes and activities which are symbolised respectively by the five seals or hand gestures, namely, the seal of the doctrinal wheel (''chos-kyi 'khor-lo'i phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dharmacakramudrā''), the earth-touching seal (''sa-reg-gi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''bhūmisparśamudrā), the seal of liberality (''sbyin-pa'i phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dānamudrā''), the seal of concentration (''bsam-gtan-gyi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''dhyānamudrā'') and the seal of fearlessness ('' 'jigs-med-kyi phyag-rgya'', Skt. ''abhayamudrā''). 357 +
Those of laymen and laywomen (''dge-bsnyen'' and ''dge-bsnyen-ma'', Skt. ''upāsaka'' and ''upāsikā''), male and female practitioners of the purificatory fast (''bsnyen-gnas'', Skt. ''upavāsa'' and ''upavāsī''), male and female novices (''dge-tshul'' and ''dge-tshul-ma'', Skt. ''śrāmaṇera'' and ''śrāmaṇerikā'') and monks and nuns (''dge-slong'' and ''dge-slong-ma'', Skt. ''bhikṣu'' and ''bhikṣunī''). Canonical sources, however, usually speak of seven such vows, grouping the second pair together as one. 158, 226 +
Renunciation due to natural purity (''rang-bzhin dag-pa'i spang-ba'') and renunciation applied as an antidote in order to remove [[obscuration]]s which suddenly arise (''glo-bur dri-ma bral-ba'i spang-ba''). 27, 175-7 +
Non-substantiality (''rang-bzhin med''), union with awareness in the form of the consort (''rig-ma''), supreme bliss (''bde-chen''), the body of perfect rapture (''longs-spyod rdzogs-pa'i sku''), no cessation of the experience ('' 'gog-pa med''), total compassion (''snying-rje yongs'') and no interruption of the experience (''rgyun mi-chad''). Refer to [[Khyentse Rinpoche]]'s definition cited in ''[[Nālandā Translation Committee]]'', ''[[The Rain of Wisdom]]'', (pp. 341-2). 266 +
According to the same text cited above: (1) teaching should not be given to those who are extremely aggressive, faithless or loquacious; (2) teaching should not be given to those who have little faith, perseverance and discriminative awareness, or who are partial in their desire for long exegeses and commentaries; (3) teaching should not be given to those who diminish other doctrines by making long notations and not meditating; and (4) the faithless who seek the doctrine for the sake of wealth should be investigated from the position of the faithful and then abandoned. 539 +
Great emptiness (''stong-pa chen-po''), great compassion (''snying-rje chen-po''), the single seal (''phyag-rgya gcig-pa''), the elaborate seal (''phyag-rgya spros-bcas'') and the attainment of the maṇḍala clusters (''tshom-bu tshogs-sgrub''). 278-81 +
These represent the subdivisions of the EIGHT TOPICS OF THE ''ORNAMENT OF EMERGENT REALISATION''. Refer to [[E. Conze]], ''Abhisamayālaṁkāra'', for detailed discussions. 95 +
According to [[Anuyoga]], these are the demon which causes insecurity through divisive thoughts; the demon which is laziness with respect to the equanimity of the real; the demon which is capricious with respect to pleasure and social diversions; the demon of the sharp sword of harsh speech; and the demon which causes disturbances in a wrathful, fierce manner. Refer to Jamgön Kongtrül, ''shes-bya kun-khyab mdzod'', Vol. 2, (p. 192). 367 +