According to [[Jamgön Kongtrül]], ''shes-bya kun-khyab mdzod'', Vol. 2, pp. 188ff., these are the commitments of utter purity in relation to the body, speech, mind and entire perceptual range. 367 +
These are the THREE CONTINUA as enumerated in the exegetical tradition of the ''Guhyasamāja Tantra''; the ground (''gzhi''), the nature (''rang-bzhin'') of the path and the inalienableness (''mi-'phrog-pa'') of the result. 262 +
According to [[Kriyātantra]], these are the time for entering ('' 'jug-pa'i dus''), food (''zas''), attire (''gos''), ritual cleansing (''gtsang-sbra''), visualisation supports (''dmigs rten'') and mantras for recitation (''bzlas-brjod sngags''). 351 +
According to the ''Analysis of the Middle and Extremes'', Ch. 5, w . 9-10, these are writing, worship, charity, listening, retention, reading, exegesis, daily recitation, thought and meditation. 60, 862 +
Abstinence from murder, theft, deceit and sexual misconduct are the four basic vows; while abstinence from alcohol, dancing and decoration, high expensive seats or beds and food in the afternoon are the four branches. 58, 226, 513 +
The root is the ''Six Doctrines of Niguma'' (''rtsa-ba ni-gu chos-drug''); the trunk is the ''Amulet-Box Precept of the Great Seal'' (''sdong-po phyag-chen ga'u-ma''); the branches are the ''Three Ways of Carrying Realisation on the Path'' (''yal-kha lam-khyer rnam-gsum''); the flowers are the ''Red and White Khecarī'' (''me-tog mkha'-spyod dkar-dmar''); and the fruit is ''Deathlessness and Non-Deviation'' ('' 'bras-bu 'chi-med chugs-med''). Refer also to first part of the Bibliography under ''Five Golden Doctrines of the Shangpa''. 929 +
The precise enumeration is unidentified. They were subdued by [[Padmasambhava]] at Silma in Tsang. Refer to [[R. de Nebesky-Wojkowitz]], ''[[Oracles and Demons of Tibet]]'', (pp. 198-202). 581 +
The renunciation of the TEN NON-VIRTUES and the practice of their opposites; Mvt. 1687-98. They are also referred to as the TEN DIVINE VIRTUES. 56, 59, 60, 61, 513 +
Zabulung in Shang is in the centre of Tibet, Jongpalung in Kongpo is in the east, Siptenlung in Mön is in the south, Phakrilung in Gö is in the west and Dronalung in Kyi is in the north. 518 +
These are equivalent to the TWELVE BRANCHES OF THE SCRIPTU RES. As enumerated in Longcenpa, ''[[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]]'', pp. 28ff., they comprise the four outer wheels of the sūtras, aphorisms in prose and verse, prophetic declarations and verse; the four inner wheels of extensive teachings, tales of past lives, legends and parables; and the four secret wheels of meaningful expressions, narratives, established instructions and marvellous events. 137 +
According to Daṇḍin's ''Mirror of Poetics'', Ch. III, w . 96-124, and D. K. Gupta, ''A Critical Study of Daṇḍin and his Works'', pp. 230-9, these are as follows: meaning concealed by a concentration of words, the real meaning lost in the apparent, the use of semantically connected words at a great distance from each other, contrived meaning, harmonious or derivative meaning, coarse meaning, enumeration, assumed meaning, abbreviation, hidden meaning, confusing use of synonyms, vexing or foolish use of words, stealthy meaning, obscurity in a single respect (i.e. of the container), obscurity in both respects (i.e. of the container and content) and a combination of various forms of the above. 105 +