According to the ''Pagoda of Precious Jewels'', these are: not to speak falsely (''rdzun-tshig mi-smra-ba''); to abide on behalf of all sentient beings with higher motivation and without deceit or guile (''sgyu-dang gYo-med-par sems-can thams cad-kyi drung-na lhag-bsam-gyis gnas-pa''); to regard [[bodhisattva]]s as one's teachers (''byang-chub sems-dpa'-la ston-pa'i 'du-shes bskyed''); and to inspire those sentient beings, whom one totally matures, to grasp the genuine, unsurpassed perfect enlightenment (''sems-can gang-mams yongs-su smin-byed yang-dag-par bla-med yang-dag rdzogs-pa'i byang-chub 'dzin-du 'jug-pa'). 236 +
These are the FIVE EMPOWERMENTS OF AWARENESS with the addition of the irreversible empowerment of the vase (''phyir mi-ldog-pa bum-pa'i dbang''), also known as the empowerment of the master of indestructible reality (''rdo-rje slob-dpon-gyi dbang''). 354 +
Desires which are engendered through exehange of glances, laughter, embrace and sexual union are respectively transformed by Kriyātantra in which the deities regard each other, Ubhayatantra in which the deities smile at each other, Yogatantra in which they embrace and Unsurpassed Yogatantra in which they are in sexual union. Refer to Longcenpa, ''Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems'', (pp. 292-4). 269, 413 +
The scrutiny of precious gems (''rin-chen''), land (''gzhi''), garments (''gos''), trees (''ljon-shing''), horses (''rta''), elephants (''glang''), men (''pho'') and women (''mo''). Refer to Longcenpa, ''Treasury of Spiritual and Philosophical Systems'', (p. 40). 97,99 +
The traditional enumeration of the volume of texts of the Great Perfection, as represented by the [[Atiyoga]] sections of the ''Collected Tantras of the Nyingmapa''. 332, 493, 539, 922 +
According to the ''Miraculous Key of Further Discemment'', these are the three basic commitments of body, speech and mind (''sku-gsung-thugs-kyi rtsa-ba'i dam-tshig gsum'') and the twenty-five ancillary ones, five of which are to be practised (''spyad-par bya-ba''), namely, five kinds of rites of “liberation” and sexual practices; five not to be renounced (''spang-bar mi-bya-ba''), namely, the FIVE CONFLICTING EMOTIONS; five to be adopted (''blang-bar bya-ba''), namely, the FIVE NECTARS; five to be known (''shes-par bya-ba''), namely, the FIVE COMPONENTS, FIVE ELEMENTS, FIVE SENSE OBJECTS, sacraments of meat and propensities in their pure nature; and flve to be attained (''bsgrub-par bya-ba''), namely, the buddha-body, speech, mind, attributes and activities. Cf. [[Līlāvajra]], ''Clarification of Commitments'', pp. 147-8; and [[Jamgön Kongtrül]], ''shes-bya kun-khyab-mdzod'', Vol. 2, (pp. 182-5). 361 +
These are the THREE GAZES - upwards, sideways and downwards - which direct the eyes towards the expanse of the buddha-body of reality, the buddha-body of perfect rapture and the emanational body respectively. Refer to Longcenpa, ''[[Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle]]'', Vol. 2, (p. 282). 338 +
The five which concern oneself are a human birth, in a land where the doctrine prevails, with pure sense faculties, having committed no extremely negative action and having faith. The five which concern others are that the buddha has appeared, that he has taught the doctrine, that this continues to exist, that it has followers and that they lovingly act on behalf of others. 573 +
According to [[Mahāyoga]], these are Esoteric Instructions associated respectively with the upper doors or centres of the body (''steng-sgo'') and the lower door or secret centre of the body ('' 'og-sgo''). 277 +