These are the phases from conception in the womb to the moment of birth (''mngal-du skye-ba bzung-pa-nas btsas-pa'i bar''), from the moment of birth to adult maturity (''btsas-nas nar-son-pa'i bar'') and from adult maturity to old age (''nar-son-nas rgan-po'i bar''). 34, 278-81 +
According to the ''Tantra of the Secret Nucleus'', as explained in [[Sūryaprabhāsiṃha]]'s ''Commentary on the Secret Nucleus'', pp. 2-3, these are the uncreated reality which is the causal basis of the maṇḍala, the resultant reality which is the spontaneous [[Samantabhadra]] and the reality which appears as a chain of seed-syllables and is the causal basis of the secret enlightened mind. 915 +
These are the ultimate truth of the expanse (''dbyings don-dam''), the ultimate truth of pristine cognition (''ye-shes don-dam'') and the fivefold ultimate truth of the result, i.e. the great mystery of the buddha-body, speech, mind, attributes and activities ('' 'bras-bu don-dam''). 248-9 +
These are ignorance (''ma-rig-pa'', Skt. ''avidyā''), habitual tendencies ('' 'du-byed'', Skt. ''saṃskāra''), consciousness (''rnam-shes'', Skt. ''vijñāna''), name and form (''ming-dang gzugs'', Skt. ''nāmarūpa''), the six activity fields of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body and intellect (''skye-mched drug'', Skt. ''ṣaḍāyatana''), contact (''reg-pa'', Skt. ''sparśa''), feeling (''tshor-ba'', Skt. ''vedanā''), craving (''sred-pa'', Skt. ''tṛṣṇa''), the FIVE COMPONENTS (''nye-bar len-pa'i phung-po lnga'', Skt. ''upādānaskandha''), rebirth (''srid-pa'', Skt. ''bhava''), birth (''skye-ba'', Skt. ''jāti'') and old age and death (''rga-shi'', Skt. ''jarāmaraṇa''); Mvt. (2241-58). 25, 159, 228 +
By gazing upwards at the ''ūrṇakeśa'', the eye of reality perceives the buddha-body of reality and propensities are removed. By gazing sideways, the eye of pristine cognition perceives the buddha-body of perfect rapture and so saṃsāra and nirvāṇa are blended in a common savour. By gazing downwards, the eye of discriminative awareness perceives the emanational body and so arrives at the appearance of pristine cognition. 907 +
Pemasel, Pema Lendreltsel, Pangangpa Rincen Dorje, Longcenpa and Pema Lingpa. According to the ''Scholar's Feast of Doctrinal History'', p. 213, Pema Lendreltsel was the secret name of Pangangpa Rincen Dorje. 796 +