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Threefold kindness (Wyl. bka' drin gsum ldan) of the root teacher:
In the Sutrayana
According to the Great Tibetan-English Dictionary:
According to Dungkar Lobzang Trinlé's Great Dictionary[1]:
- Teaching the Dharma
- Blessing the mind of the disciple
- Sustaining the assembly through material support
In the Vajrayana
- Conferring empowerment (sngags kyi dbang bskur)
- Explaining the tantras (rgyud bshad)
- Granting pith instructions (man ngag gnang)
In addition, Dungkar's Great Dictionary says that the expression refers to the transmission of the three sets of vows, i.e.
Footnotes
- ↑ dung dkar tshig mdzod chen mo p.163