Samaya

The samaya (Tibetan: དམ་ཚིག, Wylie: dam tshig, Chinese: 三昧耶戒, pinyin: Sānmèiyē jiè; rōmaji: sonmaya kai), is a set of vows or precepts given to initiates of an esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist order as part of the abhiṣeka (empowerment or initiation) ceremony that creates a bond between the guru and disciple.

According to Keown, et al., samaya may be defined as:

  • A particular system of teaching or doctrines;
  • The conduct required of a tantric practitioner, often as a set of vows or commitments;
  • The realization (abhisamaya) of Buddhahood;
  • In Tantric Buddhism, union with the trikaya, the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.
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