5 Buddha families & their samaya(s)

Soap-Bubble · Post by **Soap-Bubble** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:56 am

I received the samaya (or multiples of those?) of five buddha families from two teachers and for two different empowerments and I still do not know what they are! Neither of them explained, and googling doesn't shed any light on existence of a samaya related to buddha families.

I found a video of some teacher which sounds like it's on topic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzk4HAid7nU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
At 36 minutes he starts talking about Vairochana and how there are six samayas connected to Vairochana. Translator is too quiet and I can't hear half of what he's saying. Is that what I'm looking for and where else can I clarify this samaya\samayas?

conebeckham · Post by **conebeckham** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:04 am

Get yourself a copy of Kongtrul's "Buddhist Ethics." That's the best source I can think of...

Soap-Bubble · Post by **Soap-Bubble** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:17 am

Thanks!

Fortyeightvows · Post by **Fortyeightvows** » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:23 am

They are also on Berzin's site

http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/ar ... ilies.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Soap-Bubble · Post by **Soap-Bubble** » Tue Dec 09, 2014 7:57 am

Thank you, that's really nice.

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