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four empowerments; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 35]. [RY]

the four abhishekas - bum dbang, gsang dbang, shes rab ye shes kyi dbang, tshig dbang or 4th (the common vase empowerment thun mong pa bum dbang and the three supreme, higher empowerments which are uncommon thun min mchog dbang gong ma gsum or further information, refer to fundamentals, pt 4, and history, also phyi nang gsang yongs rdzogs spros bcas,spros med,shin tu spros med,rab tu spros med. [IW]

Four empowerments. The empowerments of vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge and precious word. [RY]

the four abhishekas. [IW]

four empowerments. four initiations (in Anuttara-yoga tantra); four (levels of) empowerments: common vase empowerment thun mong pa bum dbang and the three supreme, higher empowerments which are uncommon thun min mchog dbang gong ma gsum. the four empowerments, abhishekas, 1) bum pa, gsang ba, shes rab ye shes, tshig dbang rin po che. 2) phyi nang gsang yongs rdzogs 3) spros bcas, spros med, shin tu spros med, rab tu spros med [RY]

four empowerments or initiations, bum dbang, gsang dbang, shes rab ye shes kyi dbang, tshig dbang [JV]

four (levels of) empowerments [RB]