nges pa lnga

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ངེས་པ་ལྔ
5 specific features of the Buddha level (individuality of Buddha, his realm, listeners, time of discourse, teaching), 5 certainties (ston pa, chos, 'khor, gnas, dus), SA phun sum tshogs lnga. [JV]

five certainties [IW]

nges pa lnga ldan - (endowed with) fivefold certainty [RB]

Five Certainties. These are the attributes of the body of perfect rapture, namely, those of excellent teacher (ston pa), teaching (bstan pa), retinue ('khor), place (gnas), and time (dus). [RY]

Five certainties are: 1) The certain place is the Densely Arrayed Akanishtha ('og min stug po bkod). 2) The certain teacher is Vairochana Gangchentso (rnam snang gangs chen mtsho). 3) The certain retinue are bodhisattvas of the tenth bhumi (sa bcu'i byang sems). 4) The certain teaching is the greater vehicle (theg pa chen po). 5) The certain time is the "continuous wheel of eternity" (dus rtag pa rgyun gyi 'khor lo). [RY]

The Five Certainties (nges pa lnga) are five aspects of the pure experience of the Saṃbhogakāya, the 'resource dimension' or 'enjoyment body' of Buddhahood. These Five Certainties are to be cultivated in order to give rise to pure view or purified vision which is in accordance with that pure experience of the Saṃbhogakāya. They are specifically related to the act of teaching the Buddha Dharma; and are namely: 1) the certainty of the Teacher (ston pa'i nges pa), that the teacher giving the Dharma teaching is Vajradhara or Vairocana Buddha, or else in the form of another Buddha endowed with all the usual signs and marks of Enlightenment; 2) the certainty of the Dharma (chos kyi nges pa) or the Teaching (bstan pa'i nges pa), that the Dharma which is being taught is that of the Great Vehicle (mahāyāna); 3) the certainty of the retinue ('khor gyi nges pa), that the assembly who listens to the Dharma teaching are all Bodhisattvas abiding on the Ten Bhūmis or Bodhisattva Levels (not, it should be noted, only Bodhisattvas on the Tenth Bhūmi, but from the First Bhūmi onward); 4) the certainty of the place (gnas kyi nges pa), that the location where the Dharma is being taught is the Densely Arrayed Pure Land of Akaniṣṭhā; and 5) the certainty of the time (dus kyi nges pa), that the time when the Dharma is being taught is the 'continuous wheel of eternity' (dus rtag pa rgyun kyi 'khor lo), the time of timeless eternity. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]