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བཀའ་དྲིན་གསུམ།

the 3-fold kindness. (IW)

the 3-fold kindness: [in sutra the lama giving precepts - སྡོམ་པ། (sdom pa) reading authorization - ལུང། (lung) teachings - ཁྲིད། (khrid); in tantra - དབང་བསྐུར། (dbang bskur) conferring empowerment - རྒྱུད་བཤད། (rgyud bshad) explaining the tantras - མན་ངག་གནང་བ། (man ngag gnang ba) giving pith instructions. (IW)

three kindnesses of a spiritual master. (RY)