rdzogs chen bstan pa'i rgyal mtshan

Four Empowerments of the Great Perfection. These are the outer empowerment of conceptual elaboration phyi spros bcas kyi dbang the inner empowerment which is free from conceptual elaboration nang spros bral gi dbang the secret empowerment that is very unelaborate gsang ba shin tu spros bral gi dbang and the most secret empowerment which is extremely unelaborate gsang chen rab tu spros bral gi dbang [RY]

four empowerments of the great perfection [IW]

four empowerments of the great perfection [outer empowerment of conceptual elaboration phyi spros bcas kyi dbang the inner empowerment which is free from conceptual elaboration nang spros bral gi dbang the secret empowerment that is very unelaborate gsang ba shin tu spros bral gi dbang and the most secret empowerment which is extremely unelaborate gsang chen rab tu spros bral gi dbang the distinctions between these are explained in Longcenpa, treasury of spiritual and philosophical systems, pp 370-372 briefly, the 1st employs a multiplicity of ritual objects and ideas, the 2nd is free from both ritual objects and ideas, the 3rd is beyond conception and description, while the 4th is the empowerment into the nature of the body of reality- [IW]