bka' drin gsum ldan

endowed with the three kindnesses [RY]

making use of 3 courtesies (rig pa bslab pa, mdo rgyud bstan pa, dbang bskur byin rlabs byed pa) [JV]

possessing the 3-fold kindness: (in sutra the lama giving precepts sdom pa reading authorization lung teachings khrid; in tantra dbang bskur conferring empowerment, rgyud bshad explaining the tantras, man ngag gnang ba giving pith instructions] [IW]

threefold kindness. Being endowed with the threefold kindness is, according to the general system, to have obtained the three precepts. In the Mantra system it means the root master who confers empowerment, explains the tantras, and bestows oral instructions, which is the one who gives the pointing-out instruction. [RY]

Syn bka' drin gsum ldan bla ma [RY]