bka' babs bzhi

བཀའ་བབས་བཞི།

4 commissioned ones. (JV)

the four commissioned lineages. sgyu lus 'pho ba'i bka' babs. the yoga of illusory body and consciousness transference, rmi lam gyi bka' babs. the yoga of dreams, 'od gsal gyi bka' babs. the yoga of clear light mind, gtum mo'i bka' babs. the yoga of psychic heat. (RY)

the four special lineages/ transmissions. (IW)

the four special lineages/transmissions; 1) sgyu lus 'pho ba'i bka' babs: the yoga of illusory body and consciousness transference. 2) rmi lam gyi bka' babs the yoga of dreams. 3) 'od gsal gyi bka' babs the yoga of clear light mind. 4. gtum mo'i bka' babs: the yoga of psychic heat. Tilopa's four ordinary special transmissions 1. (Mahamudra, from Saraha, Lohipa, Dharikapa, and Dingkipa. Tilopa taught that he received these teachings from Dingkipa. 2) Father Tantra, from Bodhisattva Ratnamati, Nagarjuna, andMatangi. Tilopa taught that he received these teachings from Matangi 3) Mother Tantra, from Sumati, Shinglopa, Thanglopa, and Karnaripa. Tilopa taught that he heard these teachings from Karnaripa. 4) luminosity and non-duality, is from Viravapa, Dombhipa, Bhinasa, Lavapa, and Indrabodhi. Tilopa taught that he received these teachings from Indrabodhi. the four extraordinary special transmissions: 1 Candali and dream from Krishnacarya two illusory body and Father tantra from Nagarjuna. Three luminosity and non-duality from Lavapa. Four mother tantra, ejection, and bardo from sumati Samantabhadri. (IW)

transmission, four special. The transmissions that Tilopa received from his four main teachers. These four transmissions were passed from Tilopa to Naropa and then to Marpa. They are the yogas of the illusory body, dream, luminosity, and tummo. (RY)