man ngag

upadesha, oral/pith instructions [thabs kyi snying po'am thabs zab mo [IW]

• Esoteric Instruction [GD]

upadesha, secret oral instruction, quintessential instructions; instructions; direct transmission (instruction); [oral] instruction, instructions, precepts, [secret] instruction. personal advice [on practice]. direction, information, esoteric instruction, precepts, quintessential instructions, pith instruction, crucial instructions, key instruction [RY]

oral/ essence/ secret instruction, precepts, personal advice (on practice) direction, information TSE upadesha, oral/ pith instructions [IW]

upadesha, instruction, guidance, secret instruction, teaching, religious advice, direction, (rdzas, sngags, sman, bsgom pa, 'don pa, bzo byed), same as sngags for common people, esoteric instructions, texts which are derived from the experiences of the practice of the masters and which are transmitted secretly, oral instructions, secret oral instruction, direct transmission, pith instructions [JV]

upadesha, oral/pith instructions [thabs kyi snying po'am thabs zab mo - //sman gyi man ngag //lag rtsal gyi man ngag //man ngag gi mthil [IW]

(in case of man ngag sde) direct transmission (in case of rgyud lung man ngag) pith instruction(s) (in case of instruction) heart advice; isc. intimate advice [RB]

Oral instructions, (gdams ngag). As opposed to the scholastic tradition, the oral instructions of the Practice Lineage are concise and pithy so they can always be kept in mind; they are practical and to the point so they are effective means to deal directly with the practices of purifying one's obscurations and gathering the two accumulations [RY]

secret method, upadesha, instruction, guidance, secret instruction, teaching, religious advice, direction, (rdzas, sngags, sman, bsgom pa, 'don pa, bzo byed), same as sngags for common people, esoteric instructions, texts which are derived from the experiences of the practice of the masters and which are transmitted secretly, oral instructions, secret oral instruction, direct transmission, pith instructions [JV]