Samaya

Samaya (verbum Sanscriticum, scriptura Devanagari समय)^[1] est copia votorum vel praeceptorum fidelibus initiatis Vajrayanae ordinis Buddhistici concessa, pars rituum abhiṣeka (potestatis factae vel initiatio) qui copulam inter guru et discipulum constituunt. Vocabulum samaya definiri potest:

• Certa ratio docendi vel dogmata.^[2]
• Mores exercitatoris tantrici necessarii, saepe copia votorum vel pignorum.^[3]
• Effectus (abhisamaya) Buddhisticus.^[4]
• In Buddhismo tantrico, unio cum Tribus Vajris: corpore, oratione, mente Buddhae.^[5]

Notae

1. Tibetanice དམ་ཚིག dam tshig; Iaponice 三昧耶戒 sanmaya-kai; Mandarinice三昧耶戒 Sānmóyéjiè
2. Anglice: "A particular system of teaching or doctrines" (Keown 2003:247.
3. Anglice: "The conduct required of a tantric practitioner, often as a set of vows or commitments" (Keown 2003:247); Rinpoche 2007.
4. Anglice: "The realization (abhisamaya) of Buddhahood" (Keown 2003:247).
5. Anglice: "In Tantric Buddhism, union with the Three Vajras, the body, speech and mind of the Buddha" (Keown 2003:247).

Bibliographia

• Fischer, Norman, Patrick Henry, et Patrick Barry. 2005. Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Reflect on the Rule of Saint Benedict. ISBN 082648607X.
• Karthar, Khenpo. 2005. Karma Chakme's Mountain Dharma. ISBN 0974109207.
• Keown, Damien, ed., cum Stephen Hodge, Charles Jones, et Paola Tinti. 2003. A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxoniae: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198605609.
• Padmasambhava et Jamgon Kongtrul. 1998. Light of Wisdom Vol II: A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe. ISBN 9627341339.
• Rinpoche, Kunzig Shamar. 2007. On the meaning of samaya. [http://web.archive.org/web/20070927222215/http://www.dhagpo-kagyu.org/anglais/science-esprit/fondements/general/samaya.htm Archivum, 27 Septembris 2007.
• Urgyen, Tulku, cum Marcia Binder Schmidt et Erik Pema Kunsang. 2006. Repeating the Words of the Buddha. ISBN 9627341592.