Samaya
The samaya (Tibetan: དམ་ཚིག, Wylie: dam tshig, Chinese: 三昧耶戒, pinyin: Sānmèiyē jiè; rōmaji: sonmaya kai), is a set of vows or precepts given to initiates of an esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist order as part of the abhiṣeka (empowerment or initiation) ceremony that creates a bond between the guru and disciple. According to Keown, et al., samaya may be defined as: A particular system of teaching or doctrines; The conduct required of a tantric practitioner, often as a set of vows or commitments; The realization (abhisamaya) of Buddhahood; In Tantric Buddhism, union with the trikaya, the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.