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1. Vairocana – To consume meat and alcohol to destroy your pride in your own social status.
2. Akṣobhya – To take the lives of beings untamable by peaceful methods.
3. Amitābha – To take away the consorts of beings who lustfully crave sex.
4. Ratnasambhava – To steal the possessions of beings who crave wealth and give them to
others.
5. Amoghasiddhi – To speak lies to beings in order to benefit them.
The Fourteen Root Downfalls
Committing any of the Fourteen Root Downfalls (Mūlā Patti) can destroy your progress. You
vow never to break them at any time:
1. To act disrespectfully toward the guru.
2. To violate the Lay Precepts.
3. To criticize vajra brothers and sisters.
4. To give up love for beings.
5. To give up the Bodhisattva Vow of attaining enlightenment for yourself and all beings.
6. To criticize the teachings of the sūtras or Tantras.
7. To reveal secret teachings to those who are immature.
8. To mistreat your physical body.
9. To doubt the teachings on ultimate reality.
10. To befriend harmful persons.
11. To attach obscuring thoughts to the inconceivable reality.
12. To think negative thoughts about followers of the Dharma.
13. To not keep the vow of ingesting the Five Nectars.
14. To criticize women, who hold the Great Bliss.
The Eight Secondary Downfalls
Though less serious than the root downfalls, committing any of the Eight Secondary Downfalls
(Sthūlā Patti) can seriously impede your path to buddhahood:
1. To rely on an unqualified consort.
2. To fight or argue during a Tantric feast.
3. To receive ritual offerings from an unqualified consort.
4. To fail to teach Tantric knowledge to those with a sincere interest.
5. To fail to answer questions on the teachings.
6. To stay more than seven days with those who have contempt for the Mahāyāna.
7. To falsely and arrogantly portray yourself as a realized yogi.
8. To teach the Dharma to those who lack faith.
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