Five Empowerments According to the Secret Nucleus. They are also known as the five empowerments of ability {nus pa'i dbang lnga} which are included among the fifteen ordinary sacraments of empowerment see below, namely, the empowerment of the listener {nyan pa'i dbang} which is that of Ratnasambhava, the empowerment of the meditator {bsgom pa'i dbang} which is that of Akshobhya, the empowerment of the expositor {chad pa'i dbang} which is that of Amitabha, the empowerment of enlightened activity {phrin las kyi dbang} which is that of Amoghasiddhi, and the empowerment of the king of indestructible reality {rdo rje rgyal po'i dbang} which is that of the five enlightened families. Refer to Longchenpa, {phyogs bcu mun sel} pp. 372-376.