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
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
quintessential instruction; precept; religious advice; instruction; instructions; direct speech
<term> pith instructions