Ten points that define the knowledge of all aspects

Ten points that define the knowledge of all aspects — the first ten of the seventy points covered in the Abhisamayalankara, which define the knowledge of all aspects, the first of the eight topics.

The ten points are:

1. The generation of bodhichitta (Skt. bodhicittotpāda; Tib. སེམས་བསྐྱེད་པ་), which is the nature of the mahayana path,
2. The spiritual instructions (Skt. avavāda; Tib. གདམས་ངག་), which are the methods for attaining its objective,
3. The branches of insight (Skt. nirvedha-aṅga; Tib. ངེས་འབྱེད་ཡན་ལག་), which come about as a result of the instructions,
4. The buddha potential (Skt. gotra; Tib. རིགས་), the nature of the dharmadhatu (Tib. ཆོས་ཀྱི་དབྱིངས་ཀྱི་རང་བཞིན་), which is the basis for attaining accomplishment (Tib. སྒྲུབ་པའི་རྟེན་གྱུར་པ་) by practising the instructions unerringly,
5. The objects of focus (Skt. ālambana; Tib. དམིགས་པ) for the practice,
6. The objective (Skt. uddeśa; Tib. ཆེད་དུ་བྱ་བ་) of the practice,
7. Armour-like (Skt. saṃnāha; Tib. གོ་ཆ་) practice,
8. (Accomplishing the) activities of engagement (Skt. prastāna; Tib. འཇུག་པའི་བྱ་བ་)
9. (The practice of) accumulation (Skt. saṃbhāra; Tib. ཚོགས) and
10. (The practice of) definite emergence (Skt. niryāṇa; Tib. ངེས་པར་འབྱུང་བ་).

Sources

• Brunnhölzl, Karl (2011), Gone Beyond: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Kagyu Tradition, Volume One, Snow Lion 
• Seventy Points of Abhisamayālaṃkāra, Lotsawa House
• Ten factors that illustrate omniscience, Rigpa Shedra Wiki