14 Tantric vows
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The 14 Tantric vows (Vajrayana) are:
1. To not disparage one's Master
2. To not transgress the directives of the Buddha
3. To not express anger toward "Diamond Brothers"
4. To not abandon love of the sentient beings
5. To not abandon the Mind of Enlightenment
6. To not disparage the Doctrine of one's own, or of another's tenets
7. To not tell the secrets to immature persons
8. To not abuse the five skandhas for their nature belongs to the five Buddhas
9. To not have reservations concerning the natures intrinsically pure
10. To not have love for the wicked
11. To not apply discursive thought to the wordless natures
12. To not have belittling thoughts toward the believers
13. To not adhere to the pledges in the way they were taken
14. To not disparage women, who are the nature of insight. (Refer Conze)