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The somaya (Tibetan: དམ་ཚིག, Wylie: dam tshig, Japanese and Chinese: 三昧耶戒, J: sonmaya-kai, C: Sān mè yē jiè), is a set of vows or precepts given to initiates of an esoteric Vajrayana Buddhist order as part of the abhiṣeka (empowerment or initiation) ceremony that creates a bond between the guru and disciple.
According to Keown, et al., samaya may be defined as:

A particular system of teaching or doctrines;

The conduct required of a tantric practitioner, often as a set of vows or commitments;

The realization (abhisamaya) of Buddhahood;

In Tantric Buddhism, union with the trikaya, the body, speech and mind of the Buddha.

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