The following is respectfully quoted from “Perfect Conduct” with commentary by Dudjom Rinpoche:
4.b.3(b.14)
The fourteenth is both generally and specifically disrespecting a wisdom female, directly or indirectly, in such a way that the female comes to know about it.
This downfall occurs if one tries to trick or blatantly disrespects any female or disrespects one’s own wisdom consort. To do this directly or indirectly, to feel satisfaction about it, and for it to then be heard by the woman concerned constitutes the fourteenth downfall.
These fourteen downfalls are delineated according to gravity. The first carries the heaviest karmic weight, with each decreasing in weight thereafter. However, since they are all root downfalls, the consequence of a break or deterioration is considered to be a failure of mantra morality. The way that these precepts relate to the four levels of mantra empowerment is as follows: the thirteenth relates to each of the four empowerments and the substances that ones promises to utilize during each empowerment respectively; the fifth corresponds to the secret empowerment; the fourteenth corresponds to the fourth empowerment. After one receives the vase empowerment, these nine root precepts must be guarded, or they constitute root downfalls. However, if only the vase empowerment has been received, the remaining five, if allowed to deteriorate, do not constitute downfalls. After the remaining three secret empowerments are received, all fourteen precepts must be guarded.
