Guhyasamāja Practice in the Ārya Nāgārjuna System - Vol. 1

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The Guhyasamāja Tantra is one of the Unexcelled Yoga Tantras of Vajrayana Buddhism. In the initial, generation-stage practice, one engages in a prescribed sequence of visualizations of oneself as an enlightened being in a purified environment in order to prepare one’s mind and body to engage in the second stage: the completion stage. The latter works directly with the subtle energies of one’s mind and body and transforms them into the enlightened mind and body of a buddha. In this book, Gyumé Khensur Lobsang Jampa, a former abbot of Gyumé Tantric College, provides complete instructions on how to practice the generation stage of Guhyasamāja, explaining the visualizations, offerings, and mantras involved, what they symbolize, and the purpose they serve. These instructions, which are usually imparted only orally from master to student after the student has been initiated into the Guhyasamāja mandala, are now being published in English for the first time and are supplemented by extracts from key written commentaries in the footnotes to support practitioners who have received the required transmissions from a holder of this lineage. The complete self-generation ritual is included in the second part of the book, with the Tibetan on facing pages, which can be used by those who read Tibetan and want to recite the ritual in Tibetan. (Source: Shambhala Publications)

Citation	Engle, Artemus B., trans. Guhyasamāja Practice in the Ārya Nāgārjuna System. Vol. 1, The Generation Stage. By Gyumé Khensur Lobsang Jampa. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion Publications, 2019.

Abbreviationsxi
Translator’s Prefacexv
Translator’s Introductionxxix

Oral Commentary on the Self-Generation Ritual

1. The Initial Practice3
- Preliminaries3
  - Verses of Supplication3
  - Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously16
  - Blessing the Vajra and the Bell24
  - Blessing the Inner Offering40
  - The Preliminary Torma Offering59
  - Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings80
  - The Mandala Offering87
  - The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation94
  - Worshipping the Merit Field122
  - Meditating on the Protection Wheel162
- The Main Rite of Clear Realization195
  - Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body196
    - Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness196
    - Generating the Vajra Ground211
    - Generating the Mandala Palace218
    - Installing the Deities235
    - The Activity of the Deities249
    - Drawing the Deities into One's Body251
    - Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality257

Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body 273 Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body 284 Generating the Emanation-Body Form of Vajradhara 285 Creating the Body Mandala 294 Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence 295 Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities 304 Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara’s Emanation-Body Form 319 Generating the Three Tiered Beings 337 Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord 341 Preparing a Knowledge Consort 345 2. The Foremost King of Mandalas 363 Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents 363 Emitting the Mandala Deities 377 Emitting the Mandala Palace 409 3. The Foremost King of Activities 411 Spiritual Practices Carried Out during Meditation Sessions 411 The Practice of the Subtle Drop 411 Mantra Recitation 422 Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved 442 Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar 448 Reciting the Verses of Praise 449 Presenting the Outer Offerings 452 Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering 457

The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality 466 Dissolution 468 The Generation-Stage Portion of the Aspirational Prayer 472 Spiritual Practices Carried Out between Meditation Sessions 500 The Yoga of Ordinary Activities 501 Blessings One’s Residence 502 Blessing One’s Clothing 503 The Spiritual Practice That Relates to Bathing 503 The Spiritual Practices That Relate to Sleeping and Waking Up 504 The Meditative Absorption That Relates to Food 507 Reinvigorating the Body 512 The Methods of Achieving the Common Spiritual Attainments 512 The Self-Generation Ritual The Initial Practice 517 Preliminaries 517 Verses of Supplication 517 Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously 529 Blessing the Vajra and the Bell 529 Blessing the Inner Offering 531 The Preliminary Torma Offering 533 Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings 541 The Mandala Offering 543 The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation 545 Worshipping the Merit Field 549 Meditating on the Protection Wheel 557

The Main Rite of Clear Realization 571 Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body 571 Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness 571 Generating the Vajra Ground 571 Generating the Mandala Palace 573 Installing the Deities 577 The Activity of the Deities 587 Drawing the Deities into One’s Body 587 Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality 589 Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body 589 Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body 591 Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence 593 Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities 593 Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara’s Emanation-Body Form 605 Generating the Three Tiered Beings 611 Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord 611 Preparing a Knowledge Consort 613 The Foremost King of Mandalas 617 Generating the Mandala Palace and Its Divine Residents 617 Emitting the Mandala Deities 631 Emitting the Mandala Palace 647 The Foremost King of Activities 647 Mantra Recitation 647 Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved 649 The Principal Deity Enters the State of Ultimate Reality 649 The Principal Deity Arises from the Clear-Light State 651 Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar 653

Reciting the Verses of Praise 653 Presenting the Outer Offerings 653 Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering 655 The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality 661 Dissolution 661 The Concluding Torma Offerings 663 Blessing the Outer Offerings 663 Blessing the Tormas 665 Inviting the Recipients of the Torma Offerings 667 Presenting the Torma Offerings 673 The Aspirational Prayer 679 Verses of Auspiciousness 689 Bibliography 695

Index to Oral Commentary 711

Tsong kha pa, ed. Dpal gsang ba 'dus pa'i bla brgyud gsol 'debs dang bdag bskyed dga' don dpal ldan stod rgyud grwa tshang gi 'don rgyun rje thams cad mkhyen pas zhus dag mdzad pa. In rgyud stod grwa tshang gi chos spyod, Vol. 4: 107-166. Tenzin Gang: Rgyud-stod Tantric College, 1975-1977.

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