Guhyasamāja Practice in the Ārya Nāgārjuna System - Vol. 1
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− | The Initial Practice 517 | + | *{{i|The Initial Practice|517}} |
− | Preliminaries 517 | + | **{{i|Preliminaries|517}} |
− | Verses of Supplication 517 | + | ***{{i|Verses of Supplication|517}} |
− | Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously 529 | + | ***{{i|Generating Oneself into a Divine Form Instantaneously|529}} |
− | Blessing the Vajra and the Bell 529 | + | ***{{i|Blessing the Vajra and the Bell|529}} |
− | Blessing the Inner Offering 531 | + | ***{{i|Blessing the Inner Offering|531}} |
− | The Preliminary Torma Offering 533 | + | ***{{i|The Preliminary Torma Offering|533}} |
− | Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings 541 | + | ***{{i|Blessing the Self-Generation Offerings|541}} |
− | The Mandala Offering 543 | + | ***{{i|The Mandala Offering|543}} |
− | The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation 545 | + | ***{{i|The Vajrasattva Meditation and Mantra Recitation|545}} |
− | Worshipping the Merit Field 549 | + | ***{{i|Worshipping the Merit Field|549}} |
− | Meditating on the Protection Wheel 557 | + | ***{{i|Meditating on the Protection Wheel|557}} |
+ | **{{i|The Main Rite of Clear Realization|571}} | ||
+ | ***{{i|Taking Death as the Path to the Wisdom Body|571}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Meditating on the Ground of Transcendent Awareness|571}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Generating the Vajra Ground|571}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Generating the Mandala Palace|573}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Installing the Deities|577}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|The Activity of the Deities|587}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Drawing the Deities into One’s Body|587}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Placing the Deities into the Mandala of Ultimate Reality|589}} | ||
+ | ***{{i|Taking the Intermediate State as the Path to the Enjoyment Body|589}} | ||
+ | ***{{i|Taking Rebirth as the Path to the Emanation Body|591}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Creating the Body Mandala’s Residence|593}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Creating the Body Mandala’s Deities|593}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Blessing the Body, Speech, and Mind of Vajradhara's Emanation-Body Form|605}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Generating the Three Tiered Beings|611}} | ||
+ | ****{{i|Affixing the Seal of the Lineage Lord|611}} | ||
+ | ***{{i|Preparing a Knowledge Consort|613}} | ||
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− | 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 | ||
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− | Reciting the Verses of Praise 653 | + | *{{i|The Foremost King of Activities|647}} |
− | Presenting the Outer Offerings 653 | + | **{{i|Mantra Recitation|647}} |
− | Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering 655 | + | **{{i|Reappearance of the Deity Who Dissolved|649}} |
− | The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate | + | ***{{i|The Principal Deity Enters the State of Ultimate Reality|649}} |
− | Reality 661 | + | ***{{i|The Principal Deity Arises from the Clear-Light State|651}} |
− | Dissolution 661 | + | **{{i|Reciting Verses of Praise, Presenting Offerings, and Tasting Nectar|653}} |
− | The Concluding Torma Offerings 663 | + | ***{{i|Reciting the Verses of Praise|653}} |
− | Blessing the Outer Offerings 663 | + | ***{{i|Presenting the Outer Offerings|653}} |
− | Blessing the Tormas 665 | + | ***{{i|Tasting the Nectar of the Inner Offering|655}} |
− | Inviting the Recipients of the Torma Offerings 667 | + | ***{{i|The Secret Offering and the Offering of Ultimate Reality|661}} |
− | Presenting the Torma Offerings 673 | + | **{{i|Dissolution|661}} |
− | The Aspirational Prayer 679 | + | **{{i|The Concluding Torma Offerings|663}} |
− | Verses of Auspiciousness 689 | + | ***{{i|Blessing the Outer Offerings|663}} |
− | Bibliography 695 | + | ***{{i|Blessing the Tormas|665}} |
− | Index to Oral Commentary 711 | + | ***{{i|Inviting the Recipients of the Torma Offerings|667}} |
+ | ***{{i|Presenting the Torma Offerings|673}} | ||
+ | **{{i|The Aspirational Prayer|679}} | ||
+ | **{{i|Verses of Auspiciousness|689}} | ||
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+ | *{{i|Bibliography|695}} | ||
+ | *{{i|Index to Oral Commentary|711}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:38, 14 September 2020
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. |
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