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Vajrayana

Ground, Path, and Fruition

The three Buddhas have bestowed three different teachings:

The Nirmanakāya Buddha has bestowed the Sutrayana teachings,

The Sambhogakāya Buddha has bestowed the teachings, and

The Dharmakāya Buddha has bestowed the Great Perfection teachings. Vajrayana Lineage:

Samantabhadra

The Five Buddha Families

Vajrapani, , and Avalokiteshvara

Vajrapani teaches five disciples at Mount Malaya

King Jah Vajrayana • Mantrayana • Tantrayana

The view:

The nature of mind is seen as the cause of Enlightenment from the Sutrayana view.

The nature of mind is seen as Buddha from the Vajrayana view. The Path of Mind.

The Path of Wisdom comprises of two steps:

The path of wisdom appearance, and

The path of wisdom essence. Within Vajrayana, the ground is divided in two:

The ground of the view is seeing that the nature of mind comprises of three kayas.

The ground of the path is profound trust in: karma, renunciation, bodhicitta, and pure perception. The three states of existence are primordially Buddha; and phenomena, �ིད་ག�མ་ཡེ་ནས་སངས་�ས་ཤིང་། ། without exclusion, are not other than ཐམས་ཅད་མ་�ས་ཆོས་སོ་ཅོག ། the state of Buddha. སངས་�ས་ཉིད་ལས་གཞན་མ་ཡིན། ། Phenomena other than the state of Buddha will not be found even by the སངས་�ས་ཉིད་ལས་གཞན་པའི་ཆོས། ། Buddha himself. སངས་�ས་ཉིད་�ིས་མི་བ�ེས་སོ། ། Expressing this pleases all the tathāgathas. What are the necessary qualities for practicing Vajrayana correctly?

Understanding the overview presented so far.

Knowing your own faults and wishing to transform them.

Knowing how to practice your path and hitting the essence.

Understanding the journey and how to progress. The stages of the path that bring about realization are innumerable. ༔

�ོགས་�ེད་ལམ་�ི་རིམ་པ་བསམ་ཡས་�ང༔ Purify your being, plant the seeds, and �ད་�ོང་ས་བོན་གདབ་དང་བ�ེད་བ�ིང་པ༔ nurture them. ༔

གེགས་སེལ་དང་ནི་དེ་བཞིན་བོགས་འདོན་ཏེ༔ Remove the hindrances and likewise �མ་པ་�་ཡིས་ཡང་དག་ལམ་ལ་འ�ག༔ bring forth enhancement. ༔

Thus, enter the correct path through these five aspects. ༔ Eh ma ho! From within the essence of the sugatas, confusion occurs. ཨེ་མ་ཧོ་བདེ་གཤེགས་�ིང་པོ་ལས། ། Through karmic causes of each རང་གི་�མ་�ོག་ལས་�ིས་�ལ། ། individual’s concepts; �་ཚ�གས་ལས་དང་ལོགས་�ོད་དང་། ། Countless forms and abundance, གནས་དང་�ག་བ�ལ་ལ་སོགས་པ། ། places, suffering, and so forth,

བདག་དང་བདག་གིར་སོ་སོར་འཛ�ན། ། The self, and the individualized fixation with the self all emanate. Even all vehicles are revealed as ཐམས་ཅད་�ང་འདི་�་�ེ། འ�ལ་བའི་དབང་གིས་ follows. �་དང་མིའི་ཐེག་པ་དང་། ཉན་ཐོས་�ི་ཐེག་པ་དང་། In order to tame, there are vehicles of gods and humans, the vehicle of the རང་�ང་�བ་�ི་ཐེག་པ་དང་། �ང་�བ་སེམས་ shravakas, the vehicle དཔའི་ཐེག་པ་དང་། �་ན་མེད་པའི་ཐེག་པས། pratyekabuddhas, the vehicle of the bodhisattvas, and the vehicle of མ་རིག་པའི་�མ་པར་�ོག་པ་ཉོན་མོངས་པ་�ོང་ . �ག་བ�ད་�་�་བཞིའི་གཉེར་པོར། ཆོས་�ོང་�ག་ Due to conceptual ignorance, there བ�ད་�་�་བཞི་ག�ངས་སོ། །ག�ང་ངོ་། ག�ང་ are eighty-four thousand passions; and the antidotes for them are eighty- བར་འ�ར་རོ། ། four thousand categories of teachings that were taught and will be taught. Do not disturb the guru’s mind and fulfill their every command.

རང་རེ་�གས་པ་ཚ�ས། �་མའི་�གས་མ་ད�ག་ཅིང་ Do not quarrel with vajra siblings and be ཅི་ག�ང་བཀའ་�བ་པ་དང་གཅིག honest and sincere towards them;

མཆེད་�མ་�ལ་�ོད་འཛ�ང་ངོ་�ོག་མི་�ེད་པ་དང་གཉིས། Practice meditation and recitation of the ཉི་མ་རེ་བཞིན་ཡི་དམ་�་ཡི་བ�ོམ་བ�ས། yidam deity every day. ཚ�་བ�འི་ཚ�གས་མཆོད་མ་ཆགས་པ་དང་ག�མ། Never fail to make a feast offering on the �ེགས་ཆོད་�ི་ཉམས་ལེན་�ོང་ཞིང་། tenth day of the lunar month; and སེམས་ཅན་�ི་�ོག་མི་གཅོད་པ་དང་། Maintain the practice of trekchö (cutting through), and

Do not take the life of any sentient being. Since his being abides as the nature of the four vajras ༔

རང་�ད་�་ག�ང་�གས་དང་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཏེ༔ Of body, speech, mind, and wisdom, ༔ �ོ་�ེ་བཞི་ཡི་ངོ་བོར་གནས་པ་ཉིད༔ གསང་�གས་�་ན་མེད་པའི་ཐབས་མཁས་�ིས༔ Plant the seeds of the four empowerments ༔ དབང་བ�ར་�མ་བཞིའི་ས་བོན་གདབ་པར་�༔ Through the skillful means of the Unexcelled Secret Mantra. ༔ If you’re going to plant the teachings, plant them in བ�ན་པ་འ�ག་ན་རང་གི་སེམས་ལ་�གས། ། your mind: སེམས་�ི་གཏིང་ནས་སངས་�ས་�ེད་ཡོང་ངོ་། ། In the depths of mind is where you’ll find buddha. ཞིང་ཁམས་�ལ་ན་ཐ་མལ་འ�ལ་ཞེན་�ོང་། ། If you’re going to search out pure lands, purify your deluded clinging to the ordinary: �མ་དག་ཞིང་ཁམས་�ིད་པོ་འ�མ་ན་ཡོད། ། Delightful pure lands lie right beside you.

བ�ན་པའི་�ིང་པོ་�བ་ལ་བ�ོན་འ�ས་བ�ེད། ། Rouse diligence when it comes to practicing the �བ་པ་མ་�ས་�བ་པ་�་ཡིས་ཐོབ། ། essential teachings— Whoever reached accomplishment without practice? རང་�ོན་ངན་པ་རང་གིས་མཐོང་བར་དཀའ། ། Your own worst faults are difficult for you to see; རང་�ོན་ཐེར་འདོན་གདམས་པའི་གནད་གཅིག་ཡིན། ། To expose your faults is the single most vital piece of ནམ་ཞིག་�ོན་�ི་ཆ་�མས་སངས་རིམ་བཞིན། ། advice. ཡོན་ཏན་ཆ་ཤས་འཕེལ་ཞིང་�ས་པར་འ�ར། ། As your negative aspects fall away, one by one, Your positive side will grow and flourish, ever more. With renunciation towards samsara, and the �ིད་ལས་ངེས་འ�ང་དད་ག�མ་ཁོང་ནས་བ�ོལ། ། inner swell of triple faith, with trust in the results of actions, and striving ལས་འ�ས་ཡིད་ཆེས་ཐར་མཆོག་དོན་�་གཉེར། ། towards supreme liberation, accumulation and purification perfected, བསགས་�ང་མཐར་�ིན་�ིང་�ེ་མོས་�ས་འ�ོངས། ། compassion and devotion mastered— ཚ�གས་ལམ་�ར་�་འ�ོད་པར་�ིན་�ིས་�ོབས། ། grant your blessings that we may traverse the Path of Accumulation!

དབང་བཞིས་�ད་�ིན་དམ་ཚ�ག་�མ་པར་དག ། Ripened by the four empowerments, keeping pure samaya, བ�ེད་རིམ་བ�ན་ཐོབ་�་�ང་ཐིག་ལེ་འ�ོངས། ། attaining stability in the generation stage, adept in the channels, winds, and drops, ལས་བཞི་�བ་པ་བ�ད་སོགས་ཉམས་འོག་�ད། ། the four activities and eight accomplishments �ོར་ལམ་�མ་བཞི་བ�ོད་པར་�ིན་�ིས་�ོབས། ། mastered through experience— grant your blessings that we may traverse the fourfold Path of Joining! Perfecting the power of realization of the ཀ་དག་རང་�ང་རིས་མེད་དགོངས་�ལ་�ོགས། ། unbiased experience of primordial purity, visions of luminosity’s spontaneous presence �ན་�བ་འོད་གསལ་�ང་བ་ཚད་ལ་ཕེབས། ། reaching their fullest extent, བདེ་�ོང་ཡེ་ཤེས་�མ་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་པ། ། and replete with the universal wisdom of bliss and emptiness— མཐོང་�ོམ་ལམ་བཟང་བ�ོད་པར་�ིན་�ིས་�ོབས། ། grant your blessings that we may traverse the wondrous Paths of Seeing and Meditation!

ལམ་�ར་འ�ས་�་རིག་འཛ�ན་�མ་པ་བཞི། ། The four vidyādhara levels—the paths’ fruition perfected, མཐར་�ིན་�ིབ་གཉིས་�ན་སངས་མ�ེན་གཉིས་�ས། ། the two obscurations purified, the twofold མི་�ོབ་�ང་འ�ག་�་ག�མ་མངོན་�་�ར། ། knowledge unfolded, and the unity of no-more learning, the three kāyas manifest. Nine Yanas: The Path of Study

The first Six Yanas of the program include teachings, contemplation, and reflection exercises that unfold gradually.

First Three Yanas Study: Shravaka-, Pratyekabuddha- and Bodhisattva-Yanas Practice: Buddha Shakyamuni Practice (Treasury of Blessings)

Three Outer Empowerment: Green Tara Study: Kriyayoga, Upayoga and Tantras Practice Text: Zabtik Drolchok Recitation: Atisha’s five stanzas practice

Upon completion of the first Six Yanas, the student joins the Traditional Vajrayana Path and starts the Ngöndro practice. Traditional Vajrayana Path

Students who have prior familiarity with Buddhist principles, prior meditation experience, or a strong connection to the Vajrayana may decide to enter this path. One begins by taking the refuge and bodhisattva vows. This path was most commonly followed by the practitioners and great masters of the past in Tibet.

Initial Practice Reflection on the four mind changings Learning and focusing on the refuge precepts Students may choose to take additional precepts Bodhisattva vows

Ngöndro (The Preliminary Practices) Empowerment: Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Three Inner Tantras Students engage in the practice of the Mahayoga, , and Atiyoga. The students begin Mahayoga practice after having gained stability in karma, bodhicitta, devotion, recognition, and samaya.

Mahayoga Empowerment: Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Spiritual Foundation: Lamrim Yeshé Nyingpo and Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (Chapter 4: Guru Nangsi Zilnön, Yeshé Zangthal) Practice: the Three Roots (Lama, Yidam, Khandro) Guru Rinpoché: Concise Daily Practice and Trinlé Nyingpo Dorjé Sempa (peaceful) and Dorjé Phurba (wrathful) Kurukulle and Jetsün Drolma Focus: Learning and reflecting on the Mahayoga Samayas. Establishing the view of Mahayoga: perfect pure equality Dzokrim: Completion Stage Students train in the completion stage having gained stability in karma, bodhicitta, devotion, mind recognition, and the Mahayoga view and samayas.

Anuyoga Taught in detail for those students who engage in the 3-Year Retreat. , Prana and Bindu Spiritual Foundation: Lamrim Yeshé Nyingpo and Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (Chapt. 9: Guru Dzamling Gyenchok: Dechen Zangthal) Practice: Six Vajra (Dorjé Chö Druk). These are Heat Yoga, Illusory Body, Luminosity, , , and Bardo. Focus: Primarily on Heat Yoga, Bardo, and Phowa

Atiyoga Spiritual Foundation: Lamrim Yeshé Nyingpo and Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (Chapter 16: Guru Dechen Gyalpo: Ösal Zangthal) Practice: Trekchö: Cutting Through Sacred Sites of Vajrayana:

Mount Malaya

Oddiyana (Swat Valley)

Bodh Gaya

Asura Cave

Samye

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