Inner Guru Yoga

Yuthok Nyingthig Inner Guru Yoga

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Yuthok Yonten Gonpo (1126 – 1202) Yuthok Nyingthig Inner Guru Yoga The Source of the Fulfillment of All Wishes

Translated and compiled with explanations by Dr. Nida Chenagtsang

Special thanks to all those whose valuable contributions made this work possible. Contents

Crea*on Prac*ce 1 1.Self Visualiza*on 1 2.Visualiza*on of the Protec*on Mandala 1 3.Visualiza*on of the Nine Medicine Buddhas in the Heart Chakra 5 4.Visualiza*on of Four Buddhas in the Chakras 7 5.Invi*ng Buddhas and Receiving Blessings 9 Comple*on Prac*ce 10 Dedica*on 12 The Five Line Prayer to Yuthok 15

Instruc?ons for Yuthok Nyingthig Inner Guru Yoga 16

In order to engage in this practice of Inner Guru Yoga, a student must have received the transmission and specific explanations from a qualified teacher and abide by the samayas of Yuthok Nyingthig. Crea%on Prac%ce

1. Self Visualiza*on

As you recite HUNG you are immediately transformed into Medicine Buddha, with one face, two arms and a shining blue body, sitting crossed- legged, right hand holding an Arura plant, left hand a buddha bowl full of nectar of immortality. Medicine Buddha is in monks robes [the nirmanakaya form] or with ornaments [sambhogakaya]. Imagine that your body, speech and mind are blessed by Medicine Buddha.

2. Visualiza*on of the Protec*on Mandala

In your heart chakra there is a blue HUNG. ! From it, through the Central Channel and out of the anus comes blue light, which becomes the syllable RAM. རྃ 1 That RAM melts into light, which becomes an སངས་'ས་(ས་དང་*གས་,་མ(ག་.མས་ལ།། immense mandala of the sun. Again light comes from Sang gye chö dang tsok kyi chok nam la the HUNG in the heart, goes through the Central Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, Channel and comes out through your urethra. On the sun mandala it melts and becomes a double vajra. This double vajra curves upward in each of the 1ང་2བ་བར་4་བདག་5་6བས་7་མ8།། four directions [with the four tips meeting above Jang chup bar du dak ni kyap su chi you] to form a [sphere-like] vajra tent around you. Un*l enlightenment I take refuge in you; The outer layer of the vajra is melted by the heat of the sun mandala and seals the inside completely [like བདག་9ས་:ན་<གས་བ=ིས་པ@་བ<ད་ནམས་,ས།། a metal sphere]. Inside of this vajra mandala there Dak gi jin sok gyi pe sö nam kyi are countless gurus, dewas, buddhas and Through my merit of generosity and so on, bodhisattvas sitting in front of you. You then take refuge and cultivate compassion for all sentient beings: འBོ་ལ་ཕན་Eར་སངས་'ས་འFབ་པར་Gག། Dro la pen chir sang gye drup par shok May I attain Buddhahood for the good of all sentient beings.

(3x)

The compassionate light from all the enlightened ones radiates and reaches you. Like a reflection in a clear mirror, your body is a perfect manifestation of Buddha without nature [appearance in an empty state]. All the enlightened ones totally dissolve into you and you are inseparable from them. 2 3 3. Visualiza*on of the Nine Medicine Buddhas in the Heart Chakra

ༀ 1. Sun mandala & double vajra Iཿ

Lཿ

2. Vajra tent & Medicine Buddha

4 5 Visualize the syllables OM, A, HUNG, TRAM, SHRI 4. Visualiza*on of Four Buddhas in the Chakras in your five chakras respectively. In the center of The Nine Medicine Buddhas radiate light from their your heart chakra there is a moon disc in a lotus head chakras to your head chakra where it becomes flower. On top of it is a blue HUNG. The HUNG an OM. The white OM radiates light, carrying out melts and becomes a buddha bowl. Inside of the the two actions [offering and purifying]. The light bowl there is a BAM: returns becoming Vairochana Buddha, white with one face and two arms in the nirmanakaya or M sambhogakaya form. …which generates and fills the bowl with an ocean The Nine Medicine Buddhas radiate light from of nectar. On that nectar there again is a lotus and their throat chakras to your throat chakra, carrying moon and HUNG. The HUNG radiates light to the out the two actions. Then light returns, transforming whole universe eliminating the negative karma of all into Amitabha. sentient beings. Light returns and dissolves into the The Nine Medicine Buddhas radiate knowledge HUNG, transforming into Medicine Buddha. There is blessings as yellow light from their navel chakras to a HUNG in the heart of Medicine Buddha which your navel, carrying out the two actions. Light then radiates light and makes offerings to all enlightened returns, transforming into Ratnasambhava. ones. Light returns from the enlightened ones to the The Nine Medicine Buddhas radiate action [inner] Medicine Buddha’s heart who takes his Arura blessings as green light from their base chakras to plant and stirs the nectar [in his buddha bowl] with your base chakra, carrying out the two actions. Light it. The nectar radiates light. In your heart chakra an then returns, transforming into Hayagriva. eight-petalled lotus appears, with one of the eight Medicine Buddhas sitting on each petal in the eight directions.

6 7 5. Invi*ng Buddhas and Receiving Blessings

Visualize all the buddhas with their clothing and ornaments very clearly. Invite the wisdom and empowering buddhas and deities as well [each time visualizing that they come from the ten directions]. Then make your offerings and receive blessings from them. Clearly meditate on these buddhas as much as possible. At the end you dissolve into the buddhas which then dissolve into space.

8 9 Comple%on Prac%ce characteristics. There is no meditation, there is no meditator. [At the end dissolve into the light, then In your head chakra visualize a light sphere the size into the space.] Maintain this practice for four of a little boy, white, shiny and dazzling just like sessions. sunlight reflecting in a mirror. Focus on that point This practice includes practice of the five and don’t be distracted. Visualize light in the other chakras, four empowerments, five meditation states four chakras as well. and five wisdoms. If your mind is clear with this visualization you will have the contemplation of pleasure and emptiness. These lights one by one become clearer and clearer. The sphere in the head emits light spheres which fill your trunk and whole body. Without any distractions – sleepiness, too many thoughts – meditate on this. All are without any nature, they are primordial emptiness. In this state of clear pleasure and non-duality keep your mind relaxed, loose and free from any self-grasping tensions. If thought arises, let it arise. Whatever manifests know its nature. If thought stays, let it stay. Don’t let the mind sink or get excited. Don’t fixate on anything, don’t grasp onto anything in the nature of mind. Just leave it as it is, like water flowing, a rock or a stone on the ground, don’t grasp onto anything. All phenomena are without any

10 11 Dedica%on Mantra of Interdependence

དN་བ་འO་Pས་Qར་4་བདག། Gewa di yi nyur du dak By this merit, may we quickly ༀ་[་དྷ]་^་_་`་བྷ་b། ^་_ཾ་d་eཾ་ཏ་g་ག་ཏཿh་ཝ་དཏ། Rན་'ལ་གS་Tག་འFབ་Uར་ནས།། Men gyel yu tok drup gyur ne d་eཾ་ཙ་k་5་l་དྷ། Achieve the state of Yuthok, the King of Medicine, m་n་bo་མ་p་q་མ་ཎ་s་p། འBོ་བ་གVག་Wང་མ་Xས་པ།། Drowa chik kyang ma lü pa OM YE DHARMA HETU TRA BHAWA And through this, may all beings, HETUN TEKEN TATHAGATO HAYA WADE TEKEN TSA YO NIRODHA Y་P་ས་ལ་འZད་པར་Gག། EWAM WANDI MAHA SHRAMANA SOHA (3x) De yi sa la gö par shok Be placed on this level.

(1x) Of those things that arise from a cause, The Tathagata has told the cause, And also what their cessa?on is, This is the doctrine of the Great Recluse.

12 13 The Five Line Prayer to Yuthok

!ས་ག%མ་'ལ་)ན་གསང་བ་གཅིག་བ/ས་པ།། Dü sum gyel kün sangwa chik dü pa To the secret union of all buddhas of the three *mes,

2་མ་3ན་པའི་'ལ་པོ་ག6་ཐོག་པར།། La ma men pe gyel po yu tok par To the Guru Yuthok, the King of Medicine,

tང་uང་vས་པ@་གwང་ནས་ག<ལ་བ་འYབས།། Nying khong rü pe %ng ne sölwa dep I pray from the depths of my heart and bones:

x་ག7ང་yགས་,་zན་=ིས་{བ་པ་དང་།། Ku sung tuk kyi jin gyi lop pa dang Bless me through your body, speech and mind,

མཆོག་དང་;ན་མོང་དངོས་<བ་=ལ་!་གསོལ།། Chok dang tün mong ngö drup tsel du söl Grant me the supreme and common siddhis.

ཀོང་?ལ་ནས། By Kongtrul

14 15 Instruc(ons for Yuthok Nyingthig Inner Guru Yoga General • Try to find a quiet location Retreat • Remain alone for the duration Altar • Yuthok statue, thangka Guidelines of the retreat or picture facing West • Avoid activities that are not related • Medicine Buddha statue, thangka to the practice or picture • Reduce all cleaning, whether • Rice mandala personal hygiene or housework as • Offering of 7 bowls with the much as possible 6 Good Substances and water • Get enough rest and sleep • Offering of milk with a few grains • Avoid smoking and stimulating of rice added substances, such as tea, coffee, • Offering of tea energy drinks, alcohol etc. • Torma offering • Do not take any drugs during the • Offering of medical substances retreat except for long-term and instruments medication prescribed by • Change water every morning your doctor • Change milk and tea every day • Unless for medical reasons, before morning and afternoon do not eat meat or fish sessions • Do not talk to anyone about Protector • Shanglon statue, thangka or picture your spiritual experiences Altar • Offering of alcohol or black tea • Do not rush to tell your spiritual • Offering of incense teacher about your experiences; • Change alcohol/black tea after wait until you are asked the protector practice • After the retreat try to maintain your spiritual state for as long as possible

16 17 Prac?ce • Yuthok Nyingthig Inner Guru Yoga is done as single 7-day-retreat • Do not have high expectations or anxiety about the outcome • Whatever the outcome of your spiritual experience, do not be overly joyful or downcast Daily Morning session 1 Program • Start morning practice, with Ninefold Purification Breathing etc. 1. Preliminary Practice of Refuge (3x or 5 - 10 mins) 2. Creation Practice (30 mins) 3. Completion Practice a) Visualization of the head chakra (30 mins or more) b) Throat, heart, navel and base chakras (each 10 mins) c) Repeat the head chakra if possible and as long as possible 4. Dedication Daily Morning session 2 Program Repeat 1. - 4. Afternoon session 1 Repeat 1. - 4. Afternoon session 2 Repeat 1. - 4. • Shanglon Practice

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