THE FOURTH GREAT PRELIMINARY GUIDE, TRAINING IN GURU YOGA, THE GATEWAY TO RECEIVING BLESSINGS
THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF MAHAMUDRA
HAVING IDENTIFIED OUR OWN MIND, MEDITATING ON TRANQUIL ABIDING
HAVING REALIZED EMPTINESS, MEDITATING ON SUPERIOR SEEING
MEDITATING ON THE CENTRAL CHANNEL, THE YOGA OF THE CENTRAL CHANNEL
MEDITATING ON THE INDESTRUCTIBLE DROP, THE YOGA OF THE DROP
MEDITATING ON THE INDESTRUCTIBLE WIND, THE YOGA OF WIND
PART TWO: The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra
Visualization
Taking the Mahayana refuge vows
Taking the Bodhisattva vow according to Highest Yoga Tantra
Inviting the wisdom beings
Requesting
The seven limbs
Reciting the Migtsema request prayer according to Highest Yoga Tantra
Condensed Lamrim practice
Transforming our own mind into the clear light of bliss of Heruka
PART THREE: The New Essence of Vajrayana
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRELIMINARIES
THE ACTUAL PRACTICE OF SELF-GENERATION
Bringing death into the path to the Truth Body, Buddha’s very subtle body
Bringing the intermediate state into the path to the Enjoyment Body, Buddha’s subtle Form Body
Bringing rebirth into the path to the Emanation Body, Buddha’s gross Form Body, by accomplishing the five omniscient wisdoms
Checking meditation on basis Heruka together with consort
Checking meditation on the body mandala
Meditation on the generation stage of non-dual appearance and emptiness
PART FOUR: Essence of the Five Stages of Completion Stage of Heruka
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF BLESSING THE SELF WITH SEED
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF BLESSING THE SELF WITHOUT SEED
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF THE VAJRA OF VARIOUS QUALITIES WITH SEED
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF THE VAJRA OF VARIOUS QUALITIES WITHOUT SEED
HOW TO MEDITATE ON RELYING UPON THE COMMITMENT MUDRA
HOW TO MEDITATE ON RELYING UPON THE ACTION MUDRA
HOW TO MEDITATE ON RELYING UPON THE PHENOMENON MUDRA
HOW TO MEDITATE ON RELYING UPON THE MAHAMUDRA
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF DZÖLADHARA
HOW TO MEDITATE ON THE STAGE OF INCONCEIVABILITY
Appendix I Guidelines for the Practice of the Four Great Preliminary Guides of Mahamudra
Appendix II Liberating Prayer
Appendix III Quick Path to Great Bliss
Appendix IV An Essential Commentary to the Eleven Yogas of Vajrayogini
Appendix V The Blissful Path
Appendix VI The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability
Appendix VII Keajra Heaven
Appendix VIII Prayers of Request to the Mahamudra Lineage Gurus
Glossary
Bibliography
Study Programmes of Kadampa Buddhism
Tharpa Offices Worldwide
Illustrations
Vajradhara
Buddha Shakyamuni
Je Tsongkhapa and his two Sons descending from Tushita Pure Land
Manjushri
Je Phabongkhapa
Vajradhara Trijang Rinpoche
Dorjechang Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche (included at the request of faithful disciples)
Practitioner’s table showing inner offering, vajra and bell, damaru, action vase and mala
Vajrasattva with consort
Twelve-armed Heruka
Nada and HUM
Offering tormas for the assembly of Heruka
Two-armed Heruka
Heruka fire puja mandala
Khatanga, victory vase, fire puja funnel and fire puja ladle
One-pronged vajra
HAM, OM, HUM, short-AH
Quick Path to Great Bliss
Guru Vajradharma
Hero Vajradharma
Venerable Vajrayogini
Kinkara
Dorje Shugden
PART ONE:
The General Explanation of this Practice
Vajradhara
INTRODUCTION
This book principally presents the practice of meditation, through which we can develop and maintain a peaceful mind all the time. If our mind is peaceful all the time, we will be happy all the time. So, if we really wish for ourself and others to be happy all the time we must learn to practise meditation. Eventually, through practising Mahamudra meditation we will be able to benefit each and every living being every day. There is no greater meaning than this.
The function of meditation is to give rise to mental peace. The supreme permanent mental peace is enlightenment. What is enlightenment? Enlightenment is the inner light of wisdom that is permanently free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day. Only human beings can attain this through practising meditation. How fortunate we are!
Meditation is a scientific method to transform human nature from bad to good. Everybody needs to be good-natured with a good heart. This is the real method to solve our own inner problems – problems of ignorance, depression, anger and so forth – and is also the real method to benefit others practically.
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