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by Chogyam Trungpa


  Five Steps of the Outer Abhisheka

  a. Water abhisheka / mirrorlike wisdom

  b. Crown abhisheka / wisdom of equanimity

  c. Vajra abhisheka / discriminating-awareness wisdom

  d. Ghanta abhisheka / wisdom of all-accomplishing actions

  e. Name abhisheka / wisdom of all-encompassing space

  2. Secret or inner abhisheka / mutual intoxication

  3. Prajna-jnana abhisheka / bliss

  Four Types of Bliss

  a. Freedom from ego

  b. Worthy of bliss

  c. No inhibitions about going beyond bliss into greater freedom

  d. Transcending freedom and bliss altogether

  4. Formless abhisheka / That

  Two Types of Abhisheka

  1. With elaboration / trö-che / first through third abhishekas

  2. Without elaboration / trö-me / fourth abhisheka

  PART NINE. VAJRAYANA PRACTICE

  Chapter 38. Visualization and Sadhana Practice

  Two Stages of Vajrayana Practice

  1. Visualization or creation stage / kyerim / utpattikrama

  2. Nonvisualization or completion stage / dzogrim / sampannakrama

  Two Aspects of Yidam

  1. Samayasattva

  2. Jnanasattva

  Giving Birth to Visualization in Eight Steps

  1. Formless meditation / dzogrim / shunyata deity

  2. Divine principle of letter / visualize bija mantra or seed syllable

  3. Divine sound principle / visualize rays of light from bija mantra

  4. Transformation of sound into visual symbolism

  5. Divine principle of form / visualization takes shape

  6. Divine principle of mudra / visualize mudras, symbols, and scepters in hands of deities

  7. Divine principle of mark / repetition of mantra

  8. Everything dissolves back into charnel ground

  Three-Stage Visualization Process

  1. Seed syllable / potential of form

  2. Symbol / possibility of form

  3. Fruition / actual form

  Chapter 39. The Importance of a Nontheistic View

  Three Approaches to Divinity

  1. Hinayana approach / prajna

  2. Mahayana approach / buddha nature

  3. Vajrayana approach / no external salvation

  PART TEN. THE TANTRIC JOURNEY: LOWER TANTRA

  Kriyayoga: The Yana of Purity

  Chapter 40. Kriyayoga: Trust in Reality

  The Nine Yanas

  1. Shravakayana /hinayana

  2. Pratyekabuddhayana / hinayana

  3. Mahayana or bodhisattvayana / mahayana

  4. Kriyayogayana / vajrayana

  5. Upayogayana / vajrayana

  6. Yogayana / vajrayana

  7. Mahayogayana / vajrayana

  8. Anuyogayana / vajrayana

  9. Atiyogayana / vajrayana

  The Six Tantric Yanas (Old Translation School)

  Lower Tantra

  1. Kriyayogayana

  2. Upayogayana

  3. Yogayana

  Higher Tantra

  4. Mahayogayana

  5. Anuyogayana

  6. Atiyogayana / maha ati

  Four Tantric Yanas / Four Orders of Tantra (New Translation School)

  1. Kriyayoga

  2. Upayoga

  3. Yogayana

  4. Anuttarayoga / mahamudra

  Two Approaches to Kündzop in Kriyayoga

  1. Purity of action (of body and speech)

  2. Purity of attitude

  a. Attitude toward form

  b. Attitude toward speech

  c. Attitude toward mind

  Development of Purity

  1. Relative bodhichitta / not taking in impurity

  2. Absolute bodhichitta / belief or conviction enters your system

  3. Union of relative and absolute bodhichitta / seeing overall purity of phenomenal world

  Chapter 41. Kriyayoga: Purification

  Two Types of Surrendering

  1. Surrendering the gross ego / relative bodhichitta

  2. Surrendering the refined ego / absolute bodhichitta

  Chapter 42. Kriyayoga: Empowerment

  Four Foundation Practices

  1. Prostrations

  2. Refuge formula

  3. Vajrasattva mantra recitation

  4. Mandala offering

  Five Abhishekas of Kriyayoga

  1. Preliminary abhisheka / abhisheka of the vajra disciple

  2. Water abhisheka / dharmakaya

  Five Vase Initiations

  a. Opening water abhisheka

  b. Water abhisheka of all the deities

  c. Vase of the shravakas and pratyekabuddhas

  d. Vase of the bodhisattvas

  e. Vase of the Buddha

  3. Crown abhisheka / sambhogakaya and nirmanakaya

  4. Water purification and protection abhisheka

  5. Enriching abhisheka

  Eight Ingredients or Offerings

  a. Milk drink

  b. Kusha grass mat

  c. Sesame seed

  d. Gallbladder of an elephant

  e. Red lead / litri

  f. Bamboo

  g. Wood apple

  h. Mirror

  Eight Auspicious Symbols

  a. Lotus

  b. Knot of eternity

  c. Umbrella

  d. Conch shell

  e. Victory banner

  f. Golden fish

  g. Dharma wheel

  h. Treasure vase

  Chapter 43. Kriyayoga: Practice

  Ingredients to Purify the Ground of the Kriyayoga Mandala

  1. Dung

  2. Urine

  3. Milk

  4. Snot

  5. Saliva

  Six Families of Kriyayoga

  Three transcendent families

  1. Tathagata / buddha, ratna, and karma families / all buddhas

  2. Padma / padma family / Avalokiteshvara

  3. Vajra / vajra family / Vajrapani

  Three worldly families

  1. Jewel / tathagata family / Vaishravana

  2. Prosperity or hungry ghost / padma family / hungry ghosts

  3. Ordinary / vajra family / god realms

  Six Types of Gods in Kriyayoga Visualization

  1. Divine beings of shunyata

  2. Divine beings of syllables or letters

  3. Divine beings of sound

  4. Divine beings of form

  5. Divine beings of mudra

  6. Divine beings of mark

  Two Sattva Principles in Kriyayoga

  1. Samayasattva

  2. Jnanasattva

  Two Types of Mantra in Kriyayoga Tantra

  1. Secret mantra / sang-ngak / guhyamantra

  2. Knowledge mantra / rig-ngak / vidyamantra

  Upayoga: The Yana of Conduct

  Chapter 44. Upayoga: Unadorned Perception

  Chapter 45. Upayoga: Empowerment

  Six Abhishekas of Upayoga

  1. Water / vase abhisheka / discriminating-awareness wisdom

  a. Purify fixations of lower realms

  b. Completely uproot samsaric seeds

  c. Completely bypass the bhumis

  d. Sowing the seed to become regent of vajra master

  2. Crown abhisheka

  3. Bell abhisheka / wisdom of all-accomplishing actions

  4. Vajra abhisheka

  Two Types of Insight in the Mind of Enlightenment

  a. Seeing

  b. Knowing

  5. Name abhisheka / wisdom of all-encompassing space

  6. Opening the eyes

  Two Approaches to Upayoga Families

  1. Three Families

  a. Vajra body / vajra family

  b. Vajra speech / padma family

  c. Vajra mind / buddha family

  2. Five Families

  a. Vajra

  b. Ratna

  c. Padma
r />   d. Karma

  e. Buddha

  Two Aspects of Mandala Principle

  1. Outer mandala / shrine

  2. Inner mandala / your physical body

  Three Categories of Upayoga Samaya

  1. Samaya of surrendering the gross ego / relative bodhichitta

  2. Samaya of surrendering the refined ego / absolute bodhichitta

  3. Samaya of the dharmachakra mudra

  Chapter 46. Upayoga: Practice

  Upayoga Visualization

  1. Inner mandala / internal samayasattva

  2. Outer mandala / external samayasattva

  Three Principles of Unification in Upayoga Visualization

  1. Body

  2. Speech

  3. Mind

  Six Types of Gods in Upayoga Visualization

  1. Divine beings of shunyata

  2. Divine beings of syllables or letters

  3. Divine beings of sound

  4. Divine beings of form

  5. Divine beings of mudra

  6. Divine beings of mark

  Yogayana: The Yana of Union

  Chapter 47. Yogayana: Complete Union

  Five Buddha-Families in Yogayana / Twenty-Five Lesser Families

  1. Buddha / lesser buddha, vajra, ratna, dharma, karma

  2. Vajra / lesser buddha, vajra, ratna, dharma, karma

  3. Ratna / lesser buddha, vajra, ratna, dharma, karma

  4. Dharma (padma-like) / lesser buddha, vajra, ratna, dharma, karma

  5. Karma / lesser buddha, vajra, ratna, dharma, karma

  Four Ways of Seeing Each of the Twenty-Five Buddha-Families

  1. Essence

  2. Manifestation / mudra

  3. Secret mantra / guhyamantra

  4. Magical power / vidyamantra

  Chapter 48. Yogayana: Empowerments and Practice

  Two Forms of Entertainment

  1. Entertained by your basic being

  2. Entertained by devis and the phenomenal world

  Three Tests in a Yogayana Abhisheka

  1. Throw flower-stick into mandala / major family

  2. Throw flower-stick into mandala a second time / lesser family

  3. Throw flower-stick into mandala a third time / four divisions of seeing family

  Eleven Abhishekas of Yogayana

  First Five Abhishekas / Relative Truth

  1. Water

  2. Crown

  3. Vajra scepter

  4. Bell

  5. Name

  Six Further Abhishekas / Absolute Truth / Vajra Master Abhishekas

  1. Irreversible abhisheka

  2. Secret abhisheka

  3. Authorization

  4. Final confirmation

  5. Encouragement

  6. Praise

  Two Types of Yogayana Practice

  1. Visualization / tsen-che

  Four Steps of Visualization Practice

  a. Visualization yoga

  b. Complete yoga

  c. All-inclusive yoga

  d. Supreme yoga

  2. Formless practice

  Fivefold Bodhi Approach to Visualization

  1. Visualize lotus seat, sun disk, and moon disk

  2. Visualize form or image

  3. Visualize scepters or attributes

  4. Visualize the totality

  5. Visualize placing seed syllables in appropriate centers

  Four Karmas Needed for Fire Offering

  1. Pacifying / vajra / offer herbs / white flame

  2. Enriching / ratna / offer jewelry and minerals / yellow flame

  3. Magnetizing / padma / offer clothes and fabrics / red flame

  4. Destroying / karma / offer metals, hardwoods, hot spices, flesh and blood / green flame

  PART ELEVEN. THE TANTRIC JOURNEY: MAHAMUDRA

  Anuttarayoga: Highest Yoga

  Chapter 49. The Great Symbol

  Three Levels of Anuttarayoga Tantra

  1. Root tantra / study

  2. Skillful-means tantra / practice

  3. Fruition tantra / accomplishment

  Chapter 50. Devotion: The Essential Prerequisite for Mahamudra

  Three Jewels of Mahamudra

  1. Tsakali (icon) / lineage and relationship with living guru

  2. Three syllables (OM AH HUM) / realization of nature of mind

  3. Crystal vajra / complete understanding of reality without distortion

  Chapter 51. Taking a Fresh Look at the Phenomenal World

  Six Ways in which Anuttara Is Special

  1–2. Literal meaning vs. true meaning

  3–4. Thoughtfulness vs. unthoughtfulness

  5–6. Interpretation vs. beyond interpretation

  Sixfold Teaching Style

  1–2. Present and embryonic / being

  3–4. Literal and subtle / beyond being

  5–6. Direct and indirect / getting a result out of being

  Two Aspects of the Process of Perception

  1. Perceiving the solidity of the phenomenal world

  2. Perceiving the spaciousness of the phenomenal world

  Viewing the World as EVAM

  1. VAM / unchangeable nature

  2. E / all-perception

  3. EVAM / E and VAM united

  Chapter 52. Uniting with Open Space

  The Four Principle Anuttarayoga Abhishekas

  1. Outer abhisheka / identifying with the yidam

  a. Water

  b. Crown

  c. Vajra

  d. Bell

  e. Name

  2. Secret or inner abhisheka / yidam and consort in union

  3. Prajna-jnana abhisheka / sexual union

 

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