Generating the Deity

Contents\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0......Page 5
List of Plates......Page 7
A Brief Biography of Gyatrul Rinpoche......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
CHAPTER I : General Introduction......Page 15
CHAPTER II : The General Preliminaries......Page 23
The Four Thoughts......Page 27
Refuge......Page 29
Bodhicitta......Page 34
Clearing Away Non-conducive Circumstances......Page 37
Expelling Negative and Demonic Forces......Page 38
Establishing the Wheel of Protection......Page 40
Establishing Conducive Conditions......Page 41
Blessing the Offering Materials......Page 42
CHAPTER IV : The Actual Practice: The Yoga of Meditative. Part I......Page 45
The Three Meditative Absorptions......Page 46
Generating the Support and Supporting Mandalas......Page 52
Invoking the Primordial Wisdom Being and Requesting Stability......Page 70
Homage, Offering and Praise......Page 72
Training in the Visualization of the Principal Deity......Page 83
The Yoga of Speech Recitation......Page 89
Particular Necessity for Practice......Page 90
The Actual Nature of Recitation......Page 91
Different Types of Recitation......Page 94
Manner of Reciting Mantras......Page 98
Activity Upon Completion......Page 106
The Yoga of Clear Light......Page 109
CHAPTER VII : The Actual Practice: The Yoga of Arising from Equpoise......Page 113
CHAPTER VIII : The Completion......Page 115
Plates......Page 119
Appendices......Page 0