Solitary Yamantaka Teachings on the Generation Stage

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
IINTRODUCTION
	Basic Lam Rim overview
	{I} BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TEA
	{II} ELABORATED EXPLANATION OF THIS PRACTICE
	{1} The origination of this teaching with an account of the
		{i} How Buddha taught tantra
			{ii} How Mahasiddha Lalita revealed this teaching by obtaini
			{iii} How that line of teaching came unbroken to the Land of
				Je Tsongkhapa
	{2} The explanation of the merits of the teaching in order t
		Five qualities of the Solitary Hero Yamantaka practice
			The story of Yamantaka
				Praise of Manjushri
	{3} How to listen and explain such a teaching as this
		{i} Qualities of such a teacher
			{ii} Qualities of the disciples receiving the teaching
			{iii} Actual manner of giving and receiving the teaching
	{4} How to guide the disciples by the actual teaching
		{i} The aptitude of the person who will practice
			{ii} Place where the practice will be done
			{iii} Manner of collecting at that place the necessities of
			{iv} Method of the actual practice
IIPRELIMINARIES
	[i] Yoga of the Sessions:
	<1> Beginning of the session – Preliminaries
	 Entreaty to the Lineage
		The initiation lineage
			How Gyeltsab Je and Khedrub Je met Je Tsongkhapa.
				The First Panchen Lama and Segyu Könchog Gyeltsen
					The Sixth Dalai Lama
						How Changya Rolpai Dorje landed in China
							How to practice the lineage prayer
				The teaching lineage
	 Instant generation
		Why instant generation?
			The three-kaya practice
				Dharmakaya
					Sambogakaya
						Nirmanakaya
				Review instant generation
					The physical appearance of Yamantaka
						Yamantaka’s six ornaments
							Visualizing oneself as the deity
	 Consecration of Vajra and Bell
		Symbolism of vajra and bell
			Outer vajra and bell
				Inner vajra and bell
					Secret or sacred vajra and bell
				The way vajra and bell are blessed
	 Consecration of the inner offering
		The material
			Using the right nectar pill
				Clearing the obstacles
				Purification in terms of emptiness
				Generation of the inner offering
				Consecration or blessing of the inner offering
	 Consecration of the preliminary offering and torma
		Consecration or blessing or of the outer offerings
			The skullcup
				Consecration or blessing of the torma
					Correspondences of om ah hung
	 Offering the preliminary torma
		Invocation of the direction protectors and inner guests
			Asking permission for the protectors to enjoy the torma
				The actual offering of the torma
				The outer offering to the protectors
				The inner offering to the protectors
				Praise to the protectors
				Yamantaka hundred syllable mantra
				Sending away the direction protectors
	 Consecration of the offerings of self generation
		Mandala offering
			A Samantabhadra practice
	 Vajrasattva meditation recitation
		Renewing of the refuge and bodhisattva vows
			The Vajrasattva meditation recitation
				Purification visualization
				Questions and answers
III GENERATING THE SUPREME FIELD OF MERITOFFERING THE PRAC
	Review instant generation
		Combining the sadhana with the Lam Rim in the lineage prayer
			The wisdom of emptiness and the object of negation
	<2> THE ACTUAL SESSION
	(1) TAKING DEATH AS DHARMAKAYA AND THE RELATED BRANCHES
	(i) Accumulation of various merits: corresponding to causes
		1. Accumulation of merits from the supreme field
			i. Inviting the field of accumulation [of merit]
				Union
			ii. Accumulation of merit therefrom
				Praise
					Praise to the Lama
						Praise of Yamantaka
							Praise - second explanation
				Making Offerings
					Five qualities of the offerings
				Confession
				Rejoice
				Dedication
				Refuge taking
			2. Accumulation of merit from the lower field
				Generating bodhimind
					Wishing or prayer form
						Action form
				Taking the vows
					The bodhisattva vow
						The vajrayana vows
							About fear
							The four universal vows
				The four immeasurables
					Dualistic preconceptions of objects and consciousness – sung
						The eight worldly dharmas – jigten gi cho gye
IVTAKING DEATH AS DHARMAKAYA
	(1) Taking death as dharmakaya and the related branches
	(ii) Meditation on the wisdom of the basis of shunyata as dh
		The base of purification
			Sarva dharma
				Base, path and result - dharmakaya
				The eight stages of dissolution at death
					The meditation/visualization of the eight stages of dissolut
				Meditation on emptiness
					Base, path and result – dharmakaya
				Discussion on emptiness
	(iii) Meditation on protection wheel to block obstacles
		1. The common protection wheel
			2. The uncommon/special protection wheel
				Five points on the uncommon protection wheel
					1. Changing the direction the protectors face
						2. Moving the wheel
							3. Protecting through hiding
							4. The four activities
							5. How to transfer the principal deity
VREVIEW BY MEANS OF THE EXTENDED PRAYER
	Tsongkhapa’s praise to Buddha for his teaching of relativity
		Discussion on the daily practice and its difficulties
VITAKING BARDO AS SAMBOGAKAYA
	(2)  TAKING BARDO AS SAMBOGAKAYA AS THE PATH
	(i)  Generation of environment of the mansion, wherein enlig
		Symbolic meaning of what has been built up
			Questions and answers
	(ii) Generation of occupant, the Causal Vajra Holder
		Base, path and result - sambogakaya
			The bardo
				The yoga of taking bardo as sambogakaya
					Development of the bardo within us
				What to do at the time of death?
				Questions and answers
					On pure lands
						On the bardo
							On death
							On experiences during death and bardo
				Generation of the causal Vajra holder – continuation
				Symbolic meanings or correspondences of the sambogakaya
				Towards nirmanakaya
				Questions and answers
VIIREVIEW BY MEANS OF THE OUTLINES
	Importance of the outlines
		Review by means of the outlines
			Elaborated explanation of this practice
				The origination of this teaching with an account of the orig
				How to guide the disciples by the actual teaching
				The attitude of the person who will practice
				The place where the practice will be done
				The method of the actual practice
				The development stage
				How to practice the actual method of the development
				The yoga of the session
				Beginning of the session – the preliminaries
				The lineage prayer – first preliminary practice
				Instant generation– second preliminary practice
				Consecration of vajra and bell – third preliminary practice
				Consecration of the inner offering - fourth preliminary pra
				Consecration of the preliminary [outer] offering and torma –
				Offering the preliminary torma – sixth preliminary practice
				Consecration of the offerings of self generation –seventh pr
				The Vajrasattva meditation – eighth preliminary practice
				The actual session
				The meditation method enabling oneself, the yogi, in future
				Taking death as Dharmakaya and the related branches
				Accumulation of various merits: corresponding to causes for
				Accumulation of merits from the supreme field
				Inviting the supreme Field of Merit
				Accumulation of merit therefrom
				Accumulation of merits from the lower field
				Meditation on the wisdom of the basis of shunyata as dharmak
				Meditation on protection wheel to block obstacles
				The common protection wheel
				The uncommon/special protection wheel
				Taking bardo as sambogakaya as the path
				Generation of environment of the mansion, wherein enlightenm
				Generation of occupant, the causal Vajra holder
			Discussion – questions and answers
				The three kayas
					Daily practice
VIIITAKING REBIRTH AS NIRMANAKAYA
	Review
	(3) TAKING YOGA OF REBIRTH NIRMANAKAYA AS THE GENERATION OF
	(i) The actual method of meditating birth as nirmanakaya
		Base, path and result – nirmanakaya
			Correspondences of the nirmanakaya
				The five wisdoms
				Yamantaka’s body
					Yamantaka’s six ornaments
						Pride and clarity of the deity
	(ii) Purification of sense bases and body, speech, and mind
		The three beings or triple being
			Review taking rebirth as nirmanakaya
				The relevancy of the three beings in our life and on the pat
	(iii) Method of entering the wisdom beings, empowerment, and
		Invocation verse
			Invocation of the wisdom beings by mantra
				Making the eight outer offerings to the wisdom beings
				Actual dissolving of the wisdom beings
				Invocation of the initiation deities
				Making the eight outer offerings to the initiation deities
				Actual initiation
IX ACTIONS REPRESENTING THE ACTIVITIES OF BUDDHAHOOD
	Review
		Preliminaries
			The actual practice
	 Making offerings and praises, corresponding with the ac
	(1) Making offerings and praise
		Outer offerings
			Outer offerings in the self-initiation practice
				Inner offering
				Secret offering
				Suchness offering
					What the offerings should be free of
				Praise
	(2) Meditation of the precise and coarse
		The gross development stage meditation
			Purpose of the development stage
				Ordinary perception and conception [tib. tamel gyi nangwa an
					The yoga of the vast and the profound
						Clarity and stability
				How to do the meditation of the gross development stage
					How to meditate on the mandala – building up
						How to meditate on the mandala – looking round
				The subtle development stage
				How to do the meditation of the subtle development stage
					Meditating many duplicate vajras
						Meditating the mandala in a drop
				Review of the supported and supporting mandala
	(3) Recollection of the purities
	(4) Manner of doing recitation
		Blessing the mantra-mala
			Mantra recitation – combination of peace and wrath
				Manjushri’s mantra
					Visualizations with the Manjushri mantra
						1. Collecting wisdom
							2. Cutting of ignorance
							3. Washing away impurities
							4. Collection of the seven wisdoms
							5. Purifying sentient beings
							6. Meditation on de dhih
							7. Another meditation on the dhih
				The root mantra
					Visualizations with the root mantra
						1. Purifying all sentient beings
							2. Making offerings to the buddhas
							3. Purifying sentient beings and placing them in the state o
							4. Purifying obstacles
							5. Meditation using the skull mala
							6. Burning obstacles
							7. Simple meditation
							8. Your consciousness into the hum
				The activity mantra
				The essence mantra
				The wisdom-showering mantra
				The hundred-syllable mantra
				Making Offerings
				Praise
			Some remarks on the Yamantaka retreat
			Questions and answers
XCONCLUSION &IN BETWEEN SESSIONS
	<3>   End of the Session
	  Offering torma
		Blessing the torma offering
			Invocation of the guests
				Offering [torma, outer and inner offerings] to the principal
					The praise
						Offering the torma to the Direction Protectors
							The outer offering and inner offering to the direction prote
				Torma offering to Karmayama
					Generation of Karmayama
						Initiation of Karmayama
							Actual offering of the torma to Karmayama
							External offerings to Karmayama
							Inner Offering to Karmayama
							Exhorting to Karmayama to activities
							Abbreviated Karmayama praise
	  Manner of bidding farewell
	  Prayer
		The concluding prayer
			The extended prayer
				Abbreviated Prayer
	  Reabsorption
	  Verses of good fortune
	  Verses of auspiciousness
	[ii]  Yoga between sessions
		Yoga of external activities
			Yoga of eating
				The yoga of sleeping
					Yoga of rising
						The yoga of washing
XICOMPLETION STAGE
	[i]  General preliminaries
	[ii]  Special preliminaries
		Vajrasattva recitation
			The uncommon guru yoga practice
XIIAPPENDICES
XIIIGLOSSARY
XIVLITERATURE
XVINDEX
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