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'''Four doors''' of [[secret mantra]] practice (Tib. གསངས་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་བཞི་, Wyl. ''gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi''): | '''Four doors''' of [[secret mantra]] practice (Tib. གསངས་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་བཞི་, [[Wyl.]] ''gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi''): | ||
#The door of recitation, for genuine visualization | #The door of recitation, for genuine visualization | ||
#The door of secret [[mantra]], for invoking the wisdom mind | #The door of secret [[mantra]], for invoking the wisdom mind | ||
#The door of [[samadhi]], for focusing one-pointedly | #The door of [[samadhi]], for focusing one-pointedly | ||
#The door of ritual [[mudra]]s, for conveying symbolic meaning | #The door of ritual [[mudra]]s, for conveying symbolic meaning | ||
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:The mental gate of [[samadhi]] is to keep one-pointed focus. | :The mental gate of [[samadhi]] is to keep one-pointed focus. | ||
:The playful gate of [[mudra]] is to link gesture with meaning.<ref>The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, Root text by [[Padmasambhava]] and commentary by [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé|Jamgön Kongtrül]] the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 962-7341-33-9</ref></blockquote> | :The playful gate of [[mudra]] is to link gesture with meaning.<ref>''[[The Light of Wisdom]], Vol. 2'', Root text by [[Padmasambhava]] and commentary by [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé|Jamgön Kongtrül]] the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 962-7341-33-9</ref></blockquote> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Teachings given to the Rigpa sangha== | ==Teachings given to the Rigpa sangha== | ||
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling, 4 November, 2012, during the [[Kurukulla|Kurukulle]] [[Drupchen]]. | |||
[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling, 4 November, 2012, during the [[Kurukulla|Kurukulle]] [[Drupchen]]. | |||
==Alternative translations== | ==Alternative translations== | ||
Four gates of secret mantra (Erik Pema Kunzang) | *Four gates of secret mantra ([[Erik Pema Kunzang]]) | ||
[[Category:Vajrayana]] | |||
[[Category:Enumerations]] | [[Category:Enumerations]] | ||
[[Category:04-Four]] | [[Category:04-Four]] | ||
Revision as of 13:37, 18 July 2016
Four doors of secret mantra practice (Tib. གསངས་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་བཞི་, Wyl. gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi):
- The door of recitation, for genuine visualization
- The door of secret mantra, for invoking the wisdom mind
- The door of samadhi, for focusing one-pointedly
- The door of ritual mudras, for conveying symbolic meaning
Alternatively:-
- The verbal gate of utterance is to remind of the ultimate.
- The mental gate of samadhi is to keep one-pointed focus.
References
- ↑ The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 962-7341-33-9
Teachings given to the Rigpa sangha
- Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 4 November, 2012, during the Kurukulle Drupchen.
Alternative translations
- Four gates of secret mantra (Erik Pema Kunzang)