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[[Image:Amitabha.jpg|frame|[[Amitabha]] from a [[thangka]] in the personal collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
[[Image:Amitabha.jpg|frame|[[Amitabha]] from a [[thangka]] in the personal collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
'''Phowa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''‘pho ba'') — the practice for directing the transference of consciousness at the time of death. It is one of the [[Six Yogas of Naropa]].
'''Phowa''' ([[Wyl.]] ''‘pho ba'') — the practice for directing the transference of consciousness at the time of death. It is one of the [[Six Yogas of Naropa]].
==Subdivisions==
[[Tsele Natsok Rangdrol]] lists five kinds of phowa:
#[[dharmakaya]] transference free from focus (''chos sku gtad med kyi 'pho ba'')
#[[sambhogakaya]] transference of unity (''longs sku zung 'jug gi 'pho ba'')
#[[nirmanakaya]] transference of training (''sprul sku rtsal sbyong gi 'pho ba'')
#guru's transference of blessings (''byin rlabs bla ma'i 'pho ba'')
#unmistaken ''khachö'' transference ('''chugs med mkha' spyod kyi 'pho ba'')
[[Patrul Rinpoche]] mentions another list of five kinds of phowa:
#Superior transference to the [[dharmakaya]] through the seal of the view
#Middling transference to the [[sambhogakaya]] through the union of the generation and completion phases
#Lesser transference to the [[nirmanakaya]] through immeasurable compassion
#Ordinary transference based on three ideas
#Transference performed for the dead with the hook of compassion


==Empowerments and Transmissions==
==Empowerments and Transmissions==

Revision as of 14:34, 24 October 2010

Amitabha from a thangka in the personal collection of Sogyal Rinpoche

Phowa (Wyl. ‘pho ba) — the practice for directing the transference of consciousness at the time of death. It is one of the Six Yogas of Naropa.

Subdivisions

Tsele Natsok Rangdrol lists five kinds of phowa:

  1. dharmakaya transference free from focus (chos sku gtad med kyi 'pho ba)
  2. sambhogakaya transference of unity (longs sku zung 'jug gi 'pho ba)
  3. nirmanakaya transference of training (sprul sku rtsal sbyong gi 'pho ba)
  4. guru's transference of blessings (byin rlabs bla ma'i 'pho ba)
  5. unmistaken khachö transference ('chugs med mkha' spyod kyi 'pho ba)

Patrul Rinpoche mentions another list of five kinds of phowa:

  1. Superior transference to the dharmakaya through the seal of the view
  2. Middling transference to the sambhogakaya through the union of the generation and completion phases
  3. Lesser transference to the nirmanakaya through immeasurable compassion
  4. Ordinary transference based on three ideas
  5. Transference performed for the dead with the hook of compassion

Empowerments and Transmissions

Further Reading