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The '''Seven Profound Cycles''' (ཟབ་པ་སྐོར་བདུན་, [[Wyl.]] ''zab pa skor bdun'') are seven collections of practices revealed by [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] in 1856. They are:
The '''Seven Profound Cycles''' (ཟབ་པ་སྐོར་བདུན་, ''zabpa kor dün'', [[Wyl.]] ''zab pa skor bdun'') are seven collections of practices revealed by [[Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa]] in 1856. They are:
#[[Web of Magical Illusion|Illusory Net]]: profound [[tantra]];  
#[[Web of Magical Illusion|Illusory Net]]: profound [[tantra]];  
#[[Yangdak]] (Vishuddha): profound eminence;
#[[Yangdak]] (Vishuddha): profound eminence;

Latest revision as of 22:37, 6 March 2018

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

The Seven Profound Cycles (ཟབ་པ་སྐོར་བདུན་, zabpa kor dün, Wyl. zab pa skor bdun) are seven collections of practices revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa in 1856. They are:

  1. Illusory Net: profound tantra;
  2. Yangdak (Vishuddha): profound eminence;
  3. Hayagriva: profound power;
  4. Manjushri Yamantaka: profound fierce mantra;
  5. Kilaya: profound wrathful activity;
  6. Guru, Deva, Dakini: profound long life, which includes the Pema Khandro practice; and
  7. Mamo: profound dispeller of obstacles and creator of realization.

References

  • Andreas Doctor, Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005, p.88)