Seven Profound Cycles
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:
- Illusory Net: profound tantra;
- Yangdak (Vishuddha): profound eminence;
- Hayagriva: profound empowerment;
- Manjushri Yamāntaka: profound fierce mantra;
- Kilaya: profound wrathful activity;
- Guru, Deva, Dakini: profound long life; and
- 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