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#The supreme prostration of encountering through the [[View]] (''rab lta ba brda 'jal ba'i phyag'')
#The supreme prostration of encountering through the [[View]] (''rab lta ba brda 'jal ba'i phyag'')
#The middling prostration of training in [[meditation]] (''<nowiki>'</nowiki>bring bsgom pa goms pa<nowiki>'</nowiki>i phyag'')
#The middling prostration of training in [[meditation]] (''<nowiki>'</nowiki>bring bsgom pa goms pa<nowiki>'</nowiki>i phyag'')
#The lesser prostration out of devotion and respect (''tha ma mos gus ya rabs kyi phyag'')<ref>Tibetan taken from Dungkar, ''Great Dictionary'', p. 1346</ref>
#The lesser prostration out of [[devotion]] and respect (''tha ma mos gus ya rabs kyi phyag'')<ref>Tibetan taken from Dungkar, ''Great Dictionary'', p. 1346</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 11:30, 10 September 2011

The three kinds of prostration (Wyl. phyag 'tshal ba'i nges pa gsum) are:

  1. The supreme prostration of encountering through the View (rab lta ba brda 'jal ba'i phyag)
  2. The middling prostration of training in meditation ('bring bsgom pa goms pa'i phyag)
  3. The lesser prostration out of devotion and respect (tha ma mos gus ya rabs kyi phyag)[1]

Notes

  1. Tibetan taken from Dungkar, Great Dictionary, p. 1346

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