Part 2 Flashcards
Meaning of the 8 lines of praise:
OM I prostrate to VV, the Blessed Mother HUM HUM PHAT
OM symbolizes the b, s, and m of VY. VV, or VY, is the embodiment of of the perfection of wisdom of all Bs. The name VY emphasizes her nature as the union of B and E, and the name VV emphasizes her function of destroying ignorance.
She is the ‘Blessed Mother’ bc she has destroyed the 4 maras and possesses all the good qualities of a B.
HUM - ‘Please grant me the mundane attainments such as increased wealth, lifespan, and merit.’
HUM - ‘Please grant me the supramundane attainments such as the realization of SGB, the union that needs learning, and the Union of NML’
PHAT - requests the destruction of the outer, inner and secret obstacles that prevent us from gaining these attainments.
Generation stage definition:
is a realization of a creative yoga that is attained as a result of pure concentration on bringing the three bodies into the path, in which we mentally generate ourself as a Tantric Deity and our surroundings as the Deity’s mandala.
Divine pride definition:
is a special way of regarding ourself in which we imagine we are a Tantric Deity and that our environment is his or her PL.
Ordinary appearances and conceptions:
[John’s ordinary environment, enjoyments, body and mind, and seeing himself as John] are ordinary appearances. The mind that assents to these ordinary appearances by holding them to be true is ordinary conception. Ordinary conceptions are obstructions to liberation, and ordinary appearances are obstructions to omniscience.
Training in Divine Pride: 3 reasons to help subdue ordinary conceptions and improve divine pride:
1) I am no longer an ordinary being bc my ordinary b, m, and environment have been purified through the practice of the three bodies into the path. During this practice I actually died and took rebirth and VY in her PL.
2) Later, when i absorbed the wisdom beings, i dissolved all Bs in the form of VY into myself. Therefore I am one with VY and my nature is the same as that of all Bs.
3) The ordinary deluded pride that i have had until now results only in suffering and continued rebirth in samsara but divine prude will lead me to liberation and VY’s PL. Therefore I will never give up this pure pride of being VY.
Benefits of the mantra:
come closer to VY in two senses
purifies NV and their imprints
pacifies obstacles to our practice
increases power of our speech
Pacify - inner obstacles like sickness and strong delusions, and outer obstacles such as harm by evil spirits
Increase - lifespan, merit, wealth, and spiritual realizations.
Control - over the evil actions of others and the ability to lead them into correct paths
Wrathful - tame minds of others and help using wrathful actions
increasing happiness and fulfil our wishes
causes CS realizations to ripen
vajra speech of a B
can receive attainments just by recitation - temporary happiness of humans and gods, ultimate happiness of liberation and enlightenment. Common attainments like renunciation, bch, and correct view, and uncommon attainments such as GS and CS.
We’ll be cared for by all the Dakas and Dakinis as well as their emanations
We can help others fulfil their wishes and gain peace, good health, long life and prosperity. Gain power to avert others’ diseases such as cancer, strokes, and paralysis, as well as physical pain and dangers from fire, water, earth, and wind.
Meaning of the 3 OM mantra:
Signify VY is the embodiment of the three bodies of all Buddhas.
First OM - symbolizes TB of all Bs
2nd OM - EB
3rd OM - EmB
SARWA BUDDHA DAKINIYE literally means ‘All the Bs’s Dakinis’. In this context, ‘Dakini’ is the inner Dakini, CLM of a B > VY is the nature of the CLM of all Bs.
VAJRA WARNANIYE means ‘Vajra Speech Dakini’ > VY is the nature of the vajra speech of all Bs.
VAJRA BEROTZANIYE means ‘Vajra Form Dakini’ > VY is the nature of the vajra body of all Bs. Here, ‘vajra’ means GB inseparable from E.
HUM HUM HUM requests: ‘Please grant me the blessings of your b, s, and m so that i may attain the vajra body, speech, and mind of a B’.
PHAT PHAT PHAT requests: ‘Please pacify my outer, inner, and secret obstacles’.
SOHA requests: ‘Please help me build the foundation of all attainments’.
The letters of the mantra are the same nature as the 32 retinue Dakinis. 32 letters are like the retinue of the principle letter, the BAM. BAM consists of five letters - YA, RA, LA, WA, and, short-AH - and so altogether there are 37 letters. These are of one nature with the 37 Dakinis. The short AH is VY, and the letters YA, RA, LA, and WA are Lama, Khandarohi, Rupini, and Dakini respectively.
Special way of using mala to gather Dakinis in body:
- suspend mala over heart or navel
- mala over ring finger
- imagine from the E of each bead arises a Deity in the aspect of VY who dissolves into our heart or navel
- can change to middle or index finger if more comfortable, but a few times with ring finger is auspicious bc it symbolizes controlling delusions
First CS meditation within mental recitation:
At our heart we visualize a phenomena source about the size of a tip of a little finger. Inside this is a moon cushion, mantra rosary, and letter BAM. The ph source descends through the central channel to the centre of our navel channel wheel, where we concentrate on it a few moments.
We then gently inhale and imagine that all the winds of upper art of our body gather ad flow down through the CC, reaching the point just above the ph source at our navel.
We then slightly tighten the muscles of the lower art of our body and draw up all the lower winds. These rise up through the CC and reach the pint just below the ph source at our navel.
We feel our mind is inside the ph source at navel channel wheel. Focus on four side corners of the ph source where tiny joy swirls counter-clockwise. We hold the vase breath and concentrate SP on the four joy swirls for as long as possible. Just before we being to feel discomfort we exhale slowly and gently through the nostrils.
The 9 distant preliminaries for close retreat
Refuge VS Prostrations mandala offerings Guru Yoga Samayavajra mantra recitation Vajradaka burning offering Making images of the body or mind of a B Water offerings
What is Inconceivability?
MCL, the mind of SGB that realizes emptiness directly
What is the Yoga of Daily Actions?
“The yoga of daily actions is a method for transforming everyday actions such as easting, sleeping, walking and talking into profound spiritual paths, thereby extracting great meaning from every moment of our life.”
Torma offering: meaning of mantra: OM VAJRA AH RA LI HO: DZA HUM BAM HO: SAMAYA TON TRISHAYA HO.
OM - O VY
VAJRA - torma itself
AH RA LI HO - please enjoy
DZA - we imagine the nectar reaches VY’s tongue
HUM - the nectar reacher her throat
BAM - it reaches her heart
HO - she experiences SGBliss
VAJRA DAKINI - O VY
SAMAYA TON - thru your compassionate equanimity
TRISHAYA HO - please care for me
What is completion stage?
What is inner Dakini Land?
refers to HYT realizations that are attained by causing the winds to enter, abide, and dissolve within the central channel through the force of meditation.
Inner Dakini Land is meaning clear light, the mind of spon great bliss that directly realizes emptiness.
Three basic objects of knowledge:
1st
objects of knowledge related to the body
- the mind
- to the elements
re body:
6 elements of a human body: bone, marrow, white drops (from father), and flesh, skin, and blood (from mother).
Our true body is a very subtle body composed of the inner wind that is inseparable from our very subtle mind.
In dreams and the intermediate state, a subtle body naturally becomes manifest, but until we attain the illusory body the very subtle body is never manifest.
Once we attained the pure illusory body our subtle body is always manifest. It becomes our actual body with which we naturally identify…subtle body is our true body and our gross body is like our house. Defining characteristic of death is the final separation of body and mind. Since the very subtle body never separates from the very subtle mind, once this body is always manifest we are free from death.
