“The three inner tantras assert that both the essence and the nature are the deity. The first of these is the mahāyoga, which focuses on the creation stage." “This Anuyoga asserts that one must restrain the aspect of ordinary confused perception into the expanse by focusing on the points of the channels, winds and drops… Continue reading SAMANTHABHADRI’S CHILD OF THE ROOT OF BLISS: TAKING THE RESULT AS THE PATH IN SECRET MANTRA VAJARYANA. The three aspects of yidam deity practice, the three roots of Vajrayana practice, and the first two of the three inner tantras, Maha and Anu Yoga, and the three-fold mandala of Samanthabhadra
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THE MAGIC KEY FOR “ENTERING THE GATEWAY OF KNOWLEDGE” (KHE-JUG) PART I: THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS/TENETS (DRUB-THA): The non-Buddhist schools and two ‘externalist’ Buddhist schools of the Hinayana and Mind-Only (9th Thrangu Rinpoche’s teachings on Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche’s Gateway to Knowledge (Part I))
"Great emptiness free from the elaborations of the eight limits,From the authentic logical path of the wise scholars,That totally connects all beings to the ground of bliss and benefit,I prostrate to those kind and sacred gurus." --Khenpo Gangshar in The Magic Key commentary (tr. Tomlin, 2023) "In Tibetan, drub means to prove, and tha means… Continue reading THE MAGIC KEY FOR “ENTERING THE GATEWAY OF KNOWLEDGE” (KHE-JUG) PART I: THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS/TENETS (DRUB-THA): The non-Buddhist schools and two ‘externalist’ Buddhist schools of the Hinayana and Mind-Only (9th Thrangu Rinpoche’s teachings on Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche’s Gateway to Knowledge (Part I))