The Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

The Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa
Author: Glenn H. Mullin
Publisher: Snow Lion
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2006-07-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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Revised edition of: Readings on the Six Yogas of Naropa, 1997.

The Six Yogas of Naropa

The Six Yogas of Naropa
Author: Glenn H. Mullin
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559399066

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Tsongkhapa's commentary entitled A Book of Three Inspirations: A Treatise on the Stages of Training in the Profound Path of Naro's Six Dharmas is commonly referred to as The Three Inspirations. Anyone who has read more than a few books on Tibetan Buddhism will have encountered references to the Six Yogas of Naropa, a preeminent yogic technology system. The six practices—inner heat, illusory body, clear light, consciousness transference, forceful projection, and bardo yoga—gradually came to pervade thousands of monasteries, nunneries, and hermitages throughout Central Asia over the past five and a half centuries.

The Bliss of Inner Fire

The Bliss of Inner Fire
Author: Thubten Yeshe
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2005-06-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0861719786

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In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. This present book, the last major teachings of this great lama, opens up the world of advanced practices for Highest Yoga Tantra initiates in much the same way his earlier work opened up the world of tantra in general. Following Je Tsongkhapa's (1357-1419 C.E.) text Having the Three Convictions, Lama Yeshe introduces the renowned Six Yogas of Naropa, focusing mainly on the first of these six, the practice of inner fire (tummo). Mastery of inner fire quickly brings the mind to its most refined and penetrating state--the experience of clear light, an extra-ordinarily powerful state of mind that is unequaled in its ability to directly realize ultimate reality. Lama Yeshe felt that twentieth-century Westerners could easily grasp the often misunderstood ideas of this esoteric tradition: "We really need tantra these days because there is a tremendous explosion of delusion and distraction.and we need the atomic energy of inner fire to blast us out of our delusion." Lama Yeshe's aim was for his students to actually taste the experience of inner fire rather than merely gain an intellectual understanding. Lama's own realization of the transformative power of these practices comes through, inspiring his students to discover for themselves their own capacity for inexhaustible bliss.

Tsongkhapa's Six Yogas of Naropa

Tsongkhapa's Six Yogas of Naropa
Author: Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang-grags-pa
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1996
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

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Regarded as one of the finest discussions on the subject to come out of Tibet.

Tibetan Yoga

Tibetan Yoga
Author: Ian A. Baker
Publisher: Inner Traditions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781620559123

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A visual presentation of Tibetan yoga, the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition • Explains the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga with illustrated instructions • Explores esoteric practices less familiar in the West, including sexual yoga, lucid dream yoga, and yoga enhanced by psychoactive substances • Draws on scientific research and contemplative traditions to explain Tibetan yoga from a historical, anthropological, and biological perspective • Includes full-color reproductions of previously unpublished works of Himalayan art Tibetan yoga is the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric Buddhist tradition: a spiritual and physical practice that seeks an expanded experience of the human body and its energetic and cognitive potential. In this pioneering and highly illustrated overview, Ian A. Baker introduces the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga alongside historical illustrations of the movements and beautiful, full-color works of Himalayan art, never before published. Drawing on Tibetan cultural history and scientific research, the author explores Tibetan yogic practices from historical, anthropological, and biological perspectives, providing a rich background to enable the reader to understand this ancient tradition with both the head and the heart. He provides complete, illustrated instructions for meditations, visualizations, and sequences of practices for the breath and body, as well as esoteric practices including sexual yoga, lucid dream yoga, and yoga enhanced by psychoactive plants. He explains how, while Tibetan yoga absorbed aspects of Indian hatha yoga and Taoist energy cultivation, this ancient practice largely begins where physically-oriented yoga and chi-gong end, by directing prana, or vital energy, toward the awakening of latent human abilities and cognitive states. He shows how Tibetan yoga techniques facilitate transcendence of the self and suffering and ultimately lead to Buddhist enlightenment through transformative processes of body, breath, and consciousness. Richly illustrated with contemporary ethnographic photography of Tibetan yoga practitioners and rare works of Himalayan art, including Tibetan thangka paintings, murals from the Dalai Lama’s once-secret meditation chamber in Lhasa, and images of yogic practice from historical practice manuals and medical treatises, this groundbreaking book reveals Tibetan yoga’s ultimate expression of the interconnectedness of all existence.

Living in the Face of Death

Living in the Face of Death
Author: Glenn H. Mullin
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009-01-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559393106

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Whereas Western society views death as the last taboo, the Tibetan tradition incorporates meditation on death into everyday life. Tibetan Buddhists believe that a conscious awareness of one's own impermanence allows a person to live a happy, fulfilled life. Over the centuries, the Tibetans have developed a wide-ranging literature on death, including inspirational poetry and prose, prayers, and practical works on caring for the dying. This fascinating book presents nine short Tibetan texts. Important writings by the Second, Seventh, and Thirteenth Dalai Lamas and by Karma Lingpa, author of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, are included. It covers topics such as meditation techniques to prepare for death, inspirational accounts of the deaths of saints and yogis, and methods for training the mind in the transference of consciousness at the time of death.

Sublime Path to Kechara Paradise

Sublime Path to Kechara Paradise
Author:
Publisher: Mahayana Sutra & Tantra Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780918753137

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The Practice of Kalachakra

The Practice of Kalachakra
Author: Glenn H. Mullin
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1559397748

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The Kalachakra spiritual legacy is a vital and central part of Tibetan Buddhism. Presented here is a detailed and practical overview of this unique spiritual path. In Part One, the author discusses the tantric path to enlightenment by drawing on the writings of great scholar-practitioners of the past. He describes the sutrayana and vajrayana paths, outlines the four classes of tantras, compares the Kalachakra generation and completion stage yogas to those of the mainstream tantras and details the unique Kalachakra methods for attaining enlightenment in this lifetime. Part Two contains translations for seven texts for the pratice of Kalachakra, including a sadhana selected by the Dalai Lama for this book. Glenn Mullin's perceptive and very readable discussion of the theory and practice of this profound tantric system is an excellent addition to the literature on this subject.

The Garland of Mahamudra Practices

The Garland of Mahamudra Practices
Author: Kun-dgaʼ-rin-chen
Publisher: Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1986
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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Three Treatises on the Six Yogas of Naropa

Three Treatises on the Six Yogas of Naropa
Author: Laul B. Jadusingh
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2016-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537418995

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The three treatises translated from Tibetan in this volume are on the subject of the Six Yogas of Naropa, a Buddhist Vajrayana adept who flourished in India in the 10th century C.E. Naropa, most likely a native of Kashmir, transmitted the esoteric doctrines of the Six Yogas to a number of Indian and Tibetan disciples, prominent among whom are the famous Marpa the Translator, guru of the celebrated yogi Milarepa. Although the teachings of the Six Yogas are central to all four Tibetan schools, they are most foundational to the Kagyu school. The three treaties translated herein are all native Tibetan compositions by prominent scholar-adepts of the Kagyu school. They form a particular genre of Six Yogas of Naropa compositions still cherished and practiced assiduously by Tibetan yogis. Among the six yogas, the most foundational is that of gTum Mo (Skt Candali), a Buddhist version of Kundalini Yoga, deriving from the Shaiva Tantric tradition. The Buddhist Vajrayana tradition and the Shaiva Tantra traditions evolved together and exchanged tenets and practices until the decimation of Buddhism in India in the 11th century C.E. Thereafter, the practice of the Six Yogas was continued and safeguarded in Tibet, Nepal and other Himalayan regions. With the Tibet diaspora in the wake of the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the exile of H.H, Dalai Lama and many prominent Lamas, the Six Yogas of Naropa (Tib. Naro'i Chos Drug) has gained renewed popularity. The Six Yogas of Naropa and the related Six Yogas of Niguma (Naropa's sister, perhaps), represent a distillation and systematization of practices drawn from the Highest Yoga Tantra (Anuttara Yoga Tantra) class of Vajrayana teachings, often recognized as the pinnacle of Vajrayana teachings. The three Tibetan texts translated in this volume are 1) the Tibetan text of the Instructions (gdams) portion of the hagiography (rnam thar) of Naropa edited by H.V.Guenther, included in his "Life and Teachings of Naropa" (1963) as an appendix. The Tibetan title is mKhas grub mnyams-meddpal-ldan Na-ro-pa'i rnam-par thar-pa dri-med legs bsad bde-chen 'brug-sgra which guenther renders "The well-narrated immaculate life story of the incomparable sage Naropa or the voice of thunder of the Great Bliss." Since only the Instructions portion of the text is translated in this volume, the translation of the first text is simply titled "The Six Yogas of Naropa (Including the Original Instructions of Tilopa).The author of this rnam-thar is lha'i bstun-pa Rin-chen rnam-rgyalof Brag--dkar, said to be a contemporary of the renowned Mahasiddha and author gTsan-pa sMyon-pa He-ru-ka who was a disciple of Dpal Phag-mo gru-pa (1110-1170 C.E.), who was in turn a disciple of Gam-po-pa (1079-1153). On the basis of this evidence, the composition may be dated to the late 12th century. 2) The second text translated herein is the Naro'i Chos drug bsDud pa'i Zin 'Bris of Padma dKar-po (1527-1592) which I've rendered "An Original Treatise on the Epitome of the Six Yogas of Naropa." This latter text is a re-translation of the one done by lama Kazi Samdup and edited by Evanz Wentz in the volume "Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines" (1935). 3) The third text of this volume is a translation of Zab Mo naro'i Chos Drug gi Nyams-len Thun Chos Bdud rtsi Nyin Khu Zes Bya Ba sGrug Karma Kam Tsang gi Don Khrid, which I've rendered "The Nectar of the Essential Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa According to the Practical Method of the Karma Kam Tsang by the sixth Sharmapa Chos kyi dBang Phhug, Zwa-dmarIV, 1584-1615. All authors were eminently qualified to write these treatises being themselves not only accomplished scholars but also realized adepts (siddhas), masters of the Six Yogas of Naropa.