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.What can prod us to cultivate this quality of awarenessTonglen  Chapter 124First, Train In The Preliminaries - JK the actual instructionsThere are two points here, the preliminary to a period of meditation and In order to obtain the framework for the practice of dharma, this preciouspreliminary instruction.human existence, which, in being free and well favored, offers excellentopportunities, one must practice excellent virtue, since this is its karmicpreliminaries to a period of meditation seed.Since the proportion of sentient beings that do practice virtuethoroughly is very small, the result, a free and well-favored existence, isFirst, at the beginning of every period of meditation, imagine your root difficult to obtain.When one considers the numbers of other sentientguru sitting on a lotus-and-moon seat above your head.His body is beings, such as animals, it is evident that human existence is just a remoteradiant and his face happy and smiling as he regards all beings with non- possibility.Therefore, you should, above all else, work at dharmareferential compassion.In him, all the root and lineage gurus are present.wholeheartedly so that the human existence now obtained is not wasted.With intense respect and devotion, repeat the lineage prayer if you wish Furthermore, since life is uncertain, the causes of death are numerous, andand, in particular, the following prayer a hundred or a thousand times.one can't even be sure that death won't come today, one must exertoneself in the dharma right away.At the time of death, except for virtuousI pray for your blessing, my guru, great and completely worthy spiritualand nonvirtuous actions, nothing will follow, not wealth, food,friend.I pray that you will cause love, compassion and bodhicitta to arisepossessions, nor land, body, or status.Since these are not even as helpfulin my mind.as a straw, there is not the slightest need for them.Then, imagine that your guru descends through the aperture of BrahmaAfter death, the power of karma causes one to experience birth in one ofand sits in your heart in a pavilion of light, like an open shell.Thisthe six classes of beings.Whichever it is, there will be nothing butexercise in intense respect and devotion is known as guru yoga.It issuffering, not even a strand of happiness.important to begin every period of meditation this way.Since happiness and suffering infallibly develop from virtuous andpreliminary instruction nonvirtuous actions, one should not do anything evil even at the risk ofyour life.One should practice only virtuous actions with great diligence.Second, with respect to preliminary instructions, if the fourYou should energetically train yourself in this kind of thinking.At the endcontemplations -that is, the difficulty of obtaining a free and well-favoredof every period of meditation, perform the seven-branch prayer as manyexistence, death and impermanence, consideration of the shortcomings oftimes as you are able to.In postmeditation periods, put the points of yoursamsara, and action as seed and result - are new to you, they are fullyreflections into practice.These instructions apply to all forms ofexplained in the graded-path texts.You need to work at thesepreparation and actual practice.contemplations so that they definitely become part of your thinking.Hereis a concise presentation of the basic points for those who would like one.From THE GREAT PATH OF AWAKENING, by Jamgön Kongtrul, translatedby Ken McLeod.© 1993 by Ken McLeod.Tonglen  Chapter 225There are three objects, three poisons, and three sources of2- The Actual Practicevirtue.Remember this by repeated recollection.Practice every activity by these words. By the gracious Lama's blessings, may I purify the untruth ofduality into the space of voidness and practice the profound-- Geshe Chekawaexchange of my own and others' happiness and suffering,meditating continually on the two aspects of Bodhicitta (2).-- AtishaTWO - TRAINING IN THE TWO BODHICITTA:Having gained stability, receive the secret (teaching).Consider all phenomena as a dream.Examine the nature of unborn awareness.The remedy itself is released in its own place.Place (your meditation) on the nature of the foundation of all:the essence (of the path).In the meditation break be a creator of illusion.It is like a diamond, the sun and the healing tree.When the five degenerations flourish, transform them into thepath to full awakening.Banish the one object of every blame.Meditate on the great kindness of all.Practice a combination of both giving and taking.Commence taking progressively from your own side.Place these two astride the breath.Tonglen  Chapter 226II  Bodhicitta unconscious, the thinker of the mental confusions.It is the one who runsafter the sounds, the forms, the odors, the tastes and the feelings.TheThere are two aspects to Bodhicitta.They are the ultimate and relativemind is seen when one remains in a state free of running after something.bodhicitta representing the union of wisdom and skilful means [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]