Yamantaka Sadhana Outline

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Yamantaka Sadhana: Outline Written by Administrator Saturday, 19 June 2010 14:06 This is a general outline of the Single-Deity Vajrabhairava Sadhana by topics: General Preliminaries - Refuge and Generating Bodhichitta - Guru Yoga - Review of the Graduated Path - Supplication to the Lineage Gurus Specific Preliminaries - Instantaneous Self-generation - Consecrating the Inner Offering - Consecrating the Preliminary Sense Offerings to the Direction Protectors - Consecrating the Torma Offering to the Direction Protectors - Invocation of and Offering of the Torma, Sense and Inner Offerings to the Direction Protectors - Praise and Exhortation - Requesting Forbearance - Requesting to Depart - Consecration of the Sense Offerings for Self-generation - Meditational recitation of Vajrasattva Actual Session - Inviting the Field of Merit - Seven Limb Practice: Prostrating, Offering, Confessing, Rejoicing, Dedication, Refuge and Generating Aspiring and Engaging Bodhichitta - Tantric Vows - Four Immeasurables - Taking Death as the Path of the Truth Body - Generation of the Common Protection Wheel - Generation of the Uncommon Protection Wheel of the Ten Wrathful Deities - Taking the Intermediate State as the Path of the Enjoyment Body - Taking Birth as the Path of the Emanation Body - Description of Vajrabhairava - Blessing of the Sources, Body, Speech and Mind - Meditating on the Triple Stack Heroic Minds - Inviting the Wisdom Deities - Inviting the Empowering Deities - Initiating and Sealing by the Empowering Deities 1 / 2

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Yamantaka Sadhana: Outline

Written by AdministratorSaturday, 19 June 2010 14:06

This is a general outline of the Single-Deity Vajrabhairava Sadhana by topics:

General Preliminaries - Refuge and Generating Bodhichitta - Guru Yoga - Review  of the Graduated Path - Supplication to the Lineage Gurus

Specific Preliminaries - Instantaneous Self-generation - Consecrating the Inner Offering - Consecrating the Preliminary Sense Offerings to the Direction Protectors - Consecrating the Torma Offering to the Direction Protectors - Invocation of and Offering of the Torma, Sense and Inner Offerings to the DirectionProtectors - Praise and Exhortation - Requesting Forbearance - Requesting to Depart - Consecration of the Sense Offerings for  Self-generation - Meditational recitation of Vajrasattva

Actual Session - Inviting the Field of Merit - Seven Limb Practice:

Prostrating, Offering, Confessing, Rejoicing, Dedication, Refuge and Generating Aspiringand Engaging Bodhichitta - Tantric Vows - Four Immeasurables - Taking Death as the Path of the Truth Body - Generation of the Common Protection Wheel - Generation of the Uncommon Protection Wheel of the Ten Wrathful Deities - Taking the Intermediate State as the Path of the Enjoyment Body - Taking Birth as the Path of the Emanation Body - Description of Vajrabhairava - Blessing of the Sources, Body, Speech and Mind - Meditating on the Triple Stack Heroic Minds - Inviting the Wisdom Deities - Inviting the Empowering Deities - Initiating and Sealing by the Empowering Deities

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Yamantaka Sadhana: Outline

Written by AdministratorSaturday, 19 June 2010 14:06

- Inner Offering to the Gurus of the Lineage, the Yidams, Protectors and So Forth - Extensive Praise - Brief Praise - Minding the Symbolism - Consecrating the Rosary - Mantra Recitation - Making Offerings and Praise

Conclusion of the Session - Consecration of the Torma Offerings to Yamantaka and the Direction Protectors, who areRespectively the Transcendental and Worldly Deities, as well as to Karmayama - Offerings and Praise to Yamantaka - Visualization of the Guests for the Torma - Offerings and Praise to the Direction Protectors - Generation of Karmayama - Initiating, Sealing, Binding to Commitment and Offering - Exhorting to Activities - Thanksgiving Offering and Praise - Extensive Prayer - Short Prayer - Requesting Forbearance - Dissolution - Extensive Verses of Auspiciousness - Dedication

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