Essential Journey of Life and Death, Volume Two · Using Dream Yoga and Phowa as the Path by Sherab, Khenchen Palden -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Table of Contents

Landmarks

Dedication Acknowledgments Editors' Introduction Preface Introduction to Bardo, Dream Yoga, and Phowa Practices Part I

1. Introduction to Dream Yoga Chapter Two: Prerequisites for Dream Yoga Chapter Three: Preparations Before Sleep: The Purification of Body,Speech, and Mind Chapter Four: The Main Practice, Part 1:Maintaining Awareness While Dreaming

1. Concentration

a. Advanced Concentration b. Intermediate Concentration c. Beginner Concentration

2. Sleeping Posture 3. Visualization to Develop Dream Awareness

a. Advanced Visualization b. Intermediate Visualization c. Beginner Visualization

Chapter Five: Questions and Answerson Dream Yoga Chapter Six: The Main Practice, Part 2:Exercises to Maintain AwarenessWhile Dreaming

1. Changing the Dream Content

a. Advanced Dream Exercises b. Intermediate Dream Exercises c. Beginner Dream Exercises

2. Multiplying the Dream Content

a. Multiplying Your Dream Body b. Increasing External Objects in a Dream c. Increasing Pure Land Awareness Review

Chapter Seven: The Main Practice, Part 3:Removing Obstacles to Dream Yoga

1. Determine the Cause 2. Determine the Conditions that Created the Problem 3. Examine the Signs that Reveal the Problem 4. Removing Obstacles

a. Devotion to the Guru b. Motivation c. Additional Techniques to Remove Obstacles d. Concentration i. General Technique to Remove Obstacles ii. Particular Technique to Remove Obstacles

Chapter Eight: The Main Practice, Part 4:Recognizing the IllusoryNature of Dreams

1. Analyze the Illusory Nature of Dreams 2. Recognize All Phenomena as Dreams 3. Apply This to Your Practice

Chapter Nine: The Main Practice, Part 5:Increasing Your Level of Realization

1. Increasing Your Ability to Hold Lucid Dream Awareness

a. Reflecting on Impermanence b. Vajrasattva Practice c. Special Concentration Practice

2. Merging Awareness of the True Nature with Lucid Dreaming 3. Signs of Accomplishment in Dream Yoga

a. Advanced Signs b. Intermediate Signs c. Beginner Signs

Chapter Ten: More Questions and Answers on Dream Yoga Chapter Eleven: Final Summary of Dream Yoga Practice Chapter Twelve: Conclusion Chapter Thirteen: Interview with Khenchen PaldenSherab Rinpoche on Dream Yoga Chapter Fourteen: Outline of Essential Dream Yoga Practice28 Chapter Fifteen: Introduction and History of the Teachings on Phowa

The Origin of Phowa Practice The Phowa Teachings in Tibet The Phowa Lineage of Naropa and Marpa The Longchen Nyingtik Phowa

Chapter Sixteen: Phowa: Who, Where,When, How, and What

Who is Transferring? What is the Destination? When Will Transference Happen? What Methods Will We Use to Perform the Transference? What Are the Benefits of Transference?

Chapter Seventeen: Preliminaries for PhowaThree Frames for Our Practice

1. Preparation 2. Dzogchen View 3. Dedication and Aspiration The Five Special Preliminaries

1. Renunciation 2. Devotion 3. Lineage Prayers 4-5. Refuge and Bodhichitta

Chapter Eighteen: The Five Types of Phowa

1. The Dharmakaya Phowa 2. The Sambhogakaya Phowa 3. The Nirmanakaya Phowa Summary: The Phowas of the Three Kayas and the Five Paths 4. The Phowa of the Three Ideas 5. The Phowa of Compassionate Support for Others

Chapter Nineteen: Practice at the Time of Death

How to Practice at the Time of Death The Bardo of Dying Three Other Bardo States When to Do Phowa for Oneself When to Do Phowa for Others

Chapter Twenty: Commentary Specificto the Longchen Nyingtik Phowa

The Nine Points of the Main Practice

1. See Everything as a Pure Land 2. See Yourself as Enlightened 3. Concentrate on Your Central Channel 4. Unite Your Consciousness and Subtle Wind 5. Meditate on Amitabha Above Your Head 6. Pray to Amitabha 7. Eject Your Consciousness Into Amitabha 8. Amitabha Dissolves Into You, and You Become Buddha Amitayus 9. Recite the Mantras of Amitayus Conclude with Dedication and Aspiration Prayers Details on the Phowa of the Three Ideas

Textual Commentary30

Prayers to the Lamas of the Lineage Prayer to the Lineage Lamas of the Longchen Nyingtik Phowa The Five Phat's Taking Refuge Generating Bodhichitta The Main Visualization The Supplication Practicing the Transference of Consciousness Patrul Rinpoche's Instructions on Practicing Phowa The Concluding Section The Signs of Accomplishing the Practice The Tertons Who Revealed the Phowa Chants of Dzogchen Monastery and Palyul Monastery

Chapter Twenty-One: Closing Remarks

Deepening Your Level of Understanding Advice to Practice Phowa Often Non-attachment and the Desire to Go to Dewachen Final Reminders About Phowa

Chapter Twenty-Two: Questions and Answers on Phowa Practice Chapter Twenty-Three: Interview with the Khenpo Rinpoches on Caring for People at the Time of Death Chapter Twenty-Four: Outline of the Longchen Nyingtik Phowa Practice Chapter Twenty-Five: Sadhana of the Longchen Nyingtik Phowa Appendices Dedication of Merit Daka Yeshe Do Meditation on Absolute Wisdom: The Moment of Death Sutra The Stages of the Bardo of Dying Gross Dissolution of Elements The Stages of the Bardo of Dying Subtle Dissolution of Elements Notes Glossary of Technical Terms Abbreviations List of Figures About the Authors

(Untitled) Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche (1938-2010) Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche

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