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<noinclude>The '''five practices of enlightenment without meditation''' ([[Wyl.]] ''ma sgom sangs rgyas chos lnga'') are sometimes given as:</noinclude> | <noinclude>The '''five practices of enlightenment without meditation''' (Tib. མ་སྒོམ་སངས་རྒྱས་ཆོས་ལྔ་, ''ma gom sangye chö nga'', [[Wyl.]] ''ma sgom sangs rgyas chos lnga'') are sometimes given as:</noinclude> | ||
*liberation through seeing ([[chakra]]s) (Tib. ''tongdrol'' | *liberation through seeing ([[chakra]]s) (Tib. ''tongdrol'', Wyl. ''mthong grol''); | ||
*liberation on hearing ([[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s) (Tib. ''tödrol''); | *liberation on hearing ([[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s) (Tib. ''tödrol'', Wyl. ''thos grol''); | ||
*liberation by tasting ([[amrita]]) (Tib. ''nyongdrol''); | *liberation by tasting ([[amrita]]) (Tib. ''nyongdrol'', Wyl. ''myong grol''); | ||
*liberation by touch<ref>or 'wearing'</ref> ([[mudra]]) (Tib. ''[[takdrol]]''); and | *liberation by touch<ref>or 'wearing'</ref> ([[mudra]]) (Tib. ''[[takdrol]]'', Wyl. ''btags grol''); and | ||
*liberation by recollection or thinking ([[phowa]]) (Tib. ''drendrol'')<noinclude> | *liberation by recollection or thinking (which includes the practice of [[phowa]]) (Tib. ''drendrol'')<ref>Also called liberation through meditation (Tib. ''gomdrol'', Wyl. ''bsgom grol'')</ref><noinclude> | ||
==Alternative Lists== | ==Alternative Lists== | ||
*liberation by touching (Tib. '' | *liberation by touching (Tib. ''regdrol'', Wyl. ''reg grol'') is sometimes added to the list, making six methods that lead to liberation.<ref>Source: ''Songtsen: Kyabje [[Kangyur Rinpoche]]’s Tagdröl yantra''. Link [http://www.songtsen.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71&Itemid=92&lang= here]</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<small><references/></small> | <small><references/></small> | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Gayley, Holly. "Soteriology of the Senses in Tibetan Buddhism" in ''Numen'' 54 (2007) 459–499 | |||
*James Gentry, ''Liberation through sensory encounters in Tibetan Buddhist practice'', Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 50, 2019. | |||
[[Category:Prayers and Practices]] | [[Category:Prayers and Practices]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:05, 5 February 2021
The five practices of enlightenment without meditation (Tib. མ་སྒོམ་སངས་རྒྱས་ཆོས་ལྔ་, ma gom sangye chö nga, Wyl. ma sgom sangs rgyas chos lnga) are sometimes given as:
- liberation through seeing (chakras) (Tib. tongdrol, Wyl. mthong grol);
- liberation on hearing (mantras and dharanis) (Tib. tödrol, Wyl. thos grol);
- liberation by tasting (amrita) (Tib. nyongdrol, Wyl. myong grol);
- liberation by touch[1] (mudra) (Tib. takdrol, Wyl. btags grol); and
- liberation by recollection or thinking (which includes the practice of phowa) (Tib. drendrol)[2]
Alternative Lists
- liberation by touching (Tib. regdrol, Wyl. reg grol) is sometimes added to the list, making six methods that lead to liberation.[3]
Notes
- ↑ or 'wearing'
- ↑ Also called liberation through meditation (Tib. gomdrol, Wyl. bsgom grol)
- ↑ Source: Songtsen: Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche’s Tagdröl yantra. Link here
Further Reading
- Gayley, Holly. "Soteriology of the Senses in Tibetan Buddhism" in Numen 54 (2007) 459–499
- James Gentry, Liberation through sensory encounters in Tibetan Buddhist practice, Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 50, 2019.