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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''; Wyl. ''mthong grol'');  
*liberation through seeing ([[chakra]]s) (Tib. ''tongdrol'', Wyl. ''mthong grol'');  
*liberation on hearing ([[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s) (Tib. ''tödrol'', Wyl. ''thos grol'');  
*liberation on hearing ([[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s) (Tib. ''tödrol'', Wyl. ''thos grol'');  
*liberation by tasting ([[amrita]]) (Tib. ''nyongdrol'', Wyl. ''myong grol'');  
*liberation by tasting ([[amrita]]) (Tib. ''nyongdrol'', Wyl. ''myong grol'');  
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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==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

  1. or 'wearing'
  2. Also called liberation through meditation (Tib. gomdrol, Wyl. bsgom grol)
  3. 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.