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The '''five practices of enlightenment without meditation''' ([[Wyl.]] ''ma sgom sangs rgyas chos lnga'') are liberation through:
<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>
#seeing [[chakra]]s,  
*liberation through seeing ([[chakra]]s) (Tib. ''tongdrol'', Wyl. ''mthong grol'');
#hearing [[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s,  
*liberation on hearing ([[mantra]]s and [[dharani]]s) (Tib. ''tödrol'', Wyl. ''thos grol'');
#tasting nectar ([[amrita]]),  
*liberation by tasting ([[amrita]]) (Tib. ''nyongdrol'', Wyl. ''myong grol'');
#touching the [[mudra]] and  
*liberation by touch<ref>or 'wearing'</ref> ([[mudra]]) (Tib. ''[[takdrol]]'', Wyl. ''btags grol''); and  
#remembering the [[phowa]].
*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==
*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==
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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.


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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.