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'''Anuyoga''' (Skt.; Tib. [[རྗེས་སུ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི་ཐེག་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rjes su rnal 'byor'') — the second of the [[three yanas of powerful transformative methods]] specific to the [[Nyingma]] school. | '''Anuyoga''' (Skt.; Tib. [[རྗེས་སུ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི་ཐེག་པ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''rjes su rnal 'byor'') — the second of the [[three yanas of powerful transformative methods]] specific to the [[Nyingma]] school. Anuyoga focuses mainly on the [[completion stage]] (Tib. ''dzogrim''), and emphasizes the inner yoga of [[Psycho-physical system|channels, winds-energies and essences]] (Tib. ''tsa lung tiklé''). Visualization of the deities is generated instantly, rather than through a gradual process as in [[Mahayoga]]. | ||
==Overview Given by [[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]]<ref>[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/nine_yanas.html A Brief Presentation of the Nine Yanas by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]</ref>== | ==Overview Given by [[Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]]<ref>[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/nine_yanas.html A Brief Presentation of the Nine Yanas by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche]</ref>== | ||
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*sutra (Wyl. ''mdo'')<ref>The sutras of Anuyoga are different from the [[shravaka]], [[pratyekabuddha]] and [[bodhisattva]] [[sutra]]s.</ref> and | *sutra (Wyl. ''mdo'')<ref>The sutras of Anuyoga are different from the [[shravaka]], [[pratyekabuddha]] and [[bodhisattva]] [[sutra]]s.</ref> and | ||
*agama (Wyl. ''lung''). | *agama (Wyl. ''lung''). | ||
==The Lineage of Anuyoga== | |||
[[King Dza]], who also received the Mahayoga tantras, received the Anuyoga tantras from [[Vajrapani]] and Licchavi Vimalakirti—one of the Five Excellent Ones of Sublime Nobility who received the Anuyoga tantras from Vajrapani at the summit of Mt. Malaya. They were in turn transmitted to the siddha Kukkuraja, and then passed to [[Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé]] who taught them in Tibet.<ref>This needs to be checked and developed.</ref> | |||
An extensive chronological list of lineage holders of the Mahayoga, from [[Buddha Samantabhadra]] to the present day, can be found in [[Tulku Thondup]]'s works. ''(see reference below)'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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*[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991), Book One, Part Four, Ch. 6 'Anuyoga', pages 284-289 & Book Two. | *[[Dudjom Rinpoche]], ''The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History'', trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991), Book One, Part Four, Ch. 6 'Anuyoga', pages 284-289 & Book Two. | ||
*[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), pages 330-337. | *[[Jamgön Kongtrul]], ''The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra'', translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), pages 330-337. | ||
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 1998), pages 334-335. | |||
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'', edited by Harold Talbott (Boston: Shambhala, 1999), pages 28-29. | *[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'', edited by Harold Talbott (Boston: Shambhala, 1999), pages 28-29. | ||
Revision as of 19:25, 10 October 2011
Anuyoga (Skt.; Tib. རྗེས་སུ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི་ཐེག་པ་, Wyl. rjes su rnal 'byor) — the second of the three yanas of powerful transformative methods specific to the Nyingma school. Anuyoga focuses mainly on the completion stage (Tib. dzogrim), and emphasizes the inner yoga of channels, winds-energies and essences (Tib. tsa lung tiklé). Visualization of the deities is generated instantly, rather than through a gradual process as in Mahayoga.
Overview Given by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche[1]
The vehicle of Anuyoga , or ‘following yoga’, is so-called because it mainly teaches the path of passionately pursuing (or ‘following’) wisdom, in the realization that all phenomena are the creative expression of the indivisible unity of absolute space and primordial wisdom.
Entry Point
One’s mind is matured through the thirty-six empowerments in which the four rivers—outer, inner, accomplishing and secret—are complete, and one keeps the samayas as described in the texts.
View
Through logical reasoning one determines that which is to be known, the fact that all phenomena are characterized as being the three mandalas in their fundamental nature, and realizes that this is so.
Meditation
Meditation practice here consists of two paths. On the path of liberation one practises the non-conceptual samadhi of simply resting in a state that accords with the essence of reality itself, and the conceptual samadhi of deity practice, in which one visualizes the mandala of supporting palace and supported deities simply by reciting the mantra of generation. On the path of skilful means one generates the wisdom of bliss and emptiness through the practices of the upper and lower gateways.
Conduct
One practises the conduct that is beyond adopting or abandoning in the recognition that all perceptions are but the display of the wisdom of great bliss.
Results
At the culmination of Anuyoga’s own uncommon five yogas, which are essentially its five paths, and the ten stages that are included within these five, one attains the level of Samantabhadra.
Subdivisions
There are two sections of Anuyoga:
- sutra (Wyl. mdo)[2] and
- agama (Wyl. lung).
The Lineage of Anuyoga
King Dza, who also received the Mahayoga tantras, received the Anuyoga tantras from Vajrapani and Licchavi Vimalakirti—one of the Five Excellent Ones of Sublime Nobility who received the Anuyoga tantras from Vajrapani at the summit of Mt. Malaya. They were in turn transmitted to the siddha Kukkuraja, and then passed to Nupchen Sangyé Yeshé who taught them in Tibet.[3]
An extensive chronological list of lineage holders of the Mahayoga, from Buddha Samantabhadra to the present day, can be found in Tulku Thondup's works. (see reference below)
Notes
- ↑ A Brief Presentation of the Nine Yanas by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
- ↑ The sutras of Anuyoga are different from the shravaka, pratyekabuddha and bodhisattva sutras.
- ↑ This needs to be checked and developed.
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991), Book One, Part Four, Ch. 6 'Anuyoga', pages 284-289 & Book Two.
- Jamgön Kongtrul, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra, translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), pages 330-337.
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 1998), pages 334-335.
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, edited by Harold Talbott (Boston: Shambhala, 1999), pages 28-29.