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'''Parting from the Four Attachments''' (''zhen pa bzhi bral'') - A short teaching spoken by [[Manjushri]] to the Sakya patriarch [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]]. | '''Parting from the Four Attachments''' ([[Wyl.]] ''zhen pa bzhi bral'') - A short teaching spoken by [[Manjushri]] to the [[Sakya]] patriarch [[Sachen Kunga Nyingpo]]. | ||
==The Teaching== | ==The Teaching== | ||
When he was twelve years old, the great Sakyapa lama spent six months doing the practice of Arya Manjushri, and as a result, on one occasion he had a direct vision of the deity. The glorious Manjughosha, orange in colour, was surrounded by a mass of brilliant light and seated resplendently upon a jewelled throne. He was displaying the mudra of teaching the Dharma, and was flanked on either side by two | When he was twelve years old, the great Sakyapa lama spent six months doing the practice of Arya Manjushri, and as a result, on one occasion he had a direct vision of the deity. The glorious Manjughosha, orange in colour, was surrounded by a mass of brilliant light and seated resplendently upon a jewelled throne. He was displaying the [[mudra of teaching the Dharma]], and was flanked on either side by two [[bodhisattva]]s. He spoke the following words: | ||
:“If you are attached to this life, you are not a true spiritual practitioner. | :“If you are attached to this life, you are not a true spiritual practitioner. | ||
:If you are attached to | :If you are attached to [[samsara]], you do not have renunciation. | ||
:If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhichitta. | :If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no [[bodhichitta]]. | ||
:If there is grasping, you do not have the View.” | :If there is grasping, you do not have the View.” | ||
Reflecting on the meaning of this statement, Kunga Nyingpo realized that this mind training of ‘parting from the four attachments’ incorporates all the practices of the path of the transcendent perfections, and he felt an extraordinary confidence in all the teachings of the Dharma. ''Samāptamithi''. | Reflecting on the meaning of this statement, Kunga Nyingpo realized that this mind training of ‘parting from the four attachments’ incorporates all the practices of the path of the transcendent perfections, and he felt an extraordinary confidence in all the teachings of the [[Dharma]]. ''Samāptamithi''. | ||
==Teachings on Parting from the Four Attachments== | ==Teachings on Parting from the Four Attachments== | ||
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*His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], Rigpa London, May 1995 | *His Holiness [[Sakya Trizin]], Rigpa London, May 1995 | ||
*[[Pewar Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Tuesday 15 May 2007 | *[[Pewar Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Tuesday 15 May 2007 | ||
*[[Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling, 21 June 2008 | |||
[[Category:Texts]] | [[Category:Texts]] | ||
[[Category:Lojong]] | [[Category:Lojong]] | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 23 June 2008
Parting from the Four Attachments (Wyl. zhen pa bzhi bral) - A short teaching spoken by Manjushri to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo.
The Teaching
When he was twelve years old, the great Sakyapa lama spent six months doing the practice of Arya Manjushri, and as a result, on one occasion he had a direct vision of the deity. The glorious Manjughosha, orange in colour, was surrounded by a mass of brilliant light and seated resplendently upon a jewelled throne. He was displaying the mudra of teaching the Dharma, and was flanked on either side by two bodhisattvas. He spoke the following words:
- “If you are attached to this life, you are not a true spiritual practitioner.
- If you are attached to samsara, you do not have renunciation.
- If you are attached to your own self-interest, you have no bodhichitta.
- If there is grasping, you do not have the View.”
Reflecting on the meaning of this statement, Kunga Nyingpo realized that this mind training of ‘parting from the four attachments’ incorporates all the practices of the path of the transcendent perfections, and he felt an extraordinary confidence in all the teachings of the Dharma. Samāptamithi.
Teachings on Parting from the Four Attachments
- Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche, Rigpa London, June (?) 1987
- His Holiness Sakya Trizin, Rigpa London, May 1995
- Pewar Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, Tuesday 15 May 2007
- Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21 June 2008