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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: | 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: | ||
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:“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 [[samsara]], you do not have [[renunciation]]. | :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]].” | ||
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::<big>༈ ཚེ་འདི་ལ་ཞེན་ན་ཆོས་པ་མིན། <br> | |||
::འཁོར་བ་ལ་ཞེན་ན་ངེས་འབྱུང་མིན། <br> | |||
::རང་དོན་ལ་ཞེན་ན་བྱང་སེམས་མིན། <br> | |||
::འཛིན་པ་དངོས་པོ་ལ་ཞེན་ན་ལྟ་བ་མིན།<br></big> | |||
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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 [[six paramitas|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 [[six paramitas|transcendent perfections]], and he felt an extraordinary confidence in all the teachings of the [[Dharma]]. ''Samāptamithi''. | ||
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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:
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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