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'''Four doors''' of [[secret mantra]] practice:
'''Four doors''' of [[secret mantra]] practice (Tib. གསངས་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་བཞི་, Wyl. ''gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi''):


#The door of recitation, for genuine visualization.
#The door of recitation, for genuine visualization.
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#The door of [[samadhi]], for focusing one-pointedly.
#The door of [[samadhi]], for focusing one-pointedly.
#The door of ritual [[mudra]]s, for conveying symbolic meaning.
#The door of ritual [[mudra]]s, for conveying symbolic meaning.
Alternatively:-
<blockquote>
:The verbal gate of utterance is to remind of the ultimate.
:The secret gate of [[mantra]] is to invoke the [[samaya]]s.
:The mental gate of [[samadhi]] is to keep one-pointed focus.
:The playful gate of [[mudra]] is to link gesture with meaning.<ref>The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, Root text by [[Padmasambhava]] and commentary by [[Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé|Jamgön Kongtrül]] the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 962-7341-33-9</ref></blockquote>
==References==
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==Teachings given to the Rigpa sangha==
[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], Lerab Ling, 4 November, 2012, during the [[Kurukulla|Kurukulle]] [[Drupchen]].
==Alternative translations==
Four gates of secret mantra (Erik Pema Kunzang)


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Revision as of 13:02, 4 November 2012

Four doors of secret mantra practice (Tib. གསངས་སྔགས་ཀྱི་སྒོ་བཞི་, Wyl. gsangs sngags kyi sgo bzhi):

  1. The door of recitation, for genuine visualization.
  2. The door of secret mantra, for invoking the wisdom mind.
  3. The door of samadhi, for focusing one-pointedly.
  4. The door of ritual mudras, for conveying symbolic meaning.


Alternatively:-

The verbal gate of utterance is to remind of the ultimate.
The secret gate of mantra is to invoke the samayas.
The mental gate of samadhi is to keep one-pointed focus.
The playful gate of mudra is to link gesture with meaning.[1]

References

  1. The Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgön Kongtrül the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 962-7341-33-9

Teachings given to the Rigpa sangha

Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 4 November, 2012, during the Kurukulle Drupchen.

Alternative translations

Four gates of secret mantra (Erik Pema Kunzang)