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    Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook
    Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook
    Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook
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    Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook

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    This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric initiation. You need to have received an initiation (wang) of the yoga tantra or highest yoga tantra class in order to read these commentaries of the six-session guru yoga.

    Arranged by Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo, translated by Joona Repo.

    The six-session guru yoga is usually given as a daily practice commitment to all those who have received a highest yoga tantric initiation. This title contains three versions of the guru yoga practice that Phabongkha Dechen Nyingpo arranged together and briefly commented on. It is recommended by both Phabongkha and Lama Zopa Rinpoche that students practice the extensive or abbreviated versions of the practice instead of the single-verse version.

    Phabongkha’s work also serves as the basis of Six-Session Guru Yoga Commentary, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s in-depth teachings on the six-session guru yoga practice.

    Contents Include:
    -How to Do the Extensive Version of Six-Session Guru Yoga in Two Sessions
    -Six-Session Guru Yoga, Extensive Version
    -Six-Session Guru Yoga, Single Verse
    -Six-Session Guru Yoga, Abbreviated Version

    2021 edition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFPMT
    Release dateFeb 28, 2020
    ISBN9780463840160
    Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook
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    FPMT

    The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and our spiritual director, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.

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      Six-Session Guru Yoga eBook - FPMT

      Technical Note

      Italics and a small font size indicate instructions and comments found in the Tibetan text that are not meant to be recited. Words in square brackets have been added by the translator for clarification. For example:

      This is how to correctly follow the virtuous friend, [the root of the path to full enlightenment].

      A Guide to Pronouncing Sanskrit

      The following points will enable you to easily learn the pronunciation of most transliterated Sanskrit terms and mantras:

      Ś and Ṣ sounds similar to the English sh in shoe. The difference between the two is where the tongue is positioned in the mouth.

      C is pronounced similar to the ch in chap. CH is similar but is more heavily aspirated.

      Ṭ, ṬH, Ḍ, ḌH, Ṇ are retroflex letters and have no exact equivalent in English. These sounds are made by curling the tongue towards the front section of the palate. They correspond roughly to the sounds tra (Ṭ), aspirated tra (ṬH), dra (Ḍ), aspirated dra (ḌH), and nra (Ṇ).

      All consonants followed by an H are aspirated: KH, GH, CH, JH, TH, DH, PH, BH. Note that TH and ṬH are pronounced like the t in target and tr in trap respectively, not like the th in the. The PH is pronounced like the p in partial, not like the ph in pharaoh.

      Long vowels with a dash above them (Ā, Ī, Ū, Ṝ, and Ḹ) take approximately double the amount of time to pronounce versus their short counterparts (A, I, U, Ṛ, and Ḷ).

      Ṃ indicates a nasal sound. At the end of

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