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Yoga Tantra Paths to Magical Feats Yoga Tantra Paths to Magical Feats His Holiness the Dalai Lama -ka- Jeffrey Hopkins Translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins Co-edited by Kevin A. Vose and Steven N. Weinberger Snow Lion Publications Ithaca, New York Boulder, Colorado Snow Lion Publications 605 West State Street P. O. Box 6483 Ithaca, New York 14851 USA (607) 273-8519 www.snowlionpub.com Copyright © 2005 Jeffrey Hopkins First edition USA 2005 All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in USA on acid-free, recycled paper. ISBN 1-55939-237-1 ISBN 978-1-55939-237-2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yoga Tantra : paths to magical feats / Dalai Lama, Dzong-ka-ba ; translated, edited, and annotated by Jeffrey Hopkins ; co-edited by Kevin A. Vose and Steven N. Weinberger. -- 1st ed. p. cm. Includes English translation of the fourth section of Rgyal ba khyab bdag rdo rje chaº chen po i lam gyi rim pa gsaº ba kun gyi gnad rnam par phye ba. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN-13: 978-1-55939-237-2 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-55939-237-1 (alk. paper) 1. Yoga (Tantric Buddhism) 2. Spiritual life--Tantric Buddhism. 3. Buddhism--China-- Tibet--Doctrines. I. Bstan- dzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- . II. Hopkins, Jeffrey. III. Tsoº-kha-pa Blo-bzaº-grags-pa, 1357-1419. Rgyal ba khyab bdag rdo rje chaº chen po i lam gyi rim pa gsaº ba kun gyi gnad rnam par phye ba. English. Selections. BQ7805. Y65 2005 294.3'4436--dc22 2005012799 Contents Detailed Outline 7 List of Charts 11 List of Illustrations 11 Preface by Jeffrey Hopkins 13 I: The Features of Yoga Tantra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 22 1. The Basics 23 2. Yoga With Signs 34 3. Yoga Without Signs 57 4. Feats 64 II: The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra: Yoga Tantra -ka- 67 1. The Root Tantra 69 2. Initiation and Vows 78 3. Observing a Deity 82 4. Observing a Hand-Symbol 91 5. Yoga Without Signs 98 6. Feats 110 III: Supplement by Ke-drup-ge-lek- -sang 121 1. Five Manifest Enlightenments 123 2. Four Seals 128 IV: Practical Outline of the Steps of the Path formulated by Jeffrey Hopkins 141 6 Appendix: Achieving Buddhahood through the Five Manifest Enlightenments by Lo-sang-chö-»yi-gyel-tsen 154 Backnotes 159 List of Abbreviations 165 Bibliography 167 Index 175 Detailed Outline List of Charts 11 List of Illustrations 11 Preface by Jeffrey Hopkins 13 I: The Features of Yoga Tantra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama 22 1. The Basics 23 Yoga Tantra 24 The Root Tantra 26 2. Yoga With Signs 34 Coarse Yoga With Signs 34 34 Seal-Impression 38 -Completion 42 Three Meditative Stabilizations 44 Meditation on a Subtle Object 47 Process of Achieving Calm Abiding 48 Developing Meditative Dexterity in Yoga Tantra 54 3. Yoga Without Signs 57 Meditating on Emptiness 58 Progress on the Path 61 Purpose of Yogas With and Without Signs 62 4. Feats 64 II: The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra: Yoga Tantra -ka- 67 1. The Root Tantra 69 How the Stages of the Path Are Taught in Yoga Tantras 69 [The Parts of the Compendium of Principles Tantra] 69 [The Four Sections as being Both for Separate Persons and for One Person] 71 [Seventy-Two Meditative Stabilizations] 72 [Four Sections, Lineages, Maòçalas, Bases of Purification, Afflictive Emotions, Seals, and Effects of Purification] 73 [Pattern of Deity Yoga] 76 8 Detailed Outline 2. Initiation and Vows 78 Stages of Practicing the Meaning of the Yoga Tantras 78 How to Become a Receptacle Suitable for Cultivating the Paths 78 Having Become a Receptacle, How to Maintain Purity of Pledges and Vows 79 3. Observing a Deity 82 How to Perform Prior Approximation while Abiding in the Pledges 82 Yoga With Signs 82 Yoga of Four Sessions Observing the Coarse, a Deity 82 Cultivation of the Yoga Observing the Coarse, a Deity, in Four Sessions 82 Yoga of Four Sessions for Those Who Have Obtained 82 Yoga of Four Sessions for Those Who Have Obtained a 86 Procedure for Those Unable to Cultivate the Yoga Observing a Deity in Four Sessions 89 4. Observing a Hand-Symbol 91 Yoga of Four Sessions Observing the Subtle, a Hand-Symbol 91 Purpose of Meditating on a Subtle Object 91 Making the Mind Stable through Observing a Subtle Object 92 How to Perform Diffusion, Gathering, and so forth Once Stability Is Attained 96 5. Yoga Without Signs 98 Yoga Without Signs 98 How Yoga Without Signs Is Explained in the Compendium of Principles Tantra 98 How Yoga Without Signs Is Described in an Explanatory Tantra 100 How Yoga Without Signs Is Cultivated in the One-Gone-Thus Lineage 100 How Yoga Without Signs Is Cultivated in the Vajra Lineage 101 How Yoga Without Signs Is Cultivated in the Jewel Lineage 102 How Yoga Without Signs Is Cultivated in the Lotus Lineage 103 Brief Exposition of How to Cultivate Yoga Without Signs 104 6. Feats 110 Detailed Outline 9 How to Achieve Feats once the Approximation Is Serviceable 110 How to Achieve Feats through Concentration 110 Revealing Treasure 111 Not Sinking into Water 112 Going in Space 112 Knowledge-Mantra Bearer 113 Physical Transformation 113 How to Achieve Feats through Repetition 115 Physical Transformation 115 Pledge Seal 115 Protection 116 Diagnosing Possession through Descent 116 Finding Lost Articles through Descent 117 Physical Displays through Descent 117 117 Love and so forth 118 How to Achieve Feats through Burnt Offerings 118 III: Supplement by Ke-drup-ge-lek- -sang 121 1. Five Manifest Enlightenments 123 2. Four Seals 128 Etymology of Seal 128 Divisions of Seals 128 Order of the Four Seals 131 Purpose and Benefit of Seal-Impression 134 How to Do Seal-Impression 134 Pledge Seal 134 Cause Giving Rise to a Pledge Seal 134 Rite of Constructing the Entity of a Pledge Seal Itself 135 Cause of Achieving a Pledge Seal 135 Cause of Mastery over What Has Been Achieved 136 Doctrine Seal 136 Cause Giving Rise to a Doctrine Seal 136 Rite of Constructing the Entity of a Doctrine Seal Itself & Cause of Achieving a Doctrine Seal 136 Cause of Mastery over What Has Been Achieved 137 Action Seal 138 Cause Giving Rise to an Action Seal 138 Rite of Constructing the Entity of an Action Seal Itself 138
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