Four stakes that bind the life-force
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Four stakes that bind the life force (T. srog sdom gzer bzhi སྲོག་སྡོམ་གཟེར་བཞི་) are four points that condense the essential methods of development stage practice of Mahayoga tantra according to the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism.[1][2][3]
- The stake of absorption in the deity (ting nge dzin lha’i zer)
- The stake of the essence mantra (nyingpo ngak kyi zer)
- The stake of projection and absorption (tro du trinlé kyi zer)
- The stake of the unchanging realization (gongpa mingyurwé zer)
The four stakes are applicable to the practice of all tantric sadhanas.[3]
Alternative translations
- Four stakes that bind the life-force (Dharmachakra Translation Committee)
- Four stakes to bind the life-force (Erik Pema Kunsang)
- Four linchpins (Lama Chökyi Nyima)
- Four binding forces (Nalanda/Vajravairochana Translation Committee)
- Four nails (Rigpa wiki)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jigme Lingpa, Patrul Rinpoche & Getse Mahapandita 2006, Text Three.
- ↑
སྲོག་སྡོམ་གཟེར་བཞི་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Becoming Divine: Four Stakes that Bind the Life-Force (Concise Daily Practice), Gomde California
Sources
Jigme Lingpa; Patrul Rinpoche; Getse Mahapandita (2006), Deity, Mantra, and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, translated by Dharmachakra Translation Committee, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications
Further reading
Web publications:
Four_Stakes_to_Bind_the_Life-Force, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
Four nails, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Beginners’ Guide to Kyerim, Lotsawa House- Becoming Divine: Four Stakes that Bind the Life-Force (Concise Daily Practice), Gomde California
Printed publications:
- His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Pure Appearance—Development and Completion Stages in the Vajrayana Practice (Halifax: Vajravairochana Translation Committee, 2002), '5. The Four Binding Forces'. restricted publication
- Patrul Rinpoche in Deity, Mantra and Wisdom: Development Stage Meditation in Tibetan Buddhist Tantra, translated by the Dharmachakra Translation Committee (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2007), Text Three, The Melody of Brahma Reveling in the Three Realms: Key Points for Meditating on the Four Stakes That Bind the Life-Force.
- Padmasambhava and Jamgön Kongtrül, The Light of Wisdom, Vol II, translated by Erik Pema Kunsang (Boudhanath, Hong Kong & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe, 1998), pages 108-117.