Four yogas of Mahamudra
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Four yogas of Mahamudra (T. rnal 'byor bzhi རྣལ་འབྱོར་བཞི་) — four stages of attainment in the meditation practice of Mahamudra.
- one-pointedness (Skt. ekāgratā;[3] T. rtse gcig རྩེ་གཅིག་), "for the most part, consists of shamatha and the gradual progression through the stages of shamatha with support, without support, and finally to the shamatha that delights the tathagatas."[1]
- simplicity (T. spros bral སྤྲོས་བྲལ་), "basically means non-fixation... Simplicity emphasizes vipashyana."[1]
- one taste (T. ro gcig རོ་གཅིག་), is the state of mind when shamatha and vipashyana become unified.[1]
- non-meditation (T. sgom med སྒོམ་མེད་) - at this stage, even subtle concepts of watcher and something watched (grāhya-grāhaka) are dissolved within the space free from mental constructs.[4]
Each of these four yogas has a lesser, intermediate and greater stage.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tsele Natsok Rangdrol 2009, pp. XIX.
- ↑
rnal_'byor_bzhi, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- ↑
rtse gcig, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Tsele Natsok Rangdrol 2009, pp. XX.
Sources
- Tsele Natsok Rangdrol (2009), Heart Lamp: Lamp of Mahamudra and Heart of the Matter, Rangjung Yeshe Publications
- rnal_'byor_bzhi, Rangjung Yeshe Wiki
- རྣལ་འབྱོར་བཞི་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
Further reading
Web publications:
- Patrul Rinpoche’s Four Yogas of Mahamudra, Kagyu Shenpen Ösel Chöling
- Dharmakirti’s Four Yogas of Mahamudra, Garchen Buddhist Institute
- 4 Yogas of Mahamudra by Yogin Lorepa, Drikung Dharma Surya Center (DDSC)
- Four Yogas of Mahāmudrā (from Naked Awareness), Center for Contemplative Research
Print publications:
- Guenther, Herbert V. (1992), "Chapter 1: The Māhamudrā Approach: The Four Tuning-in Phases", Meditation Differently, Motilal Banarsidass Publishing. Google books page
- Tsele Natsok Rangdrol (2009), Heart Lamp: Lamp of Mahamudra and Heart of the Matter, Rangjung Yeshe Publications