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Esoteric Instructions

parampara-s (guru-lineages) of transmission-cycles

 

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I. (p. 69) Introductory Overview

 

II. Extensive Praesentation

 

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1. rN~i n -ma (‘Antient’)

A.2.a.i.bb.1’.a’ (p. 71) Upper Door

 

A.2.a.i.bb.2’.b’ii’.bb’.2’’.b’’.ii’’.bb’’ (pp. 81-82) Completion Phase

 

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3. Lam->bras (‘Path-Result’)

C.2.b.ii.aa.2’ (p. 126) Knowing the Immediate Cause : 3 Abidings

 

C.2.b.ii.aa.3’ (p. 127) Knowing Anything at All : 3 Experiences

 

C.2.b.ii.aa.7’ (p. 129) Freedom from Fear : 3 Connections

 

C.2.b.ii.bb.1’ (p. 130-131) Dispelling Obstructions – Individual Praesentations

 

C.2.c (p. 134) "Reaching Culmination of Attainment"

 

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4. Mar-pa dKar-brgyud

D.2.a.ii.bb.1’ (p. 152) General Introduction

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.a’ (pp. 153-154) That Which Refineth and Is to Be Refined

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.aa’.1’’ (p. 160) Inner Heat – General Meaning

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.aa’.2’’.b’’.aa’’ (p. 164) Yoga of Energy-Currents

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.dd’.1’’ (p. 186) Luminous Clarity – Name and Divisions

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.ee’.1’’ (pp. 194-195) Intermediate State – Divisions

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.ee’.2’’.a’’ (p. 198) Recognition of Luminous Clarity in the 1st Intermediate State

 

D.2.a.ii.bb.2’.c’.ii’.ee’.2’’.b’’ (pp. 200-201) Refining the Energy of Illusory Body in the 2nd Intermediate State

 

pp. 411-412, n. 4:188 the 5 signs that one is "in the intermediate state of existence" (viz., dead) :- "(1) one leaves no footprints, shadow or sounds ...,

(2) one can move unimpeded through matter,

(3) one has miraculous power,

(4) one’s voice is not heard by relatives,

(5) one cannot see the sun or moon".

D.2.b.iii.cc (p. 230)

 

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5. S`a n s-pa dKar-brgyud

 

p. 235 "He received guidance ... from a pure vision of the Vajra Queen Nigupta (Niguma) in which she revealed her real face".

p. 233 the 5 tantrik deities of culminations

 

E.2.b.vi.aa (pp. 250-251) Extensive Path

 

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6. Z`i-byed (‘Pacification’)

F.2 (p. 257) gCod

 

F.1.c.i.bb.5’ (p. 265) Wheel-like Instruction

 

F.1.c.iii.aa (p. 269) The Last Transmission – Cycle of Practice

 

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7. sByor dRug (‘6-Branched’ = [Skt.] S.ad.-a n ga ‘6-Limbed’)

p. 289 transmitters

 

G.3.a.iv (p. 301) Withdrawal - Valid Signs of Meditation

 

G.3.c.iv (p. 315) Vital Energy Control - Valid Signs of Meditation

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6DhN = The Six Dharmas of Naropa & Other Completion-Stage Practices. Halifax (NB), 1999.

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8. Approach and Attainment of the 3 Thunderbolts

H.2.a.i (p. 335) Approach of Thunderbolt Body

 

H.2.a.ii (p. 335) Attainment of Thunderbolt Speech

 

H.2.a.iii (p. 336) Great Attainment of Thunderbolt Mind

 

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9. T a ra-n a tha, from Buddha-gupta-n a tha, from S` a nti-gupta

I.1.b Mah a -mudr a (‘Great Sigil’)

 

I.1.f Miscellaneous Esoteric Instructions

 

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p. 492 internet websites

 

Jamgo:n Kongtrul Lodro: Taye` : THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE, Book 8, Part 4 = Esoteric Instructions. Translated from the Tibetan by Sarah Harding. Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca (NY), 2007.