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    Ngondro for Our Current Day: A Short Ngondro Practice and its Instructions
    Ngondro for Our Current Day: A Short Ngondro Practice and its Instructions
    Ngondro for Our Current Day: A Short Ngondro Practice and its Instructions
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    Ngondro for Our Current Day: A Short Ngondro Practice and its Instructions

    By Ogyen Trinley Dorje

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    In this succinct teaching presented in 2006 by His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa in Bodhgaya, India, students are guided through a shortened version of the preliminaries for mahamudra practice, which His Holiness composed with the aim of benefiting practitioners from developed countries who often lead busy lives. The complete practice, in Brief Recitations, is written in English, Tibetan, and Tibetan transliteration, and complete instructions for the Four Special Preliminaries are provided, with the exception of guru yoga. His Holiness guides students through the details of each practice, including the visualizations of Refuge, Vajrasattva purification, and Mandala offerings, often punctuated with his good humor. A summary of the practice sequences and a list of precepts of the refuge vow are also included in two appendices.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKTD Publications
    Release dateFeb 2, 2015
    ISBN9781934608401
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      Ngondro for Our Current Day - Ogyen Trinley Dorje

      Ngondro for Our Current Day

      Ngondro for Our Current Day

      A Short Ngondro Practice and Its Instructions by the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje

      Root text translated by Tyler Dewar.

      Instructions and other materials translated by David Karma Choephel.

      Published by: KTD Publications

      Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

      335 Meads Mountain Road

      Woodstock, NY 12498, USA

      www.KTDPublications.org

      © H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje 2010

      All rights reserved

      ISBN 978-1-934608-16-6

      E-ISBN 978-1-934608-40-1

      Front cover drawing by Sergey Noskow

      Back cover photo by by Pema Oser Dorje, 2009

      Vajradhara and Vajrasattva line drawings by Sange Wangchuk from the collection of Michael and Margaret Erlewine

      Printed in the Canada on acid-free, 100% PCR paper.

      Contents

      Translator’s Introduction

      The Short Mahamudra Ngondro Practice

      The Short Vajradhara Lineage Prayer

      By Pengar Jampal Sangpo

      The Four Ordinary Foundations

      Extracted from the Daily Recitation of the Mahamudra Preliminaries by the Ninth Karmapa, Wangchuk Dorje

      Brief Recitations for the Four Preliminary Practices

      By the Seventeenth Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje

      Instructions on the Four Special Preliminaries

      Common Preliminaries

      Refuge and Bodhichitta

      The Vajrasattva Practice

      Mandala Offerings

      Appendices

      Appendix A: The Sequence of Practice

      Appendix B: The Precepts of the Refuge Vow

      Translator’s Introduction

      David Karma Choephel

      In recent years, more people in developed countries have developed the wish to do the special preliminary practices for mahamudra meditation. Yet the traditional ngondro practice—which Tibetans generally practice in the confines of a retreat—is hard for many people to fit into their lives, as the text is relatively long and reciting it in Tibetan can be daunting even with a transliteration.

      For this reason among others, in 2006 the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje composed a new short ngondro practice specifically for students from developed countries. The text is shorter so that it will be easier for people with jobs and busy lives to incorporate into their schedule, and the Gyalwang Karmapa said that people may also do the practice in their own language. In December of 2006, His Holiness gave instructions on this new short preliminary practice to a group of students from East Asian and Western countries at Tergar Monastery in Bodhgaya, India.

      This book includes all the materials a student will need to do this practice, including the Short Vajradhara Lineage Prayer, verses on the four common preliminaries, His Holiness’ Brief Recitations for the Four Preliminary Practices, and the instructions the Gyalwang Karmapa gave. The translation of the root text was prepared, based on earlier translations, by Tyler Dewar for His Holiness’ visit to the United States in 2008. The text of the instructions is a translation of a transcript of the Tibetan-language teachings in December of 2006. It was transcribed, edited, and published by Drophen Tsuklak Petunkhang, the publishing arm of the Tsurphu Labrang, in 2008.

      However, this book is not a substitute for oral instructions from a qualified master. Because His Holiness the Karmapa had only four days to teach these practices, he had to omit many details and did not explain the postmeditation practice. For this reason, anyone wishing to do the practice included in this book should first receive the reading transmission (lung) and then ask an experienced lama for instructions and guidance. In particular, His Holiness asked that cameras and other recording devices be turned off during the teachings on guru yoga, and thus this book does not include any instructions on guru yoga. In order to practice guru yoga one will need to make a connection with a living master and receive the proper guidance.

      I would like to thank the following people and organizations for their assistance in preparing this translation: the Tsurphu Labrang and Drophen Tsuklak Petunkhang; Ringu Tulku Rinpoche; Khenpo Lodrö Tengye and Cheng Sheng Publications from Taiwan for their assistance in comparing this translation against the Chinese; Lhundup Damchö for editing; and Tyler Dewar for his assistance and gracious permission to use his translation of the root text.

      The Short Mahamudra Ngondro Practice

      The Short Vajradhara Lineage Prayer

      By Pengar Jampal Sangpo

      dor je chang chen te lo na ro dang

      mar pa mi la chö je gam po pa

      dü sum she ja kün khyen kar ma pa

      che shi chung gye gyü par dzin nam dang

      dri tak tsal sum pal den druk pa sok

      Great Vajradhara, Telo, Naropa,

      Marpa, Mila, Dharma Lord Gampopa,

      The knower of three times, omniscient Karmapa,

      Those who hold the four elder and eight younger lineages,

      The Drikung and Taklung and Tsalpa, great Drukpa,

      sap lam chak gya che la nga nye pay

      nyam me dro gön dak po ka gyü la

      sol wa dep so ka gyü la ma nam

      gyü pa dzin no nam tar jin gyi lop

      And others who’ve mastered mahamudra’s profound path,

      Unequaled protectors of beings, Dakpo Kagyu,

      We supplicate you.

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