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Wylie sbyor ba'i chos drug
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English Definition Six preparatory practices. The six ways to prepare oneself for a daily session of meditation.\n1. {gnas khang byi dor byas pa/} cleaning the room or place of practice\n2. {rten bkrams shing } {mchod pa g.yo med par gshams pa/} arranging symbolic objects of refuge and pure offerings\n3. {lus rnam snang chos bdun gyi sgo nas skyabs 'gro sems bskyed bya ba/} sitting on a comfortable cushion and maintaining the seven-fold posture of Vairocana (see {rnam snang chos bdun}), then taking refuge and generating the mind of enlightenment (bodhicitta)\n4. {tshogs zhing gsal btab pa/} visualizing the merit-field\n5. {maNaDal dang 'brel yan lag bdun pa bya ba/} offering the seven branch practice and the mandate of the universe\n6. {rgyud dang dres nges kyi gsol ba btab pa/} making powerful supplication and prayers from one's heart.
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