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[[Drakmar Yamalung]] (''[[brag dmar g.ya' ma lung]]''), the eighth among the sacred places in [[Tibet]] and [[Bhutan]] blessed by [[Guru Padmasambhava]] for the practice of the [[Eight Herukas]].
These paths of ripening and liberation are two vital parts of [[Vajrayana]] practice: the [[empowerment]]s which ripen one's being with the capacity to realize the [[four kayas]], and the liberating [[oral instruction]]s enabling one to actually apply this insight which is introduced through the empowerment. [[CNR]]
 
::These eight places are:
 
1) [[Drak Yangdzong]] ([[sgrags yang rdzong]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Body Family]], [[Jampel Shinje]], where [[Nup Sangye Yeshe]] achieved [[realization]],
 
2) [[Samye Chimphu]] ([[bsam yas mchims phu]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Lotus, Speech Family]], [[Tamdrin]], where [[Gyalwa Choyang]] attained [[realization]];
 
3) [[Lodrak Karchu]] ([[lho brag mkhar chu]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Mind Family]], [[Yandak]], where [[Gelong Namkhai Nyingpo]] revealed [[realization]];
 
4) [[Yarlung Shardrak]] ([[yar lung shel brag]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Enlightened Qualities Family]], [[Dudtsi Yonten]], where [[Karchen Yeshe Shonnu]] attained [[realization]];
 
5) [[Monkha Senge Dzong]] ([[ mon kha seng ge rdzong]]), the place related to the [[Heruka of the Activities Family]], [[Dorje Phurba]], where [[Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal]] attained [[realization]];
 
6) [[Yarto Shambo Khyangkyi Rawa]] ([[yar stod sham po gangs kyi ra ba]]), the place related to the [[Mamo Botong]], where [[Drokmi Palkyi Yeshe]] attained [[realization]];
 
7) [[Paro Taktsang]] ([[spa gro stag tshang bsam grub ke'u tshang]]), the place related to [[Jigten Choto]], where [[Langchen Palgyi Senge]] attained [[realization]];
 
8) [[Samye Yamalung]] ([[bsam yas g.ya' ma lung]]), the place related to the [[Mopa Trak ngak]], where the Great Translator, [[Vairocana]] revealed [[realization]]. ([[MR-ShabkarNotes]])
 
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 23 September 2007

These paths of ripening and liberation are two vital parts of Vajrayana practice: the empowerments which ripen one's being with the capacity to realize the four kayas, and the liberating oral instructions enabling one to actually apply this insight which is introduced through the empowerment. CNR