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	~~Ritual Service and Means of Attainment (~~[[~~bsnyen sgrub]])~~		#REDIRECT [[byang chub sems dpa'i spyod pa la 'jug pa]]
	*Whenever any means for attainment (Skt. [[sādhana]]) is practised, it will comprise the four branches of ritual service and attainment" (Skt. [[caturaṅgasevāsādhana]]). The four branches are as follows: ritual service ([[sevā]]) entails the recitation of mantra and one-pointed prayerful devotion to a visualised meditational deity; further ritual service ([[upasevā]]) entails the prayer that the meditational deity'~~s blessings will descend, transforming the mundane body, speech and mind into the three syllables of indestructible reality ([[rdo rje yig~~ 'bru gsum]]); attainment ([[sādhana]]) entails that accomplishments ([[siddhi]]) are received from the buddhas of the ten directions into the meditational deity and thence into oneself, either in actuality, meditation, or dreams; and great attainment ([[mahāsādhana]]) refers to the ultimate realisation experienced when body, speech and mind are identified with the meditational deity. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])