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1- Meditate on Bodhicitta<br>
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2- Meditate on the Yidam deity<br>
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3- Meditate on the Guru Yoga<br>
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4- Meditate on the Mahamudra<br>
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5- Seal the practice with the dedication.<br>
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''''' "It is all right not to know the Tibetan language. As long as you can read, you can absorb the [[Dharma]] terminology, the Buddhist key words. Many learned people have told me that the majority of Buddhist scriptures exist in the Tibetan language. Second is Chinese; after that there is Japanese, Pali, and so forth. Nevertheless, Tibetan is foremost in quantity. Someone who wants to do detailed studies, can study to their heart's delight in the Tibetan medium, without running out of texts".'''''
 
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Quoted from an interview with '''''[[Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche]]''''' (<span class=TibUni16>[[ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་]]</span>)
 
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NOTE: Although these five are basic practices for all the Kagyu lineages and other schools, it is the Drigungpas who presented this as a five-fold system of practice. [MR]<br>
 
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1) The Great Seal of Bodhichitta ([[byang sems phyag chen]]);<br>
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2) the Great Seal of the Deity's form ([[lha sku'i phyag chen]]);<br>
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3) the Great Seal of Fervent Devotion ([[mos gus phyag chen]]);<br>
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4) the Great Seal of the True Nature ([[gnas lugs phyag chen]]);<br>
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-A Work in Progress) --[[User:Richard|Richard]] 09:01, 11 March 2008 (EDT) ([[RWB]])
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5) the Great Seal of Dedication ([[bsngo ba'i phyag chen]]). [MR] [RY]

Latest revision as of 05:27, 17 January 2006

1- Meditate on Bodhicitta
2- Meditate on the Yidam deity
3- Meditate on the Guru Yoga
4- Meditate on the Mahamudra
5- Seal the practice with the dedication.

NOTE: Although these five are basic practices for all the Kagyu lineages and other schools, it is the Drigungpas who presented this as a five-fold system of practice. [MR]

1) The Great Seal of Bodhichitta (byang sems phyag chen);
2) the Great Seal of the Deity's form (lha sku'i phyag chen);
3) the Great Seal of Fervent Devotion (mos gus phyag chen);
4) the Great Seal of the True Nature (gnas lugs phyag chen);
5) the Great Seal of Dedication (bsngo ba'i phyag chen). [MR] [RY]

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