{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/ettt/ettt21.htm","path":"bud/ettt/ettt21.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/ettt/ettt21.htm","text":"Esoteric Teachings of the Tibetan Tantra, by C.A. Mus\u00e9s, [1961]\n\"O, the peerless teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni\n \u00a0That were preached for the good of sentient beings!\n \u00a0Among them, the unparalleled is the Tantra of Highest Division,\n \u00a0Including the Mother Tantras and Father Tantras.\n \u00a0Based (mainly) upon the Mother Tantra\n \u00a0The instruction on the Dumo Yoga\n \u00a0With the essential practice of Small Ah and Life-Prana are given.\n \u00a0It is the path, the teaching that\n \u00a0Leads to the unfoldment of the original Innate Wisdom.\n \u00a0From the skillfully instructed main teaching (of Dumo Yoga)\n \u00a0Come the Illusory Body and the Light Yoga of Gsun-adus.\n \u00a0Derived from it and based upon it\n \u00a0Are also the Transformation and Entering-Body Yoga of Vajra Gdan-bzhi.\n \u00a0These are the famous Six Yogas,\n \u00a0The supreme teachings of the great Masters Tilopa and Naropa.\n \u00a0In the Country of Snow this teaching is widespread;\n \u00a0It is practiced by all gifted ones in Tibet:\n \u00a0It is the quintessence of Tantra,\n \u00a0The teaching of profundity, the happiness-bestower!\n \u00a0Urging me to write a book on Six Yogas is Lord Canopy of Fame\u2014\n \u00a0He whose crown is adorned with the Three Precious Ones; p. 268\n \u00a0Through the power of his great merits in the past lives\n \u00a0He now becomes the dominant master of the broad kingdoms.\n \u00a0Because of his sincere request, this book is written.\n \u00a0Also petitioning me to comment on Six Yogas\n \u00a0Is the Reverend Dharma-Brother, Canopy of Merit.\n \u00a0He is the one who has perfectly mastered the Holy scriptures\n \u00a0And absorbed the deep intuitive meditations.\n \u00a0Because of his sincere request, this book is written.\n \u00a0They offered me grains of fine gold and the precious Mandala,\n \u00a0And said to me,\n \u00a0'There are many disciples who yearn for this supreme teaching;\n \u00a0Pray, for their sake, write a book of Six Yogas!'\n \u00a0Thus, with diligence and effort I wrote this book.\n \u00a0It contains the clear instructions and explanations\n \u00a0On all practices and visualizations.\n \u00a0It is trustworthy,\n \u00a0For it is based on the holy writings.\n \u00a0It is a special book, the Book of Three Confidences.\n \u00a0Oh, difficult indeed it is to understand the profound teaching!\n \u00a0And human dispositions vary greatly!\n \u00a0If anyone misunderstands this teaching and finds faults,\n \u00a0I beg the guards and Dakinis\n \u00a0Grant their mercy and pardon him;\n \u00a0Through the merits of this well-spoken instruction,\n \u00a0May all the sentient beings enter into the Unparalleled Vehicle!\n \u00a0Let this teaching spread afar! p. 269\nLet the supreme path increasingly expand!\"\nThis book is called \"The Six Yogas of Naropa, with the Successive Instructions Leading to the Profound Path\u2014the Book with Three Confidences\" [i.e. The Book of Threefold Faith\u2014see Note 1 Ed.].\nBecause of repeated requests from the Lord Canopy of Fame (Mi-Dong-grogs-b\u2019a-rgyal-mds\u2019an) and the Reverend Canopy of Merit (Chos-rje-bsod-nams-rgyal-mds\u2019an) I wrote this book. It includes the well arranged instructions on the practice of Heat Yoga, etc., and some explanations on the common teachings, together with the elaborate expositions on each of the special practices (of the Tantric Yogas). This book was written with a pure wish of spreading the Dharma of this school [Gelugpa], low School), which is thriving in this region to a great extent; however, it has not yet reached the full-flourishing state. In consideration of the welfare of many of those who have faith in and admiration for the teaching of this school, this book was written at the Victorious Place Dge-ldan on the Great Hill of the Pasture Land by me, the well-learned Buddhist monk, the renouncer, Good Mind Fame Tsong Khapa of the East [of Eastern Tibet].\nMay goodness and prosperity thrive!","title":"Esoteric Teachings of the Tibetan Tantra: Part II: The Si...","type":"page"}