by Dharma King Patrul Rinpoche
(1808-1887)
The following is an outline of the text: The Words of My Perfect Teacher. This text is used as the basis for foundational studies and practices of the Nyingma Sect. It is the classic commentary by a great ninteenth century dharma king on the preliminary practices of the Longchen Nyingthig cycle of teachings. Patrul Rinpoche was a disciple of Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu who was one of the eminent disciples of Jigme Lingpa.
PART ONE: The Ordinary or External Preliminaries
- The difficulty of finding the freedoms and advantages
- The impermanence of life
- The defects of samsara
- Actions: The principle of cause and effect
- The benefits of liberation
- How to follow a spiritual friend
PART TWO: The Extraordinary or Internal Preliminaries
- Taking refuge, foundation stone of all paths
- Arousing bodhichitta, the root of the Great Vehicle
- Meditating and reciting on the teacher as Vajrasattva to cleanse all obscurations
- Offering the mandala to accumulate merit and wisdom
- The kusali's accumulation: destroying the four demons at a single stroke
- Guru Yoga, entrance-way for lessings, the ultimate method for arousing the wisdom of realization
PART THREE: The Swift Path of Transference
- Transference of consciousness, the instructions for the dying: Buddhshood without meditation
Source: Text was translataed by the Padmakara Translation Group with forewords by the Dalai Lama and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
KAGYU: Outline to The Jewel Ornament of Liberation: The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of the Noble Teachings.
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