Meditations of a Yogin

Forwarded from Tibetan Buddhism Vajrayana Tantrayana esoteric tradition

Phowa (Skt. utkranti; འཕོ་བ་) is the practice for directing the transference of consciousness at the time of death, either for oneself or another, transferred to the dharmakaya nature, to a pure land or to a favourable existence in the human realm.

Patrul Rinpoche five kinds of phowa:

Superior transference to the dharmakaya through the seal of the view.

Middling transference to the sambhogakaya through the union of the generation and completion phases.

Lesser transference to the nirmanakaya through immeasurable compassion.

Ordinary “phowa of three recognitions”: recognition of our central channel as the path; our consciousness as the traveller; and the environment of a buddha realm as the destination.

Transference performed for the dead with the hook of compassion

According to Marpa: If you study Phowa, then at the time when death is approaching you will have no despair. If beforehand you have become accustomed to the path of Phowa, then at the time of death you will be full of cheerful confidence.

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Phowa (Skt. utkranti; འཕོ་བ་) is the practice for directing the transference of consciousness at the time of death, either for oneself or another, transferred to the dharmakaya nature, to a pure land or to a favourable existence in the human realm.

Patrul Rinpoche five kinds of phowa:

Superior transference to the dharmakaya through the seal of the view.

Middling transference to the sambhogakaya through the union of the generation and completion phases.

Lesser transference to the nirmanakaya through immeasurable compassion.

Ordinary “phowa of three recognitions”: recognition of our central channel as the path; our consciousness as the traveller; and the environment of a buddha realm as the destination.

Transference performed for the dead with the hook of compassion

According to Marpa: If you study Phowa, then at the time when death is approaching you will have no despair. If beforehand you have become accustomed to the path of Phowa, then at the time of death you will be full of cheerful confidence.

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