Teacher: Khensur Rinpoche
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File: 1991-09-26 – 2B – Comm 2 – KR.mp3
Collection: Vajrayoginī
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# Vajrayoginī Comm 2b 1991-09-26 2.mp3
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> **Transcribed:** 2026-03-02 09:28
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Distinguishing factors of this particular practice and the first was distinguishing factor that it is condensation and has all its source in the original context as the first Now the second distinguishing factor of this particular practice is that it’s easy to handle or another way user friendly. The mandala is quite easy to visualize, there is almost single deity so it is quite easy to work with and the third is that one can achieve supreme powerful attainment that is to grant very quickly powerful blessing. And also it’s extremely those who even are talking about the power and even those who have great deal of attachment and lust are able to achieve by this so now we’ve come to the third overall division that is how to practice the teaching and this is the first subdivision within this overall division. The first is the Yoga of the Generation Stage for mainly actualizing the external dakini mandala. So I’m going to translate Kacha just as the dakini mandala. The yoga of the generation stage for mainly actualizing the external dakini man.
And then the second subdivision is the Yoga of the completion stage for mainly actualizing the internal dakini mandala. Of the completion stage for mainly actualizing the internal dakini mandala. The So there is these two subdivisions. So then with respect to the first of these two subdivisions, as it is in accordance with the condensed method of practice according to Krishnacharya Pandita there are 11 yogas. These 11 yogas are the yoga of sleeping, yoga of speaking, yoga of awakening, yoga of tasting nectar, the yoga of immeasurableness, yoga of immeasurableness, the fifth is yoga of the lama, the sixth is yoga of generating oneself as a deity, the seventh is the yoga of purifying sentient beings, the eighth is the yoga of being blessed by the heroes and heroines, the yoga of being blessed by the heroes and heroines, the ninth is the yoga of mental and verbal recitation.
The yoga of mental and verbal recitation. The tenth is the yoga of inconceivable fitness. The yoga of inconceivable fitness. And the eleventh is the yoga of daily activity. Yoga of daily activity.
The 11 yogas which included the development stage. The stage is So it says why do you have the yoga of sleeping? Why does it come first? It comes first because everything the next which is yoga is the yoga of awakening and before we can awaken we have to go to sleep. So what is the reason?
In accordance with the tradition of the Dakinis in which the text of explaining the image of the Vajrayoginī is that this deity is included in what is called the side of emptiness. This this is the wisdom aspect. The side of emptiness is the wisdom aspect. What is what is the reason for the giving the reason Yoga of speaking first and in terms of the area of day and the area of night and there are various categorizations which are included in this division of the day, that means the daytime, the light time and the nighttime and between appearance and emptiness, appearance is included in day between method and wisdom method is included in day between illusory body and clear light illusory body is included in day between the male and female consult the|consult that father consort is included in day. And then with respect to the night between appearance and emptiness, emptiness is included in night.
Between illusory body and clear light, clear light is included in the night. Between male and female consort, female consort is included in night. So this is mainly, this is the reason why the night is given first. Additionally the reason for the practice at night taking this initial place is because the Dakinis are most active at night and if we were to practice during the night then we would attain who would be led in our practice by the Dakini, we would be able to receive their blessing and we would attain powerful attainment. So this practice this of the yoga, sleeping in which yogini is done at night and in terms of the night, the night is divided And with respect to the yoga of sleeping there are two types and this is in accordance with the desires of the practitioner.
There is the yoga of sleep which is sleeping according to the developing stage with mental fabrication Sleeping accordance with the developing stage with mental fabrication Sleeping in accordance with the completion stage without mental fabrication What is the practice for that individual who wishes to practice yoga in terms of speaking in accordance or So there are two main abandonment with respect to secret mantras. These are the ordinary appearances grasping at the ordinary. In accordance with this first type that is sleeping in accordance with the development stage with mental fabrication then one should eliminate all the various ordinary experiences that one no longer conceives as the place is being ordinary, that one can see it as being empty and as an illusion and one imagines that one is actually residing in a reality source which is the shape of a double triangle like a bow and within that reality source one is within that reality source is a throne supported by eight lions and upon this throne is eight petal lotus and upon this eight petal lotus is a sun cushion and You are are not sleeping on this on this sun disc, but you as you are I apologize again, but you aren’t wearing ornaments nor are you holding any implement.
Imagining that oneself lying upon the sun disc with your head is pointing to the north and that at your head there is a moon cushion and upon that a sun cushion and upon that is one root lama in the aspect of Vajradhāra and your head is resting in the lap of Vajradhāra. Is facing to the West which is towards the land of the Dakinis and self in the aspect of Vajrayoginī and having faith and respect for the lama Vajradhāra and that one should try to have this visualization very clearly. Try to imagine that one is inside a reality source within this reality source you are residing within this source of reality on this throne, lotus, etc. And try to maintain the mindfulness of this clarity of this visualization and aspects. Second type of the yoga of sleeping is in terms of sleeping in accordance with the completion stage without without mental fabrication.
In this one is initially in the aspect of our yogini and at one part it’s a syllable BAM you should now imagine that from the BAM at the heart light radiates out coming in contact with everything within the environment and having contacted that everything within the environment it now withdraws into the BAM at the heart along with oneself withdrawing into the BAM at the heart. So now there is only the BAM the letter BAM everything is condensed into the BAM then this is called the head. The bottom half of the syllable condenses into the head letter. The head letter Then this condenses into the crescent moon. The crescent moon then dissolves into thigle or circle.
The circle then dissolves into what is called the nada or squiggle and slowly the circle begins to dissolve until the nada disappears and there is only emptiness this great yogi later said that when I sleep, I I sleep I sleep the the meditation of sleep and that there is never a time that am not, however much I sleep, I abide within the clear light that is to say I abide within emptiness and there is no one who has a practice like this but myself. So what is the need for the yoga of sleeping? By means of sleeping within the sphere of emptiness, in the future when one practices the second stage one will be able to mix one’s sleep with the clear light of emptiness and this is extremely beneficial and as a result of this one achieves the two bodies of the dharmakaya with mental fabrication in accordance with the development stage and with respect to this practice we don’t wake up all of a sudden, begin we are awakened by the sound of dakinis in the sky reciting syllable and the sound of the drum, the drum making the sound of the emptiness mantra, OM KHANDAROHA is being heard and it’s it’s this sound which awakens it.
Upon awakening, we simply we are trying to see pure appearances that everything is a pure appearance that that oneself is in the aspect of Vajrayoginī. So one then wakes up, the form has all the various ornaments. It does not instantaneously arise. And then the second type of yoga of awakening which in accordance with the completion stage one instantaneously arises So what is the need of this yoga awakening? It is because in actual practice of the completion stage one will be able to mix one’s waking with the dream body.
One will be able to mix the path of the dream body and this in one lifetime.