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Kalachakra six-branch yoga

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I. Completion Stage (rdzogs rim)

Kalachakra six-branch yoga

    The 6-Fold Vajrayoga (sbyor drug)

        1) Yoga of Withdrawal (so sor sdud pa)

        The adept severs attachment to objective references and begins to perceive inconceivable and intangible yet formulated natural manifestations of the mind known as, “empty forms.” This yoga is practiced in complete darkness until the signs of successful meditation arise.

        2) Yoga of Meditative Concentration (bsam gtan)

        Unifying one’s perceptions of empty forms with interior awareness, the adept’s mind abides in equanimity as it gradually begins to engage the empty forms as sensible objects.

        3) Yoga of Harnessing One's Life-force (srog rtsol)

        Interfusing perceptual awareness with empty forms, the adept then performs the vigorous methods of drawing-in and sustaining the primary and subsidiary vital winds within his or her central channel and six chakras.

        4) Yoga of Retention (‘dzin pa)

        Mobilizing one’s life-force, the adept yogically unifies the empty forms with the vital winds and perceptual awareness, generating indestructible seminal spheres within his or her six chakras, and fusing his or her subtle essences with these seminal spheres.

        5) Yoga of Recollection (rjes dran)

        Mastering the subtle essences, the adept draws-forth the four joys, successively increasing and stabilizing supreme immutable bliss and recognition of the empty forms. Supplementary enhancement yogas such as “tummo” (gtum mo) or “inner fire” practice are also performed at this point.

         
        6) Yoga of Meditative Stabilization (ting nge ‘dzin)

        Relying upon the pristine awareness of supreme immutable bliss, the impure seminal spheres diffuse and the adept accomplishes coalescence with the connate Kalachakra deity’s enlightened body.

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