Three kinds of prostration
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The three kinds of prostration (Wyl. phyag 'tshal ba'i nges pa gsum) are:
- The supreme prostration of encountering through the View (rab lta ba brda 'jal ba'i phyag)
- The middling prostration of training in meditation ( 'bring bsgom pa goms pa'i phyag)
- The lesser prostration out of devotion and respect (tha ma mos gus ya rabs kyi phyag)[1]
Footnotes
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), p.395, n.250.
- Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, 2004), p.269.