The special or extraordinary kind of preliminaries consist of:
- taking of refuge in the Three Jewels (purifying pride) and cultivation of bodhicitta (purifying jealousy) in conjunction with the performance of 100,000 prostrations.
- 100,000 recitations of Vajrasattva’s hundred-syllable mantra (purifying hatred/aversion)
- 100,000 mandala offerings (purifying attachment)
- 100,000 guru yoga practices (purifying delusion)
Join Choying Wangmo as she guides you through the Dudjom Tersar Concise Ngondro, practice and visualization, beginning with the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, Refuge and Bodichitta with prostrations, Accumulation of Merit through Mandala Offering, the Purification of Obscurations through Vajrasattva recitation and meditation, and Swiftly Received Blessings of Guru Yoga. The accumulation continues through and ends with the Dedication of Merit and a short dharma reading.
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What to bring:
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Mala
Mandala Offering Pan
Prostration Board or Furniture Sliders
Oven Mitts
Resource :
7 point mandala and features
37 point mandala and features
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Ngondro Commentary
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Heart Teachings Video Series # 19
Teaching 10
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