Anuyoga
| Nine Yanas |
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| Sutrayana |
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| Outer tantrayana |
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| Inner tantrayana |
Anuyoga (Skt.; Tib. རྗེས་སུ་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི་ཐེག་པ་, Wyl. rjes su rnal 'byor; Eng. 'subsequent yoga') — the second of the three inner tantras specific to the Nyingma school.
Anuyoga focuses mainly on the completion stage (Tib. dzogrim), and emphasizes the inner yoga of channels, winds-energies and essences (Tib. tsa lung tiklé). Visualization of the deities is generated instantly, rather than through a gradual process as in Mahayoga.[1]
The vehicle of Anuyoga
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche explains the vehicle of Anuyoga according to the system of nine yanas as follows:
The vehicle of anuyoga, or ‘following yoga’, is so-called because it mainly teaches the path of passionately pursuing (or ‘following’) wisdom, in the realization that all phenomena are the creative expression of the indivisible unity of absolute space and primordial wisdom.
Once again, let us say a little about its point of entry, view, meditation, conduct and results:
i. Entry Point
One’s mind is matured through the thirty-six empowerments in which the four rivers—outer, inner, accomplishing and secret—are complete, and one keeps the samayas as described in the texts.
ii. View
Through logical reasoning one determines that which is to be known, the fact that all phenomena are characterized as being the three mandalas in their fundamental nature, and realizes that this is so.
iii. Meditation
Meditation practice here consists of two paths. On the path of liberation one practises the non-conceptual samādhi of simply resting in a state that accords with the essence of reality itself, and the conceptual samādhi of deity practice, in which one visualizes the mandala of supporting palace and supported deities simply by reciting the mantra of generation. On the path of skilful means one generates the wisdom of bliss and emptiness through the practices of the upper and lower gateways.
iv. Conduct
One practises the conduct that is beyond adopting or abandoning in the recognition that all perceptions are but the display of the wisdom of great bliss.
v. Results
At the culmination of Anuyoga’s own uncommon five yogas, which are essentially its five paths,[17] and the ten stages[18] that are included within these five, one attains the level of Samantabhadra.[2]
Subdivisions
There are two sections of Anuyoga:[1]
- sutra (Wyl. mdo)[3] and
- agama (Wyl. lung).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Anuyoga, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
- ↑
A Brief Presentation of the Nine Yanas by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, Lotsawa House
- ↑ The sutras of Anuyoga are different from the shravaka, pratyekabuddha and bodhisattva sutras.
Further Reading
- Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Its Fundamentals and History, trans. and ed. Gyurme Dorje (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1991), Book One, Part Four, Ch. 6 'Anuyoga', pages 284-289 & Book Two.
- Jamgön Kongtrul, The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four: Systems of Buddhist Tantra, translated by Elio Guarisco and Ingrid McLeod (Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005), pages 330-337.
- Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche & Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, Key to Opening the Wisdom Door of Anuyoga (Padma Samye Ling Shedra Series), (Dharma Samudra, 2015).
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 1998), pages 334-335.
- Tulku Thondup, Masters of Meditation and Miracles, edited by Harold Talbott (Boston: Shambhala, 1999), pages 28-29.