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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

: Khyentse Vision: Succinct Notes on the Eight Sessions Mind Training

Flesh and Blood refers to one of the topics for mind-training (in Tibetan: lojong) forming part of the Eight Sessions Mind Training.鈥擟f. the 鈥�Succinct Notes on the Eight Sessions Mind Training鈥濃€攁n instructional text on mind training (lojong) in the form of notes based on teachings given by K枚nchok Tenpa Rabgye (1801鈥�1866)鈥攐ne of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo鈥檚 masters from the Geluk tradition.鈥擜ccordingly, [Mind Training Pertaining to Flesh and Blood]: Summon into your presence the classes of beings that inflict harm upon yourself,upon all other sentient beings, upon fellow Dharma practitioners, and in particular upon the life span and activities of the sublime and glorious teachers. Imagine evoking them in this way: 鈥淵ou have been my mothers countless times and since time without beginning. Thus, to repay your kindness, I shall offer you this body of mine as a substitute for the bodies of all sentient beings, especially of Dharma practitioners, and even more particularly of the sublime and glorious teachers.Devour my flesh if you like flesh! Drink my blood if you like blood! Chew my bones if you like bones! Take my skin if it is skin you like! If you are in haste, eat me raw! If you are not in a hurry, eat me cooked! I shall give this body to you so you can do with it whatever you please; whether you use it as food, clothing, or a pleasant dwelling place to stay鈥攗se it in whichever way you like! Take whatever you want of my body, wealth, and roots of virtue, and do what you want with them! Use them as you wish! Whosoever desires, take them! Use them in which everway you please!鈥� Recite this without hope and fear. Give away your body like a medicinal plant that, with no notion of self or any particular thoughts even when it is being cut,brings great healing to all sentient beings in need.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.

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