Online teaching on the well-known lineage prayer of Karma Kagyu tradition, Dorje Chang Thungma, requested and organised by Phật Pháp Tây Tạng dòng Karma Kagyu group in Vietnam.
The short lineage prayer invokes the blessings of the Dakpo Kagyu lineage, expresses the disciple’s sincere wish to realize Mahamudra and perfectly summarizes the means:
General Ngöndro preliminary practice: 1. Renunciation
Special preliminary practice: 2. Devotion
Main practice:
Meditation (Shinay): 3. Non-distraction
Vipassana Meditation (Lakthong): 4. Dharmakaya
Part 1
Introduction.
Stanza 1: Invocation of the blessings of the Lineage.
Part 2
General introduction continued.
Stanza 2: Renunciation
Part 3
Stanza 3: Devotion
Stanza 4: Shamatha without reference
Part 4
Shamatha continued.
Stanza 5: Vipashyana
Stanza 6: Prayer to be always with the perfect Lama
Two audio versions available, in English only and in Vietnamese translation.