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Kalu Rinpoche | Illusory Body and Mind Lesson 4 – May 17, 2024

Lesson 1: Overcoming Fixation: Introduction to Vajrayana Practice
Lesson 2: Proper Reliance on the Vajra Master
Lesson 3: The Path to Recognizing the Nature of Mind
Lesson 4: Physical Postures, Mudras, and Subtle Channels
Lesson 5: Blending the Spiritual and Mundane: Song of a Mahāsiddha
Lesson 6: First Category of Preliminaries in the Illusory Body and Mind Practice
Lesson 7: Niguma’s Heart Advice: Second Category of Preliminaries
Lesson 8: The Illusory Body and Mind Primary Practice Session
Lesson 9: Eight Visualizations in Illusory Body and Mind Practice
Lesson 10: Essential Instructions on the Bardo Practice

Lesson 4: Physical Postures, Mudras, and Subtle Channels

Rinpoche gives line-by-line commentary on three key meditation manuals attributed to Shangpa Kagyü lineage lamas Niguma, Rahulagupta, and Sukhasiddhi. You’ll learn how to adopt the proper meditation posture, visualize the merit field and subtle bodily channels, form correct hand mudras, and rest in the space-like nature of mind.

Enter the tantric teachings of the six yogas of Niguma, guided by the lineage master H. E. Kalu Rinpoche. The Illusory Body and Mind, the new course with H. E. Kalu Rinpoche.

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