“Two Yaugik Stages of the Glorious Kala-cakra”

"Two Yaugik Stages of the Glorious Kala-cakra"

p. 217 "enlightenments"

*repraesentation*	*symbol*
spacelike dharma-udaya = source of phainomena	"the sexual organs of a woman"
syllable HUM	"the outline of the hare in the moon"

pp. 218-219 yoga-s

p.	*yoga*	*focus on __*
218	__ of the drop	"the multicolored female"
219	subtle __	"bliss and emptiness"

p. 220 energy-channels

*side*	central	left	right
*name*	flower	sheep	crimson
*color*	blue	black	yellow
*element*	primordial wisdom	air	earth

p. 221 the 6 energy-centres (cakra-s)

#	*location*	*petals of energy-channels*
1^st	just below crown-aperture	4
2^nd	forehead	16
3^rd	throat	32
4^th	heart	8
5^th	navel	64
1^st of 6^th	anus	32
2^nd of 6^th	centre of "sexual jewel"	8

p. 221 coils around central channel

*the __ channel*	*coileth __*
left	clockwise
right	counterclockwise

In Kala-cakra, "one visualizes ... space between the coils."

pp. 222-223 pathways of energies ["Ten energy channels converge at the heart." (p. 222)]

p.	*directions in heart*	*energies*
222	above & below	life-sustaining & downward-moving
223	east & southeast	aequally-abiding & "turtle"
	south & southwest	upward-moving & pristine
	north & northeast	all-pervading & divinely praedisposed
	western & northwestern	*"lu" & "norlegyal"*

p. 225 energies of sleep & of dreams

*when the coarse energies __*	*at the __*	*one experienceth __*
absorb into the cakra-s of the central channel	jewel & heart	deep sleep
arise and enter	throat & secret place	very clear dreams

pp. 226-227 important early Kala-cakra texts

p.	*text*	*author*
226	**Treatise on the Initiations of the Kala-cakra Mula-tantra**
226-7	*Abbreviated Kala-cakra Tantra*	Man~ju-yas`as of S`ambhala
227	Trilogy of the Bodhi-sattva-s (the Great Commentary; the Vajra-garbha Commentary; the Vajra-pani Commentary)	*[(p. 246) the Great Commentary* is by Pun.d.arika of S`ambhala]**
	*treatise on the 6 yoga-s*	An-upama-Raks.ita
	commentary to that	Surya-s`ri
	**on the 6 yoga-s; on personal insights; summary; approach to the ultimate**	S`avarin

p. 230 numerics

#	*the counted*
12	levels [Kala-cakra stages, sets of 1,800 each (p. 250)]
1,800	dissolutions [experiences of bliss by an arya (p. 248)]
21,600	moments of unchanging bliss [pairs of red and white drops (p. 248), each pair cutting off one of the "karmic winds" (p. 249)]

pp. 231-237 the Yoga of Individual Withdrawal

p.	*heading*	*specification*
231-2	meaning of name	individually release vital energies into utter stillness, by stimulating points on the vajra body
232	place for practicing	an extremely dark room
	time of practice	when earth-energies course in one’s system in a natural posture of withdrawal
	posture	vajra or sattva
233	glance upward	"one sees a black outline emanating stainless light inside the channel of time."
236	entering suchness	fires of mystic heat blaze upward to melt the bodhi-mind
237	signs of progress	4 signs according to the Kala-cakra yoga	smokelike appararition
			mirage
			fireflieslike flickering
			butterlamp

p. 238 production of a Sambhoga-kaya "form possessed of ... the blissful kiss of the inner male and female forces."

p. 247 blisses imparted by maidens (according to the Stainless Light), union with whom substances are directed within body

*maiden*	*__ bliss*	*causing __ to come to tip of jewel*
karma-mudra (‘action-sigil’)	falling	vital substances
jn~ana-mudra (‘wisdom-sigil’)	moving	drops from upper energy centres
maha-mudra (‘great sigil’)	unchanging	melted substances

Glenn H. Mullin (translator): The Dalai Lamas on Tantra. Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca (NY), 2006. pp. 201-251.