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CDS003 0018.Concerning the Profound Path of Phowa Instructions..g2.0f

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It enters from the left nostril and dissolves into the heart. It exits again from the right nostril. Visualize it entering from your own left nostril and dissolving into the heart. At the end of the session, visualize Amitabha and his retinue dissolving into yourself, and think of yourself as Amitabha. Recite Oṃ Amitābha Hrīḥ (藏文:ༀ་ཨ་མི་ཏཱ་བྷ་ཧྲཱིཿ,梵文天城体:ओम् अमिताभ ह्रीः,梵文罗马拟音:oṃ amitābha hrīḥ,汉语字面意思:Om, Immeasurable Light, Hrih) as much as you can, and then make aspirations. If you want to do sleeping meditation, lie down on your right side in the lion posture. Practice as before, and at the end, place three letters at your three places, and go to sleep with the intention of transference. In all activities, aspire to go and come in the presence of Amitabha. If you do this many times, you will be reborn in Sukhavati. It is difficult to be reborn in some pure lands of the Buddhas, and even if you are born in some lands, you may regress to the lower realms, and your purpose will not be accomplished. Considering that if you are born in the land of Sukhavati, you will not regress to the lower realms, and the causes and conditions for rebirth are not difficult for us to accomplish, the Teacher has praised that land in many sutras and tantras. In particular, Amitabha himself said: I made this vow in the past: Any sentient being who hears my name will always come to my land. My good vow has been fulfilled, and sentient beings will come from many worlds. They will remain in my land, and once they are born, they will not regress. This was said by. This was also written at the request of the abbot Jamyang Jinpa by the Shakya monk Shedrup with the intention of benefiting others. Mangalam! Mangalam! Concerning the profound path of Phowa practice.

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