Phakchok Rinpoche

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Introdution to Buddhist Teachings by Phakchok Rinpoche

In presenting these nine yanas, I have chosen many different texts and tried to put some of the different teachings, trainings, and practices I have received into each of the different yanas. Some are texts by Indian panditas. Some are texts by Tibetan mahasiddhas, and some are words of the Buddha himself. Most importantly, you need to study the texts and their meaning, contemplate that meaning, meditate, and also do the specific sadhana practice for each yana. This is something that is very unique about the nine yanas teachings given in this series of books: you have a specific sadhana for each yana with a specific mantra, a specific thangka, and so on. These nine yana sadhanas are not something that I made up; they are called the Rigsum Nyingtik in Tibetan (the Heart Essence of the Three Enlightened Families), and are a branch teaching of the Three Sections of the Great Perfection, a very famous text revealed by the supreme terton Chokgyur Lingpa. The three protectors—all of the buddhas' compassion manifest in the form of Avalokiteshvara, all of the buddhas' wisdom manifest in the form of Manjushri, and all of the buddhas' enlightened power manifest in the form of Vajrapani—are the main deities in these nine yanas sadhanas and their form changes in each of the yanas. For example, in the shravakayana, the three protectors are in the form of arhats.

So I hope you can finish the shravaka and pratyekabuddhayanas within two years, spending one year on each.

The bodhisattvayana will probably take at least two years, because there are so many different texts to study. The outer tantras of kriya, upa, and yoga should be able to be finished within one or two years. Then you will spend at least two years on mahayoga, at least another two or three years on anuyoga, and then on atiyoga your whole life.

You must finish the previous yana before receiving the next yana's teachings. In most cases, I will set the number of hours for practice. Of course, the best is to go by meditation experience, but it is also traditional to go by time, the number of hours. The teachings on the first six yanas are not so restricted, but the inner three tantras definitely are restricted, and cannot be shown to others.