Part 2 Condensed meaning

Question 1

Adorning our body with the armour Deities, inviting and absorbing the wisdom beings, and making offerings has three parts:

Answer 1

1. Adorning our body, the bodies of Heruka Father and Mother of the body mandala with the armour deities
2. Inviting the wisdom beings, dissolving them into the commitment beings, and receiving the empowerment
3. Making offerings and praises to the self-generated Deities of the body mandala

Question 2

Making offerings and praises to the self-generated Deities of the body mandala has five parts:

Answer 2

1. Blessing the offerings
2. Making the outer offerings
3. Making the inner offering
4. Making the secret and thatness offerings
5. Eight lines of praise

Question 3

Blessing the offering has two parts:

Answer 3

1. Blessing the inner offering
2. Blessing the outer offerings

Question 4

Blessing the inner offering has five parts:

Answer 4

1. The benefits
2. The basis of the inner offering
3. The visual object of the inner offering
4. How to bless the inner offering
5. The significance of the inner offering

Question 5

How to bless the inner offering has four parts:

Answer 5

1. Clearance
2. Purification
3. Generation
4. Transformation

Question 6

Generation has two parts:

Answer 6

1. Generating the container
2. Generating the contained substances

Question 7

Transformation has three parts:

Answer 7

1. Purifying faults
2. Transforming into nectar
3. Increasing

Question 8

The actual generation stage meditation has two parts:

Answer 8

1. A preliminary explanation
2. How to practise the actual generation stage meditation

Question 9

A preliminary explanation has four parts:

Answer 9

1. What is the basis of imputation for our I
2. Why we need to change the basis of imputation for our I
3. How it is possible to change the basis of imputation for our I
4. How to change the basis of imputation for our I

Question 10

How to practise the actual generation stage meditation has five parts:

Answer 10

1. Training in clear appearance
2. Training in divine pride
3. Training in tranquil abiding
4. Training in subtle generation stage
5. Training in the yoga of non-dual profundity and clarity

Question 11

The concluding practices has four parts:

Answer 11

1. Mantra recitation
2. Torma offerings
3. Dissolution and generating the action Deities
4. Dedication

Question 12

Mantra recitation has five parts:

Answer 12

1. The mantras to be recited
2. Blessing the mala
3. Long mantra recitation
4. Short mantra recitation
5. Explanation of close retreat

Question 13

Explanation of close retreat has four parts

Answer 13

1. The preparations
2. The preliminary practices
3. The actual retreat
4. The fire puja

Question 14

Torma offerings has three parts:

Answer 14

1. Blessing the tormas
2. Inviting the guests of the tormas
3. The actual torma offering

Question 15

The actual torma offering has four parts:

Answer 15

1. Offering the principal torma
2. Offering the torma to the Deities of the heart wheel, speech wheel and body wheel
3. Offering the torma to the Deities of the commitment wheel
4. Offering the torma to the mundane Dakas and Dakinis, and to all the spirits throughout the world

Question 16

Completion stage has three parts:

Answer 16

1. An introduction to completion stage
2. The preliminary practices
3. The actual practice of completion stage

Question 17

The actual practice of completion stage has five parts:

Answer 17

1. The stage of blessing the self
2. The stage of the vajra of various qualities
3. The stage of filling with jewels
4. The stage of dzölandhara
5. The stage of inconceivability

Question 18

The stage of blessing the self has two parts:

Answer 18

1. How to meditate on the stage of blessing the self with seed
2. How to meditate on the stage of blessing the self without seed

Question 19

How to meditate on the stage of blessing the self with seed has two parts:

Answer 19

1. Preliminary explanation
2. The actual meditation on the stage of blessing the self with seed

Question 20

How to meditate on the stage of the vajra of various qualities has two parts:

Answer 20

1. How to meditate on the stage of the vajra of various qualities with seed
2. How to meditate on the stage of the vajra of various qualities without seed

Question 21

How to meditate on the stage of filling with jewels has four parts:

Answer 21

1. Commitment mudra
2. Action mudra
3. Phenomenon mudra
4. Mahamudra

Question 22

How to meditate on the stage of dzölandhara has eight parts:

Answer 22

1. Visualizing the central channel
2. Visualizing the letters
3. Igniting the inner fire
4. Causing the fire to blaze
5. Causing the dripping of the bodhichitta
6. Causing the special blazing of the fire
7. Causing the special dripping of the bodhichitta
8. Meditating on the union of spontaneous bliss and emptiness

Question 23

How to meditate on the stage of inconceivability has two parts:

Answer 23

1. Relying upon the consort
2. Engaging in the two concentrations