In Compendium of Well-Uttered Insights (p. 245), Shönu Gyalchok states that this is the practice of training in the awakening mind according to the secret mantra system that the two yoginīs Tārā and Bhṛkuṭī conferred on Atiśa, when he encountered them in the sky to the east of Bodhgaya stupa. This story is recounted in . . . Two Yoginīs' Admonition to Atiśa to Train His Mind [Jo bo la rnal 'byor ma gnyis kyis sems sbyong zhig ces gdams pa]. The present text is probably the one Longdöl Lama refers to as Secret Mantra Mind Training in his list (A Useful List [of Texts], p. 316). The central practice echoes the well-known practice of offering one's body found in the "cutting off" (chö, spelled chod) tradition of Machik Lapdrön. It is difficult to determine what source Shönu Gyalchok is using to attribute this instruction to Atiśa. (Thupten Jinpa, Mind Training: The Great Collection, 603–4n331)
| Citation | ku su lu'i tshogs gsog gi blo sbyong [ཀུ་སུ་ལུའི་ཚོགས་གསོག་གི་བློ་སྦྱོང་།]. [Kusulu's Accumulation Mind Training]. |
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