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The Tibetan Doctrine of the Dreamstate
THETIBETANDOCTRINE
OFTHEDREAM-STATE
Excerptfrom
’TibetanYogaandSecretDoctrines’
WalterYeelingEvans-Wentz
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
1PART1-COMPREHENDINGTHENATUREOFTHE
DREAM-STATE 4
1.1Practice1-ComprehendingItByThePowerOfResolution. 4
1.2Practice2-ComprehendingItByThePowerOfBreath... 4
1.3Practice3-ComprehendingItByThePowerOfVisualization5
1.3.1TheVisualizationItself.................. 5
1.3.2DerivingTheGreatestBenefitFromTheVisualization 5
1.3.3PreventingTheSpreadingOutOfTheDreamContent 6
2PART2-TRANSMUTINGTHEDREAM-CONTENT 8
3PART3-REALIZINGTHEDREAM-STATE,ORDREAM-
CONTENT,TOBEMAYA 9
4PART4-:MEDITATINGUPONTHETHATNESSOF
THEDREAM-STATE 10
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Thisdoctrine,concerningtheDream-state,consistethoffourparts:Com-
prehending;Transmuting;RealizingtheDream-statetobeMaya;andme-
ditatingontheThatnessofthedream-state.
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1PART1-COMPREHENDINGTHENA-
TUREOFTHEDREAM-STATE
Thefirstpart,Comprehending[thenatureoftheDream-state]compriseth
threepractices:ComprehendingitbythePowerofResolution,Comprehen-
dingitbythePowerofBreath,andComprehendingitbythePowerof
Visualization.
1.1Practice1-ComprehendingItByThePowerOf
Resolution
Withrespecttothefirst,ComprehendingitbythePowerofResolution,that
whichhasbeencalled’theinitialcomprehendingofthedream’,referrethto
resolvingtomaintainunbrokencontinuityofconsciousness[throughoutboth
thewaking-stateandthedream-state].
Inotherwords,underallconditionsduringtheday[orwaking-state]hold
totheconceptthatallthingsareofthesubstanceofdreamsandthatthou
mustrealizetheirtruenature.
Then,atnight,whenabouttosleep,praytotheGuruthatthoumayestbe
enabledtocomprehendthedream-state;andfirmlyresolvethatthouwilt
comprehendit.Bymeditatingthusly,oneiscertaintocomprehendit.
Ithathfurtherbeensaid[inthisconnection]:’Allthingsaretheresultof
causes;theydependwhollyuponresolutions[ormotives]’
1.2Practice2-ComprehendingItByThePowerOf
Breath
Inthesecondpractice,ComprehendingitbythePowerofBreath,theme-
thodsare:Sleepontherightside,asaliondoth.Withthethumbandthe
ring-fingeroftherighthandpressthepulsationofthethroatarteries;stop
thenostrilswiththefingers[ofthelefthand];andletthesalivacollectin
thethroat.Asaresultofthesemethods,theyoginenjoysasvividconscious-
nessinthedream-stateasinthewaking-state;andinpassingfromonestate
toanotherexperiencesnobreakinthecontinuityofmemory.Therebythe
contentofthedream-stateisfoundtobequitethesameasthecontentof
thewaking-state,inthatitiswhollyphenomenalandthereforeillusory...
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1.3Practice3-ComprehendingItByThePowerOf
Visualization
Thethirdpractice,ComprehendingitbythePowerofVisualization,consis-
tethoftheseprocesses:Thevisualizationitself;derivingtheGreatestBenefit
fromtheVisualization;AndpreventingtheSpreading-outoftheDream-
Content(thislastprocessreferstoovercomingthetendencyofdreamsto
losetheircoherence,ortobelosttomemoryuponwaking.).
1.3.1TheVisualizationItself
Inthefirst,theVisualizationItself,themethodisasfolloweth:
ThinkingthatthouartthyselfthedeityVajra-Yogini,visualizeinthe
throatpsychic-centerthesyllableAH,redofcolourandvividlyradiant,as
beingtherealembodimentofDivineSpeech.(Midwaybetweentheheart
psychic-centerandthatofthethroat,inaspaceaboutfourincheslong,a
tube-likepsychic-organissaidtoexist.Ifthevitalforcebequiescentwithin
it,sleepensues;andifthevital-forcebeinmotionwithinit,dreamsoccur.
Hencethevisualizationchieflyconcernsthethroatpsychic-center.)
BymentallyconcentratingontheradianceoftheAH,andrecognizing
everyphenomenalthingtobeinessencelikeformsreflectedinamirror,
which,thoughapparent,havenorealexistenceofthemselves,onecompre-
hendeththedream.
1.3.2DerivingTheGreatestBenefitFromTheVisualization
Inthesecond,forDerivingtheGreatestBenefitfromtheVisualization,the
methodisasfolloweth:
Atnightfall,[striveto]comprehendthenatureofthedream-stateby
meansofthevisualizationjustdescribedabove.Atdawnpracticethepot-
shapedbreathingseventimes.Resolve[ortry]eleventimestocomprehend
thenatureofthedream-state.Thenconcentratetheminduponadot,like
untoabonysubstance,whiteofcolour,situatedbetweentheeyebrows.(The
visualizationofthedotis,inthispractice,chieflyforthepurposeofattaining
mentalconcentration,orone-pointednessofmind.)
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