{"id":666,"date":"2022-08-20T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/?p=666"},"modified":"2022-10-03T10:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T10:06:27","slug":"deity-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/20\/deity-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Deity Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/63.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-667\" width=\"241\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/63.jpg 321w, https:\/\/dragyur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/63-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Deity Yoga<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deity Yoga describes the profound process of meditation in Action and Performance Tantras. It is composed of three parts: Heart of Mantra by the Dalai Lama is a lucid exposition of the meditative rites of deity yoga\u2014the distinctly tantric process in which yogis visualize themselves in the form of a Buddha&#8217;s divine body as a manifestation of compassionate wisdom. The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, parts 2 and 3 by Tsong-ka-pa, details the practices of Action and Performance Tantras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special deity yoga techniques for the development of the heart, mind, and physical form of a Buddha are presented in a coherent series of yogic exercises. The mudras (hand gestures) that accompany the meditations are clearly illustrated. A supplement by Jeffrey Hopkins outlines in detail the structure of Action Tantra practices, as well as the need for the development of special yogic powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work forms the basis of higher tantric practices and explains the meditative rites of deity yoga. It is the sequel to Tantra in Tibet and is part of the &#8220;Wisdom of Tibet&#8221; series published under the auspices of the Dalai Lama, each volume of which has been specially chosen by His Holiness as revealing a true oral tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published By Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, 1981<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deity Yoga Deity Yoga describes the profound process of meditation in Action and Performance Tantras. It is composed of three parts: Heart of Mantra by the Dalai Lama is a lucid exposition of the meditative rites of deity yoga\u2014the distinctly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dragyur.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}