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Tsa lung trul khor
Tibetan: རྩ་རླུང་འཁྲུལ་འཁོར་
Wylie: rtsa-rlung 'khrul-'khor
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Tsa lung[1] Trul khor (lit. "magical movement instrument, channels and inner breath currents") known for brevity as Trul khor (lit. "magical instrument" or "magic circle") or "Yantra Yoga" as Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche has translated the Tibetan term into English, is a himalayan tantric discipline which includes breathwork (or pranayama), meditative contemplation (or dhyana) and precise dynamic movements {or Body work (alternative medicine)} to centre the practitioner (as bindu is core to mandala) and to engender the body-mind precision of a keened instrument. Trul khor hones the practitioner's faculty and supports the re-emergence of natural body-mind or primordial awareness or rigpa (see Dzogchen).
Trul khor traditionally consists of 108 (number) movements, including bodily movements (or dynamic asana), incantations (or mantra), breathwork, and visualizations, all timed to heart rhythms. The body postures (or asanas of ancient himalayan yogis are depicted on the walls of the Dalai Lama's summer temple of Lukhang. Trul khor is the fruitful distillation of the confluence of centuries of ancient Bön movements, Indian yogic traditions, and Chinese movement forms (that developed into disciplines such as Tai Chi Chuan).
Himalayan physical yogas vary between lineages and the complexity of the practices are not disclosed until a deep level of commitment (or samaya) is realised by the practitioner.
[edit] See also
- ^ "Lung" is the Tibetan term for Qi and Prana (spiritual energy). Lung is in everything (or the universe), though resides in nothing (or the void).
[edit] References
- Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. Spinning the Magical Wheel in Snow Lion Newletter. Snow Lion Publications. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
- Chaoul-Reich, Alejandro. Tibetan Yoga from the Bon Tradition in Snow Lion Newletter. Snow Lion Publications.
- Lipson, Elaine. Into the Mystic in Yoga Journal.
- Norbu, Chögyal Namkhai (2000). Revision: Laura Evangelisti. Translation: Des Barry, Nina Robinson, Liz Granger, Carol Chaney. Yantra Yoga Manual. Italy, Shang Shung Edizioni.[2]
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