Cho: The Garden of All Joy & Generosity of the Body

200 Pages·2008·6.391 MB·English

by  Khabje Tenga Rinpoche

Cho:
The Garden ofA ll Joy
dr
Generosity of the Body

Cbó:
The Garden o f All Joy
&
Generosity o f the Body
commentary by
Khabje T enga Rinpoche
translated by
V enerable Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Charitable Trust
Publications
Acknowledgment
We would like to express our sincere thanks and appreciation
to Khabje Tenga Rinpoche for his great compassion and
wisdom in bestowing these precious teachings.
We also wish to thank Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
Monastery who organised and hosted these teachings,
Venerable Lama Yeshe for his translation of them, the KTD
editorial team of Cathy Jackson, Patrick Taylor, Jigme Nyima,
Maureen McNicholas and Peter Van Deurzen for all their
work in making these teachings available, and Marion Sallis
for additional proofreading.
May this supreme, peerless teaching.
The precious treasure of the Victorious Ones,
Spread and extend throughout the world
Like the sun shining in the sky.
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Nauonal Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Tenga, Rinpoche, 1932-
Chd : the garden of all joy & generosity of the body /
Tenga Rinpoche ; translator, Yeshe Gyamtso.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-877294-38-9
1. Gcod (Buddhist rite) I. Yeshe Gyamtso, Lama, 1959-
II. Title.
294.34446—dc 22
Cover picture and pictures on pages 18, 32 and 42 are from thangkas that
are a collection of Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang currently displayed at the
Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery, Nepal.
T able of C ontents
Foreword by Venerable Choje Lama Shedrup 9
Biography ofTenga Rinpoche 11
Chapter 1
Introduction 19
Chapter 2
Ch O practice 33
Chapter 3
T he Preliminaries 43
Part 1 - Generation of Bodhichitta 43
Part 2 - Refuge 48
Part 3 — Accumulation of Merit 60
Part 4 - Purification of Obscurations 74
Part 5 - Offering the Desirable Qualities 85
Chapter 4
T he M ain Practice 93
Part 1 - Transference of Consciousness 93
Part 2 - Offering of the Body as a Mandala 104
Part 3 — White Feast 114
Part 4 - Red Feast 123
Part 5 -Tsok Offering 129
8 Cho: The Garden of All Joy & Generosity of the Body
Chapter 5
T he Conclusion 137
Part 1 — Dedication 137
Part 2 - Dissolution 138
Part 3 — Taking the Practice on the
Path in Postmeditation 139
Supplications 143
Notes 151
Glossary of Terms 153
Index 173