The Blazing Jewel

The Blazing Jewel (དཔལ་ཀརྨ་པ་ཆེན་པོ་ལ་བརྟེན་པའི་ཐུན་བཞིའི་བླ་མའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི་བཤད་པ་ནོར་བུ་འབར་བ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།) combines detailed instructions for The Four-Session Guru Yoga practice along with a word-by-word commentary on the prayer. This is especially helpful in the genre of Tibetan verse where words and phrases are often abbreviated to maintain meter and many grammatical particles are omitted all together. It is, therefore, a unique and deeply beneficial contribution to the literature on this quintessential practice of the Karma Kagyu. All practitioners of this text are sure to benefit from the clear and insightful explanations contained within.

Translator’s Preface
Author’s Introduction
The Blazing Jewel

Chapter One: The Purpose of the Explanation
Chapter Two: The Manner of the Explanation
Chapter Three: The Actual Explanation

1. The All-Inclusive Four Mothers Supplication
2. The Stages of Meditation for Receiving Blessings

a. The Clear Appearance of the Deities, the Invitation, and the Descent of Blessings
b. Clearing Misdeeds and Obscurations: The Dakinis Dispelling Contamination
c. Gathering the Critical Points for Using the Prana

3. Supplications to Invoke Wisdom Mind

a. Recalling the Qualities through the Khyenno Supplications
b. The Weary Cry of Appeal
c. Receiving the Guru’s Blessings
d. Turning One’s Attention to Dharma
c. Manifesting the Supreme Attainment
f. The Supplication of Heart-Rending Devotion

4. Aspirations to Become Adept in the Pure View

The Four-Session Guru Yoga