According to the teaching by His Eminence Khenchen Lama Rinpoche,
motivation forms the key to unlock success, be it practicing dharma, studying,
doing job or undertaking meditation.
Rinpoche mentioned in Dream Yoga:
“Like in every other meditation, motivation is very important –
it is fundamental. First begin with motivation. In Dream Yoga, the motivation
is for sentient beings to reach the Liberation of Dream Luminosity”.
A correct posture to sleep and correct visualization is also an
important factor.
“Secondly, lie on your right side like Buddha Shakyamuni did at
his Parinirvana. Visualize yourself as your Yidam and you are lying with your
head on Guru Rinpoche’s foot. At your heart chakra, visualize your Yidam
Sarasvati or Manjushris and they are small. At your throat chakra, visualize
Guru Rinpoche/Padmasambhava”
After lying and visualizing as stated above Rinpoche advices to
concentrate on few thoughts listed below and avoid thinking too much on other
subjects:
“You do not have other thoughts. You have only one wish. This
wish has three parts:
1.
That you will go to Dewachen;
2.
That you understand your previous lives and
3.
That you will do meditation in the dream.
Only focus on these things. After that do the following mantra:
ཨོཾ་ཨཱཿཧཱུཾ་ཧྲཱིཿ་ཏྲཱཾཿ
OM AH HUNG SHRI DRUM
or
ཨོཾ་བུདྷ་ཙུ་རུ་མ་ཙུ་རུ་ཀེ་སྭཧྭ།
OM BUDDHA TSURU MA TSURU
KEY SOHA
Do one of these mantras for a short time and then do dedication.
Together with the visualization, this is Dream Yoga meditation. Then go to
sleep”.
Rinpoche lists some of the benefits of Dream Yoga as under:
“It is very important to focus on this one thing, your wish.
When you do this, you will see your past, present and future lives. You will
know who you are. There are three fruitions in Dream Yoga. The first fruition
is you understand samsara and this life. Secondly you will understand tantra
and Dharma things. Thirdly you will understand luminosity, clear light and
liberation mind. This is a short teaching and everything is here”
According to Tibetan Dream Yoga, you can meet enlightened beings and
get teachings while still you are in sleep. Such is the benefits.
“Once you have harnessed your dream
powers, develop the intention to meet enlightened beings while you sleep. Ask
that they bestow you with important knowledge and help your growth toward
higher consciousness. You can also intend to travel to different planets
and planes of existence, and take on the body of a creature such as an eagle or
bear, experiencing what it is like to be them. Ultimately, dream yoga can
help you recognize your limitations and blockages to growth and provide
opportunities to overcome them. You can gain confidence, and even heal from
your past when you become proficient at this ancient art”.
Courtesy:
1.
H.E. Khenchen Lama Rinpoche Facebook post
2.
Tibetan Dream Yoga
