Trul khor
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| Tsa lung trul khor Tibetan: རྩ་རླུང་འཁྲུལ་འཁོར་ Wylie: rtsa-rlung 'khrul-'khor |
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") is a Himalayan tantric discipline which includes breathwork (or pranayama), meditative contemplation (or dhyana) and precise dynamic movements (or Body work) to centre the practitioner (as bindu is core to mandala) and to engender the body-mind precision of a keened instrument. Chögyal Namkai Norbu Rinpoche, a prominent exponent of Trul khor, prefers to use the Sanskrit equivalent term, Yantra Yoga, when writing in English. Trul khor hones the practitioner's faculty and supports the mindstream re-emergence of natural body-mind or primordial awareness or rigpa (cf. Dzogchen).
Trul khor traditionally consists of 108 movements, including bodily movements (or dynamic asana), incantations (or mantra), breathwork, and visualizations, all timed to heart rhythms. The flow or vinyasa (Sanskrit) of movements are enlikened to beads on a mala. 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 samaya is realised by the practitioner.
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[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]
- Trulkhor: The Magical Movement of Tibet by M. Alejandro Chaoul
- Yogic practices in the Bon tradition by M Alejandro Chaoul
- Ancient drawing from the Blue Beryl by Sangye Gyamtso (1653-1705)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "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).
- ^ This booklet is published for those who have received the transmission of these practices from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.
[edit] External links
- Ligmincha introduction
- Chaoul, M. Alejandro (2003). Yogic practices (rtsarlung ’phr ul ’khor) in the Bon tradition and possible applications as a CIM (complementary and integrative medicine) therapy. Presented at the the Tenth Seminar in 2003 for the International Association for Tibetan Studies.
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