Anu Yoga

Anu Yoga - This is another that Guru talks about when explaining Hevajra Tantra.

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Skt., anuyoga
Tib., rJes-Su rNal-'Byor

Also known as Mother Tantras (Tib., ma-rgyud, Skt., matryoga) outside the Nyingma tradition, Anu Yoga belongs to the Inner Tantras and constitutes level 8 of the Nine Vehicles

With Anu Yoga, one finally leaves the gradual path (which is typical for most Mahayana oriented Buddhism and the previous Tantric levels) and begins practicing the non-gradual method that eventually culminates in Dzogchen and its various forms of teachings.

Anu-yoga represents the teachings of the Perfection Process (Tib., rDzogs-rim) or the fulfillment stage, with an emphasis on perfect insight. The specialty here lies in eradicating previous mental conditioning, belief-systems and purely relative convictions, thus opening the way to a cessation of thought. In contemporary psychological terminology it could be called "re-programming the human biocomputer" (John Lilly). The practice at this level focuses strongly on the subtle body, its channels and energies (Tib., rtsa rlung).

Initiations:
In order to learn and practice the teachings of this stage, the practitioner should have undergone the third, so-called Mystic Initiation or  Secret Initiation (Skt., guhyabhiseka). Another practice of the Anu-yoga stage that makes use of sexual techniques end energies, is known as  Zaplam.
The mastery and practice of such rituals, not only through visualization but with a living partner, is one of the necessary pre-requisites for becoming a terton.

Major texts:
Chakrasamvara Tantra, Guhyasamaja Tantra, Hevajra Tantra, Hayagriva Tantra.

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