Offering the practice of the seven limbs and the mandala has seven parts:

Prostration has five parts:

Offering has seven parts:

Offering the outer offerings and the five objects of desire has two parts:

Making praises and requests has four parts:

Requesting by remembering his good qualities and his kindness has six parts:

Requesting by remembering his good qualities as explained in the Vinaya scriptures
Requesting by remembering his good qualities as a Mahayana Spiritual Guide
Requesting by remember his good qualities as a Vajrayana Spiritual Guide
Requesting by remembering that he is kinder than all the Buddhas
Requesting by remembering that he is kinder even than Buddha Shakyamuni
Requesting by remembering that he is a supreme Field of Merit

Requesting by expressing his good qualities has four parts:

Receiving blessings has two parts:

Receiving the blessings of the four empowerments and reciting mantras has two parts:

Receiving the blessings of all the stages of the path has tw

enty-seven parts:
effort mental stabilization wisdom

How to rely upon our Spiritual Guide, the root of all spiritual paths
Developing the aspiration to take the essence of our human life
The actual method for gaining the happiness of higher states in future lives
Developing the wish to gain liberation
How to practice the path that leads to liberation
How to generate great compassion, the foundation of the Mahayana
Equalizing self and others
The dangers of self-cherishing
The benefits of cherishing others
Exchanging self with others
Taking and giving
The third to the seventh points of training the mind
How to meditate on superior intention and generate bodhichitta
How to take the vows of aspiring and engaging bodhichitta
How to practice the perfection of giving
How to practice the perfection of moral discipline
How to practice the perfection of patience
How to practice the perfection of effort
How to practice the perfection of mental stabilization
How to practice the perfection of wisdom by sustaining space-like meditative equipoise
How to practice the perfection of wisdom by sustaining illusion-like subsequent attainment
How to train the mind in the profound view of the Middle Way
Becoming a suitable vessel for the profound path of Secret Mantra, and keeping the vows and commitments purely
How to meditate on generation stage
How to practice completion stage
The way to practice the ritual of transference of consciousness if, having meditated, we have received no signs
How to offer prayers to be cared for by our Spiritual Guide in all future lives.

	Created by Kelsang Wangpo about 9 years ago

Outline for GToM