This is a general outline of the Single-Deity Vajrabhairava Sadhana by topics:

General Preliminaries

• Refuge and Generating Bodhichitta
• Guru Yoga
• Review  of the Graduated Path
• Supplication to the Lineage Gurus

Specific Preliminaries

• Instantaneous Self-generation
• Consecrating the Inner Offering
• Consecrating the Preliminary Sense Offerings to the Direction Protectors
• Consecrating the Torma Offering to the Direction Protectors
• Invocation of and Offering of the Torma, Sense and Inner Offerings to the Direction Protectors
• Praise and Exhortation
• Requesting Forbearance
• Requesting to Depart
• Consecration of the Sense Offerings for  Self-generation
• Meditational recitation of Vajrasattva

Actual Session

• Inviting the Field of Merit
• Seven Limb Practice:
  Prostrating, Offering, Confessing, Rejoicing, Dedication, Refuge and Generating Aspiring and Engaging Bodhichitta
• Tantric Vows
• Four Immeasurables
• Taking Death as the Path of the Truth Body
• Generation of the Common Protection Wheel
• Generation of the Uncommon Protection Wheel of the Ten Wrathful Deities
• Taking the Intermediate State as the Path of the Enjoyment Body
• Taking Birth as the Path of the Emanation Body
• Description of Vajrabhairava
• Blessing of the Sources, Body, Speech and Mind
• Meditating on the Triple Stack Heroic Minds
• Inviting the Wisdom Deities
• Inviting the Empowering Deities
• Initiating and Sealing by the Empowering Deities
• Inner Offering to the Gurus of the Lineage, the Yidams, Protectors and So Forth
• Extensive Praise
• Brief Praise
• Minding the Symbolism
• Consecrating the Rosary
• Mantra Recitation
• Making Offerings and Praise

Conclusion of the Session

• Consecration of the Torma Offerings to Yamantaka and the Direction Protectors, who are Respectively the Transcendental and Worldly Deities, as well as to Karmayama
• Offerings and Praise to Yamantaka
• Visualization of the Guests for the Torma
• Offerings and Praise to the Direction Protectors
• Generation of Karmayama
• Initiating, Sealing, Binding to Commitment and Offering
• Exhorting to Activities
• Thanksgiving Offering and Praise
• Extensive Prayer
• Short Prayer
• Requesting Forbearance
• Dissolution
• Extensive Verses of Auspiciousness
• Dedication

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