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Thisyantra(mantra-diagram)isa

tagdrl

(Tibetanwordmeaningliberationthrough

wearing).Tagdrlsareknownas

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oneof

the"sixliberations",whichincludehearing(thdrl),seeing(tongdrl),remembering

(drendrl),touching(regdrl),wearing(tagdrl)and

tasting(nyongdrl).Thesymbolsinthisyantra

representthemantrasof

the

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peacefuldeities,vidyadharas,andwrathfuldeities.Inordertohelpalleviatesuffering

duringthebardo(intermediatestatebetween

deathandrebirth),itisoftenplaced

onthedeceasedpersonsbody

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afterdeathandeitherburiedorburnedwiththebody.Suchprecious

mandalaprotectionsareoftenworninside

agau(metalcontainer/locket)or

insideapoucharoundthe

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neckorabovethewaistandareknowntobestowgreatbenefit

andprotectionfromobstacles.Theyantra

maybefoldedinordertoplace

itinsidealocket,so

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longasafoldisnotmadeinoverthesyllableHung

theTibetanletterinthe

verycentreof

bothdiagrams.Howto

foldtheyantra:firstfold

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thesquareandcircleyantrastowardsoneanother(sothatbothprints

aretouching).Then,withthesquare

facingupright,imaginetwoverticallinesdividing

thediagramintothree

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equalpartsorpanels.Foldtherightside(verticalpanelmakingup

one-thirdof

thetotalwidth)

towardsthecentre,thenfoldtheleft

sideverticallyovertheright

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panel(avoidmakingafolddirectlyinthecenterof

the

syllableHung).Now,youshouldhave

onepanelrepresentingone-thirdof

the

originalwidth(withtheother

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twopanelsfoldedovertop).Next,imaginetwohorizontallinesdividingthe

paperinto3parts.Foldthe

bottompartuptowardthecenter,then

foldthetopdowntoward

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theright).Forblessingandprotectionof

deceasedpersonsTheyantrashould

beprintedoutinaformat

wherethelettersareallclearlyvisible,

andthen,if

possible,painted

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withsaffronwateranddried.Howtoplacetheyantra:theyantra

isplacedonthebodyat

thelevelof

theheart.Fordiscretion,

theyantramaybeplaced

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inanenvelope.Thewritingisplacedtowardthebody(facedown),and

mustavoidbeingplacedupsidedown.

ForthosewhodonotreadTibetan,

theswordintheupper

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rightcornerof

thesquareimageshouldbepointinguptowardthe