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'''Prostration''' ([[Wyl.]] ''phyag 'tshal'') is the first of the [[seven branches]], and is described as the antidote to [[pride]].

==Etymology==
Prostration (or homage) in Tibetan is ''chak tsal'' (Wyl. ''phyag <nowiki>'</nowiki>tshal''). According to the oral lineage, the first part, ''chak'' (Wyl. ''phyag''), means something like ‘sweeping away’ any harmful actions and obscurations, just as we sweep away dirt and dust using a broom. Then, ''tsal'' (''<nowiki>'</nowiki>tshal''), means that we receive the blessings of enlightened body, speech and mind, and gain all the [[siddhi]]s. 

So what do we sweep away and receive? 

*When we put our hands to our head, we sweep away all the negative actions and [[obscurations]] associated with the body, and we receive the blessings of the enlightened body. 
*When we put our hands to our throat, we sweep away all the negative actions and obscurations associated with the speech, and we receive the blessings of enlightened speech.
*When we put our hands to our heart, we sweep away negative actions and obscurations of the mind, and we receive the blessings of enlightened mind.
*When we touch the ground with the five points of our body we purify the [[five poisons]], and we receive the blessings of the [[five kayas]] and the [[five wisdoms]].

==In Ngöndro Practice==
In most [[ngöndro]] practices, prostrations are combined with the practice of [[taking refuge]], but in the [[Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro]] they are combined with the [[Guru Yoga]].

==Teachings==
*[[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], [[St Paul’s Crescent]] Rigpa centre in London, 24 October 1989.
*[[Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 18 June 2008

==Further Reading==
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''Guru Yoga'' (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1999), pages 41-43.
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang]], ''[[A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 268-270.
*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group (Boston: Shambhala, 1998), pages 317-321.

==Internal Links==
*[[Three kinds of prostration]]

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