Three kinds of prostration 三種頂禮

The three kinds of prostration (Wyl. phyag 'tshal ba'i nges pa gsum) are:

1. The supreme prostration of encountering through the View (rab lta ba brda 'jal ba'i phyag)
2. The middling prostration of training in meditation ('bring bsgom pa goms pa'i phyag)
3. The lesser prostration out of devotion and respect (tha ma mos gus ya rabs kyi phyag)

Further Reading

• Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), p.395, n.250.
• Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, 2004), p.269.