Derge Kangyur/Tengyur e-text, Esukhia/Barom edition — public domain (mechanical reproduction)
This fragmentary text, attributed to the master Sutali, provides instructions on the meditation practice concerning the movement of the winds of bodhicitta. The work focuses on the manipulation of internal subtle energies (prana/wind) as a means of spiritual realization, specifically linking these physiological processes to the cultivation of bodhicitta. The available passages consist of the title in both Sanskrit and Tibetan and a concluding statement, indicating that the work is structured as a technical manual of practice. It commits the reader to a specific visualization and meditative discipline involving the flow of internal winds, likely within a Vajrayana framework, as evidenced by the opening homage to Heruka. The text aims to guide the practitioner through the precise movement of these winds to achieve a specific meditative state.
Provenance
About this text
An instructional work on the meditation practice concerning the movement of the winds of bodhicitta, the Bodhicittavāyucaraṇabhāvanopāya belongs to the General Unexcelled Yoga Tantra Works. It is attributed to the Indian author Sutali. Preserved in the classical Tibetan period, the work appears in volume ཟི of the Tengyur under the Tibetan title byang chub sems kyi rlung rgyu ba'i gdams ngag bsgom pa/. The record does not name the translators. Enacting a technical discipline of visualization, the text directs the practitioner to visualize the body as hollow and focus on a subtle, blue wind the size of a mustard seed at the center of the navel. This process is framed by an opening homage to Heruka, linking the physiological manipulation of internal winds to the cultivation of bodhicitta. A scholar or serious reader consults this single-page fragment today to examine the specific meditative instructions and the technical framework used to guide the flow of internal energies within this tradition.
Cite thisAnuvāda, “Meditation on the Personal Instructions on the Movement of the Wind of Bodhicitta” (Toh 2418), machine draft, 2026.https://naxiai.com/tibetan/works/toh2418
Summary & commentary
Significance
The work is significant for its focus on the intersection of subtle body physiology and the altruistic intention of bodhicitta. It represents the technical tradition of wind-manipulation practices common in Indo-Tibetan tantra. Its importance rests on the attribution to Sutali and the specific integration of wind-flow with the concept of bodhicitta.
Structure
Passages
Section
Description
1
Introduction
Contains the Sanskrit and Tibetan titles and an opening homage to Heruka.
2
Conclusion
A formal closing statement attributing the composition to the master Sutali.
Themes
Subtle Body Energetics (1-2)
Bodhicitta (1-2)
Summary, significance and provenance note generated by gemma4:31b from the translation and the catalogue record.
AnuvādaMeditation on the Personal Instructions on the Movement of the Wind of Bodhicitta·
In the language of India: Vāyubodhicittasravaṇopadeśabhāvanā-nāma. In the language of Tibet: Byang chub sems kyi rlung rgyu ba’i gdams ngag bsgom pa zhes bya ba (The Meditation on the Instructions for the Flow of the Wind of Bodhicitta). Homage to the glorious Heruka!
Having visualized one’s own body as hollow, at the center of the navel, the wind itself is subtle, blue, and the size of a mustard seed. The yogi should fix the mind upon that. The very nature of the yogi’s mind arises. One should imagine that very [wind] dissolving into the hollow space like a cloud in the sky. When the yogi’s male wind is drawn forth, the fire-wind and nectar descend in this way. At the junction of the three channels and the backbone, visualize a blue mandala of wind. At the navel is fire, and at the heart is water. From the earth at the throat, steam emerges. The non-dual dhūtī is filled with fire. From the flower of the plantain tree, which is like a human arrow, the bee of the mind expands; imagine it sucking the nectar from the filaments. The wind ignites the fire, and as the water boils, warmth is generated and the nectar of space descends. Imagine the hollow interior is filled with nectar. Great bliss arises in the body. The elements dissolve sequentially from above to below. With the bow of wind and the arrow of mind, from the haṃ of great bliss at the crown, focus the mind like the colors of a rainbow, from the earth up to the expanse of space. Outer and inner awakening dawns within oneself. Non-dual wisdom, the very nature, arises. I, Sutali, am inconceivable. In the one, there are the various mountain ranges. The suffering of saṃsāra is without arising or ceasing. Through the kindness of the guru, accomplishment is attained.
Translation status: Not among 84000's published translations, and not in progress there. Translations published elsewhere have not been searched for, so one may exist. (source: 84000 catalogue + registry; checked 2026-11-10).
Set in Newsreader and EB Garamond; Tibetan in Noto Serif Tibetan; Chinese in Noto Serif SC.