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- Wylie:Slob dpon in+dra b+hU ti'i mdzad pa'i phyag rgya'i lam skor + (Among the eight ancillary path cycles, ''T … Among the eight ancillary path cycles, ''The Path Cycle of the Mudra''</br>presents the most detailed and explicit explanation of mudra practice.</br>While it is clear the text is written for practice with a consort, or karma</br>mudra, Amezhap asserts that according to how it is presented in ''The Explanation</br>of the Path with Its Result for Disciples'', there are two ways this text has</br>been explained: for practice with an actual mudra and with a gnosis mudra,</br>or a visualized consort. In ''The Fortunate Right-Turning</br>White Conch'', chapter 17, Kongtrul comments that even if one is to rely on an actual mudra,</br>training with a gnosis mudra is a necessary preparation.</br></br>One of the more interesting features of ''The Path Cycle of the Mudra'' is</br>the detailed description of how one progresses on the bodhisattva stages to</br>buddhahood through the dissolution of the vāyus that are in “cities”—that</br>is, nāḍī locations that correspond to the thirty-two countries, the renowned</br>pilgrimage sites on the Indian continent.</br></br>The text also provides two accounts of the three kāyas: the standard</br>seven limbs of the three kāyas given in the other seven texts belonging to</br>the eight ancillary path cycles and a presentation of the five limbs of three</br>kāyas unique to Indrabhūti II’s ''Accomplishing Gnosis.''</br></br>The text concludes with the account of the lineage, in which three</br>Indrabhūtis are identified, and it is stated that there is both a long and a</br>short lineage for this teaching. In ''Effortless Accomplishment of the Two Benefits'',</br>Amezhap states that Indrabhūti II is the author of this instruction.hūti II is the author of this instruction.)