Practices

FOUNDATIONAL PRACTICES 

Nazoreans, in preparation for deeper meditation exercise, are encouraged to accomplish nine steps toward purifying the stream of thoughts and feelings associated with earth life. The preferred pattern is to use a 101 bead Gnostic Mala and to count out each day 1 repetition of the first longer paragraph, followed by 100 repitions of the shorter phrase. This ideally should be done for a thousand days, or 36 lunar months.
 

PRACTICE 1: Inflaming the heart and mind with compassion for everyone.
[Repeat Once]: O Mani-Hiya, and all Buddhas of the three times who have developed the mind of enlightenment, for the sake of Living Pearls, assist me to generate the mind of enlightenment in myself and others and to quickly pass through all the stages of Nazirutha. May I penetrate the mysteries, bless with a good conscious, be great and yet empty, return to stillness and be forgiving, be compassionate and deliver all people, do good deeds and help people reach the other shore - to this I aspire!

[Repeat 100 Times]: Through the virtues I collect by giving and other perfections, May I become a Buddha for the benefit of all.

PRACTICE 2: Seeking refuge in the Four Peaceful Deities.

[Repeat Once]: "I take refuge in the Purity of the Hidden Living Ones,
I take refuge in the Light fo the Messiah-Buddhas,
I take refuge in  the Power and Path of the Fivefold-God,
I take refuge in the Wisdom of the Holy Family of Life,
To this Life, Light, Way & Truth I go for eternal refuge, through the grace of Yeshu and Miryai, Amen."

[Repeat 100 Times]: I and all scattered Pearls, until we achieve enlightenment, go for refuge in Hiya, Orta, Dirka and Kushta.

 PRACTICE 3: Confession of sins.

[Repeat Once]: As grass and trees of earth, and stars and planets of heaven,
As dust and sand on the globe and drizzling rain on earth
So are my many sins and wrongs from all incarnations,
O broad and kind, dignified and solemn Yeshu Buddha and blessed Mani!
Pray, show great mercy and forgive my sins and the sins of all Nazoreans.

[Repeat 100 Times]: I confess my wrong deeds from all time, and rejoice in the virtues of all.

PRACTICE 4:  Offering of Alms
[Repeat Once]: I offer my life, and consecrate myself, and vow to gather ziwane' from the gloomy, deep sea of tortures, and hasten to offer them to the clean and pure Lords of Nazirutha. I will save the suffering Buddhas from ulcers and pain, and wash and cleanse the bright pearls from mud and urine. All the wonderful alms which are received, as said by the Law, are restored to the original Lord, dignified and solemn, clean and pure, and these are exactly the flesh and blood of Yeshu.

[Repeat 100 Times]: I make offerings both set out and imagined, as well as of myself, without any sense of loss, please accept these and bless me to be released from the five poisons. 

PRACTICE 5: Connecting to the lineage of Light.

[Repeat Once]: I pray to the blessed Miryai who holds the keys to liberation, please empower me with your blessed wisdom and grant me the compassion of the eternal Living Ones.  Channel to me the Light and Life of the Mother and Father of Life, and of Yeshu and Maria the Radiant and Luminous ones. May Uthrai and Shikintai walk among us, and may the Light Mind always inspire thy Priestesshood on earth.

[Repeat 100 Times]: From the hearts of all holy beings, streams of light and nectar flow down, granting blessings and purifying.

PRACTICE 6: Purifications
[Repeat Once]: I offer prostrations to Mani-Hiya, the Ever Living Buddha of Light who liberates all scattered pearls by means of compassion. This is the essential recitation to pacify suffering. By stirring the depths of the sufferings of this cyclic world. May all scattered pearls be gathered and liberated.

[Repeat 100 Times]: With my body, speech and mind, humbly I approach the Living Ones, praying for purification.

PRACTICE 7: Reciting mantras.
[Repeat Once]: Good is the Good to the good, and They set their nature upon those who love their name. We will seek and find, and will pray and be heard. We have sought and found, we prayed and were heard in thy presence, my Lord Yeshu and Maryam d-Hiya, Lords of Healings.

[Repeat 100 Times]: Female: Thubak Yeshu, habib d-Miryai, aqarai hasha, ushaiya d-sniq, Amin.
Male: Thubak Miryai, habib d-Yeshu, aqarai hasha, ushaiya d-sniq, Amin.
Hail Yeshu [Thubak Yeshu] Beloved of Miryai [habib d- Miryai] Come to me now [aqarai hasha]and the hour of need [u shaiya d-sniq] Amen [Amin]

PRACTICE 8: Contemplations on how nothing here remains the same or continues forever.
  [Repeat Once]: There are only two things, good and evil deeds,
Which follow my Buddha-nature wherever I go or sit;
But all honor and prosperity, treasures and curiosities must be given up altogether on the day of impermanence.
The wise will wake and know, and improve themselves beforehand.

[Repeat 100 Times]: My body like a water bubble decays and dies so very quickly, After death come results from karma just like the shadow of the body.

PRACTICE 9:Dedication and giving away of all earned merit.

[Repeat Once]: All virtuous deeds of the three gates of body, speech, and mind,
I dedicate for the benefit of all scattered pearls lost in almayya,
By purifying all the negative actions and obscurations accumulated in the three times,
May all scattered pearls swiftly be gathered, enlightened, and be taken home.

[Repeat 100 Times]: I give away my merit that everyone may be happy and free from pain, may everyone have equality.

The Nazorean Way stresses the importance of a continual progression into ever deeper states of holiness and consciousness. We depict these stages by the thirty-threefold Tree of Life. To "Climb the Tree of Life" is to progress ever deeper into the Mysteries of Miryai and Yeshu the Nazorean. Nazorean Enlightenment unfolds in a 33 step graduating process which culminates in freedom from all dualistic thought and in ultimate oneness with Amin-Hayya above. These 32 + 1 degrees of deepening endowment are mentioned in the ancient Pistis Sophia text where Yeshu carefully explains their necessity and purpose in the great scheme of Redemptive Intercession. Each degree has an outer Ritual and inner reality. Full reception of any one degree is only completed when the inner essence of that degree is fully comprehended and internalized. It is possible to draw imperfect corelations between the stages of Nazirutha enlightenment and various stages of Dzogchen Bon and Nyingma Buddhism:

1° Nazirutha: The Maswetta   : Quest for salvation and purification.
2° Nazirutha:The Misa  : Quest for salvation and purification via annointing.
3° Nazirutha:ThePihta : Quest for salvation and purification via the Messianic meal.

4° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via Priest(ess)hood.
5° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via marriage vows.
6° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via prayer & prostrations.

7° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via the Mass.
8° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via remembering.
9° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via Requiem masses.

10° Nazirutha : Quest for salvation and purification via Agape meals.
11° Nazirutha  : Quest for salvation and purification via envokation of Uthras .
12° Nazirutha  : Quest for salvation and purification via union with the Fulness.

13° Nazirutha:The Kana I     : Bodhisatva vow to serve all savable beings and lead them into Uthrahood is accomplished via Immersion  into the Bnia-Amin Temple Order. Electi refine their karma thru doing no harm and living as an ethical vegan without personal possessions within a Monastery.
14° Nazirutha:The Kana II   : Bodhisatva vow to serve all savable beings is sealed via Misa d-Hiya anointing. Electi refine their devotional reverence and love in sevenfold Rahmia bhakti devotions. 
15° Nazirutha:The Kana III  : Bodhisatva vow to serve all savable beings is solidified via Oblations. Electi refine the Ziwaneh in  Alms thru fasting and feasting.

16° Nazirutha:The 4th Bnia-Amin Rite : Realization that everyting in Tibil (the World) can be purified through the purity of the Light Mind. ("To the pure all things are pure") Physical purification of the flesh. Careful ritual execution.  Electi refine themselves thru daily stewarship service within the Shkinta monastery.
17° Nazirutha:The 5th Bnia-Amin Rite : Purification of thought accomplished by visualizing oneself as servant to various Nazorean Uthras. Physical purity continued. Uthras invoked often with offerings and mantras.  Electi refine the Ziw and Noo thru engaging in the Streams of Refinement.
18° Nazirutha:The 6th Bnia-Amin Rite : Realization that everyting in Almayya (the lower Worlds of Ptah-il) can be purified through the purity of the Mana d-Noohra. Visualizations as a divine servant continues. Physical purity. (aprox. 16 reincarnations needed for Uthrahood.)  Electi perfect Hilma, similar to the Milan or dream state yoga of Niguma.
19° Nazirutha:The 7th Bnia-Amin Rite : Views various Uthras as friends and siblings, and as if sitting in front of one during meditation. Physical purity emphasized as in Kriyayoga. Electi perfect Ziwana similar to Osel, or clear light yoga of Niguma.
20° Nazirutha:The 8th Bnia-Amin Rite : Realies on various Uthras as supporters and grace dispensers. Meditation with signs. Electi perfect Rhamta-Htam,  similar to the Kamamudra, or loveseal yoga of Niguma.
21° Nazirutha:The 9th Bnia-Amin Rite : Uthra meditation leads to contemplation of ultimate state without signs. (aprox. 7 reincarnations needed for Uthrahood.) Electi perfect Dmu, similar to the Gyula, or yidam illusionary body yoga of Niguma.

22° Nazirutha: The 10th Bnia-Amin Rite :Emphasizes mental concentration over physical purity, but seeks both. Electi perfect Nura-Gauaia similar to the Tummo, or inner heat and Trul Khor yoga of Niguma.
23° Nazirutha: The 11th Bnia-Amin Rite :One begins to see oneself as equal to various Uthras. Electi perfect Hurqalia, similar to the Bardo, or inbetween  state yoga of Niguma.
24° Nazirutha: The 12th Bnia-Amin Rite :Equality with Uthras seen with confidence. (aprox. 3 reincarnations needed for Uthrahood.) Electi perfect Masqana, similar to the Phowa, or transference yoga of Niguma.

25° Nazirutha: Kuza-Ginzia : Manda of Allah, or Mandala gradually developed. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Development Stage. Everything seen as a display of Hauna Mind. Practice & gradual contemplation stressed.
26° Nazirutha: Kuza-Ginzia : Spontaneous Mandala creation. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Development Stage. Everything seen as a display of Mada Mind. Practice & gradual contemplation stressed.
27° Nazirutha: Kuza-Ginzia : Unborn ultimate sphere. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Development Stage. Everything seen as a display of Ruina Mind. Practice & gradual contemplation stressed.
28° Nazirutha: Kuza-Ginzia : Instant completeion of Mandala. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Perfection Stage. Everything seen as the power of Mhasabata Mind. Instantaneous Contemplation stressed.
29° Nazirutha: Kuza-Ginzia  Relative Uthra mandala. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Perfection Stage. Everything seen as the power of Tirta Mind. Instantaneous Contemplation stressed.

30° Nazirutha: Shliha-Ginzia: Indivisibility of uthras. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. Perfection Stage. Everything seen as the power of Mana. Instantaneous Contemplation stressed.
31° Nazirutha: Razia-Ginzia : Relization of Almayya & Kimsa from Qadmonian Time. Union of Ziwa and Noohra. Uthras visualized in yab-yum. The Great Perfection.  All Phenomena seen as self-appearance of Mind. View stressed with no visualizations. Non-duality.
32° Nazirutha: Dakia-Ginzia : Spontaneous realization of one's mind as Uthra. Void Realized.  Uthras visualized in yab-yum. The Great Perfection.  All Phenomena seen as self-appearance of Mind. View stressed with no visualizations. Non-duality.

0°/33° Nazirutha: Shrara-Ginzia : Mana is Kimsa with no Uthras. Initiation into Eternal Truth. Uthras disolve via yab-yum. The Great Perfection. Naziruthian Quintessence. All Phenomena and Primordial Light seen as equal & self-appearance of Mind. Non-duality perception and Uthrahood fully realized. Bhira perfect Naziruta thru 50 day dark retreat.