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PhowaWikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourcePhowa (Pho-ba in Wylie transliteration, also spelled Powa) is a Tibetan term for a Buddhist meditation practice that may be translated as the "Practice of conscious dying", or "Transference of consciousness at the time of death" or "mindstream transference". The Chöd subsumes within its auspice aspects of phowa sadhana. The main form is one of the six yogas of Naropa although other transmissions also exist. Through this Phowa practice, one learns to transfer one's consciousness through the top of the head directly into a pure realm, buddha-field dimension, field, kshetra or loka and so doing by-passes some of the typical experiences that occur after death. Phowa is also the discipline that has developed the Tulku lineages within Bonpo, Ngagpa, Mantrayana and Vajrayana lineages.

Some lineages of Phowa also practiced and practice a rite of incision or opening of the sahasrara (refer Artificial cranial deformation) at the cranial zenith to assist with transferral.

Shugchang, et. al. (2000) in an exegesis of the Zhitro discuss phowa and mention dharmakaya, meditation and Dzogchen:

Phowa has many different meanings; in Tibetan it means "transferring consciousness." The highest form is known as the phowa of the dharmakaya which is meditation on the great perfection. When you do Dzogchen meditation, there's no need to transfer anything, because there's nothing to transfer, no place to transfer it, nor anyone to do it. That's the highest, and greatest phowa practice.