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Seven branches (Skt. saptāṅga; Tib. ཡན་ལག་བདུན་, yenlak dün, Wyl. yan lag bdun) — as Chökyi Drakpa says: “The seven branch practice (or the seven aspects of devotional practice - seven limb practice) incorporates all the key points for gathering the two accumulations | accumulations.” They are:

1. prostration, the antidote to pride
2. offering, the antidote to Miserliness | avarice
3. confession, the antidote to anger | aggression<ref>In Lala Sonam Chödrup's famous commentary on the Prayer of Sukhavati (bde smon), confession is said to be an antidote to ignorance, whereas requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma is said to be the antidote to abandoning the Dharma.</ref>
4. rejoicing, the antidote to jealousy
5. requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma, the antidote to ignorance
6. requesting not to pass into parinirvana, the antidote to five wrong views | wrong views<ref>In Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö's famous commentary on guru yoga, Yeshe Saldrön, requesting to turn the wheel of Dharma is said to be an antidote to holding wrong views, whereas requesting not to pass into parinirvana is given as the antidote to ignorance.</ref>
7. dedication of merit, the antidote to doubts

• Seven aspects of devotional practice
• Sevenfold service (Dorje & Kapstein)
• Seven limbs (Geshe Thupten Jinpa)

• Sogyal Rinpoche, Tuncurry, 10-11 March 2011
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 26, 29 April & 5 May 1998

• Chökyi Drakpa, A Torch for the Path to Omniscience, see A Guide to the Practice of Ngöndro (Tertön Sogyal Trust, 2007), pages 198-203.
• Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 317-328.
• Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston & London: Shambhala, 2004), pages 267-274.

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• Seven Branches from the Zangchö Mönlam
• Eight branches

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