[before-go]; preliminary; preparation; prerequisite; preliminary practices
Ngöndro; preliminary (practice); preliminaries, preliminary practice, preparation, preliminary section; introduction, prerequisite, prelude, primary, the foundations, forerunner, preparatory to, forerunner
Preliminaries. The general outer preliminaries are the Four Mind Changings: reflections on precious human body, impermanence and death, cause and effect of karma, and the shortcomings of samsaric existence. The special inner preliminaries are the Four Times Hundred Thousand Practices of refuge and bodhichitta, Vajrasattva recitation, mandala offering, and guru yoga. See Torch of Certainty (Shambhala Publications), The Words of My Perfect Teacher; and The Great Gate (Rangjung Yeshe Publications)
preliminary practices; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 68]