From the Goal: Characteristics of Vajrayana:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
Experiencing ultimate truth is said to be the purpose of all the various tantric techniques practiced in the Vajrayana. Apart from the advanced meditation practices such as Mahamudra and Dzogchen, which aim to experience the empty nature of the enlightened mind that can see ultimate truth, all practices are aimed in some way at purifying the impure perception of the practitioner to allow ultimate truth to be seen. These may be ngondro, or preliminary practices, or the more advanced techniques of the tantric sadhana.
Part from the Esoteric transmission scarily fits the context:
The teachings may also be considered "self-secret", meaning that even if they were to be told directly to a person, that person would not necessarily understand the teachings without proper context. In this way the teachings are "secret" to the minds of those who are not following the path with more than a simple sense of curiosity.
Four purities
In the generation stage of Deity Yoga, the practitioner visualizes the "Four Purities" (Tibetan: yongs su dag pa bzhi; yongs dag bzhi)[web 4] which define the principal Tantric methodology of Deity Yoga that distinguishes it from the rest of Buddhism:[30]
1. Seeing one's body as the body of the deity
2. Seeing one's environment as the pure land or mandala of the deity
3. Perceiving one's enjoyments as bliss of the deity, free from attachment
4. Performing one's actions only for the benefit of others (bodhichitta motivation, altruism)
From the part of deity yoga:
Deity yoga enables the practitioner to release, or 'purify' him or herself from spiritual obscurations (Sanskrit: klesha) and to practice compassion and wisdom simultaneously.
Recent studies indicate that Deity yoga yields quantifiable improvements in the practitioner's ability to process visuospatial information, specifically those involved in working visuospatial memory.
[visuospatial - Relating to or denoting the visual perception of the spatial relationships of objects.
2. Seeing one's environment as the pure land or mandala of the deity
3. Perceiving one's enjoyments as bliss of the deity, free from attachment
4. Performing one's actions only for the benefit of others (bodhichitta motivation, altruism)
From the part of deity yoga:
Deity yoga enables the practitioner to release, or 'purify' him or herself from spiritual obscurations (Sanskrit: klesha) and to practice compassion and wisdom simultaneously.
Recent studies indicate that Deity yoga yields quantifiable improvements in the practitioner's ability to process visuospatial information, specifically those involved in working visuospatial memory.
[visuospatial - Relating to or denoting the visual perception of the spatial relationships of objects.
spatial - Of, relating to, involving, or having the nature of space.]
From the part of guru yoga:
The Guru or spiritual teacher is essential as a guide during tantric practice, as without their example, blessings and grace, genuine progress is held to be impossible for all but the most keen and gifted.
From the part of guru yoga:
The Guru or spiritual teacher is essential as a guide during tantric practice, as without their example, blessings and grace, genuine progress is held to be impossible for all but the most keen and gifted.
Many tantric texts qualify the Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha thus: "The Guru is Buddha, the Guru is Dharma, the Guru is also Sangha" to reflect their importance for the disciple.
The guru is considered even more compassionate and more potent than the Buddha because we can have a direct relationship with the guru.
The guru therefore appears with the yidam and dakini in the Three Roots refuge formulation of the three factors essential for tantric attainments.
And this one from the Sahaja Mahamudra, i think GM has explained it in his mahamudra book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahaja
Sahaja (Sanskrit; IAST: sahaja; Devanagari: सहज, meaning "spontaneous, natural, simple, or easy") is a term of some importance in Indian spirituality, particularly in circles influenced by the Tantric Movement.
And this one from the Sahaja Mahamudra, i think GM has explained it in his mahamudra book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahaja
Sahaja (Sanskrit; IAST: sahaja; Devanagari: सहज, meaning "spontaneous, natural, simple, or easy") is a term of some importance in Indian spirituality, particularly in circles influenced by the Tantric Movement.
Ananda Coomaraswamy describes its significance as "the last achievement of all thought", and "a recognition of the identity of spirit and matter, subject and object", continuing "There is then no sacred or profane, spiritual or sensual, but everything that lives is pure and void."
and from the Sahaja-siddhi:
"...The practitioner is now a siddha, a realized soul.
and from the Sahaja-siddhi:
"...The practitioner is now a siddha, a realized soul.
He becomes invulnerable, beyond all dangers, when all forms melt away into the Formless, "when surati merges in nirati, japa is lost in ajapā" (Sākhī, "Parcā ko Aṅga," d.23)."
People playing masak-masak cannot reach this kind of understanding lei.
Cheers.
People playing masak-masak cannot reach this kind of understanding lei.
Cheers.
Dear all, Thanks to AA for the above.
Pick up anything useful? :)
I underlined some text, Food for thoughts. :)
[Experiencing ultimate truth] - In my early days, I also used this term [Ultimate Truth] . However, this does not truly describe what is Truth of Realizing our Inherent Buddha Nature. :)
Inherent - born or already "installed" in all of us.
It's our Original Nature, therefore, I described the Ultimate Truth as the First Elemental Truth now.
Ultimate is appropriate when we cultivate to eventually reveal or uncovered our True nature or Original Nature, termed Buddha nature.
Ultimate to me, means The End of the road. :)
However, this is not so!
[which aim to experience the empty nature of the enlightened mind that can see ultimate truth] - Empty Nature is not completely correct as Buddha nature although formless has Boddhicitta.
The First Elemental Truth is neither Empty nor Exist, its the Middle Path between these two.
As Guru said: Do not be too stuck or fixated by [ Everything is Void]. :)
Readers feedback and comment welcome.
Please email: purekarmaservices@gmail.com
Cheers all.
Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef
No comments:
Post a Comment