Straying Into Occultism

Yeshe Tsogyal's own phurba, revealed by Sangye Lingpa.
In a past -- during innumerable lifetimes, actually -- a minds have of march as well as casually given rise to bodhicitta, so upon a basis of this cause, most of us appear to have a little affinity toward putting in service Dharma. Naturally, this occurs in greater or lesser degrees, as well as in a little ways appears highly individualized --- effortless for some, as well as a chore for others. Although this coming -- like all appearances -- is wholly deceptive, a deception becomes an fast underline of a bland thoughts. We have this bent to look during make use of in conditions of "ease" or "difficulty," as well as limit ourselves thereby. In reality, what you see as palliate or difficulty is actually an expression of bodhicitta's endurance in a mind-stream. So, really, what you should try to commend is true bodhicitta, as well as usually let all which other clutter disintegrate by itself.
We don't always do that, right away do we?
Even yet of march present bodhicitta is a elemental means of Dharma practice, most of us approach make use of with a welter of ideas as well as temporal motives which in a future toughen in to a nexus of bewilderment. Thus bewildered, if you have been not careful, a meditative strays in to enchanting thinking, as well as a make use of strays in to occultism. This happens, as well as this happens some-more mostly than you competence suppose. When it happens, it becomes like a fireworks display -- a arrange of self-important, loud as well as colorfully persuasive display receiving innumerable forms. The forms hang in a air usually prolonged sufficient for us to say, "Ooh!Ah!" as well as afterwards they vanish back in to darkness.
And this -- yet it might during first blush appear surprising, if not incongruous -- brings us to a subject of a speak today, which is "s! traying in to occultism by (1) beforehand engagement, or (2) malice." The elements of beforehand rendezvous as well as ill will are, you think, symbiotic. "Premature engagement" simply means which you have been enchanting in a sold make use of but suitable maturation of your mind-stream; but suitable maturation of bodhicitta. In a deficiency of suitable maturation, it becomes probable for all sorts of perverted intentions to arise, as well as ill will is of march a single of them.
I have already overwhelmed upon a subject of ill will elsewhere, in a rather different context, a distinct points of which have been right away repeated:"... instead of grabbing a pitchfork, there have been a little "Buddhists" who squeeze a mala as well as proceed counting out Vajrakilaya mantras. That is a particularly dangerous brand of broom closet Christianity. That triple-edged phurba is a double-edged sword.... The sharp edges of imprecations hurled by others by means of mantra
And a bad signs as well as omens which outcome from noise
Drive back all of these, stealing their power!A really great lama -- a a single who detected which which you usually quoted from -- once explained which angry deities cannot be deceived. He described a outcome of attempting to mistreat angry deities by abusively using angry mantras to no great purpose. He stated there would be a sudden genocide of loved ones; which genocide as well as seizure would movement among one's retinue. There would be accidents as well as suicides. Medical procedures would move no durability benefit, as well as even one's doctors or other beneficial persons would knowledge accidents as well as misfortunes. The continue in one's evident environment would become punishing, as well as creatures of a land as well as air would proceed to action in strange ways. He explained which this would be gifted most as someone standing in a eye of a hurricane. One's evident environment competence appear normal -- for a time -- since during a periphery of one's evident environment, a wind would proceed to pick up speed. This would take place over a really prolonged time, until a single was utterly isolated. Then, as well as usually then, would a single proceed to see a outcome of one's actions, as well as this would outcome in stupidity as well as a descent in to a hellish realms."In America, as well as elsewhere in a West, there have been numbers of people attempting to make use of Vajrakilaya, as well as they can be coarsely widely separated in to dual categories: those who perceived a empowerments as well as began a practices after completing ngondro, as well as those who perceived a empowerment as well as began a practices but completing ngondro. You never used to see this eminence in a old days, but you positively see it in a present time. You even see people who try to engage in a practices but first obtaining a empowerments, or they obtain empowerments from someone who --regardless of exposure to this or which grand lineage -- is unable to demonstrate a signs of accomplishment of a practice.
Now, a novel as well as lineage commentaries of Vajrakilaya have been immeasurable in scope. Most people do not realize usually how vast. For example: in 2002, Zenkar Rinpoche was able to compile a collection of 1,200 particular texts, in forty-one volumes, yet he regarded this as usually a deputy example.
Although it seems difficult to find any a single who has read by a novel of Vajrakilaya in a entirety, there have been people who have spent a lifetime to have what amounts to a extensive novel survey. Those who made this bid have been unanimous in their agreement upon certain aspects of this practice. Out of a enormous farrago of a texts, as well as a nine lineages, there have been still these strong hint elements, upon which everyone can agree. On! e really critical point of agreement -- you can contend it is a single most critical component of a make use of -- is to proceed from a base of uncontrived bodhicitta. Another critical point of agreement is a necessity to proceed from a firm substructure of carrying completed one's ngondro.
Yet, in a West, it seems you do not agree. We appear to feel you can engage in Vajrakilaya essentially to strike obstacles, or subdue enemies, or in all engage in a reduce activity (medlei) associated with this practice. We appear to feel you can go squeeze a nearest empowerment, sit there yawning as well as itching, as well as afterwards jump right in to a make use of at your convenience it feels convenient. We appear to feel you can say a empowerment in disconnected fashion, but gripping a commitments.
I cannot speak to every circumstance, but in my own experience, when Dudjom Rinpoche gave a Dudjom Namchak Putri, for example, he would really gracefully say, "For those of typical ability, 10,000 repetitions of a mantra any day appear easy. For those of below-average ability, 1,000 repetitions any day have been a best they can do." you have since listened lamas who have an authentic connection to him make use of most a same language. So, a single could clearly understand what was expected, but right away it seems you feel those expectations no longer request to us. In these times, most lamas have been extremely clever not to voice make use of commitments, whether without delay or in a roundabout way -- nobody wants to brave a broken samaya which seems to fundamentally follow Western practitioners.




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