ABOUT Vajrayana.

 

ABOUT Vajrayana

 

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1 - About the meaning and history of Vajrayana 

Vajrayana ( Vajrayana ), also known as tantric, as well as all other sects of Buddhism, all aimed to achieve  complete Buddhahood  in order to become a Buddha. It can be said that  sectarianism is not intended to liberate purposes ,  attaining Buddhahood, the sectarianism that is not authentic Buddhism.

Even the name speaks it: Vajrayana, is the way to reach the diamond wisdom, the Buddha nature as the indestructible diamond, not polluted by mortal afflictions. Buddha nature that is essentially in the morning (as Buddha Amitabha -  Infinite Light ), in Vajrayana, that bright nature is called  clear light . Buddha nature was shown in three persons: the French themselves, sambhogakaya and reincarnation, and the purpose of Vajrayana was reached  three relatives  did. One implication is that: Diamonds are the inseparable combination of  wisdom  and  great compassion.

Vajrayana also called Tantrayana.  Tulku Pema Wangyal  word Tantra explains as follows: "Vajrayana teachings include known as Tantra. Most of us are familiar with from this section: tan means  a line , is investigating  the liberation  for. What line rescue? Stream of consciousness - what Tantra is  freed mindstream  polluted  our own. "

According to the interpretation of  Tsongkapa  , the Buddhist Tantra means nature's shown in three parts, nuts and fruits. "The meaning of tantra is continuity, not discontinuity - ie basic - the Buddha, the Tathagata visceral nature; - "The way" is to inform and technical experience thanks to two stages of development and achievements; - Real property damage ie residence Infinite Nirvana (Buddha Vajradhara  - Vajradhara), such as molds, or continuity as fruit. " 

Vajrayana also known as pay excess density (Mantrayana). Mantra (mantra) meant  upholding the protection center  toward liberation .  purpose of Vajrayana is achieved that  knowledge of Buddhism : all sounds are language foot (ie Buddha Pronunciation ), all phenomena are Nirvana, all beings are Buddha. That was the purpose of Zen, Huayan Buddhism, Tiantai ...

Historically, Vajrayana appeared almost simultaneously with the Mahayana, is the practice to the achievement of Mahayana, as the Chinese Zen practice to the achievement of Mahayana.  Nagarjuna  (Nagarjuna, about 500 years after the Buddha's passing away) is great commentator as Mahayana flourish, as well as a  group of Vajrayana . He wrote the sermon on the Vajrayana, we see that for almost Mahayana and Vajrayana same time. Madhya orthodox sects ( Prasangika Madhyamika ) of Nagarjuna is all opinion columns for the emptiness of the four sects of Tibetan Buddhism.

Both schools of Middle bar and consciousness-only greatly contribute to the development of Vajrayana. Particularly with China's consistent with Duy emptiness and form is the study  of the mind turn , becomes a theory for the visualization and the corresponding (Yoga) of Vajrayana.

Comes from India, Vajrayana is the famous Nalanda University as Professor  Shantirashita  and  Padmasambhava to Tibet ... from the 8th century. most classic has been translated Sanskrit, and through the lineage  directly , Tibetan Buddhism therefore very  close  to the Buddhist era in India Mahayana and Vajrayana in India.

According to the history of tantric development, some practitioners have sometimes had the tendency deviations trajectory going out, not toward liberation according to Buddhist ideals. Because there is a natural expression of witchcraft, sorcery ... make the reputation of tantric severely injured. Today, with the attempt to spread Tantric Buddhism or Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist masters University has shed light on the true meaning of this sect. Vajrayana is a special path to liberation Development of Buddhism

2 - The way of the Vajrayana

Vajrayana is a way of  purifying the three industry  body, speech, mind to become body, speech, and mind of a Buddha. When three purification achieving this, called a  three respective industry , which is three now fully corresponds with Buddha nature. It turned himself into physical, verbal and become sambhogakaya France to become the Buddha's body. "Tantric has 4 purification stages - the first Yogas thoroughly purify  the environment around; - Second Yogas thoroughly purify the body ; - The third is thoroughly cleansed  every feeling ; - Fourth Yogas thoroughly cleansed all acts . Any doctrine contained four purification that are esoteric "( Geshe Kelsang Gyatso ).  

Germany 14th Dalai Lama said: "For those who have not satisfied the exoteric practices, tantra, there are 4 types: krya, charya, yoga and tantra yoga paramount. The essence of this kind is four  highest tantra yoga  or "supreme tantra part"; through it, the  perfect enlightenment of Buddhahood ultimately can  be completed  in just one generation. To accomplish Buddhahood round enough, people need a way to combine both aspects: facilities (capacity) and intellectual (contemplative). This creates a state of  great harmony  of body and mind has been purified, it is the ultimate direct reach. In the highest tantra, "media" refers to yoga illusory body   and "wisdom" to refer to the yoga of clear light  ( The practice of Kalachakra ).  

Purification, respectively that is done through a variety of means, methods, techniques.

*  Mantra (mantra) : Normal, What's the saying we form a corresponding interest. As said, I love A really, I hate B too. Immediately, saying that creating a  state of consciousness  where our wounded and hate. Mantra also affect the way we did. Mantra is the sound, the frequency at which the universe formed by the vibrational frequency. Is the vibrational energy at very high frequencies. Material are the low-frequency vibration. When scientists say the material is condensed energy, which means that depending on the level of vibration that are rough to the world of reality. So the mantra is the vibration, so it can make us corresponds to the vibrations, the subtle energy, and the subtle world. Mantra is the sound caused by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas say while in  samadhi , in the realm of self-evidence, in the center of his enlightenment; So when mantras, we can also  corresponding with her ​​samadhi, that realm, that your mighty mind. Mantra is a sound bridge north of mind with our previous low to high light heart your mighty deliverance; mantra character information, communicate, opening, maintaining the enlightened mind. One example is the opening want love in our place by communicating with compassion Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, we can maintain key vanity or proving his Compassionate.

*  India (mudra):  Vajrayana conception our body and mind is a universe similar to the modern universe outside. As in the economic literature says: "In this body linked to the birth of the world, maintaining the world and the annihilation of the world", the close relationship of our body and mind and the world is so.

India is the way, arranged the body (especially the 5 fingers symbolize the five age) to get an air brings a certain state of consciousness. In the image of God embrace each chemical is also a publication (karma mudra). There  is nothing sexual . It's just a figurative expression for the combination of yin and yang, is the integration of  media  - "positive" and  wisdom  - "negative", the combination of bliss "positive" and emptiness "negative". The  combined objective  was also reflected in the human body and mind: when visualizing images that combine yin and yang, yin and yang energies, the left and right side of the body to work together, in harmony predestined he also formed a very high explosive power.

*  mandala (mandala) : is a figure denotes the universe in the eyes of an enlightened being. According to official Duy, the universe is the variable of interest, so the market's mandala represents the universe recently, has indicated interest. Visualizing the mandala visualization space, and visualize your mind. The visualizations are based on emptiness, the capital of the universe, mind is not that which is not. Here, we see the Zen center and also describes the same universe;  open mind is full throughout France, the small city on the point can not be found . Visualizing mandala also starting a center point; thereby widening the periphery. Visualizing Vajrayana usually starts from a seed (bija) in human heart center, to release all light beings and Buddhas in the ten world, then that world the light collected in  strain suicide ; after all, the seeds themselves also disappear into emptiness tanks.

Mandala is the epitome of the  universe-in-the-nature-sense-of-its-realization , so the capacity of the universe-in-the-quality-feeling-realization which is typical in chronic mandala. Like a Buddha, but is not the Buddha, but it also carries a certain power of enlightenment. Therefore, in the empowerment, introductory disciples were put to contemplate the mandala, to come into contact with enlightened power. Kalachakra mandala  is placed permanently in the Museum of New York; under the impression of tourists to visit, it can be a strange feeling of peace.

*  incarnation (yidam):  Saying that god under ordinary parlance, it is also a miracle of the incarnation of a Buddha in Vajrayana. For example Avalokiteshvara has many incarnations: Tara, Quan Yin said 11 to 32 items ... Economics Minister body (incarnation) of Avalokitesvara. Thus, when the deity that is visualization visualization incarnation of a Buddha. As well as seeing the appearance of the person, we sympathize with the person interested; heard someone say the other side of the wall, I felt somewhat interested person; Visualizing miracle, we could also corresponds to the freedom of mind of the Buddhas. When the mantra, that the sound of it, we approached the "export", "language" of liberation that level. Those kind gentle deity, in order to have the kind of grim  antidote to the kind attention  of the medical practitioner.

Through some point on, we see the Vajrayana practice  of Mahayana Buddhism with many facilities, but goals are  reached reality ultimately  as Mahayana. There Vajrayana emphasizes  capacity  even more.  

While Zen denotes the ultimate reality - that is emptiness - then draw a white circle. Vajrayana also agree that white circle, but the circle Vajrayana White's full capacity . Pay attention to the terms of  the capacity  of reality is a very specific point of Vajrayana. The universe is energy, such as the Flower Adornment World glared interference of light and energy, like cosmic power known as  Buddha's power  within  his powers Tathagata  's economic  Lotus Sutra.  Consequently, the method skillful means of the Vajrayana much emphasis on power, but always in a specific form, so easy to practice and more effective. 

3 - Characteristics of Vajrayana

In the introduction to the book  The Practice of Kalachakra , the Dalai Lama writes: " From practice tantra powerful than the general practice of classic "for a number of reasons, one of which is always tantra including two factor "means" and "intellectual". In the classic way, people meditating on emptiness, or the character and nature of the phenomena in the wish to achieve enlightenment for  motivation compassion . Meditation on emptiness is the  intellect , and desire  bodhisattva  's  vehicle . However, in the path Sutrayana two factors that can not be performed simultaneously in one mind by a practitioner in the normal range. In the tantric path (Tantra), we  visualize the mandala  and the  deities , and then focus on the  emptiness  of them. By this way, media and intellectual  arise simultaneously  in one center.

In the Buddha nature, and the means of intellectual, physical and mental, are a. Tantra path is to use motivated  right from the start point , and thus give rise to enlightenment very quickly. Special character of the path of tantra is that it offers an important aspect of the results due to practice - is the comprehensiveness of the buddha nature - into the  structure  of  the religious  right at the start. Yoga meditation was conducted with wisdom of emptiness lens, and the main focus in mind this emptiness is generated in the form of the guardian deity of the mandala. This is characteristic of all four types of tantra, yoga tantra high in this principle is applied more profound, the practitioner uses the subtlest level of the capacity of the body and mind, the level of that the practice of not impenetrable.

There,  clear light  is used as cause  particular substances  French Buddha. Through the clear light brought into the spiritual path, instantaneous enlightenment becomes possible. This subtle technique I just found the " supreme tantra yoga ". Vajrayana use everything that man can have in his mind and body to progress on the path of liberation. The emphasis on the means, method, technique is a feature of Vajrayana.

What that means for people who do not follow Vajrayana sometimes seem bizarre, such as visualizing yourself as a deity (deity) and around the world is a deity of the mandala's. Indeed, the visualization that has powerful effects to break  ego  and  law enforcement : there is no self, no way is the essence of Mahayana. When visualizing the deity itself, we can be proud of diamond (vajra pride), the ego will disappear into the emptiness of the deity; and to see the outside world is a mandala, one-person discrimination, bad-good, dirty-clean, up-reduction ... will disappear. This is  the destruction of  the secular form - the emergence of the world due to the delusion - is what Diamond Sutra called "non-general" in the sentence " subjective Minister Tathagata is non-continuity ". And as for the visualization should both chemical-and chronic-god-we-da-la-world are emptiness and illusory image cells, such as herons typical highway ... Of course, this is not just a utility visualization of the deity and the mandala, there are many uses for unspeakable dharma path. And because many can not tell the whole, the Vajrayana is also known as Tantric.

Another means is the principle of  air center-  duality. According to this view, a kind heart always riding on a  gas  somehow. Center court  is riding on  air courtyard .  Gases  is the subtle body of  mind . No gas, no room for the center will form, will not have the current place. When we do not have gas in the field, will not have a place aversion exists; Oil may want to pitch ideas, it is also not applicable. Therefore, unlike other cardboard to purify the mind, to Vajrayana also to  purify the air  (winds). One of the uses of mantra is: because the mantra is a special vibration and subtle, so it is a means to  purify the air  , the purified air is purified now, because there are karmic seeds "house" in the air. Gas is also purify the mind are purified. Extreme purified gas is liberated mind. Gas is the  subtle body  of mind. With gas particles (drops) in the subtle body system and  meridians (channels) constitute the subtle body (such as Friendly's dream, the body after death - intermediate ...). This subtle body is purified, then known as the  diamond itself . In other places meridians knit, knotted together on the way  the central channel , known as the power center or  chakra  (chakra). It was in this atmosphere and in the chakras that reside now called  Gas Industry  (karam winds). Purification of the body in Vajrayana is now purified gas to dispel obscured the light of enlightened awareness - the clear light.

Gas subtle body when it will purify the body extreme illusory, empty body, diamond body and finally  Sac body  (Rupa-kaya) or a reincarnation of Buddha. In Vajrayana,  the air  is referring means not only hollow bodies , here is what the father tantra teachings (as  Guhyasamaja, Yamantaka ...) biased. And  the heart  is "intellectual" mind refers clear light , here is what the mother tantra teachings (as  Kalachakra, Heruba ...) biased. In the supreme tantra, extreme body itself in subtle and clean this will be combined with a light mind to achieve enlightenment; Meanwhile, the body is a reincarnation of the Buddha and the mind  clear light  as France itself. List of professional calls this combination was not learning anymore.   

With the Vajrayana, the work that is described in the figure by a  miracle the woman hugged  her, this icon subtle body that is  extreme clean out now  combined with  extreme subtle mind , -  body diamond combined with diamond light of wisdom , dispel any possibility obscuration reached full enlightenment.

One other distinction between Vajrayana and Sutrayana, the concept of Vajrayana: The ministry -  acknowledged  and Vajrayana -  excess fruit . Call exoteric Mahayana is acknowledged for its practice medicine on the basis of six people Paramitayana, two things that are accumulating merit and wisdom through many lifetimes ... to practice the Buddha's achievement results . Vajrayana is also excess fruit, ie practice based on the results is the Buddha nature inherent in each practitioner has, right from the beginning. Instead people will become a Buddha, then here's the inherent Buddha nature, which is Buddha himself; spiritual practice, progress is only made ​​available to manifest Buddhahood only. Living on fruit means a Vajrayana practitioner must see the world as the world has seen a Buddha, a Buddha's Pure Land, to see himself as a Buddhist reincarnation, eating, sleeping all the activities of a Buddha in his realm insight. His speaking  Tangtong Gyalso  (14th century) when teaching method Avalokitesvara " meditator seeing all the outdoor scenes are luminous shines. All these things have become normal items solemn Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, all beings are achievements fullness, body themselves as Avalokitesvara, whatever they say are valid from leg language, whatever they think are the spontaneous activity of the enlightened mind. Obviously, practitioners themselves are transformed so. More understandable words, all phenomena in the universe are transformed into forms that would be possible only where the realm of enlightenment of a Buddha . "

One feature of Vajrayana is  transforming every life activities  into spiritual practice , a path to enlightenment, taking advantage of every opportunity life to attaining Buddhahood; for example, taking advantage of sleep to achieve  the clear light  of sleep, dreams advantage to achieve this in mind and body clean, taking advantage of the death to reach the clear light of death ... There are nine states of giving birth Living on the implementation of the body, sambhogakaya, such incarnation: integration with France itself, sambhogakaya, incarnation in the waking state; integration with France itself, sambhogakaya, reincarnation in sleep state; integration with France itself, sambhogakaya, reincarnation of dead state (Clear Light of Bliss -  Geshe Kelsang Gyalso ).

Life after meditation is a spiritual practice.  Tsongkapa  says: "When you see Us and emptiness in meditation, then in later life meditation, the practitioner must see color, sound, smell, taste, touch, approach is a combination ... Us and Not so daily life is a "trance" constantly. ( Six Yogas of Naropa ).

Another feature of Vajrayana is the accumulation of merit Mahayana faster than normal. As we know, the salary levels persisted Buddha, two things accumulate wisdom and merit were full. The process of accumulating merit full enough, there are 32 Buddhas Sac chief minister and the minister accessories. This is a process that must be practiced according Sutrayana long lifetimes. With the Vajrayana, the accumulation of merit can shorten the life of a deity in the visualization (and other visualizations). This meditation creates a body similar to Sac, place of residence, resources and activities of a Buddha.

Another feature of Vajrayana is the conversion of the negative afflictions (greed, hatred and delusion ...) into Bodhi. This is also a topic of Sutrayana, but in Sutrayana have more personality theory, they say: Negativity Bodhi, the nature of greed, hatred and delusion is Bodhi ... Let's see a shorter period of teaching Padmasambhava  fear of metabolism by the theme of Mahayana common as emptiness, as illusory, non-dual ... 

" To cut off the ego and believe in ghosts, go to a camp where most awful. Let's start with the Three Refuges, development of bodhicitta Duty counsel and prayer. Then after a long contemplation of compassion and bodhicitta for all beings much like nowhere, firstly with the demons of her ...

Second, to cut off the ego, be aware that all objects are not real. Once I realized everything was not real objects, all concepts are illusion, all things are empty, and the show also know that time is like a dream, or an illusion illusory, then go to sleep in a No state - hell no problems, which ultimately nothing exists ...

Third, to cut off the ego, please understand due to the nature of duality that stage solid achievements. Use the fear, the devil believes in order to improve the quality of non-duality. An office letter drop in the non-dual state, in which mind and body are not two, both friend and foe are not gods and demons are not two. In summary, an office in the state where it does not have any public dualistic phenomena. If the devil really appear, please feel free to jump into the devil and I will go through it no obstacles in emptiness and non-duality platform. Finally, there is no evil entity.

As a result, when we present the existence of the devil; when our peace is the peace the devil; when we liberated the demons to be freed; While we are domesticated, the devil is also tame. The devil is our own devil, and we cut it to make peace. So, it is a meditation enhance, strengthen wisdom when confronted with a scary place and make the practice of meditation. "( Advice from Lotus , Born).

Finally, in Vajrayana also the direct teaching methods such as Zen Buddhism with " no set texts, pagan television special, just human visual attention, is the Buddha nature . " It is the mission of the University Press Kargyu and Nyingma Dzogchen. University Press is emptiness. In the Dinh Vuong ( King of Concentration Sutra ), the Buddha said: " Nature is the law of all the Indian University. "  do not eat this emptiness all legal publications, including the mind and thoughts, put all back of emptiness to the rescue.

Highest level of Mahamudra is just straight reality.  Shamar Rinpoche  said: "This kind of Mahamudra third core, there is nothing common with the two previous types. In Madhya approach, participatory research will establish a firm believer in mind for the lead he understood University Press. In tantric Mahamudra, he relies on the deity meditation and yoga practice. But here it does not need to. Enlightened teachers and students willing to enlightenment. It  is direct perception of the mind  by mind,  meditate on the fruit directly  rather than going through multiple steps. Disciple can realize your own mind and its manifestation that does not rely on any of the foregoing methods, simply because  someone pointed  it out to y; Meanwhile, the intellectual light of the medical care is realized only. For some people, the instantaneous realize that. ( The Change of Expression ).

And DZOGCHEN mean intrinsic Buddha nature, which is  self-perfection  in each of us, without political remodel additions, not practice, just to see it (is), meditating on it ( meditation) and live with it (well). We see the teachings of  Padmasambhava  no different disciples "that Mind is Buddha" by  Matsu :

Listen here, Dorje Dudjom Nanam!

The so-called " light of the enlightened mind "

Capital is available inside , tanks uncreated  and no center nor circumference
for repairing, regulating it, but in a state of  flux and proved  natural clarity No change, no metamorphic , which  dwells in the emptiness liberation tanks !
At such peace, human interest  rid of the concept

He is the main Buddhist center!

With Mahamudra and Great Perfection, we have more ways to enrich Zen. Through some general points above, we can have an overview of the Vajrayana and also understand why part now is Vajrayana sect influential in the penetration of Buddhism in the West methods. Vajrayana sect is also less prone to change  than Indian Buddhism, which should also bring the essence of Buddhist India.  

 

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