Dharma Quote of the Week...

[Kerby W-R]

Creation in four vajra steps entails meditation on emptiness; generating a moon, sun, and seed-syllable from which light emanates and then converges; the full manifestation of the deity resulting from the convergence of the light and transformation of the seed-syllable; and visualization of three syllables at the deity's three places. [The syllables om, ah, and hum are imagined at the forehead, throat, and heart, respectively.]
...Kongtrul explains that all the varieties of the creation phase incorporate the four key elements of form, imagination, result, and transformative power. "Form" means meditating on forms that represent the aspects of awakening and generating clear images of these forms, thereby stopping impure appearances. "Imagination" means using the force of creative imagination to convert the visualized forms of awakening into reality. "Result" means meditating on the result, that is, the very goal to be attained, and thereby achieving that goal. "Transformative power" means turning the ordinary body and mind into pristine awareness by relying on the transformative powers of awakened beings. Among these, Kongtrul points out, the most important element for realization of the path is the transformative power of the vajra master combined with one's own devotion to that master.
--from The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Eight, Part Three: The Elements of Tantric Practice by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, translated by Ingrid Loken McLeod and Elio Guarisco, published by Snow Lion Publications
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[rugnot]

devotion to a master
prefer this, learned many years ago while studying buddhism, zen & taoism: to see reality as it truly is
please think a bit about that, to see what is in front of you through no filters, not your ego, not the influences of the media, not, but seeing what is truly there
peace

[lwowl]

Originally Posted by Kerby W-R

Creation in four vajra steps entails meditation on emptiness; generating a moon, sun, and seed-syllable from which light emanates and then converges; the full manifestation of the deity resulting from the convergence of the light and transformation of the seed-syllable; and visualization of three syllables at the deity's three places. [The syllables om, ah, and hum are imagined at the forehead, throat, and heart, respectively.]
...Kongtrul explains that all the varieties of the creation phase incorporate the four key elements of form, imagination, result, and transformative power. "Form" means meditating on forms that represent the aspects of awakening and generating clear images of these forms, thereby stopping impure appearances. "Imagination" means using the force of creative imagination to convert the visualized forms of awakening into reality. "Result" means meditating on the
goal. "Transformative power" means turning the ordinary body and mind into pristine awareness by relying on the transformative powers of awakened beings. Among these, Kongtrul points out, the most important element for realization of the path is the transformative power of the vajra master combined with one's own devotion to that master.
--from The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Eight, Part Three: The Elements of Tantric Practice by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, translated by Ingrid Loken McLeod and Elio Guarisco, published by Snow Lion Publications
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