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From Buddha-Nature
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Passion is contagious in that once you ignore the source of passion it will destroy or burn you, but once you realise that passion is another means of communicating, then it becomes basically an important way of relating yourself to mother earth or the all-encompassing womb. Passion is allembracing in that it can transmute, as Buddha said, into discriminating awareness wisdom (jñāna). +
The followers of the transmission lineage of Mahamudra. This particular school of Tibetan Buddhism is sometimes known as Drupgyud, the tradition which means putting the meditative experience into practice following the example of Milarepa. +
A symbol in the wider sense of gesture or action. It is the inspiring colour of phenomena. Also it is a symbol expressed with the hands to state for oneself and others the quality of different moments of meditation, such as touching the earth with the right hand as a witness to Buddha's freedom from emotional and mental frivolousness . +
Primordial intelligence is the key of the Bodhisattva's actions in dealing with practical details of earth and space. He develops such a sharp and penetrating sense that he can cut through the conceptualised notion of duality and see the simplicity. Prajna is that quality which culminates in acting spontaneously with the help of the other Paramitas with such precision that the spinal cord of duality is cut. +
It is not based purely on ego-inclined common sense. If one relates to open space, then his way of perceiving the display of apparent phenomena is colourful and inspiring, so that he doesn't hesitate to deal with the situation. He simply sees the open situation, the way of unconditioned appropriate response to the nowness. Skilful means is the active masculine principle on the feminine ground of prajfia. +
Morality or discipline. The excitement of the discovery or glimpse of the awakened state of mind should not be abused. One must not miss a moment of its inspiration. Equally, one must develop, with the help of panoramic awareness, stability and precision of insight and a knowledge of situations, so that the conduct of the Bodhisattva is dignified. +
Meditation or concentration. It means being watchful with that basic panoramic awareness that characterises all the other Paramitas. Dhyana is the means of stabilizing oneself within the framework of seeing relationships, and thereby seeing that one can afford to open. This openness and keen meditative intelligence brings one to deal with the nowness of each new situation. +
Structure or a group. The Tibetan word is kgil khor which means centre and periphery. It is the unification of many vast elements into one, through the experience of meditation. It is the process by which seeming chaos and complexities are simplified into patterns. It is usually presented in a diagram with a central figure (a personification of the Buddha principle) surrounded by other elements. The simplicity of the centre is experienced as the basic sanity of Buddha nature. Although the surrounding elements seem to be in chaos, one discovers in the evolution of the meditation that they are related to this centre as well. They are the various colours of emotions which are transmuted into the experience of a unified field. +
Generosity, giving without expectation, or opening, welcoming others. In other words, one does not establish the animal instinct of territory but anyone can help themselves " to me". As is said in the Bodhisattva disciplines, welcoming is the first gesture of the Bodhisattva. Without this, none of the other perfections could be put into practice. +
Forbearance in the sense of seeing the situation and seeing that it is right to forbear and to develop patience. It is patience with intelligence, which is not put off by frivolous situations. It is forbearance which has the inspiration to continue and is based on the Dana Paramita or the perfection of generosity. Whenever a situation is presented, one should get into it without hesitation rather than speculating in the ethical sense. It is a question of acting truly, neither for the benefit of ego, nor in terms of purifying oneself in an attempt to make an exhibition. It means allowing enough space to see the other person's point of view without the distorted filter of ego. +
Karma is created from failing to see true ego-Iessness. It results from the vicious circle of continually searching for security. This seems not to permit working with an enlightened attitude to prevent chain reactions. It is precise to the minute details and both body and mind are related to karmic cause and effect. As long as this self-defeating neurotic tendency continues, cause and effect of karma are perpetuated. There are other schools of thought which believe that the entire karmic force is predestined. There is a world karma, and also national, family and individual karma. +
The feminine principle which is associated with wisdom. One finds many references made to the Prajnaparamita as being the mother of the Buddhas. It is pure knowledge, sharp intelligence, which can create chaos or harmony. As has been cautioned by Nagarjuna, misconceptions about Prajnaparamita or Shunyata are lethal, because the excitement of theoretical discovery is not in harmony with fundamental energy, particularly when one abuses these energies. But when the marriage of knowledge and intuitive skilful means takes place in conjunction with the perfection of the six paramitas, then everything is Buddha activity; the dance begins. +
Great yogis who have achieved the experience of Mahamudra (see Crazy Wisdom entry). +
The masculine principle in tantric symbolism. The Heruka plays the partner in the Dakini's dance. The translation of the word tragthung in Tibetan is blood drinker. This energy principle is called "blood drinker" because it is the energy of skilful means; that which makes the situation powerful and creative, that which drinks the blood of clinging, doubts and duality. Skilful means is the active aspect of knowledge and is spontaneous and precise in each situation. +
That which transcends questioning. If the truth IS not absolute it is a lie. +
Teacher. He continues in his search. As long as he does not go beyond his limitations he can impart spiritual knowledge to other people. A guru must be prepared to regard his students as also his teachers and then true communication and relationship continues. When true communication takes place there is a meeting of the minds beyond dualistic concepts. When a student has gone through the honeymoon affair with the individual guru, he begins to realise that the guru aspect plays a very important part in everyday life. He begins to perceive the colourful, dramatic and shocking demonstration of the guru's teaching in everything. The guru gives the student back his own wisdom, but as it is received through the agency of someone else, spiritual pride is kept down. +
The great symbol. It is one of the ultimate practices of meditation in which all experiences are transmuted into transcendental knowledge and skilful means. From the primordial intelligence and energy which arise there comes great luminosity so that the vividness of experience becomes the display of the mandala. +
There is no such thing as ego as a centralised entity. Ego is the product of various misunderstandings which cause ultimate panic. It ranges in degrees of sophistication from ape instinct to even the most advanced scientific exploration that is oriented towards proving oneself. As one becomes expert at this game of continually establishing a basic security then one instinctively tends to deceive oneself about the laws of reality. This is the basic twist: to see everything as relating to the fictitious Self. +
It is the way of transmuting energy through sound which is expressed by movement, breathing and speech. It is the quintessence of different energies expressed in sound. For instance-HUM is one-pointedness and penetration. It is incorrect to use mantra frivolously for some kind of excitement. It is rather a straight-forward meditation under the guidance of a master. +
Bodhi means awakened state of mind, sattva means being or essence, in the sense of being without hesitation. The Bodhisattva is one who has committed himself to follow the path of compassion and the perfection of the six paramitas. The characteristic of the Bodhisattva is that his actions do not refer back to a centre or ego, he does not dwell in the absorption quality of meditation which is without clarity or inspiration. +
