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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. +
Karuna or Nying-je (in Tibetan) means noble heart. You cannot develop this until you have discovered the meditative state through anapanasatti. Once you are in the process of dealing with this state of being, then you cannot help radiating warmth; there is something which is open. In this case, anapanasatti means actually being aware of that relationship between inner and outer, this and that, which could be a primitive way of looking at Shunyata. But when you develop an open and carefree state of being, that is to say, non-dualistic, non-security-oriented, then the understanding of basic warmth arises. You are no longer involved with the conscious kindness of a pious and deliberate scene. You are able to give an open welcome since you have no territory of your own to preserve. The more you welcome others the freer you become. So the more you are involved with basic compassion, the more you welcome others without the host centralised notion of attempting to bring them into your scene. Warning: Do not gulp down pious, idiot compassion; you have to use basic intelligence to see the situation clearly. You should be able to deal with the situation intuitively rather than as written about in books. +
Symbol of meditation or the mind of the Enlightened One. It is the never-ending discriminating awareness of wisdom. It is the state of being fully true, a continuous flow with no beginning and no end. +
The symbol of peace and non-violence. Buddha gave his first teachings on the four noble truths (the teaching of Dukha) in a place called the Deer Park. The deer symbolises harmless and peaceful intelligence. But when one talks in terms of the wounded deer, it means that in spite of being harmless and pure, the deer has been wounded by negativities based on aggression. The innocent deer-like openness has been abused or blamed so that the basic simplicity and nonviolence has been hurt by the aggressive and war-like quality of ego. The deer in Sarnath plays a very prominent part as an inspiration to us who are so involved in a very materialistic society. +
The seed syllable of the indestructible vajra nature, also representing great joy. It is the principle of son or youthful prince, the active force of clear light. +
Personified as Vidyadhara, the holder of scientific knowledge. In this case, knowledge is not impersonal and abusive, but plays a compassionate role. This is outrageous wisdom devoid of self and the common sense of literal thinking. Crazy wisdom is wild; in fact, it is the first attempt to express the dynamics of the tenth stage of the Bodhisattva, to step out with nakedness of mind, unconditioned, beyond conceptualisation. In this state, one acts purely on what is, with the qualities of earth, water, fire, space and stormy air. +
May be more precisely termed rebirth because the accumulation of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness which are the constituents of so-called spirit, do not live through as one solid thing, but are constantly changing. This state of consciousness does not belong exclusively to human beings and is not determined by the physical body. Rebirth into different lives is possible. It is a natural karmic force. +
The six Paramitas or transcendental actions are attributes of Buddha activity. In perfecting them, one transcends the notion of a centralised ego. +
The seed syllable for all-encompassing space, the womb which accommodates all creations, the mother principle. It is passiveness or emptiness. +
It is a way of stepping out of the neurotic and complicated state of ego. It is not worship, nor is it ritual. Yet, ironically, meditation is the only way of spiritual practice. By transcending the questioning mind, meditation provides an enormous situation of free communication. It is a way of being simple-beyond the dualistic network. It is not a mental gymnastic practice. +
is the production of the neurotic ego. However, sometimes it manifests as sparks of intelligence. It often shows as the playback of memories and emotions. It is largely either discursive or in pictorial form. Thoughts only possess power if one is fascinated by them. Consciousness is a tendency of dualistic projection which makes for the discrimination between subject and object. The subconscious is the underlying gossip. +
