The reason we call it the path of fruition is that fruition is the absolute truth of Buddha Nature, and it is crucial to understand that in the present, the ground and result are inseparable and of the same nature. [...] 15 Proceedings of the Fourth Vajrayāna Conference, 2022 flame, the moon, the sun, darkness, a digit of the moon,3 and the great drop, in which there is a clear reflection of everything.4 These signs emerge from space during the initial practice of complete sense deprivation in Kālacakra’s ṣaḍaṅgayoga when the yogin’s non- conceptual wisdom has first contact with a tiny part of the dharmatā. [...] By the power of having reached [the state of a] bodhisattva, he sees with the eye of insight; and after that with the eye of wisdom, he sees by the power of having reached [the level of] the perfect Buddha, beyond any limitations.74 Thus eyes of flesh and the rest are called the five eyes of a Tathāgata75 with regard to the vision of emptiness.76 It should be noted that the direct perception of th. [...] This is the uninterrupted (prabandhena) flow of the self-aware mind of the yogin, which has the nature of the appearance of the three times and three realms. [...] The vision of the reflections through the divine eye, which is the tantric direct cognition through mental consciousness, corresponds to vital breath control (prāṇāyāma) and retention (dhāraṇā).85 The remaining three of the five eyes of a Tathāgata are not related to the remaining two direct cognitions and two branches of yoga (i.e., anusmṛti and samādhi).
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Table of Contents
- Preface 4
- Contents 6
- Bringing Vajrayāna to the Modern World - Challenges and Solutions 8
- The Role of Visionary Encounters with Emptiness in the Jonang School of Tibetan Buddhism 22
- Dharma Practice and Mental Health a Psychiatrists Perspective 52
- From Stress to Flow Examining the Efficacy of Breath-Movement Practices in Haṭha Yoga and Vajrayāna Buddhism 64
- Bridging Buddhist Wisdom and Modern Psychology Supporting Mental Health Care in Bhutan 74
- Infallible Truths and Interdependence Reflections of Clarifying Medicine Buddhas Teachings During the Covid-19 Crisis 92
- The Rainbow Body or Body of Light as a Body Without Organs Methodology Death Technologies and Ethics in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and the Philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari as Praxis 110
- The Magic of Death and the Joy of Simply Being 136
- Lessons from the Duhumbi Version of the Epic of King Gesar of Ling 152
- 2.1.1. Descent as a bird 164
- 2.1.2. Ling Gesars control of local deities 164
- 2.1.3. Severing the bla of the demon 165
- 2.1.4. Ama Gunglan Jeymo 166
- 2.2.1. Ling Gesars qualities 168
- 2.2.2. Other references to Buddhism 169
- 2.2.3. Missing Buddhist characteristics 170
- 1942 187
- Proving Gesar A Multicultural Approach 192
- གས པ 197
- ཀམ དཔཆ 201
- ལས1འ3ས 201
- Contemporary Discussions on Yeshé Tsogyal First Tibetan Enlightened Woman 210
- The Perfection of Two Early Bhikkhunīs of Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta and the Early Development of Non-Dual Teachings of Emptiness 220
- Texts The Material Culture Work of Transmission in a Digital Age 230
- Yajñopavita and its Stylistic Chronology with Special Reference to Padmapā i Avalokiteśvara 248
- Evolution of Buddhist Temples in India 264
- 1.1 Temple number 40 Sanchi 266
- 1.2 Bairat Temple Rajasthan 266
- 1.3 Mahabodhi Temple Bodhgaya 267
- 1.1 The Phase of Early Buddhism 268
- 1.2 The Mahayana Phase 269
- 2.1 Temple 17 Sanchi 271
- 5.1 Temple number 45 Sanchi 272
- Biographical Profile of Authors 276
