VAJRAYANA . TIBETAN BUDDHISM. GURU PADMASAMBHAVA ( part four) Lineage believe that to this day, Guru Padmasambhava still come to visit & bless his devotees on the 10th day of every lunar month. The Lotus-born Guru is the embodiment of the entire lineage of Teaching , both exoteric & esoteric, which has been transmitted by words, mudras & telepathy through 2,500 years. He is often depicted seated on a red lotus throne upon a white moon-mat with legs locked in a vajra position .He wears the three royal robes of the Three Yanas --- Hinayana, Mahayana & Vajrayana .His right hand carries the golden Vajra ( diamond-cutter ) while his left, lying on his lap, the Patra or begging bowl which is filled with the Nectar of Immortality. Clamped to his left side is his special sybol, the Khatvarga, a three-pronged flaming staff which has three human heads attached to it , sybolic of impermanance & other deeper meanings. The Vajra, peculiar to Vajrayana, is uaed by Guru Rinpoche to cast spells or exorcise devils. On his head is a lotus cap adorned with sun & moon & surmounted by a feather from a vultures wing. This master of all yogas often wears a strange smile, compassionate but with a hint of wrathfulness . If you are ready to accept him as your guru some day, he may take your mundane ego & hang it on his flaming staff. In return he will give you all the knowledge of the universe & give you a drink of the Nectar to makez you forget pain & dissatisfaction forever, his Vajra wisdom will also protect & guide you so that you will never know fear again. Since he is the guru who is powerful enough to break the dark spell which has kept you in the sleep of ignorance since countles lifetimes, why not seek his blessings for the awakening? You can easily develop a karmic link with him with thex daily recitation of this mantra: OM HAH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM Thex purpose of including this chapter in the book is to prepare the minds of those who are fortunate enough to come across Vajrayana teachings in the near future, Vajrayana, or Mi-Tsung Jiao, is not new to the Chinese for its teachings have been in China for almost a thousand years & because of its esoteric nature of practice very few people were able to come across it.However, this seems to be the period of the Vajrayana teachings as a great number of energetic & whighly qualified I.amas are currently ceznselessly spreading the Dharma across the world. END.
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