Aum Gung Ganapathaye Namah
Namo tassa bhagavato
arahato samma-sambuddhassa
Homage to The Blessed One, Accomplished and Fully Enlightened
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful
Tantric Buddhism
A Collection of Articles, Notes and References
Chapter 2
(Revised:
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Praise the Buddha
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"... Freely you received, freely give”.
- Matthew 10:8 ::
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
1 “But mark this: There will be terrible
times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money,
boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed
Moses, so also these
men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.”
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2 Timothy 3:1-9 :: New International Version (NIV)
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
- Hebrews 5:6 ::
King James Version (KJV)
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Shakyamuni
Buddha did not regard this universe as God's creation or his conquest, but as
resulting from the relation of cause and
effect by which all phenomena are produced. Causation means a primary cause (in) and a
secondary cause (en) combining to produce an effect (ka) and a
recompense (ho). In this
world, there is nothing unchangeable or fixed in form. All things have a direct cause (primary cause, in).
When this comes
into contact with an opportunity or condition
(secondary cause, en), the
result of this conjunction appears as a phenomenon (effect, ka). This effect leaves behind traces
(recompense, ho): thus Shakyamuni Buddha interpreted
all things in the world.
(Reference: Niwano, Nikkyo. (2002) A Modern
Interpretation of the Threefold Lotus Sutra. Chapter 16. Revelation of the
[Eternal] Life of the Tathagata. Rissho Kosei-kai.)
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Personal Comments
did not
regard this universe as God's creation
but as
resulting from the relation of cause and
effect by which all phenomena are produced
With due respects to the author, according to my personal viewpoint,
both cases are one, though they look different from the surface.
Consider the Lord as Energy.
Then the universe is filled with Energy, like an ocean, satisfying the
first case.
The golden law of energy, for all action there is an equal and opposite
reaction.
You can consider action as cause and reaction as effect. Cause and
effect; thus satisfying the second case.
Conjuction which is given the higher highlight color, refers to the concept of absorption. Fusion to be precise. One level of energy
fusing into another level of energy resulting in a fused resultant.
Fusion is everywhere. There is no place without fusion. Writing, reading,
bathing etc are also subsets of the mega concept – fusion. Fusion is a
scientific word pertaining to joining.
The linga clearly brings out this universal
concept of energy fusion. One form of energy fusing into
another form of energy. No activity in this universe is possible without
fusion. Always remember that. Even simple things like driving a car, walking
etc are all fusion. Energy movements, fusing into other.
"A
close analogy was found by Shellon [Annotations on
the Sacred Writings of the Hindus] between the rituals of the Hindus and those
of the Egyptians. He equated Shiva with Osiris, and
Shakti with Isis,
represented by the same equilateral
triangle with a dot in the center, the same emblem of the generative power - two
coexisting principles of nature, active and passive, linga and yoni.
"Shellon describes Hindu Tantric
sexual rituals as being performed with naked temple courtesans or yoginis, young and beautiful, representing the goddess Shakti, or power, reciting mantras, becoming sexually
excited and inducing promiscuous orgies among the votaries which he qualifies as 'very licentious' but constituting a mysterious
initiation. He further describes Shakti as represented in coitu sitting
on Shiva's erect member,
just as
- Peter Tompkins, The
Magic of Obelisks
(Reference: Tantric Sexual Rituals.)
The fusion that we know of, that we come across pertains to the
forbidden fruit. So what sort of fusion you mention, being a celibate?
The forbidden fruit concerns the matter, material form.
I speak about the energy fusion, NOT matter fusion.
Any form of matter made up of the chemical elements.
Any form of matter, by virtue of chemical composition, (the elements
like carbon etc contained within), have a surrounding invisible aura, the
magnetic field.
Radiation is in every
part of our lives. It occurs naturally in the earth and can reach us through
cosmic rays from outer space. Radiation may also occur naturally in the water
we drink or the soils in our backyard. It even exists in food, building
materials, and in our own human bodies.
(Reference: EPA. What is Radiation?)
A drop of water when nears another drop of water, join together, fusion
occurs to a single drop.
So too the aura, the magnetic field surrounding each matter form.
Radiation
can be defined as: energy given off by the nucleus of an atom in the form of
particles or rays.
(Reference: EPA.
Radiation Terms in What
is Radiation?)
A relevant statement pertaining to this higher fusion of the energy
world:
Any person who have come or visited or got
near the temple premises have a relation with the river. It has been such for
ages.
-
The words
of the
Relation is the translated English word. But doesn’t
convey the true exact meaning across. The apt word as mentioned by the
learned tantric, the High priest of the temple is
“ban-dha”. “Any one down the ages who have visited
the temple premises have “bandham”
with the river”
To a normal person of society, the words doesn’t
carry much meaning.
But those words bring out the mystic inner meaning of the concept of
energy fusion, as mentioned by the learned High priest.
When you take a pen to write, your aura and the pen’s aura come
together, fusion occurs.
When you write on a paper with a pen, your aura, the pen’s aura and the
paper’s aura come together, fusion occurs.
When you walk, multiple fusion occurs – fusion
with your surrounding energy, fusion with the ground matter aura.
Eighty
percent of human exposure comes from natural sources: radon gas, the human
body, outer space, and rocks and soil.
(Reference: EPA.
Sources of Radiation in What
is Radiation?)
"In
the creative process, initially the sexual pair, Shiva and Shakti,
within both man and
world, are so deeply joined in sexual union they are unaware of their differences and
beyond Time. They then become aware
of their distinction and the female 'objective' separates from the male
'subject'. She performs her dance of illusion,
persuading the male 'subject' he is not one but many, and generating from her
womb the world of multiplied objects in what seems to be a sequence in time.
These 'subjects' now each perceive a differentiated reality, seeming to be
composed of separate particles of objective fact, and live lives that seem to
be extended in time."
- Philip Rawson The
Art of Tantra
(Reference: Tantric Sexual Rituals.)
Energy fusion everywhere.
Topology is the area of mathematics which deals with this energy
spectrum. The energy pattern. Single, fused etc.
Interested readers can refer advanced tantric
texts which cover more of this section on fusion.
If you refer the portraits of saintly figures, forms of the Lord etc, a
circular light is shown behind the head, by the ancients, copied as such by
present day people. A halo. The
aura. The energy surrounding.
There in portraits it is given as a mark of reverence or respect. (Halo
given behind the head only;
originally halo is around the whole body. For as mentioned, it is a surrounding
energy radiation radiating from the chemical elements composing or forming the
body or any matter)
Originally this halo or aura is there for any matter – plant,
animal, man, woman etc.
Any matter will have this aura or to be precise, the energy radiation.
A popular misconception was that when people reach a higher state of
awareness, the wisdom gives the light.
It is actually aura, which everyone has. BUT hard-core trainees,
adepts, spiritual masters through fasting, celibacy, ascetism
etc. increase the power of the aura, the range of the magnetic field.
Written in late 2002.
There are different types of radiation; some are more energetic than others. For example, non-ionizing radiation, has enough energy to move atoms around, but not enough
to change them chemically. The most energetic form of radiation is called
ionizing radiation.
(Reference: EPA.
Sources of Radiation in What
is Radiation?)
Patton,
meanwhile, described more of the Frontier's reported paranoia in another deposition he gave in his own court
case against the hotel on July 11.
He
said Horton once set
up a camera outside the personnel office that with the help of a computer could
capture a person's aura on film.
Patton's
former top assistant, Gary Ayers, described the camera in an interview.
Ayers
said the Elardis wanted all of their employees to be
photographed by the
sophisticated camera, which purportedly captured the energy fields
around a person.
The special
equipment allowed for a
positive identification of someone along the lines of a finger print, he said.
(Reference: German,
Jeff. (
There are three concepts in basic radiation protection. They are:
Time
If you decrease the amount of time you spend near the source of
radiation, you will decrease the amount of radiation exposure you receive. To
imagine this, think of a trip to the beach as a comparison. For instance, if
you spend a lot of time on the beach, you will be exposed to the sun, and,
ultimately, get a sunburn. If you spend less time in the sun and more time in
the shade, your sunburn will be much less severe. This is similar to the way
radiation exposure works.
Distance
The farther away you are from a radiation source, the less exposure you
will receive. Compare this to an outdoor concert. You can sit directly in front
of a speaker, 50 yards from the stage, or on the grass in the park across the
street. If you sit in front of the speaker, you will probably suffer some
damage to your hearing. If you sit 50 yards from the stage, you will be exposed
to an average amount of music. If you sit in the park across the street, the
noise is even further reduced and you might not even hear the concert, or even
know what song they are playing.
Radiation exposure is similar. The closer you are to the source, the
greater your chances for developing some damage to your body. If you are far
from the source, your exposure would be much lower.
Shielding
If you increase the shielding around a radiation source, it will
decrease your exposure. For example, if you stand out in the rain without an
umbrella, you will get wet. But, if you use an umbrella to shield you from the
rain, you will remain dry and protected. This is similar to the idea of
shielding in radiation protection.
(Reference: EPA.
Radiation Protection Concepts in What
is Radiation?)
Links:
Bobby's Radiation
Glossary for Students
Now, at this juncture, you are
advised to read through the following movie script:
Soderbergh,
Steven. (2002) Solaris.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0307479
Plot
Summary for Solaris (2002)
http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0307479
Upon
arrival at the space station orbiting an ocean world called Solaris a psychologist discovers that the
commander of an expedition to the planet has died mysteriously. Other strange
events soon start happening as well, such as the appearance of old
acquaintances of the crew, including some who are dead.
Summary
written by Toth-Amon
Script
http://home.online.no/~bhundlan/scripts/Solaris.txt
An
educational copy of the script can be downloaded from the above URL.
Once
you understand the script properly, observe the movie critically.
The
concepts are very similar, with energy constituting the ocean world as well as
your own mind, the sub-conscious mind etc.
Written around
Revised around
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“Thou
belongest to That Which Is Undying, and not merely to time alone,” murmured the Sphinx, breaking its
muteness at last. “Thou art eternal,
and not merely
of the vanishing flesh. The
soul in man cannot be killed, cannot
die. It waits, shroud-wrapped,
in thy heart, as I waited, sand-wrapped, in
thy world. Know thyself, O mortal! For there is One within thee,
as in all men, that comes and stands at the bar and bears witness that there IS a God!”
(Reference: Brunton, Paul. (1962) A Search in Secret
Amen