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Buddhism in Tibetan Tradition, But Not Slavishly So!

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That amazing future you that will become fully prepared to enter into the enlightened state will remember you, but you have no way of remembering them. The main point is…. that person about to awaken will never arrive unless you make stron g effort and determination to become free. ~ Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~ "Das erstaunliche zukünftige Du, welches vollständig darauf vorbereitet sein wird, in den erleuchteten Zustand einzutreten, wird sich an dich erinnern, aber für dich gibt es keine Möglichkeit, dich an es zu erinnern. Der Hauptpunkt ist... die Person, die kurz vor dem Erwachen steht, wird niemals entstehen, wenn du keine starke Anstrengung unternimmst und den Vorsatz fasst, frei zu werden." - Domo Geshe Rinpoche --- Ese futuro asombroso tu que se convertirá totalmente preparado para entrar al estado iluminado te recordara, pero no tienes maneras de recordarlo. El punto principal es…. Esa persona que despertara nunca llegara a menos que tu hagas un fuerte esfuerzo y deter...

Can You Become a Deity?

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Regarding the three bodies of a buddha: dharmakaya, sambogakaya and nirmanakaya. A meditator cannot assume an actual sambogakaya deity bliss body without already being a nirmanakaya (supreme human emanation). The meditator can only do this in a visualized manner as part of a tantric meditation practice. Emanation does not happen from human to deity level being, (from gross to subtle), only from subtle to gross. Sambogakaya bodies are the description of emanations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas moving toward their working position of nirmanakaya. Of course, many (if not most) higher-level beings do not manifest in human form but remain in a working position of a sambogakaya being. Learners, such as advanced meditators or bodhisattvas on the path of clarification have another process, attached to a sambogakaya form deity for continued learning. A nirmanakaya, supreme emanation body cannot be constructed from an ordinary human being; one moment an ordinary human being, and ...

Buddhas of Light photo album

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We train ourselves in meditation to visualize the Buddhas and deities as translucent, not solid. This is the sambhogakaya realm DGR~~~~~ "Wir üben uns in Meditation, um die Buddhas und Gottheiten als durchscheinend und nicht als fest zu visualisieren. Dies ist der Sambhogkayabereich." DGR