The Perfection of: Power, Compassion and Wisdom

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In the “Advanced Collection of Practices”
we can read:

“In the expanse where all
phenomena come to exhaustion,
you encountered the wisdom
of the Dhar-ma-ka-ya;

in the Clear-light of empty space you saw
Sam-bho-ga-ka-ya pure-lands appear;
to work for beings’ benefit,
you appeared to them in Nir-ma-na-ka-ya form.

Limitless light, A-mi-ta-bha Buddha,
I bow before you!”
Despite how things could seem,
the purpose of praising one’s
• lineage,
• root and
• heart
teachers is neither to
bolster some old guy’s sagging self esteem nor
to make us feel small, inadequate or overwhelmed.


Nope, the purpose of this praise is to
remind us both:
#1 what we should aspire to and,
#2 what we could accomplish in THIS very year!


The previous praise mentioned what is known as the three bodies of a Buddha:
#1 the truth body or Dhar-ma-ka-ya,
#2 the bliss body or Sam-bho-ga-ka-ya and
#3 the emanation body or Nir-ma-na-ka-ya,
{which are also winning answers in scrabble}.


Not only can that sound pretty phantasmagoric, but
it could sound like some pretty heavy metaphysics.
Are we supposed to believe this stuff hook, line and sinker?
Oh, please DON'T!


Come, let us reason.
As Bodhisattvas we are to practice Buddha’s four mental yogas of:
#1 awareness,
#2 devotion,
#3 love and
#4 letting-go.

How could the four yogas be related to
the three bodies of a Buddha?
Easy!


#1 The wise Dharmakaya could represent mastery of
the yogas of Awareness and Letting-go,


#2 The powerful Sambhogakaya could represent mastery of
the yogas of Devotion and Letting-go and


#3 the dynamic Nirmanakaya could represent mastery of
the yogas of Love {or Compassion} and Letting-go.


Notice the constant presence of the Yoga of Letting-go.
Our practice of awareness is not a Buddhist exercise unless
it’s combined with the yogas of letting go.

Our practice of devotion is not a Buddhist activity unless
it’s tempered with the art of letting-go and
our trainings in love are not Buddhist unless
they are blended with the science of Letting-go.


Nope, it’s NOT enough to understand this intellectually.
They must become such a visceral reality that
we are able to practice them:
• spontaneously,
• habitually,
• easily and
• effectively.

That’s why it’s so crucial what we perform our
formal 9-minuet practice {or sadhana} NO less then
EVERY morning and EVERY evening, EVERY day and
that we perform either the 3-breath, 7-breath or 9-breath INformal practice
EVERY time we notice significant pain or pleasure.

Oh yeah, I said it… Pleasure.
That’s why in Tantra, we learn how to meditate
even while making love!


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May you and yours be

happy and healthy!

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Lama Jigme Gyatso: Rime Manipa Tantrika

NON-sectarian Buddhist: Monk, Teacher, Healer and Tantrika

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