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| + | [[Marpa]] returned to [[India]] bearing sixty [[sang]] of {{Wiki|gold}}. On the way he traversed [[Nepal]], where he met his previous [[teachers]] and made [[offerings]]. | ||
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| + | {{Wiki|Learning}} that [his [[teacher]] [[Naropa]] had entered the [[action]] [a high [[degree]] of [[attainment]], he journeyed to the city of Lakshetra in the [[West]] and asked for [[Yeshe Nyingpo]] who was staying in a {{Wiki|forest}}, attended by a woman of low [[caste]]. | ||
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| + | "When she comes to [[gather]] [[water]]," he was told, "ask her if you may see him." | ||
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| + | When she arrived, he made his request. | ||
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| + | Pointing to a large jar of [[water]] she was holding [in other words: her [[own]] {{Wiki|sexual organs}}], she said, "Use one-third of this [[water]] to bathe, and one-third for drinking." | ||
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| + | After [[Marpa]] had finished bathing [his [[mind]] through [[meditation]], the washing [[water]] fell back into the [[vase]] [of [[sexual union]] and [[transformed]] into his white [[seed-essence]] ([[bindu]]; {{Wiki|masculine}} {{Wiki|sexual}} [[energy]]; in other words, he did not spill a drop of fluid, and it returned, [[transformed]]. | ||
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| + | The woman then performed a [[Tantric]] [[yogic]] exercise over the [[vase]] the vessel of [[sexual union]] and from her secret place [[yoni]] emanated a {{Wiki|stream}} of [[energy]], the {{Wiki|feminine}} [[red]] [[seed-essence]] not [[physical]] but [[vital energy]]. | ||
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| + | After the two [[essences]] had merged [by means of their [[yogic practice]] and [[Marpa]] bathed [his [[mind]] in the {{Wiki|sexual}} [[water]] again, all his preconceived [[thoughts]] dissolved. | ||
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| + | And when he drank the [[water]] [through transmutation] and looked into the [[vase]] [of [[sexual union]] he saw the full assemblage of the [[Tantric]] [[Guhyasamaja deities]]. | ||
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Quoted from "The Great [[Kagyu]] [[Masters]]: The Golden [[Lineage]] Treasury" ([[Snow Lion]], 1990) | Quoted from "The Great [[Kagyu]] [[Masters]]: The Golden [[Lineage]] Treasury" ([[Snow Lion]], 1990) | ||
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[http://sacred-sex.org/scriptures/buddhism/10-marpa-and-sexual-transmutation.html sacred-sex.org] | [http://sacred-sex.org/scriptures/buddhism/10-marpa-and-sexual-transmutation.html sacred-sex.org] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 30 January 2016
Marpa returned to India bearing sixty sang of gold. On the way he traversed Nepal, where he met his previous teachers and made offerings.
Learning that [his teacher Naropa had entered the action [a high degree of attainment, he journeyed to the city of Lakshetra in the West and asked for Yeshe Nyingpo who was staying in a forest, attended by a woman of low caste.
"When she comes to gather water," he was told, "ask her if you may see him."
When she arrived, he made his request.
Pointing to a large jar of water she was holding [in other words: her own sexual organs], she said, "Use one-third of this water to bathe, and one-third for drinking."
After Marpa had finished bathing [his mind through meditation, the washing water fell back into the vase [of sexual union and transformed into his white seed-essence (bindu; masculine sexual energy; in other words, he did not spill a drop of fluid, and it returned, transformed.
The woman then performed a Tantric yogic exercise over the vase the vessel of sexual union and from her secret place yoni emanated a stream of energy, the feminine red seed-essence not physical but vital energy.
After the two essences had merged [by means of their yogic practice and Marpa bathed [his mind in the sexual water again, all his preconceived thoughts dissolved.
And when he drank the water [through transmutation] and looked into the vase [of sexual union he saw the full assemblage of the Tantric Guhyasamaja deities.
Quoted from "The Great Kagyu Masters: The Golden Lineage Treasury" (Snow Lion, 1990)
