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| − | 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." | + | [[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]]. {{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]]. "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." | + | When she arrived, he made his request. 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." |
| − | 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]. | + | 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]]]. |
| − | 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. | + | 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]]]. 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. 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) | + | 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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Revision as of 15:58, 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 [[[Wikipedia:sexual|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)
