From Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | [[File:Sehjgls 02.jpg|thumb|250px|]] | + | #REDIRECT [[Secret mantra]] |
| − | <poem>
| |
| − | [[Secret mantra]] (Tib. ''[[sang ngak]]''; [[Wyl.]] ''[[gsang sngags]]'') or '''[[Secret Mantra Vajrayana]]''' (Tib. ''[[sang ngak dorje tekpa]]''; ''[[gsang sngags rdo rje theg pa]]'' — another [[name]] for the [[Vajrayana]]. [[Secret Mantra]] {{Wiki|Synonymous}} with [[Tantra]]. [[Secret Mantra]] teachings are distinguished from [[Sutra]] teachings in that they reveal methods for training the [[mind]] by bringing the {{Wiki|future}} result, or [[Buddhahood]], into the {{Wiki|present}} [[path]]. [[Secret Mantra]] is the supreme [[path]] to full [[enlightenment]]. The term `[[Mantra]]’ indicates that it is [[Buddha’s]] special instruction for protecting our [[mind]] from ordinary [[appearances]] and conceptions. Practitioners of [[Secret Mantra]] overcome ordinary [[appearances]] and conceptions by [[visualizing]] their [[body]], environment, enjoyments, and [[deeds]] as those of a [[Buddha]]. The term `Secret’ indicates that the practices are to be done in private, and that they can be practised only by those who have received a [[Tantric empowerment]].
| |
| − |
| |
| − | [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]] says:
| |
| − | | |
| − | :You might wonder what is meant by ‘[[secret mantra]]’. It does not mean the [[visualization]] of [[deities]], or the {{Wiki|recitation}} of [[mantra]] or the [[ritual]] practices for pacifying, enriching, magnetizing and subjugating. These are not what we call ‘[[secret mantra]]’. Nor is it the [[yogic]] practice of ''[[tsa-lung]]'' [[meditation]].
| |
| − | | |
| − | :[[Secret mantra]] is not simply [[offering]] [[torma]]s, playing instruments like the ''gyaling'', beating [[drums]] and doing elaborate [[rituals]]. If this were the [[definition]] of [[tantra]], then it would follow that even [[Milarepa]] was not a [[tantric]] [[practitioner]]. He lived in a {{Wiki|cave}} and had no {{Wiki|possessions}}, he did not even have a [[bell]] and [[vajra]], yet he was without question one of the greatest [[tantric]] [[yogis]] who ever lived.
| |
| − | | |
| − | :What then is the ‘[[mantra]]’ in the [[vehicle]] of [[secret mantra]]? The [[word]] [[mantra]] means that which protects the [[mind]]. Here, [[mantra]] protects the [[mind]] against ordinary [[perception]]. This is also the {{Wiki|real}} meaning of ‘[[vajra]]’ in the [[word]] ‘[[vajra-yana]]’.
| |
| − | | |
| − | :In [[mantrayana]] practice, there must be an [[understanding]] of [[emptiness]] endowed with [[compassion]], which then transforms into a [[deity]]. We then practise identifying with that [[deity]]. That is the ‘[[vajra]]’ [[element]] of [[vajra-yana]]. The {{Wiki|real}} practice of [[secret mantra]] [[vajrayana]] involves generating a [[mind]] of [[emptiness]] with the [[heart]] of [[compassion]] (''tong nyi nyingje’i nyingpo [[chen]]'') and then [[transforming]] that very [[mind]] into the [[pure]] [[perception]] of the [[deity]] and [[feeling]] a [[sense]] of [[pride]] or [[confidence]].
| |
| − | </poem>
| |
| − | [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Secret_mantra&action=edit www.rigpawiki.org]
| |
| − | [[Category:Secret mantra]]
| |
Latest revision as of 15:46, 27 February 2014
