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Our teacher, the fourth guide of this fortunate eon, the incomparable lord of sages, Sakyamuni, gave infinite
teachings as means to enter the
Dharma of the causal and resultant vehicles, in accordance with the particular temperaments, spiritual faculties, and attitudes of disciples. Nevertheless, they may all be included within the three vehicles, which, in turn, may be further subdivided into nine successive stages.
The General
Sutra says:
The ultimate definitive vehicle
Certainly appears as three in number:
The .
Brahmarupa
Mahakala is the outer form of Chaturmukha Mahakala. He is the special protector of the Guhyasamaja
Tantra and the 2nd main protector of the
Sakya School.
Brahmarupa, a benign form of the wrathful deity Mahakala, is shown as a bearded nomadic ascetic, sitting on a corpse, wearing a bone apron, and holding a thighbone trumpet and a skull cup.
A protector of the Sakya school of
Tibetan Buddhism, he is credited with introducing the
Hevajra .
Prenatal
yoga is a style designed for pregnant women to practice, regardless of their due date. The
mixture of
stretching, controlled breathing, and mental focus offers a variety of benefits to expectant mothers. This form of
yoga can also increase strength and flexibility in the muscles used during childbirth.
Prenatal yoga may reduce stress levels and improve sleep patterns during pregnancy. It may also alleviate physical discomforts such as nausea, headaches, and lower back pain. .
The spirit of true charity is to offer something without expecting anything reciprocally for the
gift. If a person expects some material benefit to arise from his gift, he/she is only performing an act of bartering and not charity.
A charitable person shouldn't make people feel indebted to him or use charity to control over them. He/she should not even expect others to be grateful, for most people are forgetful though not necessarily ungrateful. The .
Tibetan singing bowls are a mysterious combination of
art, science,
spirituality, and sound
healing an
ancient connection for humanity. This rich mesh of qualities makes for many different paths of enjoyment.
History of Singing
Bowls
Singing bowls also known as
Himalayan bowls,
Tibetan bowls, DhoniPatra(sound, vessel), and suzu gongs are used for
meditation, healing purpose, sound
yoga,
religious purpose, sound yoga, sound meditation with chantings,
music which have great medicinal and
healing powers used from ancient .
Tibetan Buddhism has such a unifying symbol, known variously as a Refuge assembly, Field of Merit, or
Refuge Tree. It is known as a Refuge assembly because it is a visualized gathering of figures representing the three Refuges.
It is known as a Field of Merit because by visualizing a great array of
Enlightened figures and then making
offerings to them, and by performing other skillful actions, such as committing oneself to
the Bodhisattva path .
There are two sections to the
Kalachakra initiation, the preparatory procedures, and actual initiation.
The six preparatory steps
Step 1. Setting a proper
motivation and bestowing the inner initiation
Setting the motivation involves the disciples purifying themselves by taking a bath symbolized by sipping a handful of
water and
offering prostration. The
master performs a ceremony of sending out a
ritual cake, which symbolizes dispelling any obstructions to the initiation.
The disciples then make a
mandala offering holding flowers in .
