Emptiness and Compassion: Retreat Serial 00026

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Taught by: Luding Khen Rinpoche (now Luding Khenchen Rinpoche)

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have been purified
and so this is the important point is to developed his conviction that is actually taking place so all this
section of the practice up until this point is pertains to the accumulation of marriage and it is said that in order to attain buddhahood that you need to put together these two accumulations of merit and wisdom and
marriage meaning all kinds of very positive karmic trends that use to you
develop and so
so when you go for refuge and develop faith and devotion and pay homage song then you purify all of the negative karmic tendency of being brash and room
food and causing
insult to others and you
the faith and devotion that you develop his family purify accumulation and likewise when you develop the thought of a bodhicitta caring for all sentient beings without exception then you purify your negative tended
z of dwelling upon your own welfare and just cherishing yourself being selfish and song and served by means of the bodhicitta you undo the the harmful effects a few selfish ego me so up until this point the
this has been to develop this all these very strong positive tendencies
and so then we begin the accumulation of wisdom which is firstly by uttering the mantra on the sub cibola she does have a diagnosable why should our hum which is written in the military at this point instantly we think that all
outer and inner
appearances completely dissolves into emptiness and we simply rest the mind in its natural state without any fixation upon any particular object void of any reference point and in this is part of the special
power but the skillful means as of adrianna whereas in the mahayana then you have to derives the few of emptiness through like a more analytical deduction by guy all phenomena is mental projection mental projection is it
illusion in the it all illusion is caused by the combination of various causes and conditions and all causes and conditions of beyond any descriptive characteristics and so the you ashley refine the view in this way that is like a process is a gradual process
ss but in the factory on a merely by uttering the mantra which contains very powerful blessing that is associated with the samadi of this supreme view of emptiness than you say the mantra and then rest of my it's natural state and that point you you see
emptiness and normally because we have this very coarse clinging to the idea of our body is this thing made of flesh and blood song that we have this impure fixation of ourself in our world than it is very difficult to
instantly just change that into the pure appearance of the deity in this illusory blissfield palace and so because of that fixation cannot make the sudden change but if we dissolve firstly our course fixation into
two emptiness which is achieved through this arms obama mantra then out of that emptiness it's very easy to suddenly appear as the brilliant deity the union of fork and emptiness so this dissolving into emptiness has very important function in mm
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so up to this point i have dealt with the preliminaries to the actual practice meditation and so as you see these preliminaries
and with this all dissolving into emptiness and then later your peers deity and so this point this concludes the discussion on the preliminaries for today so this point dissolve into emptiness and then tomorrow it can reappears
so if there are any questions at this point then please feel free to ask

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he of skillful means and wisdom
of compassion of and an emptiness and so even if you visualize your suffer as just
no alone by himself then you must recognize that is very nature is tissue in a means wisdom

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labels for and same things objects and so on and labels that was being attractive for not attractive for whatever that is i consciousness is operating behind the or i and likewise ear consciousness is that hard if you're conscious
nice to hear sounds and is able to enable sounds identify sounds and so on and similarly with knows consciousness for smiles
and the tongue consciousness for tastes and touch consciousness with the organ being a whole body for thing and sensation and the mind consciousness is the consciousness that isn't aware of thought and emotion
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object of perception was my consciousness is able to to see is the is the unborn uncreative true nature of mine that is free from any kind of descriptive characteristics so that
awareness is my consciousness and that is what is operating in take a visualization practice

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aspect and just thinking just a chimpanzee that if it's difficult to think of the time array of deities and so on but
yeah it's something that is your third visualization smart like some kind of thing that we are trying to see
new in developing this visualization and you are developing it in a way that you are able to so with the
feeling that it's really their build upon that and so you can think of yourself as tennessee or you may think of the chimpanzee upon your head from tennessee cause three wisdom actor or you may think of is is by just south
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and so within the teachings
on the development of this practice of great compassion that we have so far dealt with the ordinary and extraordinary preliminary practices
including the going for refuge bodhicitta and song and have
dealt with the the development of the accumulation of merit and the accumulation of wisdom and all of this that was dealt with yesterday has been the preliminaries to the actual main body of practice so today we're going to discuss the actual practice of giving
rise to the self visualization as they did a great compassion
and so to begin with
as begin as we have to develop what it's called the thighs
the five purities and the first of this is the purity of emptiness and the this is
derived on the beginner's level by firstly to begin with him visualizing oneself seated upon a
a throne that's made of jewels and precious substances upon a fully opened lotus and moon disk that one is seated there and you recognize that all appearance and your own body is the union of emptiness and form of form and emptiness and as
especially within your heart is like a sphere of light like a the size of an egg that is completely empty with inside and so the interior of the body is visualized as being completely empty and this egg shapes fear within the heart as being empty
and so the second purity is of
the
what's called the purity of the blossoming lotus and this it is
you visualize think within your heart the lotus and then from that in the center of that arises from the seat syllable ah the quite moon disk and this has a profound significance
which is that the lotus
itself symbolizes that the fighting within some you're completely unstained by some side defilements and see are born moon disc symbolizes the ones bodhicitta once actual body cheated itself that is
increasing just like the moon and so you have to visualize that and also although it doesn't belong to this second purity of the blossoming lotus the read
lotus's the lotus and the moon disk that is the important aspect in this visualization
and the third purity of the third degree of bodhicitta is another way we may call it is the
that humanity upon this white moon disk on the lotus within your heart their peers the white sea syllable fried that is standing upright and so this is the third bodhicitta of the see syllable
ah bodhicitta is that of the was called the murder of mind the mind over body cheetah and so this is attained in the visualization through visualizing that
all of this physical appearance this body is like the union of form and emptiness and then from the same suitable three emanates immeasurable light that completely fills the body and all appearance and you imagine that the by the power of this
lights that all defilements accumulated throughout all your lifetimes is completely purify and the your body becomes that as the deity that is
i like like a moon's reflection in water that is form void and
then the light is reabsorbed back into the sea which becomes the lotus again with the sheet at a resting upon it and this aspect is the was called the mind murder bodhicitta
and the
the aspect of the visualization where by your body is transformed into the perfectly pure appearance of the deity itself is the fifth bodhicitta of the
of the transformation into the wisdom body
and so
this is the are fully extensive version of the visualization of these five kinds these five aspects of where the cheetah that
i'm covered in this when the street first appeared on the move is it was their special suit wasn't there is mention of to earn the symbolism to stir
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so this fully extensive version of the degrees of the five aspects of the visualization that comprise these five the cheaters
can be covered by the abridged version of the visualization where you
say the mantra the of zavala mantra and dissolve into emptiness and then out of emptiness instantly imagine that upon a lines
throne
on a lotus on a moon does he appear instantly as ten racing and although this in the fully extensive version you go through each stage and very clearly develop it and build up this process of developing these five aspects of the bodhicitta that connected with the
the visualization in the sudden way they're all they're all the aspects that there but you do it instantly and so the meaning is the same
however the amount of details and going through the process is slightly different
so the three syllable
is it you have mind the mind is that which is born continuously throughout samsara and in its various manifestations and that the mind essence is your buddha nature and so this three syllable is as symbolized
is your buddha nature and is the s is like a the essence of mind is this three syllable
so this
completely perfect visualization and for your body changed into this union of emptiness inform the body of ten racy great compassionate one is visualized is having one face and arms that is white in color and the legs crossed in the
vijay position and so the reason for visualizing this the body as perfectly white is
because it symbolizes that mind is completely free from the defilements of discursive thought of emotional defilements and that it is absolutely immaculate so this white color is for that symbolic purpose and the
because all of samsara although there is a i like maria different types of experience and maria different dharmas within some sarah all of these dharmas are covered by the one single dharma that all in essence is emptiness
of one flavor of emptiness because of this single essence with all dharmas than ten razer has one face
one head and yeah and because the for immeasurable of love compassion joy and equanimity that
completely without limit and completely without any break that are continuous than cinryze has four arms and so
of the forearms
the the to in the front that in actual facts slight digression hear that sometimes when the duties have many arms that the arms all come from one shoulder and
and in this case is like are like to shoulders that the so that the arms at the back
what rather arms are holding up they could be called the first two arms and then the second to are the ones that are in front but anyway for the purpose of this discussion the the two hands to two ounce that are joined together in prayer mujer
symbolize the union of wisdom and skillful means that is ones minds essence and at the same time the secondary aspect of this gesture of the two hands together is that have one as chen racy praying continuously
yay for the benefit of all beings and so the on that is holding the crystal rosary the crystal symbolizes once again this immaculate nature and the fact that it's a rosary that has been turned implies that one as
chen racy is continuously without any break from beginning this time
drawing sentient beings out of samsara working for the benefit of all sentient beings this symbolizes the actual activity of a awakening beings and the left-hand is holding the stem of a white lotus blossom and the load
as blossom sim signifies
that just in the same way as lotus flower grows out of the mud of stagnant pond
but yet the flower itself is completely untouched by the stain of the mud and the smell of that and so on and then just in the same way although once one is within samsara that the minds nature has never been affected or stained by
the
like the defilements have some psychic projection so the this symbolizes that the minds nature is totally immaculate
and so the legs that are crossed in the visor your symbolizes the union of samsara and nirvana it also symbolizes the union of space and wisdom the union of emptiness and clarity the union of form and emptiness
and specifically that the this mines nature ten racy oneself as chin racy would never fall into either of the two extremes of samsara and nirvana but just remains
in equipoise for the benefit of all sentient beings and it's as further symbolizes that once a nature is not
solid by the
discursive distractions of thought and emotional defilements that one is perfectly in the state of aqua poise
and the
the expression of
ah on the face the facial expression of kindness and smiling that's a very loving expression and in no way a wrathful signifies the attitude of completely caring for all sentient beings with great love and compassion and
that from your lips comes continuously the sound of time the sound of teaching or beings in a very loving and gentle way to relieve their suffering and bring them to enlightenment
and the ice in also an extremely loving gaze upon all sentient beings and this symbolizes the love and compassion of tennessee that serves to pacify anger
and conflict within the all the rounds of sentient beings and is the
the expression of the minds nature being that if great love and so then the
tennessee is adorned with the eight jeweled ornaments which is the crown the earrings the two necklaces for the on bracelets five and the
leg bracelets and the waist like the belt bracelet
there's something missing
on the the one across the the center at the center one that sounds like a necklace and
so the of these eight to ornaments the first of the crown has five points is a five pointed crown that has started within it various jewels and this symbolizes the each one of the points of the crown is the essence of what
one of the five buddha families so it's the crown of the five would have and the all of the ornament symbolizes that
that the one doesn't have to abandon sensory enjoyment and one doesn't have to just give up and it is it shows that the path is not necessarily that of austerity and self deprivation and so on and shows that all set
nursery enjoyments is in its very nature immaculate and essentially absolutely pure and so all these ornaments are showing that the chen racy where's this thing of sensory enjoyment as an ornament
that is in no way rejected
and so these are eight ornaments maybe also classified as six ornaments that it comes to the same thing and that would be
ashley in this eight ornaments is included this the like the silk top part silk skirt or pants and so if you classify the arm bracelets as one and the all the different necklaces is one
i'm than you can make it into the sixth ornaments and the there is no difference it's just that they're being separated and call the the six or eight for when they're referred to as the six ornaments than this
shows that the chin racy is adorned with the six perfections or the six parameters and is where us as ornamentation so
it also the
the cloth that sort of floating around the back is to one of these eight or six ornaments that is all the three cloth silk aspects the upper and lower and this one that's floating over the shoulders is considered as one
from ornaments which is called the silk ornaments and
the hair the way the hair is piled up the black care that is pile up and half of it into a knot and half of it
falling down symbolizes the the complete freedom from desire and the that do
the desire within all beings is subjugated by the by january see so the eyes the loving eyes deals with anger and the the hair do deals with desire
and so over the left shoulder is draped a
dear skin and sometimes this is the deer skin is visualized is being behind on the back but in this case it's draped over the left shoulder and the deer is an animal within the animal round that has a most extraordinary
a kind of gentleness and because of that that gentleness and in cabin natural loving nature to the deer than its it is used as the symbolism for lonzo inherent bodhicitta and the reason it is over the left shoulder and ca
coming over towards the heart is because the heart is considered like a seat in a way of this bodhicitta and so having the deerskin over the left shoulder represents that one's my nature is steeped in bodhicitta
and so
then he should visualize that from the three syllable within your heart emanates immeasurable light that goes out into all directions and transforms the entire outer
vessel the universe into a perfectly pure bliss round like a immeasurable palace and all beings the contents within universe are transformed into emanations of chin racy and if you do this in a fully extensive way than you can imagine that your
emanating light into each of the rounds and transforming the each realm one by one into the immeasurable pure realm of chin racy and old beings one by one become chen racing or in the abridged way than you can just emanate that you blaze this
wisdom light from the three syllable and all appearance the outer world of the outer universe and the inner contents of the universe that is all beings are instantaneously transformed into chin raising and also
in the extensive version the to you visualize that from this three syllable you emanate immeasurable liked that goes out and invokes the wisdom deities from all the buddhas and bodhisattvas so that it goes out as an offering to all buddhas and bodhisattvas that are transformed it too noisy
he and return the this light this is reabsorbed into the three syllable and then you consider that you've become the actual wisdom deity itself and the the beginning visualization and what you visualize yourself as is
in the beginning that visualization is was called the summer sattva or the
on the commitment being that you've developed and then into that some ios app for you invoke what's called the janice up or the wisdom being and combine the two so the ideas that you
develop this recognition that your commitment being and the little of being become
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and then once again within the extensive version has the visualization you imagine that again you emanates the visible light which invokes the empowerment deity the initiating deities particularly of the lowest family and you imagined that the five booted console
it's come and give the these impoundment
by pouring the western nectar onto your head as you as tint racy and the body becomes completely filled with this empowerment wisdom nectar and the as it some of it comes up overflows through the top of the head like a little
fountain that returning out through the top of the head and this is then transformed into buddha amitabha and
which show which is the lord of the lotus family and so this is the a extensive version for gaining empowerment in the visualization to yeah and then you visualize that from the she syllable
three syllable within the heart of the buddha amitabha residing now upon your head emanates immeasurable light which invokes all of the llamas of their lineage the route and lineage llamas that all of them are transformed into light and absorbed into the buddha amitabha
and death whereby you meditate that the buddha amitabha residing on your head is the combined essence of all of the luggage and route llamas
and so all this is the extensive version of the development of the visualization is of oneself as the was being tennessee
and in the abridged version you merely think that you appear instantly out of emptiness as ten noisy and then upon your head appears buddha amitabha and you just think that this is the essence of the all the
route and lineage gurus
as the lama sitting upon your head and as the lord of the lotus family and you think of yourself instantly as the union of the commitment being and the wisdom being so all of the aspects of this extensive visualization or there
they're within the instant abridged version
and so the most important part of the visualization of oneself as the deity is to recognize that this is illusory just like a reflection of in a mirror or like the moon's reflection in water that it is the union of
form and emptiness and so visualizing in this way that is this just like a rainbow made of lives and is
extremely beautiful and yet completely indescribable you you visualize in that way without any kind of fixation upon reality and this is the most important aspect of visualization
and so on if it's difficult
so this is description of the visualization in all these different degrees is like a process step by step process until we have developed the final visualization and however if this is difficult as beginners to maintain once
a concentration throughout the process then it's sufficient to just think that first to purify everything into emptiness with the some our mantra and then to out of the emptiness instantly to sit just think that you are ten racy
that you are to lazy sitting upon a throne lotus that are the that you are the union of form and emptiness and upon your head sitting amitabha the essence of all the blessings and compassion of all the route and then each curves and the most
important aspect of this is to is the actual pride of being the deity and this is the same with all the a deity meditations that
doe the main principle of visualization is to recognize the union of form and emptiness the most important the most powerful effective part of the practice is actually the fried in being the deity and so even if you cannot as a beginner device
philip extensively all very fine accurate details of the visualization the main point is to think of yourself like i am the deity the buddha amitabha is upon my head and so this kind of conviction that we could we call buddha price
try or visor prime is extremely important
and so then at this point the
next very important aspect of the meditation is the guru yoga aspect of it whereby at this point you're visualizing yourself in this way as ten racy you pray to the root guru form of amitabha that is like the lord of the the family the largest family and
the you arouse great faith as ten racy arousing great faith towards army targa and you pray very strongly making offerings making paying homage and confession of defilements and so on and you pray
to realize the non dual wisdom of this great view of mom murder and this
like is the kind of courage yoga that is extremely important to give rise is like the way that is not your wisdom is born within your mind is through guru yoga and previously we've done the aspect of guru yoga with you
using dodgy sempre a larger suffer for purifying all defilements and so on and at this point this kind of supplication to the grows extremely important for giving rise to this non-jew