Eva Natanya, 22 Apr 2020
On this session we continue where we left off last time: the visualization of Vajrasattva above our head, with all its elements. Eva (Yangchen) goes through Düdjom Lingpa’s commentary to clear out what we are doing during this visualization.
We are currently at the point of the purification practice which concerns the application of “power of practicing the remedy”. Yangchen gives several examples of active practices in which one applies the power of remedy. Within all those types, this one is the most effective, namely, the meditation on the recitation of the Vajrasattva mantra. Starting from the visualization we did on the session before (Vajrasattva hovering above our head) Eva comments on the letters appearing inside the heart of Vajrasattva. It is important, she states, that we actually visualize the letter hūṃ (either on Sanskrit or Tibetan). She also comments on the power of the nectar dripping from the mantra and what it does when it infuses our being.
This practice has the great potential to purify all negative deeds stored in our mental continuum as karmic seeds. To do so, one imagines these seeds have a particular form (worms, insects, pus, blood, dark smoke, and liquid charcoal, depending on the particular nature of the deed).
Yangchen then explains the mantra, describing the vibration of the mantra and the washing river that falls down from it, this enters our being through the crown of our head and encounters all the images of the seeds mentioned before. She explains the symbolism of the different images representing the particular deeds, which exit our body and are fed to beings residing 9 levels bellow the earth. She explains who these beings are, what they represent, and what feeding these different substances to them means.
After the description of the visualization we go on to study the mantra and the meaning of its parts. Eva comments about the language suggested to visualize the mantra (Sanskrit vs. Tibetan), then recites the mantra once, and afterwards explains its meaning in great detail.
At the end Eva comments about the outer, inner, and secret stances of this practice and reads the closure of the meditation, which includes the recitation of the six syllable mantra, pure vision, and secret meditation. All this will be explained in detail during the next session.
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