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Hammer and Vajra: Interview with Vajrarāṣṭra on Yogachara, Dharmakaya, and the Nature of Divinity and Existence in Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Comparative etymology of Vedic Sanskrit to Avestan for religious words.
Pull from Wikipedia who derived it from multiple sources.
Primarily from Griswold, H. D.; Griswold, Hervey De Witt (1971). The Religion of the Ṛigveda
Uploaded here for prosperity and reference. You never know when they will update and change these things.
It is interesting to not the direct relationships between the terms in these closely related Indo-European groups as well as later developed terms from Sanskrit found in Buddhism and other “Hindu” branches.
Of course, one can also connect many of these terms to Latin, Greek, and Germanic languages. To some degree Celtic as well.
Hope those of you studying find it as interesting as I did.
Hammer and Vajra.
Pull from Wikipedia who derived it from multiple sources.
Primarily from Griswold, H. D.; Griswold, Hervey De Witt (1971). The Religion of the Ṛigveda
Uploaded here for prosperity and reference. You never know when they will update and change these things.
It is interesting to not the direct relationships between the terms in these closely related Indo-European groups as well as later developed terms from Sanskrit found in Buddhism and other “Hindu” branches.
Of course, one can also connect many of these terms to Latin, Greek, and Germanic languages. To some degree Celtic as well.
Hope those of you studying find it as interesting as I did.
Hammer and Vajra.
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Narasimha is the wrathful emanation (Avatar) of Lord Vishnu.
His birth and mission shows how the Dharmic Divine protect their devotees and will strike down those who are adharmic.
A decent video with the Mantra for Sri Narasimha is below for those who are interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yti1n8Y7Ng
His birth and mission shows how the Dharmic Divine protect their devotees and will strike down those who are adharmic.
A decent video with the Mantra for Sri Narasimha is below for those who are interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yti1n8Y7Ng
While Yamantaka / Vajrabhairava (Japanese 大威徳明王 Daiitoku-myōō) is seen as the slayer of death or the wrathful embodiment of Manjushri, he is also potentially seen as the enlightened embodiment of Lord Yama himself. He isn't an anti Vedic statement but an including and merger of and expanding of the domain and expression of Yama within a way to provide or lead people out of Hell and away from death.
He is also the Wisdom King of the West and has many aspects of Lord Shiva (as do the other Wisdom Kings), in this way he is Shiva embodied as and Enlightened form of Yama via the wisdom and guidance of Manjushri (who said he was the origin of the teaching of Shiva) to guide people to higher realms.
Within some Vedic Hindu and Buddhist synchronism Manjushri is seen as a form of Shiva-Rudra directly.
Interesting video guide to Yamantaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8wBQ8z970
He is also the Wisdom King of the West and has many aspects of Lord Shiva (as do the other Wisdom Kings), in this way he is Shiva embodied as and Enlightened form of Yama via the wisdom and guidance of Manjushri (who said he was the origin of the teaching of Shiva) to guide people to higher realms.
Within some Vedic Hindu and Buddhist synchronism Manjushri is seen as a form of Shiva-Rudra directly.
Interesting video guide to Yamantaka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8wBQ8z970
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Would you be interested in posts featuring Cyber Buddhist artwork or futuristic / cyber themed Buddhism?
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The current cyber reality and coming cyber future will be here for a while until it’s fall.
It general it is a force for degeneration, addiction, and weakening of the mind and body.
However, it isn’t all bad. Some with good intentions have weaponized it to bring forth and spread Dharmic understanding. Exposing and pilling people to paths of enlightenment. Helping people rediscover their own folk faiths, heritage, and its connection to the dharma…but also because of the direct communication method stripping away attachment and physical barriers such as travel and language that keep people from hearing the teachings.
In secure spaces esoteric doctrine is being brought back and spread with people being initiated and reestablishing linages. (Though the digital isn’t a substitute).
Even during times of the Kali Yuga or Mappou we must utilize all way have and subvert the subversions and corruption for the Good.
Temple of the Immovable.
Image: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qAg5a2
It general it is a force for degeneration, addiction, and weakening of the mind and body.
However, it isn’t all bad. Some with good intentions have weaponized it to bring forth and spread Dharmic understanding. Exposing and pilling people to paths of enlightenment. Helping people rediscover their own folk faiths, heritage, and its connection to the dharma…but also because of the direct communication method stripping away attachment and physical barriers such as travel and language that keep people from hearing the teachings.
In secure spaces esoteric doctrine is being brought back and spread with people being initiated and reestablishing linages. (Though the digital isn’t a substitute).
Even during times of the Kali Yuga or Mappou we must utilize all way have and subvert the subversions and corruption for the Good.
Temple of the Immovable.
Image: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qAg5a2
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Not my work or statement. Originally from. https://t.me/esotericautism But this rings true. The faith I present in Vedic Heathenism is a similar synchronicity. Sure Hebrew faith and Christianity has IE influence like Islam has Turkic and Zoroastrian...but that doesn't make them holistic or appropriate for IE peoples, or other folk. Also the main understanding of Yahweh is 100% a corruption of the Sky father and more adharmic in depiction than not.
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Construction of mālās for tantric practice according to various tantras and intructions from Guru Padmasambhāva
Number of beads:
- General Activities: 50 Beads
- Peaceful Activities: 100 Beads
- Increasing Activities: 108 Beads
- Powerful Activities: 25 Beads
- Wrathful Activities: 60 Beads
Stringing the mala: String your mala using three, five or nine strings, and no other number. Three strings symbolize the Three Kāyas, five strings symbolize the Five Buddhas, and the nine strings symbolize the Nine Yānas.
Materials:
- Peaceful Activities: Crystal, pearl, seashell, earth, wood or seeds from trees or fruits, white materials.
- Increasing Activities: Apricot stones, lotus seed, yellow materials.
- Powerful Activities: Red sandalwood, red coral, mulberry wood, red materials.
- Wrathful Activities: Rudrākṣa, fruit pits, mahogany wood, turquoise and medicine, black materials.
- General Activities: Bodhi seeds, ivory, dzi stone.
Special materials: An iron or steel mala multiplies the virtue that is accumulated with each recitation in a general way. A copper mala multiplies each recitation four times. A silver mala multiplies by 100,000 and a ruby mala by 100 million.
Guru bead: The main guru bead may be composed of three beads, symbolizing the Three Vajra States of Being, the Three Kāyas. The smallest bead on the outside should be blue, perhaps made of lapis. The color blue symbolizes the unchanging mind of ultimate truth. The bead in the middle should be red, to symbolize vajra speech, and the innermost bead should be white, to symbolize the vajra body.
Number of beads:
- General Activities: 50 Beads
- Peaceful Activities: 100 Beads
- Increasing Activities: 108 Beads
- Powerful Activities: 25 Beads
- Wrathful Activities: 60 Beads
Stringing the mala: String your mala using three, five or nine strings, and no other number. Three strings symbolize the Three Kāyas, five strings symbolize the Five Buddhas, and the nine strings symbolize the Nine Yānas.
Materials:
- Peaceful Activities: Crystal, pearl, seashell, earth, wood or seeds from trees or fruits, white materials.
- Increasing Activities: Apricot stones, lotus seed, yellow materials.
- Powerful Activities: Red sandalwood, red coral, mulberry wood, red materials.
- Wrathful Activities: Rudrākṣa, fruit pits, mahogany wood, turquoise and medicine, black materials.
- General Activities: Bodhi seeds, ivory, dzi stone.
Special materials: An iron or steel mala multiplies the virtue that is accumulated with each recitation in a general way. A copper mala multiplies each recitation four times. A silver mala multiplies by 100,000 and a ruby mala by 100 million.
Guru bead: The main guru bead may be composed of three beads, symbolizing the Three Vajra States of Being, the Three Kāyas. The smallest bead on the outside should be blue, perhaps made of lapis. The color blue symbolizes the unchanging mind of ultimate truth. The bead in the middle should be red, to symbolize vajra speech, and the innermost bead should be white, to symbolize the vajra body.