Chapter 10 Part 1 Taoism, Tantra and Eastern Mysticism-10

——Talking about secrets and visualization After a general understanding of the understanding and function of "consciousness" in Consciousness-Only Science, the next step is to discuss the "consciousness" itself. Does it actually exist, or is it illusory?Does it have a mysterious function?How does it relate to the functioning of the soul? According to the concept of modern general knowledge, including the knowledge of psychology, the so-called "consciousness" is only the main function of people when they are alive and alive.In the field of special psychology, terms such as "inspiration" and "sixth sense" are sometimes mentioned.Strictly speaking, it is all a special function of "consciousness".After death, "consciousness" slackens. Whether "consciousness" turns into "soul" is a question of spirituality. From the standpoint of modern psychology, they are two different things and have nothing to do with each other.Moreover, spirituality is still in its infancy, and has not yet occupied a formal seat in the academic world. "Consciousness" is the source of thoughts, feelings, and perceptions in the lives of living people, and it is also the root of people's perception of my existence.The so-called "I think, I exist" is to recognize the thinking function of consciousness, which is the main center of human life.At least, in real life, it is generally considered to be an actual existence.

But from the basic point of view of Mahayana Buddhism: Generally, it is believed that "consciousness" is only formed by illusory and unreal delusional thinking; it is like the occasional waves rising and falling on the calm and waveless water, and there is no real existence at all. , and there is no entity available.Therefore, all the methods of Mahayana Buddhist practice are generally based on getting rid of delusions and emptying "consciousness" as the ultimate goal.Therefore, if one practices the Dharma by carrying out illusory thoughts, it is generally considered wrong.

However, the "mind secret" in Tantric practice is mainly to use "consciousness" to "visualize".To form the "existing" visualization realm from "nothingness", this is the function of "idea".If we follow the theory of the Hinayana and Hinayana teachings, we are suspected of deviant and apostasy.Because ordinary people who study Sutra do not understand the basis of Esoteric Buddhism, do not understand the true meaning of "emptiness" and "existence" and consciousness-only learning, of course they misunderstand that Esoteric Buddhism is a practice close to the way of magic or heretics.Little do they know that in late Indian Buddhism and Tibetan esoteric teachings, as early as more than a thousand years ago, there was an argument about the "ultimate emptiness" of Xingzong and the "existence of ultimate meaning" of Xiangzong, which are also about the methods of practicing Buddhism. Correction.

Consciousness-only theory divides the function and function of "heart" into eight departments to explain. Although the function of "consciousness" is just an illusory and unreal delusion, it is surreal to investigate the root of the eight consciousnesses. The presence.The so-called "Shengyi has" means this. "Consciousness" is the backbone of the Eight Consciousnesses, and of course it is no exception.As long as the role of distinguishing delusions is reversed and returned to the original static and immobile function, this is the basic effect of "transforming consciousness into wisdom" to practice and become a Buddha.

The second birth circle and visualization achievement After understanding the above-mentioned general secular theories and the brief theory of Mahayana Buddhism, we can ignore these, but start with the "Three Realms Idealism", "All Consciousness Only", and the existing functions of thoughts, we can know the secrets of Esoteric Buddhism. The "meaning secret" of the three secrets does have a very profound secret inner meaning.At the same time, we can also understand the line of Western mysticism from this, which is exactly connected with this.The emptiness of the Mahayana Buddhism included in the Sutra generally focuses on disillusionment of the delusions generated by the "consciousness", leaving behind the ethereal state that looks like nothing and no thought, and thinks that this is the "empty state". "Mutually.Little do they know that this state of emptiness, nothing, and thought is just a basic state of calm "consciousness".In other words, self-knowledge is the calmness and wavelessness of this thought, which is the real "realistic" state of "consciousness".I think this is "emptiness", but in fact, this "emptiness" is just a phenomenon of "illusion", and it is just the ethereal feeling of "consciousness".In addition, how can there really be "emptiness" beyond the "real quantity"?If you insist that this ethereal state is the ultimate, and try your best to maintain the realization, at best, it is only the fruit position of the Hinayana emptiness, not the true ultimate liberation.

Therefore, it can be seen that the practice of Tantric Buddhism (including Eastern Secret and Tibetan Secret) is to directly use the principle of "transforming knowledge into wisdom" to trigger the incomparable hidden functions of "consciousness", and change the secular habit and replace it with a detached state.At the beginning, it starts with "visualization" with one thought of "consciousness", and then gradually changes the inherent habits to form a spiritual world that transcends reality. Among the Chinese Buddhist sects, the "Pure Land" founded by Master Huiyuan in Jin Dynasty Cultivating the law is the same principle.However, since the Tang Dynasty, Tibetan Tantra has gone a step further and divided the method of Tantric visualization and achievement into two parts, starting with the achievement of "visualization" as the "generation stage" of Tantric practice.Then return to the "freedom of nature and emptiness" from the achievement of "visualization", which is the "perfect stage" of Tantric practice.Later, one of the biggest characteristics of Tibetan Tantra that is different from Eastern Tantra is that each practice is divided into "generation stage" and "consummation stage".Therefore, the combination of "emptiness" and "existence" has penetrated the "existence of the ultimate meaning" and "emptiness after all", and has become the "one and only way" of "the view of the middle way".This can also be said to be a great improvement in the methods of cultivation and Buddhist theory after Tantric Buddhism was spread from India to Tibet, and it is by no means the same line as Eastern Tantra.

Visualization Achievement Test But whether people who practice Eastern or Tibetan secrets, can they really achieve the achievement of "visualization" in a single thought?That's the big problem.Dongmi's method of practice says that "visualization" is just "visualization".There are no strict instructions on the time limit for "visualization", unlike some Tibetan secret practices, which strictly stipulate that it is necessary to completely "visualize" within one thought. For example, one of the practices of the Yellow Sect, the ritual of "Thirteen Great Vajras of Virtuous Virtue", requires students to "visualize" nine heads, eighteen hands, and thirty-six feet in a single thought.Each head has three eyes, two horns, necklaces, bracelets, and necklaces on the neck, arms, and wrists, as well as poisonous snakes, beasts, humans, ghosts, and rakshasas that are stepped on under the feet.Therefore, although some people have studied Tantric practice for many years, or even practiced it all their lives, they have not "visualized" completely. How can they talk about completing the achievement of "visualized" in just one thought?This is the ignorance of scholars, who do not understand the real state of meditation "stopping" and "contemplation", so they are often in vain, and instead fall into contradictions, and even fall into mysterious magic barriers, becoming similar to neurosis and psychopathy, or it can be said that religious abnormal psychology The symptoms of the disease are really depressing.

Another example is one of the rituals of the "Mother of Hai", one of the practice methods of the Baijiao. If it is based on strict teaching rules, it must be "visualized" in one thought to transform itself into the body of "Mother of Hai". , left red, right white) four rounds (or seven rounds), and the connected Qi channels between each chakra; such as the 32 channels of the crown chakra that hang downward, the throat chakra of the sixteen channels that extend upward, the heart chakra The pendulum of the eight meridians goes downward, and the sixty-four meridians of the navel chakra connect from the bottom to the top. They must be distinct and clear in appearance.At the same time, the "kundalini" spiritual energy of the seabed and navel chakra must also be ignited at the same time, in conjunction with the mind and energy channels, to use the state of "mind energy" unity.In this way, how many scholars can really achieve their wishes by "visualizing" in a single thought?Of course, if one is not able to achieve the achievement of "visualization" in one thought while practicing the practice of Tantric Buddhism, then it is impossible to talk about the achievement of "generation stage".In other words, the effect of this "stage of generation" cannot appear, of course, because the initial basis of the true "smooth and insight" cannot be achieved.For example, if you can't achieve "photographic memory" or "extensive knowledge and memorization" in reading, it is either because of insufficient brain power and lack of memory training, or because your mind is scattered and your will cannot be concentrated.In addition, learning the "talisman" of Taoism and the basic practice of mysticism is the same as this preliminary principle. If you can't achieve the state of absolute single-mindedness, it's just a magic game. Experienced that "heart", "mind" and "consciousness" do have infinite mysterious functions, and the "secret meaning" of "consciousness" and "secret meaning" exist in it.