RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Om Mani Padme Hum, New Interfaces For Musical Expression, Tahe County
18 Apr 2017
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The third turning of the wheel - tantra and tibet. Around the fourth or fth c of the ce, a new class of buddhist texts began to appear in india. Calling themselves tantra, these texts advocated new techniques for achieving enlightenment. These techniques were centred around highly ritual visualization and identi cation with a buddha, using. M dras (specialized hand gestures, sometimes bodily postures) Using these techniques of body (m dra), speech (mantra) and mind (ma ala), one gains access to the body, speech and mind of a buddha/the. Guided progress through stages of practice (student-teacher relationship_ Simultaneous perfection/practice of wisdom and skillful means: visualization, or deity yoga: then, in accordance with the earlier expedient means, you should visualize the letter of the dharma realm, marking the top of your head with it. Don adamantine armor, and on account of this secret adornment you will become indestructible, like a vajra in nature.
