--Nityananda says that to be granted access to Siddhaloka, one must have dissolved mortal awareness into the OM. Nityananda: http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Av/Nityanan/Nityanan.htm
- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <willy...@...> wrote: > > TurquoiseB wrote: > > A boy loves his dog... > > > Leave it to Vaj and Turq to completely miss > the real meaning of the myth, namely, that > the Kukkuripa went into the cave to meditate > - that's the point. It really isn't just a > story about a boy and his dog. > > And of course the 'Paradise of the Dakinis' > isn't heaven - there are no enlightened sages > in Brahma's 'Heaven of the thirty-three'. > > Siddhas do not aspire to get into heaven - > siddhas are immortal and aspire to go to > Siddhaloka, the 'other shore' of the > Transcendent. > > What's overlooked by the Vaj and the Turq > is that the Mahasiddhas all practiced a > meditation that is transcendental, just like > we TMers practice. These two don't want to > admit this, but all the tantriks sidhas > were transcendentalists. > > 19. Intone a sound audibly, then less and > less audible as feeling deepens into this > silent harmony. - Bairava Tantra > > "It was the Mahasiddhas who instituted the > practices that birthed the Inner Tantras > of Dzogchen practiced by the Nyingma school > of Tibetan Buddhism. The other schools of > Tibetan Buddhism and other Vajrayana > Buddhists such as Shingon Buddhism practice > Mahamudra meditation, also a practice > initiated by the original Buddhist Mahasiddha." > > Mahasiddha: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasiddha > > According to Lama Govinda: > > "While we are able to come to an understanding > of relativity by way of reasoning, the > experience of universality and completeness > can be attained only when all conceptual > thought, all word-thinking, has come to rest. > The realization of the transcendent can come > about only in the experience of meditative > practice, through a transformation of our > consciousness." > > Work cited: > > 'Creative Meditation and Multi-dimensional > Conciousness' > by Lama Anagarika Govinda > Theosophical Publishing House, 1976 > Author of 'Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism', > 'Way of the White Clouds', etc. > > Read more: > > Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental, > alt.meditation, alt.yoga > From: Willytex > Date: Sun, Nov 23 2003 10:43 am > Subject: Secrets of the Vajra World > http://tinyurl.com/dxfhwp >
