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In the Vajrayana there are four demons.
Obstructed, unobstructed, self-satisfied, self-righteous. Each comes from
reliance on obscured thinking.
Obstructed demons are our evaluations of things as good
or bad. Things might be entirely neutral but we get hung up on our
interpretation of them.
Unobstructed demons are nameless fears, the sort of
which people seek to work out on the psychiatrist's couch.
Self-satisfied demons are where we are totally
satisfied with our situation, material or spiritual and think it's best and we
swell with self-importance.
Self-righteous demons we all know well. I am better
than you. My religion is better than yours. My dog is prettier. My guru is
better than yours. My wife can beat up your wife.
"Self-satisfaction and self-righteous demons are the
most dangerous for practitioners. Without realizing Wisdom Mind, a practitioner
may seem to become a saint or a sage without abandoning his ego, and through
certain sadhanas, may attain great powers like a magician. But without a true
understandinng of our real wisdom nature and without confidence in our Wisdom
Mind, no matter what powers we attain through practice, if we cannot release our
mind from our ego's pride at having these powers, it is only the cause of
samsara."
"Guru "Knowing-Three-Times" said, "There are so many
saints, but so few are realized." " (Magic Dance - The Display of the
Self-Nature of the Five Wisdom Dakinis, Pg. 55. Thinley Norbu, Shambala,
Boston, 1999.)
May you be without the four personal demons, Oh
practitioner!
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