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Lamaism Buddhism? (8) 7 May 2008 This is the translation of the excerpt of a reaserch paper by 耶律大石, a resident in Taiwan province. The full text in Chinese can be viewed on www.realsidelama.cn. Yin-yang principle is one of the core essence of Han Chinese culture, which has been adapted by Tibetan Lamaism. From the perspective of Lamaism, the primary illustration of yin-yang principle is expressed by gender, and the ultimate union of yin-yang dual-forces is through sex. Lamaism’s Hevajra Tantra tells how Bodhisattvas are brought into existance via intercourse [1] According to the annotation to the Lamaist holy text by Tsongkhapa (1357 - 1419), the founder of the Yellow Hat sect, divine Meru, land and mountains are produced from human hair, bones, gall, liver, lungs, nails, skin, flesh, nerve, feces, body smudge and pus; oceans and rivers are formed by human tear, blood, menstruation, sperm, lymph and urine; while fire is ignited by human head, heart, belly and lower part of the body [2] In short, from Lamaism’s perspective, everything in the universe is created through sex between men and women, therefore by controlling sexual activities, they can control the source of all creation. Here we can see that Buddhism and Lamaism are a world apart in terms of their attitudes towards sex. Buddhism views sex as the route to reincarnation, and the way to halt this mindless and meaningless and endless recycling of the fragmented existence of true self is to give up sex all together, physically and mentally. Lamaism, on the other hand, considers sexual intercourse as the shortcut to “Buddha-hood”, and regards the sexual organs the objects of worship. In Lamaism terms, male organ is called Vajra for diamond, and female organ dubbed Dorje for lotus, or Gantha for bell, thus cudgels and bells are the most essential tools to be presented in any Lamaist rituals. Sexual intercourse, which is something that should be kept away from in any true Buddhism, Mahayana or Hinayana, constitutes the esoteric nature of Lamaism, as once it is known to public, its facade of Buddhism will fall apart. [1] Farrow and Menon: The concealed essence of the Hevajra Tantra with the commentary Yogaratnamala, Delhi 1992 [2] Alex Wayman: Yoga of the Guhyasamajatantra, The Arcane lore of forty verses, Delhi 1977 (to be continued) Pre: Is Lamaism
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