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The Vital Situation Of Lama In Karma Kagyu According To The Abhiseca Rituals

Posted on:2017-03-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X G YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330485968988Subject:Religious Studies
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Kagyu initiation ritual show enrichment process about practice of the Tibetan Buddhism yoga practice. The entire ritual process is demonstration of addressing the Lamas who impart initiations as the core object of the territory, operation of practices and vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, in order to obtain the Buddhist term "enlightenment." From taking refugee from the Lama, through imparting preliminary practices ngondro by the Lama and carrying out it according to direction from the Lama up to being qualified by the Lama, Tibetan Buddhism tantric practitioner can attain formal initiation about being given impartation of some certain tantric yoga and practice method of this certain tantric yoga. The procession of initiation ritual is an integrated demonstration of the religion practice before attain the qualification to gain the initiations. After attaining the formal initiation ritual the practitioner should still locate the Lama as core object for practice of the tantric yoga until he obtain the "enlightenment", reach the situation of darsana-marga. During the course of practicing tantric yoga, the practitioner should take the Lama as not only no dissimilarity integration of all the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, but also delegation of yoga practicing aim, and the irreplaceable teacher of realizing the aim. The yoga practicing before being qualified to attend the initiation ritual, is a process of observing the spirit of initiation ritual into the inner experience and inner realization. During this process, Lama plays a core and essentiality situation. Lama also plays an important role in the practitioner’s daily life, and the process of initiation ritual is also a chance to the Lama for communication with the people, transmission of his ideas and solve the doubt of his disciples.
Keywords/Search Tags:initiation ritual, Kagyu Section, Lama, Tibetan Buddhism
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