Mircea Eliade YOGA IMMORTALITY AND ... - Brihaspati.net

the exemplary gesture of the Buddha and the land is transformed into earth magicdiamond
mind ", being the diamond, as discussed above, symbol of immortality, of
absolute reality. All This implies the Abolition of Time and History, and the return in illo
tempore, the instant copy of the Rumination of the Buddha And we know that the
abolition of time is a paradise syndrome.
These preparations completed, the mandala is drawn using two strings: the first, white,
traces the external boundaries of the mandala, the second is made with threads of five
different colors. Also can draw the diagram using colored rice powder. Triangles are
placed in vases filled with valuable substances or scented, broad ribbons, flowers,
branches, etc.. for the "fall" of the gods (avahana) .. It precedes the initiation on a
holiday, and a place next to the sea or a river. The night before the cere-mony, the
disciple goes to sleep in the position of "Buddha entering Nirvana * '(is the" posture of
the lion ", one lying on the right side by putting his head on his hand) to the mafiana
following account to his suefio guru, the initiation takes place only if the guru is
considered fortunate.
The ceremony itself begins with a series of puri-fications and consecrations, on which the
Sekoddesatika da nu-mere details. The guru cleanses the organs of the pupil using
About Uttarakuru, see the bibliography compiled by Tucci, Buddhist Notes, p. 197. The
classic description of the Golden Age according to the Buddhists, is located in
Mahavastu, I, p. 338 and ff. On the other Hindu and Buddhist Paradises and its relation
with Yoga, see below.
mantra (U on the front, I, A, R, A, N, about sex) and also purifies ritual objects,
particularly containers, put the "bowl triumph" (vijayakalasa) in the center of the mandala
and honors with perfumes and incense. The disciple, dressed in bianco is topped with a
guru guirnaTda flowers. Then, the pupil draws a pequefio mandnla, adorned with flowers
and gold around the feet of his master, in serial veneration, and is offered on-board with a
maiden belonging mind as possible to their own fa-mily. The gr / ra poured into the
language of the pupil five drops of ambrosia substantia f ie five sacred) repeating the
mantra place appropriate and incense also embodies the mantra to others. Then causes the
"obsession of the mad god" (krodavesa), the initiation rite transmitted by Sekoddesatika.
Vajrapani, the glue-curling god, takes possession of the pupil when it repeats some
mantra and inhaled deeply. She begins to sing and dance imitating the traditional gestures
of angry deities. Through this rite, subconscious forces invade the disciple, who,
addressing them, "that" ma "all fear and all shyness. It then invokes the disciple through
the mudra mainly to the five deities apa-related expenses, the Sakti of the five
Tathagatha, and regain my composure. If possession continues for more than they should,
the guru feels his forehead with a flower consecrated with mantra OM AH HUM. Then
blindfold the eyes of the disciple and puts a flower in her hand, this strip into the
mandala, and the sector where the flower falls reveals which of the gods he will be
particularly favorable for the initiation.
The penetration in the mandala is like throughout the March to the Center ". (We know
that the ambulation ritual circle around a stupa or temple, pradaksina, just as the ascent
to? S successive terraces of the great religious monuments also indicate the "march
toward the Center"). As the mandala is a magician ^ mundi, the center point for the
infinitesimal crossed perpendicularly by the axis mundi: the closer to him, the disciple
approaches the "Center of the World". Moreover, once inside the mandala, the disciple is