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Before diving in head first, please understand the differences in risk associated and the recommendations, outlined below.
Historically, transmissions were given only in person, when teacher and student were in the same place, at the same time. Today, in this Kali Yuga, technology has sped up the pace and connectivity of the world and some Lamas have begun live-streaming their transmissions. This is an experiment to see if the connection can be made across distances.
These instructions include words and symbols, but they also include a telepathic, mind-to-mind component, known as a “wang” in Tibetan. This direct connection is essential to the student’s progress. Without it, only conceptual understanding arises in the student’s mind and this can actually act as a hinderance to further progress.
In addition to the hinderance of intellectualization, there are other practical risks to be aware of. Mantra (Tantra) and Chod work directly with the alchemy of raw emotions, energy, and mind. There will be inner upheavals, wacky meditative experiences (nyam), and extreme highs and lows. Please take this into consideration if you have a history of mental health issues or are experiencing significant emotional distress. This practice is not for everyone.
If the Sutra path is like hiking a trail up a mountain, then Mantra (Tantra) is like climbing a sheer rock wall – it is a direct route with many more pitfalls. THINGS CAN GO WRONG!
Go check out your local Buddhist center. Seek out an introductory class, attend Dharma talks, and engage the sangha (community). Then as you continue to do this, develop a relationship with a Dharma teacher. Ask questions, and get personal instructions on your own practice of healing and transformation.
Recommendations:
Begin a relationship with a qualified and authentic teacher. A teacher can address pressing questions as they arise and give you a map and tools for the journey. As practitioners, we can rely on those who have hiked the trail before us.
Do not expect to travel this path guided only by books and the internet! Use the internet to find a teacher, then connect with them.
The responsibility to take care of your own mind rests with you; not the lama. So, take it upon yourself to be safe and use common sense.
With great power, comes great responsibility. In this case, the responsibility is to your own naturally luminous mind.
SO! HÉ RAM MA HA NÉ RAM TRO TA RAM RA YO DZA!
DAK DANG KHOR LA RAKSHA SUNG SHIK
In order to overcome negative forces and the personal, negative emotions and obstacles they create, Tonpa Shenrab Miwo manifested as Takla Mebar (Flaming Tiger Deity) and subjugated those evil forces through his compassionate wisdom, transforming them into compassionate and peaceful beings.
Takla Mebar heals the outer poisons by transforming them into wisdom and positive aspects. The inner negativities are transformed into the clarity of the Five Wisdoms: the wisdom of emptiness, mirror-like wisdom, the wisdom of equality, discriminating wisdom, and all-accomplishing wisdom. The Chaphur family members have been the lineage holders of this Yidam since the very beginning of their recorded family history.
The Birth of Takla Mebar or the Origin of the Phurpa Practice in the Tradition of Eternal Bön.
There was once in the country of Takzig the king Yanggyel Lhai Gyelpo and the queen Takza Heting who reigned over the region of Gung-nam Denö, in their Castle of Mangpa Taktse. There, they had a malicious servant whom the king used to beat without reason and whom the queen openly despised.
At the end of his life, the servant cursed the royal couple because of their behavior towards him and then passed away. [Note : according to a version of the story, he prophesied that he would take rebirth as one of their sons.] The king and queen were grieved and saddened by their attitude towards him and straight away started to practice virtues continuously.
Some time later, the queen dreamt that she gave birth to a repulsive being and upon waking up the next morning, she felt rather unwell. In order to improve her condition, she went to pick up flowers on the island of a nearby lake and at that time, an emanation from the Blissful Ones appeared to her while letting the neighing of his horses resonate in the ten directions, as a sign indicating the subjugation of demons. This divine apparition totally overjoyed the queen.
The very same night, she dreamt that she conceived a child having the stripes of a tiger and, upon waking up, she was totally exalted. Thereafter, a brahman from the court told her that she was to have two sons : a divine one and a demonic one. The first one, Takla Mebar was to be attracted by the "three whites" (dkar gsum, i.e., milk, butter and cheese), whereas the second Dhashagriva was to be attracted by flesh and blood. Both would hate each other like fire and water.
One day, a long time after the birth of the two sons, the queen reprimanded the conduct of the youngest son and the latter, instead of listening to his mother, beat her up in return. He also transgressed the laws of his father and, during a dramatic familial argument, he beheaded his father with a single strike of his sword. However, realizing the tragic nature of the situation, he fled to the south-western regions of Takzig where he hid in the cave known as the cave of the "Wrathful Black Hog" (phag nag khros pa). There he reveled in eating human flesh and jeopardized the tranquility of the kingdom itself. He was from then on called Dhashagriva, the King of Demons.
One day, Takla Mebar was kidnapped by the demons and brought as a captive to the cave of the Black Hog. There he trained in the invocation of Welphur (Phurpa) which he had received from the Buddha Chime Tsukphü, in order to subjugate all these demons with Compassion but he did not succeed in doing so.
So after a while, the Goddess of Compassion, Thukje Jamma, appeared to him and informed him that he would never reach any result as long as he'd showed compassion for his brother. Therefore, in order to reach success in his practice of liberating the demons (and his brother) out of compassion, he would have to generate a divine rage, an unweavering wrath and an invincible 'divine' arrogance.
Following the instructions of the Goddess Thukje Jamma, Takla Mebar practiced with a wrathful zeal and, upon completing his practice, killed Dhashagriva with a phurpa. It is actually on this occasion that Takla Mebar received the name with which we know him (his complete name is Welbön Takla Mebar), because he wears tiger (stag) stripes on (la) which blazes ('bar) fire (me). This was the first time the practice of Phurpa was performed among the lineages of men. Since this time, the practice of Phurpa spread throughout Tazik, Zhangzhung and Tibet, and Welphur Nakpo (Wrathful Black Phurpa) has become one of the most powerful Protector of Eternal Bön.
The Bön Mahasiddha Takla Mebar
The Great Master of Tantra, Takla Mebar was born in Tazig. He first practiced the Pagyud/Father Tantra practice of Yidam Takla Mebar. As a result of that practice and his connection to Yidam Takla Mebar, Sherab Chamma told him to then practice the Yidam PHURBA, who is more wrathful than Yidam Takla Mebar. She told him this in order to turn Dhasha Driwa, his younger twin brother, who was killing and eating humans and sentient beings, towards the dharma.
Takla Mebar, through his compassion and experience of Yidam Phurba, was able to kill him. This resulted in Dhasha Driwa being able to liberate from Cyclic Existence in his next life.
Takla Mebar has a green body like the color of the tree leaves. He is rolling a ritual dagger (phurba) made of five metals (meteoric iron, gold, silver, copper, and lead) between his hands. His expression is wrathful, symbolizing the protection of sentient beings from obstacles, negativity, and evil. He is surrounded by sentient beings which he has subdued by his splendid presence. In the bottom right of the thangka the Demon of Ignorance, Dhasha Driwa, is stabbed with a phurba. This represents Takla Mebar's liberation from the illusory activity of the 5 Elements.
The Bön Mahasiddha Takla Mebar
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