ME-LONG
Or "magic mirror of the spirit" is an important symbol in Tibetan tantra because it embodies the essential quality of spirit, and it's reflection. In the Dzogchen teachings (one of the paths to enlightenment, the primordial, all-encompassing and all beings intrinsic awareness, spiritual essences, nezamućena thoughts and feelings - the central concept of the school that their origins are from the old religion of Tibet - Bon religion before Buddhism was brought their flow , gled philosophical thought in ancient shamanistic elements Bona), there are three major methods of transmission or dissemination of knowledge:
- verbal learning (transfer)
- symbolically
- directly, ie immediately
Verbal consists of verbal or "šaputavih" lame give instructions to his disciples. In symbolic transmission, the student is taught a subject that would presentable glimpsed the way he presented what is basically the idea Dzogena. Direct transmission occurs in the direct communication of the spirit and soul, and was totally cleared of conceptual ideas. I did lama, can not be directly transferable, but can try to visualize it on the Me-long goal.
Me-long is actually a round or convex mirror is made of silver or brass. What is it that Me has a long-run dynamics in zamišljajnoj one who aspires to discover the nature of spirit? The mirror reflects, but these reflections not only define the mirror. Reflection is because the mirror is capable of reflection. Mirror image, however, are not just a mirror, but we can not separate them from the mirror. A mirror and see only through reflection. We tend to define as a mirror reflection of that in him we see. Sometimes we just managed to glimpse the "empty" mirror - to the essential ability to create. We see the mirror reflection and is completely irrelevant whether it reflects the beautiful or ugly, just a mirror remains intact. This is somewhat tricky playing with words, which somewhat resembles the tautology is still meaningful, because the method suggests the nature of the meditative and other practices that may not be linked to any specific religious framework. In Tibetan paintings, Me-long shows on the chest Dzogchen masters.
We do not have to resort to me-long, it is enough to see the brilliance, clarity and calm water surface. Fixed body of water, in calm aquatic planes, the sky reflected to perfection; has a crystal clarity that can not be distorted. When the water is clear, is hardly to be seen. What we see is just elusive, bright and reflective quality of its superficial. We see the pebbles, rocks, plants, fish .... like water or not.
And there is!
Can a ripple, ruffle, foam, ice, dim. It can also boil, boil.
All of this should we. I cut across it, and stir, and foam, and freeze it, and cloudy, and boiling. The latter usually if the anger comes.
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