Wisdom on Equanimity and Same-ness

The scriptures of the Buddha Sakyamuni and of all Buddhas have always maintained the fact of the same and equal nature of all genders and beings. All beings possess the tathagatagarbha within them, the buddha nature inherent in each and every existence.


It has always been the err of man to spoil the teachings of true nature and to pervert the equality inherent in every existence and gender. The difference between masculine and feminine, the difference between the education of the sexes, the perversion of the understanding of nature inherent and thus arising false views. 


For centuries, males have always been preferred over females and thus giving rise to an unequal society based on genders. Much hard work and effort have been placed into the modern world to rid off as much injustice and inequality of the gender.


Even in the monastic orders and followers of the Buddha Sakyamuni, there are people who would set different rules for genders not because of the difference of genders and thus set these rules but of the view of the superiority of males over females and thus these rules are created (called the Vinaya). Rules can be changed and forged, who knows how many have been created after the Parinirvana of the Buddha Sakyamuni. I am not trying to instigate or pinpoint some conspiracy but the fact that the possibility is there is the very truth. A mere word "Thus have I heard" would not suffice as the truth Buddha Sakyamuni have said as anyone could append "Thus have I heard" in front of their workings and claim visions of scriptures when it is simply a lie.


To clarify and summarize my stance, all beings are equal essentially in the tathagatagarbha and true nature within. It's the degree of clouded views and karmas a being possess. Male or female (or any gender, race or religion) does not matter at all as the very true nature, the tathagatagarbha has always never left us or distance from us. If such a view of the same-ness is held, these very bias / prejudice rules and formalities can be withdrawn and such false views of inequality and difference can be eradicated.


Gatha of the Lake:

In the lake with the still surface of the mirror,A lotus bloomed in fullness sits in it's center.The tathagata sitting upon the fully bloom lotus.Naturally and wonderfully with great ease and non-duality,Like the clear skies and still waters,Simple and unsophisticated it rests with ease.

Jumping the gun on Realization

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• http://www.buddhanature.com/buddha/dakinicommentary.html

The mind of most sentient beings are eager to strive to understand Emptiness but it needs to be attained and achieved in the appropriate  manner for each individual.

Some people could immediately take a big step out and actualize and realize the concepts of Emptiness and liberating themselves from Form or Non-Form.

But this is not the case for most sentient being. Most sentient being would begin with a Form to represent the Non-Form (using images of realized beings) and gradually progress to the understanding of the Emptiness using a Form as a representation. And when a sentient being have rise to the state of not needing an image or a symbol to represent the Form of Emptiness, the being have entered into a state of Non-Form where there is no need for symbolism.

Some people attempt to discount the Form and usage of Form to aid themselves in realization of the Non-Form and gradually into the state of Non-dual Emptiness . This is not a very wholesome and good practise.

My advise would be to focus on a Form and then move into the Non-Form.

Compassionate Killing in Tibetan Buddhist Practises

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• http://www.dalailama.com/messages/dolgyal-shugden/speeches-by-his-holiness/dharamsala-teaching

Previously, a very vicious and evil spirit (it is not specifically stated that the spirit is Dholgyal, but it is clear from Changkya’s biography that the spirit referred to is Dholgyal. It also refers to the time when Trichen Ngawang Chokdhen was the Ganden Throne-holder,) possessed a man at Draksep. Some unstable lamas, former abbots, and monastic hostels (khangtsens) did practice in relation to it simply by invoking and propitiating it. A cairn for invoking spirits had also been erected on top of the Iangtse mountain. Considering how inappropriate was this turn of events he issued an edict to the assembly of monks that as there had been no tradition of propitiating worldly spirits and protectors within the premises of this seat of learning since the time of Je Tsongkhapa, henceforth, nobody would be allowed to engage in such activities. The cairn was demolished (this is very clearly stated in the biography of Changkya) and the stones and earth were returned to the places from which they had been taken. The spirit was invoked through a medium in trance and was then ordered not to come through such trances henceforth. Dolgyal replied, “If this is the order of Tri Rinpoche, I have no choice but to leave.” Then, the ghostly spirit fled to Taktse Shol. Je (Trichen Ngawang Chokdhen) himself went into retreat. He made it a rule that the prayer to Dharmaraja composed by the Omniscient Gedun Gyatso (the second Dalai Lama), should be said in the Main Hall of Ganden. Due to Dharmaraja’s wrath the Lamas and former abbots who had been propitiating the spirit were killed and the monastic hostels also suffered many misfortunes. Consequently, such misdeeds entirely ceased and the action that had been taken became an excellent cause for maintaining the purity of the monastery.”

Evident trace of ritual compassionate killing in Tibetan practises. It does not matter if the victim of compassionate killing is a human or an animal or a non-human or entity (gods, demons, spirits, devas, dakinis...etc)... The person killed by any form of compassionate killing by physical means or by curses and magic rituals ... no matter how you put it in the name of justice and compassion, it is still an act of killing and the killer would have to bear the karma.

As long as a killing is committed, no matter what is bear to argue, it is the karma of killing that has been gathered and invoked and whoever involved would have to bear the karma of killing and there is no possible chance of shrugging it off.

This should settle the controversy of killing spirits and all these nonsense found in religious and magical circles.