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Way of the Mahasiddhas
Mahasiddhas
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In this aspect of Tantrik training, we practice the
teachings transmitted by the Mahasiddhas,
who were extraordinarily enlightened human beings.
What stands out about the Mahasiddhas is that each
one had to overcome one very powerful obstacle
in their inner psyche to attain full realization.
They overcame these inner obscurations through the help
of their guru (mentor) and by transforming the limiting
energies of the obscurations into the unlimited energies
of enlightenment.
The great gift contained in the teachings and practices
handed down by the Mahasiddhas is that no matter how
confused, bad, incapable, ignorant, addicted, etc. we
feel ourselves to be, if we have a sincere heart
and enter into the practice we
can transform our limited experience of suffering into
unlimited radiance of Being. In fact most of the Mahasiddhas
“rose up from the ground upon which they
stumbled”, to quote a famous Tantrik
maxim, that is they directly confronted and transformed
their specific inner “demons”.
In essence, the Way of the Mahasiddhas is the path
of Tantrik transformation. The student engages in the
practices of guru yoga and deity
yoga which reveal the base of enlightenment.
Then they immerse themselves in the ripening methods
of direct realization meditation to complete the process
and fully embody the state of Primordial Enlightenment.
Deity yoga meditation uses the mantra
and visualization of an enlightened deity to transform
our limiting energies into the unlimited radiant spectrum
of the deity.
Guru yoga is the process of combing
our heart-mind with the essence of the guru’s
heart-mind using mantra, visualization and direct meditation
to awaken to our inherently enlightened condition.
The Way of the Mahasiddhas transforms our experience
from one of isolation and suffering to One with
everything, primordially Awake and complete,
radiating the enlightened qualities of our True Nature
(wisdom, love, compassion, generosity, courage, etc.)
into the ten directions for all beings' benefit.
Mahasiddhas
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