The Oral Tradition from the land of Z^an-z^un

Life-Stories of the Masters

p.

#

instruction

age at instruction

meditation

life-span

15

35th

 

47

   

17

36th

 

73

 

370

18

37th

5 m.

19

 

171

19

38th

40 d.

47

1 m.

113

20

39th

17 d.

40

 

117

21

40th

2 y.

40

1 m.

 

22

41st

7 d.

12

   

23

42nd

       

24

43rd

   

1 m.

 

25

44th

   

85 d.

 

26

45th

       

27

46th

       

28

47th

       

29-30

48th

2.5 m.

   

63

31

49th

       

32

50th

   

1 y.

 

33

51st

       

34-5

52nd

 

30

5 m.

81

36

53rd

       

p. 75 Means of transmission

#

transmission by __

1st

instruction

2nd

realization

3rd

vows

4th

empowerment

5th

faith

6th

oral

7th

accomplishment

8th

explanation

The 16 masters of the rin brgyud (‘Long Transmission’), derived from 8th

p.

#

metaphor

practice

74

72nd

   

74-5

73rd

Reflection

 

75

74th

Snake entering hole

9 y.

76

75th

Wishing-jewel

7 y.

 

76th

Milk of lioness

9 y.

77

77th

Egg of eagle

9 y.

 

78th

Rainbow; rolling boulder; stream-pebbles

3 y.

78

79th

Little eagle; lion cub; treasury

6 y.

 

80th

Wishing-jewel

11 y.

79

81st

   
 

82nd

Ewe abandoning her lamb

 

80

83rd

Lion; king; soaring eagle

 

81

84th

Lion; king who hath lost his throne

3 y.

 

85th

Thunderbolt; mirage; soaring eagle

21 y.

82

86th

Gold; sky-flower; rainbow

 
 

--

Mountain of gold & turquoises

6 y.

83

87th

Rainbow over mountain; conch-trumpet

 

p. 93 Visions which are followed

#

quantity

quality

1st

increase

quicksilver

2nd

become many

Sun & moon;

Wheels of light;

Heavenly mansions

3rd

expand

Man.d.ala of the families

4th

complete

Man.d.ala of spontaneous mudra

Heaven of light

5th

Final

The lights of one’s own intellect

p. 94 Control over visions by the intellect

"spider-webs"

"radiate … circles of rays" = "Wheel of the Static Basis"

"chains"

"a silver string or

a crystal chain"

p. 95 entwinement of consciousness the "wheel of lights"

#

color of light

sensation

1st

Yellow

heaviness

2nd

Blue

cold

3rd

Red

heat

4th

Green

weightlessness

‘Wheel of Time’ of the Intermediate State

p.

metaphysics

similitude

97-8

"The rays of light …

like the opening of a roll of (variegated) silk.

98

The sound of voidness can be heard constantly

like the sound of a thunderstorm. …

 

The adept feels that …

he is transparent without front or back.

 

In heaven around him

appear innumerable circles and mansions of light."

Samten G. Karmay: The Little Luminous Boy. Orchid Pr, Bangkok, 1998.