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.