To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/11/09 11:40
Subject: [K-list] Tibetan memories
From: A. Erhart
On 1999/11/09 11:40, A. Erhart posted thus to the K-list:
On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 09:36:52 Adele Chatelain wrote:
> Thanks so much for your great post! I will hold it
>close to my heart.
:)) Thank you !
> I don't think I mentioned meeting the Dalai Lama before
>on this List. Anyhoo....this is how the Tibetans see it:
>it's very, very rare to have the opportunity to be in
>the presence of the Dalai Lama. Most Tibetans never get
>that chance (or rather, they never did in the past). But
>now that the DL travels around the world, we have a unique
>opportunity to see/meet him. According to the Tibetan
>Buddhists
>this is a great blessing.
:)) Oooh, thanks for explaining that.
This means I just have to get a glimpse of him,
even if it means clawing my way to the conference hall
where he is going to be or swimming across the
ocean to get home in time for the conference. :)
>I started as a Gelupa, then did a number of years with
>the Kagyu and now I'm back with the Gelupa Order. I'm very
>fortunate in that the Philadelphia group is directly
>connected with the Dalai Lama's Monastery (my teacher being
>the former Head Mandala painter to His Holiness).
Nice. :) You are "well connected".
Are you initiated to a deity ?
And are you allowed to tell which one ?
:)
> There's an amazing Tibetan Buddhist Temple in North
>Philadelphia.
>I saw it once and it was like being back in Tibet. It is
>the
>inside of an old auditorium (school?) and is converted to
>a REAL temple, complete with artifacts that the
>Tibetan/Mongolian
>community here brought out of Tibet. It's very authentic and
>its
>like going into another world. I felt very, very blessed to see it.
:)) I wish I could see it. I am happy for you being
able to be there and see it.
I know what you mean.
There is a large newly built Tibetan monastery right
across the ocean from here, situated in the Scottish
Highlands.
It looks like it's been taken straight from Tibet and
placed in Europe. :)
It's amazing.
I really want to go and see it some day, even if I'm
not a practicing Tibetan Buddhist.
> Now....what does all this have to do with Kundalini?
>Well,
>although Tibetan Buddhists don't call it Kundalini, they
>have a similar practice.
They call it Prana no ?
> The morning of the third day, I woke up and saw a blue
>light emanating from my body. I sat on the side of the bed
>and looked down on my hands: I could see right through them,
>like an x-ray to the bones. My hands were made up of blue
>radiant light.
>
> I was frightened. I thought I was mentally losing it.
>On the other hand, I kept saying to myself, 'it finally
>happened;
>after all these years of practice, I UNDERSTAND....'
Wow, amazing ! :))
> After a while the light disappeared and I remained my
>usual solid self!
Good thing !
A very unusual and unique awakening indeed !
> I 'KNOW" this energy and this light are our true
>selves. And somehow the purpose of this Life....is knowing
>this radiant light of compassion. Nothing else matters.
Thank you for reminding me. This is what I have felt
many times too. :))
> My life totally changed after that. I made a
>complete turn around, in my lifestyle.
What happened ? Did you quit your job and retreat ?
I really wanted to do that a while ago, but
found a good work instead. But who knows what may
happen in the future.
>I find, for one thing, I can
>now regulate how much of K. to conjure up to do daily >tasks,etc.
>for other's benefit.
Do you feel your tradition has helped with the
awakening and / or helped regulate it and the
some time problems that goes with an active K ?
>So......Amanda, the Dalai Lama, his presence will >change you.
In a way it already has. :)
Some of his writings was the first I reached for when
getting reacquainted with Kundalini and Tibetan
Buddhism.
Some of the questions / answers sessions that were in
some of his books contained similar questions I had
had and getting suggestions to the answers from
someone who has made a serious committment to
compassion was very good.
It is rare to find someone like the Dalai Lama and
to read what he is saying. :)
Would you like to / are you able to say something
about how your tradition looks at Kundalini
/ Prana. :)
Also, I was wondering, could you say something
about what the in the Tibetan traditions is
called "The clear light" ?
I have been wondering about this but am not sure
exactly what it means.
It is good to hear you are back in the old tradition
and reconnected with Tibet. :))
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Amanda.
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