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EXTENDING KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER MODELS
WITH AN OPEN AND FLEXIBLE MIND
An Appreciation of Zhen Yan
A Zhen Yan commentary 真言 of Mahabodhi Sunyata
Mìjiào zong (method) is often used in China
and termed Mi-zong, the ‘Secret Method’.
Esoteric practices have existed continuously as a cultural undercurrent in Chinese Buddhism since its first transmission.
However, few groups today devote themselves to the esoteric, although in the world of superstition the theoretical power of its practices is used for healing, rainmaking, acquisition of wealth, and personal protection, all of which is alien to the spirit of the Dharma way.
Still, do not now make the mistake of thinking that the TRUE Mìjiào model is invalid. What is required however is a clear guide to how the system does function and a guide to the actual practices and their relation to MAHAMUDRA.
真言 Zhen Yan
密 教 Mìjiào
MI ZONG
THE SECRET METHOD
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密 教 Mìjiào
The term Mìjiào zong (method) is often
used in China and referred to as the
Mi-zong, or the ‘Secret Method’.
Esoteric practices as a cultural undercurrent have existed continuously within Buddhism since its first transmission in China.
However, few groups today are devoted to to the esoteric, although, in the world of superstition the theoretical power of practices is used for healing, rainmaking, acquisition of wealth, and personal protection, all alien to the spirit of the Dharma way.
Chinese Zhen-yan teachings and practice are based on contemplation and action rather than learning and knowledge.
Zhen-yan is a short-cut that dispenses with the gradual cultivation of wisdom.
真言 Zhēn yàn
真 言 zhēn yàn means 'true' and 'word' respectively and as such represents the 'words of truth'.of the Buddha..
It consists of Mantras, Mandalas and Mudras
The object the practice is to master the ‘three elements’ of ‘body, speech, mind’ through the practices of mudrā (ritual hand gestures associated with specific deities; mantra or dhāraṇī and visualizations..
It theoretically organizes the cosmos ritually into a series of energies that emanate from the centre and radiate outward, each energy symbolized by in this case Vajrayoguini.
The primary Buddha is Vairocana, the Sun Buddha, of whom all other Buddhas and divine beings are emanations.
This scheme is represented visually in a maṇḍala that depicts a set of divine beings in their proper locations relative to one another.
A divine guardian and patron is chosen by allowing a flower to fall upon the mandala and takes as his patron the being upon whose image it falls.
In Chinese methodology the sexual element in iconography and practice is curtailed and is not the same as that of India and Tibet, although the conceptual representation of the union of Vajrayoguini and Heruka, representing the union of the male and female principles (processes and their expression) are retained.
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