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The Golden Embryo
The Mystery of the Golden Blossom says:
“Purify your heart, clean your thoughts, curtail your appetite, and conserve the semen.
“If thoughts are durable, so too will be the semen; if the semen is durable, so also will be the power; if the power is lasting, the Spirit will be as well.
“The power of the kidneys is located under the symbol of Water. When the impulses are roused, it flows downwards, goes outward, and produces offspring. When it is directed back by the power of thought, filtering upward to the crucible of the creator, it refreshes and nourishes heart and body; it is the reflux method.” (These are words from the cited Taoist text.)
The Vajrayana School
Other important symbols in Vajrayana include the vajra cross and the swatiska (see the picture of the Tibetan lama on his throne, above).
And of course, the deity Vajrasattva with his consort:
“Hinayana” or Foundational level schools do not accept or use these symbols.
Samael Aun Weor continues in the chapter:
Zen Buddhism
Why is ultimate Truth, Prajna, which Zen Buddhism wishes to present, so indefinable, abstract, and inaccessible?
“To define” really means to put intellectual limits on, or to declare the sense of a certain thing.
“To grasp” as in the sense used here, means to understand something and retain it in the memory.
As the act of defining itself consists of confining something within a certain limit, it must necessarily be finite, narrow or restrictive by nature. Just as “to comprehend” means to mentally grasp something, yet not everything, “to comprehend” is equally as limited and exclusive.
The Two Schools
Reality (li in Chinese) can be seen suddenly, but matter (shih in Chinese) must be cultivated in a progressive and orderly fashion.
In other words, after having reached ecstasy, one must cultivate it until it is completely developed and matured.
Thus, esoteric work consists of two principal aspects: Vision and Action. [Editor’s Note: these terms are derived from the Sanskrit words Prajna and Upaya, and are commonly translated into English as Wisdom and Method, although these English words completely fail to capture the true meaning. See the Glossary for a full definition of these important terms.]
Awakened Men
An awakened monk called Tien Jan went to visit the Venerable Master Hui Chang.
Upon arrival, he very solemnly asked a certain ascetic assistant if the “True Master” was in the house.
The mystic replied, “Yes, but he is not receiving visitors.”
Tien Jan said, “Oh, what you are saying is extremely profound and strange!”
The anchorite assistant answered, “Not even the eyes of the Buddha can see him.”
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