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Searching for the Lotus-Born Master (Ⅲ)
From:chinadaily  |  2018-11-28 17:26

Editor's note: Laurence Brahm first came to China as a university exchange student from the US in 1981 and has spent much of the past three and a half decades living and working in China. He is a lawyer, an economist and founding chairman of the Himalayan Consensus. He is also an award-winning documentary film director specializing in extreme Himalayan expeditions. His latest film Searching for the Lotus-Born Master (2018) has received a dozen international film festival awards and accolades.

Starting Nov 14, China Daily is publishing behind-the-scenes stories about the documentary every Wednesday, with nine episodes total. Please stay tuned and join this incredible journey.

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In his first manifestation as the lotus king, the king of Oddiyana, the Lotus-Born Master practiced the perfection of magnetizing energy, enhanced by the power of many Dakinis, female spirits who surrounded him with their positive energy. However, being a king was not enough. He wanted to master all forms of Tantric to access a multitude of energy fields. Like Lord Buddha before him, he left the palace and wandered among the yogis in the charnel grounds, engaging many yogic practices.

在莲花生大士第一个化身为乌仗那国莲花王时,他圆满地修练了转化磁力,通过围绕着他的正能量空行母众(即母份灵力)提升了法力。然而,仅仅作为国王并不够,莲师希望善用所有密宗仪式以通达不同能量场。就像在他之前的佛祖一样,他离开了宫殿开始流浪并在尸陀林与瑜伽士进行多方面的修行。

In searching for the second manifestation of Lotus-Born Master, we journeyed to the cremation grounds in India. In ancient times, there were seven sacred cremation grounds where yogis went to meditate. One of these cremation grounds was actually near the sacred Bodhi Tree where Lord Buddha was enlightened at Bodhgaya. Traditionally, yogis would go to the cremation ground for certain secret practices. Upon leaving the kingdom of Oddiyana, the Lotus-Born Master went to this cremation ground to engage in Tantric practice.

在寻找莲花生大士第二个化身的途中,我们去了印度的火葬场——尸陀林。在古代,有七个神圣的尸陀林,瑜伽士会去那里禅修。实际上,其中一个尸陀林就在菩提伽耶,在殊胜菩提树下佛陀证觉的地方附近。传统上,瑜伽士会去尸陀林秘密修练。当离开乌仗那国时,莲花生大士去尸陀林进行密法修习。

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