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John M. Reynolds Lama Vajranatha teaching
THE SECRET BOOK OF SIMHAMUKHA—The Goddess of Witchcraft and Magic in Tibetan Buddhismy Meeting

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Description
THE SECRET BOOK OF SIMHAMUKHA—The Goddess of Witchcraft and Magic in Tibetan Buddhism
Seminar via Zoom with Lama Vajranatha
Saturday and Sunday,times 16.00-20.00 CET, with breaks.
will be translated in german, polish and hungaryan

Generally, in terms of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dakini represents the autonomous feminine principle of enlightened activity that is beyond the domination and control of patriarchal societry and the rational male ego consciousness. In this case, the lion-headed Wisdom Dakini Simhamukha embodies the wrathful feminine aspect of Guru Padmasambhava. In this seminar we will rely upon the profound exposition of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo in his work “The Secret Book of Simhamukha” for a general survey of the practices, both spiritual and magical, of the sadhana for the Vajra Dakini Simhamukha.
Contact: [email protected].

Many are the (possible) causes of my death.

And how is mindfulness of death developed & pursued so that it is of great fruit & great benefit, gains a footing in the deathless, and has the deathless as its final end?

There is the case where a monk, as day departs and night returns, reflects:

A snake might bite me.
A scorpion might sting me.
A centipede might bite me.
Stumbling, I might fall.
My food, digested, might trouble me. My bile might be provoked, my phlegm… piercing wind forces (in the body) might be provoked.

That would be how my death would come about. That would be an obstruction for me.

- Buddha, Maraṇassati Sutta