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2. Rebirth in the good realms
For example: to hope and
pray for rebirth in the heavenly
realm, or in the human realm,
and not to fall into the evil realms (of
animals, hungryghosts and hells).
3. Liberation from the tractions of the cycle of
karmic existence to hope and pray for the
freedom in deciding for oneself as to whether
one would be reborn into the six realms (of
heavens, asuras, humans, animals, hungry
ghosts and hells), or whether to remain in the
highest level of the Realm of Form, such as
the Akanistha (the Heaven at the End-of-
Form-Realm), wh ich is beyond the control of
the tractions. (Please refer to the explanations
on the Three Realms in the article on the
Profound Abstruseness of Life and Death:
The Meani ng of Near-De ath Expe ri enc es in
Issue 17 of the Lake of Lotus).
4. At ta inment of Buddhahood The recovery of
ones Primordial Nature and the original ly
possessed and boundless capabilities, which
are f ree f rom any bondages and to remain
in the Dharma Realm. (The Nature of the
Mind, also known as the Buddha Nature, or
the Primordial Nature, refers to the original
possession of that most crysta l c lar i ty of
awareness. Please refer to the articles on The
Meaning of Near-Death Experiences in Issues
4 & 5 of the Lake of Lotus).
What are the methods that one can choose in
order to achieve these four types of objectives?
What will be their effects? What are the critical
key pointsthat one should pay attention to when
judging upon and in choosing those methods of
Dharma practice? Regardless of what kinds of
religions, the practice methods can be broadly
divided into the following types:
1. Prayers Including confessions, repentance
of ones conducts , and in the mak ing o f
aspirations and wishes;
2. Recitations mantras, Buddhas Holy Names,
or sutras;
3. Visualizations themes include the formulae
for different types of meditation, or even the
making use of the internal functions of ones
body for coordination.
I r r espec t i ve o f wh ich t ypes o f p rac t i ce
methods, it must include the training of ones
mental strength. Otherwise, i t would not be
able to produce any effects. One of the important
points for judging which of the practice methods
are the most ef fect ive ones is the degree of
influence that these can have on ones mental
strength? What percentage will they constitute?
The p rev ious f i ve chapters have c l ea r l y
exp la ined the ef fects and myster ies that the
sound has produced upon people (Please refer
to the articles on the Wisdom in Directing Ones
Dharma Pract ices of Issues 24, 25, 26, 27
and 28 of the Lake of Lotus) .The part on the
rationale for the resonance and operations of
p a r t i c l e s i s o n e
o f t h e f u n c t i o n s
o n t h e r e c i t a t i o n
o f mant ras . S ince
t h e s o u n d o f
m a n t r a d o e s n o tn e c e s s a r i l y h a v e
to b e w o r d s t h a t
could be translated
o r u n d e r s t o o d ,
pa r t i cu l a r l y thos e
m a n t r a s w h i c h
are meant fo r the
following purposes:
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the deeper level of ones subconscious? To
what degrees can they render assistance to ones
Dharma practice?
Let us not talk about the sounds that are
harmful to the human body. For the sounds that
are beneficial to the human body, they are not
only able to infect upon ones mood, but can
also heighten ones awareness and even lead
ones spiritual state to another level of the world.
For examp le mus ic , i t can a lways make the
participants discard their original personalities,
basking in a jo lly and liberatedstate of condition.
As fo r song s, the y are masterp ieces of mixing
human sounds wi th the music. By us ing the
sounds and rhythms so generated, one can
gather ones powers of concentration, making it a
way to adjust ones body, mind and spirit.
Other examples are some of the sounds of
Mother Nature that are beneficial to the human
body. They can make people feel the harmonic
oceans, rivers, mountain streams, waterfalls, the
sound of wind, as wel l as the rust l ing leaves,
the swaying branches and leaves, the tickl ingrain, the clar i ty of b irds songs, the voice of
dolphins, etc. All these sounds will, consciously
or unconsciously, elevate ones spirit, taking it
forward towards a good quality state of a much
higher frequency. These sounds can catalyze the
spir itual level of human beings, such that their
potentials can leap over the barriers constantly
c o n t r o l l e d b y t h e i r c o n sc i o u sn e ss o r t h e
unconscious to achieve further elevation or the
release of potentials.
I n o the r wo rds , a good qua l i t y t ype o f
sound would have the power of transforming
the state of ones life, no matter how short this
sound would be. Then how can one make use
of the conscious sounds of human beings to
transform to the unconscious sounds, and
to further manifest, deeply and thoroughly, the
transformation of the sounds with the power in
elevating ones state of life? This is one of the key
points in Vajrayana practices.
Listening to music belongs to a passive style
of transformation and elevation. In some cases, it
plays an important role. For example, nowadays,
there is a k ind of music therapy speci f ica l ly
practiced to serve the dying people. For those
dying persons who have no rel ig ious fai th, or
even being resistant to religious belief, this is a
sound of happiness, a good relieving and helping
method.
There are count less ce l ls and organs in
a human body. Accord ing ly , many k inds o f
vibration frequencies exist inside the human body.
Molecules to bio-energy are all surrounding the
entire body. If one can make use of the sounds
in an active mode and in an appropriate way to
transform the body, it wil l not only correct the
wrong frequencies, but wil l also reconcile the
different frequencies to become harmonized in the
same direction. By using a resonancefrequency in a consistent manner,
one can elevate ones potentials
and awareness to be h igh
enough to leap over
the barriers constantly
cont ro l l ed by ones
consciousness or the
u n c o n sc i o u s , thus
obtaining a wide-scope
of high-quality release
of potentials.
T h e r e f o r e ,
the use of sounds
to elevate ones
l i f e c a n b e
divided into both
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passive and activemodes. Insofar as the Dharma
practice is concerned, the l istening to group
recitations of the Mantras, Buddhas Holy Names
or the Buddhist Sutras belongs to a passive
mode of practice. Though one can arouse and
activate the seeds of v i r tuous roots at ones
conscious or unconscious levels, it compares
far less favourably, in terms of the degrees and
effectiveness, with the use of appropriatesounds
in an act i ve mode to k ick s ta r t and fu r ther
activate ones potentials and awareness.
I t c a n b e sa i d t h a t
every individual possesses
a combination of different
levels. The movements ofthe in ternal molecu les
to b io-energy in each
c o m b i n a t i o n w o u l d
p r o d u c e d i f f e r e n t
f requencies of v ibrat ion,
thus constituting a unique
l i f e f o r each i nd i v i dua l .
Accord ing ly, the core of
each indiv iduals l i fe has
a basic sound of its own.
Th is is the Seed Syllable
( B i j a s ) o f t h e m a n t r a
s o u n d s i n V a j r a y a n a
practices.
Al though the fi ne de ta il s of the core basic
soundof each individual l i fe are dif ferent and
unique, in general they can be broadly divided
into several types. Hence, in the Vajrayana
practice of Mantra Sounds, one will find that the
Seed Syllables(Bijas) of the mantra sounds of
many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are the same. In
order to use sounds to rapidly elevate ones own
life, one needs to grasp the general direction of
the core basic sound so as to see its significant
effects. However, to use a short-cut for entry into
the deeper levels of ones awareness, or even
to the state of Emptiness: Neither Existence
Nor Voidness without hindrance, one must have
to master the refined details of the core basic
sound.
I t is, indeed, not an easy task for one to
master the ref ined deta i ls of the core basic
so u n d . T o a c h i e v e a n y h o p e o f su c c e ss ,
one must have to f ind a Guru who is wel l -
experienced in this aspect. The Guru must be
able to explain the above principles,while guiding
oneself through the various
p rac t i ces and t r a i n i ngs .
O t h e r w i s e , o n e w o u l d
only end up in wander ingaround at the outskir ts of
ones Dharma practice . It
is because i f one cannot
master the refined details of
the core basic sound, it
means that one will not be
able to enter into the core
o f ones poten t ia l s and
awareness.
P u t t i n g a s i d e t h e
question of how to find or
use the ref ined detai ls of
the co re bas i c sound ,
let us see how the several
types of sounds in general are to be used? How
can one find and use the appropriate sounds in
an active mode in order to assist ones Dharma
practice? As for the practice of Holy Dharma, if
your Guru does not know how to teach you to
find a sound frequency which is most suitable for,
and closest to, you, then of course the mantras
of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas wil l be used
as a replacement. The question, then, is how
should one recite these mantras of the Buddhas
and Bodhisattvas in order to make an activeuse
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