The Prajnaparamita - all depends on the ears that hear it.
Pali canon - basic fundamental practice - habits, impulses, drives, samskaras, appetites.
On the Tibetan plateau where the atmospheric pressure facilitates an open crown - energetic forms - demons, demigods, deities, dakinis.
This makes sense.
One must see for themselves. Theory provides little when scrubbing karma. Even in the earliest conglomerate of things written down, the Buddha mentions Mara - a formidable entity who is intent on distraction and leading astray. From what? The Buddha’s genius - he knew the goal. The Third Noble Truth is “knowing” the End of Suffering. The Fourth is the “How”. Interesting. You’d assume that, logically ,the two would be reversed.
The Roshi didn’t give a flying F about theory. We lived in silence and we abstained from all reading. No phones, screens, texts, books. Just you , nature, and the screen of your mind. After a year of Mara banging pots and pans endlessly between the ears and that banging reverberating in the nerves, flesh, the body actually settled down. With that settling, a clear seeing. Uncoupling from the powerful karmic force of habit. Making peace with your demons. Expanding into the faith of and receiving the amrita of the dakini.
That’s the beauty of The Situation.
