And Then... Buddhahood Was Attained
I
remember years ago when we had 2PF and all of a sudden everyone got
awakened. We couldn't believe it! We wouldn't believe that we,
everyone of us, just... got... awakened... because it came to us from
afar, from more or less wild stories from books and classics, to us
who were just ordinary city people. But it happened and we all felt
in our being that life wasn't the same before and after. We felt
permanently clearer and that was the beginning.
Then couple
years later the first group of sangha members opened mahasiddha
bhumis. Again, we couldn't believe it! We were amazed that suddenly
we had stable recognition of the basic state, stable "rigpa".
Those days I really tried to find out how common or rare this stage
was but it turned out it wasn't common at all. In fact having stable
recognition, even if the purification of the mind (1-10 bhumis) is
still incomplete, is rare in the whole world, in all traditions
combined. But we kept practicing guru yoga, generated genuine
compassion, shouted mantras, practiced deities and we got there...
Suddenly we had sable recognition and basic wakefulness -
buddhanature - was not an enigma anymore. We saw and felt our lives
with fresh eyes, clear mind and greatly softened heart. We knew we
still were far from fulle enlightenment - buddhahood - but there was
no doubt whatsoever in our minds that we were on the right track, so
we kept going.
Now, again few years later down the line, our
first batch of sangha members have started to arrive in complete
attainment, or the so called buddhahood. Like with each previous
meaningful signpost we weren't fully sure how it would feel after the
event but we knew that our practices enabled steady development so
with each stage it was just a matter of sticking with it - developing
compassion and so on - until the signpost and the final attainment
would be reached. And now we have. The avalanche, like a number of
times before, has started and at this point everyone is kind of
scratching their heads and asking if this is really possible. And
once again (!) I can point out to the utter genious of the bhumi
model and energy reading how anyone can tune in and check whether or
not our sangha members have attained buddhahood, aka anuttara samyak
sambodhi aka emptiness of all phenomena, or not. There was no need
for beliefs before and there certainly is no need for beliefs now.
Tune in and check. Then, follow the method and get enlightened
yourself. Our first batch of buddhas in the sangha have demonstrated
that it is perfectly doable, so just follow the steps, and practice
Pemako.
All I want to say is that we did it... We found our
way out! That is not a small feat. In fact, we have done something
historical here, in the middle of common day to day living of the
Western society. Ha... Go figure :)
Kim,
1.10.2021
