Buddhism

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AKASHA Akasha or Akash means space, sky or aether in traditional Indian cosmology, depending on the religion. Akasha is the Sanskrit word meaning "aether" in both its elemental and metaphysical senses. Embarking on an exploration of Akasha's spiritual significance can be a captivating adventure. Often described as a substance composed of conscious and unconscious spiritual energy, Akasha signifies the interconnectivity of all things, the collective past, and humanity's divine potential. By grasping the concept of Akasha, we can appreciate our interconnectedness with the cosmos and the innate power within each of us. Investigating this enigmatic etheric force can lead to a profound understanding of our personal lives and our role within the greater collective consciousness. It also enables us to perceive our connections to past and future generations, providing a heightened sense of purpose in our own lives. The pursuit of Akasha's wisdom is undoubtedly a rewarding journey for those seeking life's deeper truths. Fundamentally, Akasha is a web of energy patterns that influence all aspects of life on earth, including the intangible realms of human emotions and thoughts. By accessing this potent field, we can intuitively comprehend situations, obtain answers to our queries, and even manifest desired outcomes seemingly out of nowhere.

THE PRIMORDIAL OM According to Vedic philosophy, Om is the primordial sound from which the whole universe was created. “The Imperishable is OM, and it is 'all this'. All this, whatever is visible, whatever is cognisable, whatever can come within the purview of sense-perception, inference or verbal testimony, whatever can be comprehended under the single term, creation all this is Om.” – Mandukya Upanishad “If he meditates on the Supreme Being with the syllable Aum, he becomes one with the Light, he is led to the world of Brahman [the Absolute Being] Who is higher than the highest life, That Which is tranquil, unaging, immortal, fearless, and supreme.” – Prashna Upanishad Om is a sacred syllable representing Brahman, the impersonal Absolute, omnipotent, omnipresent, the source of all manifest existence. Brahman, in itself, is incomprehensible; so a symbol is used to help us realise the Unknowable.

INDRAS NET OF JEWELS Indra's Jewel Net, or the Jewel Net of Indra, is a much-loved metaphor of Mahayana Buddhism. It illustrates the interpenetration, inter-causality, and interbeing of all things.Here is the metaphor: In the realm of the god Indra is a vast net that stretches infinitely in all directions. In each "eye" of the net is a single brilliant, perfect jewel. Each jewel also reflects every other jewel, infinite in number, and each of the reflected images of the jewels bears the image of all the other jewels — infinity to infinity. Whatever affects one jewel effects them all.The metaphor illustrates the interpenetration of all phenomena. Everything contains everything else. At the same time, each individual thing is not hindered by or confused with all the other individual things. Indra's Net is very much related to interbeing. Very basically, interbeing refers to a teaching that all of existence is a vast nexus of causes and conditions, constantly changing, in which everything is interconnected to everything else. This interbeing is sometimes called the integration of universal and particular. Each of us is a particular being, and each particular being is also the entire phenomenal universe.

THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES The musica universalis (literally universal music), also called music of the spheres or harmony of the spheres, is a philosophical concept that regards proportions in the movements of celestial bodies – the Sun, Moon, and planets – as a form of music. The theory, originating in ancient Greece, was a tenet of Pythagoreanism, and was later developed by 16th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. Kepler did not believe this "music" to be audible, but felt that it could nevertheless be heard by the soul. The idea continued to appeal to scholars until the end of the Renaissance, influencing many schools of thought, including humanism.

(Pali: "kilesas") – unwholesome aspects of the mind – In the contemporary Mahayana and Theravada Buddhist traditions, the three kleshas of ignorance, attachment, and aversion are identified as the root or source of all other kleshas. These are referred to as the three poisons in the Mahayana tradition, or as the three unwholesome roots in the Theravada tradition

tantra is used as a means to channel the energy of desire and transform the experience of pleasure into a realization of enlightenment. the use of rituals, symbolism and yoga practices to evoke experiences that enable -the realization of enlightenment. The most common practice of tantra is deity identification or realizing oneself as a deity.

the deity we choose to identify with represents the essential qualities of the fully awakened experience latent within us. To use the language of psychology, such a deity is an archetype of our own deepest nature, our most profound level of consciousness. In tantra we focus our attention on such an archetypal image and identify with it in order to arouse the deepest, most profound aspects of our being and bring them into our present reality.

various sutras from the buddhist religion and other myriad resources.

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