The Aura of Wisdom
The Aura of Wisdom
Insights of the Tathagata
By Living Buddha Lian Sheng Shen-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung
Foreword by Professor Shih-I Chu
Synopsis
Living Buddha Lian-sheng began studying Taoism, Sutrayana and Vajrayana Buddhism forty years ago. For the benefit of all sentient beings, he has recorded many of the important and profound teachings of Buddhism, specifically those Vajrayana Buddhism, for in The Aura of Wisdom.
Living Buddha Lian-sheng explains the differences between Sutrayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, the precepts, how to honor the guru and many other secrets and practices of which have ever been revealed publicly. Some of these teachings may be considered the most complicated teachings f Buddhism. They are highly graded teachings and have been rarely revealed to the general public, especially in the English speaking world.
Those who have the affinity to encounter this book are rare and blessed individuals. Those who are fortunate enough to read it are even more exceptional. However, those who read The Aura of Wisdom and actually understand it are on the path towards reaching enlightenment in this very lifetime.
“The words of wisdom contained within this book make it extremely precious, for Living Buddha Lian-sheng has managed to encapsulate over thirty years of his actual practice and attainment in ninety short articles.”
Chapter 1: Spiritual Conviction
Chapter 2: Arrogance
Chapter 3: Adopting a Monastic Life
Chapter 4: Manifestations
Chapter 5: Spiritual Response
Chapter 6: Purification of the Mind
Chapter 7: Right View
Chapter 8: A True Acharya
Chapter 9: Self Importance
Chapter 10: The Four Levels of Empowerment
Chapter 11: Making Offerings
Chapter 12: Making Offerings (2)
Chapter 13: Spiritual Validation
Chapter 14: Keeping the Codes and Precepts
Chapter 15: The Spirit of Upholding the Precepts
Chapter 16: True Buddha School
Chapter 17: True Practice
Chapter 18: Respecting the Guru
Chapter 19: The Most Comprehensive System of Buddhist Practice
Chapter 20: Do Not Slander the Vajrayana Teachings
Chapter 21: Ignorance
Chapter 22: Liberal Validation
Chapter 23: Sutrayana and Vajrayana
Chapter 24: Dharma Name
Chapter 25: The Secret Referred to in the Secret Teachings
Chapter 26: Mahabodhicitta, the Mind of Perfect Enlightenment
Chapter 27: Perfect Penetration of the Sutrayana and Vajrayana Teachings
Chapter 28: The Mandala
Chapter 29: Attaining Buddhahood in This Very Body
Chapter 30: Refrain from Killing
Chapter 31: Eating Meat or Vegetarian Meals
Chapter 32: Offering Wine and Meat to the Buddha
Chapter 33: Why Practice Buddhism and Do Cultivation?
Chapter 34: The Guru’s Power of Blessing
Chapter 35: The Precious Teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism
Chapter 36: The Jambhala or Wealth Deity Practice
Chapter 37: The Wrathful Vajra Protectors
Chapter 38: Yab-Yum, the Consort Practice
Chapter 39: The Fundamental Rationale of Vajrayana Buddhism
Chapter 40: Heart Essence and Oral Transmissions
Chapter 41: Cultivating with Contemplation and Visualisation
Chapter 42: Ajikan, the Visualisation of the See Syllable AH
Chapter 43: Choosing One’s Personal Deity (Yidam)
Chapter 44: The Fourfold and Sixfold Refuge
Chapter 45: Blessing with Lights
Chapter 46: Invocation with Light
Chapter 47: The Importance of the Four Preliminaries Practices
Chapter 48: The Secret of Contemplating Emptiness
Chapter 49: Elucidation on the Three Powers
Chapter 50: Reverence for the High King Avalokitesvara Sutra
Chapter 51: A Buddha Manifestation of Great Authority
Chapter 52: Merging as One
Chapter 53: The Key Instructions of Entering, Abiding and Absorbing
Chapter 54: Seen in the Context of Heresy
Chapter 55: The Importance of Cultivating Qi or Vital Winds
Chapter 56: Cultivation through the Use of the Four Elements
Chapter 57: The Body Mandala
Chapter 58: The Key Instructions to Cultivating Vital Winds
Chapter 59: Leakage Leads to a Spiritual Downfall
Chapter 60: An Introduction to the Contemplation of the Non-Leakage Practice
Chapter 61: A Look at Validation
Chapter 62: The Phenomena and Signs of Attaining Spiritual Resonance
Chapter 63: The Nine Levels of Accomplishment of the True Buddha Tantra
Chapter 64: One Mantra, One Practice, and One Personal Deity
Chapter 65: Ways of Reciting Mantras
Chapter 66: Mantras are a Dharma Ship
Chapter 67: OM BU LIN
Chapter 68: The Authenticity of the Personal Deity
Chapter 69: Mudra as Transmitted from Space
Chapter 70: Essentials of Vajrayana Cultivation
Chapter 71: The Padmakumara Mudra and the Method of Using the Bell and Vajra
Chapter 72: Mantras are the Infinite Dharma Treasury and All Buddhas
Chapter 73: Mantras are a Treasury of Meditation
Chapter 74: Aspiring the Greatest Bodhicitta
Chapter 75: The Protection Methods and the Boundary Method
Chapter 76: The Method of Seeing All Spiritual Beings
Chapter 77: Signs of Purification as Arisen from the Repentance Practice
Chapter 78: The Art of Knowing the Future
Chapter 79: Healing with Vajrayana Techniques
Chapter 80: The Secret of Entering Celestial Palaces
Chapter 81: The Method of Touching the Head and Slapping the Back
Chapter 82: The Practice of Harmonization
Chapter 83: The Practice of Subjugation
Chapter 84: The Way of Receiving Great Wisdom
Chapter 85: The Mirror Shrine Psychic Hearing Method
Chapter 86: The Heart of Heart Mudra
Chapter 87: Oratory Practices
Chapter 88: The Secret to Opening the Heart Chakra
Chapter 89: All the Sadhanas of True Buddha School
Chapter 90: The Great Perfection
Significance of Taking Refuge
Glossary
Insights of the Tathagata
By Living Buddha Lian Sheng Shen-yen Lu
Translated by Cheng Yew Chung
Foreword by Professor Shih-I Chu
Synopsis
Living Buddha Lian-sheng began studying Taoism, Sutrayana and Vajrayana Buddhism forty years ago. For the benefit of all sentient beings, he has recorded many of the important and profound teachings of Buddhism, specifically those Vajrayana Buddhism, for in The Aura of Wisdom.
Living Buddha Lian-sheng explains the differences between Sutrayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, the precepts, how to honor the guru and many other secrets and practices of which have ever been revealed publicly. Some of these teachings may be considered the most complicated teachings f Buddhism. They are highly graded teachings and have been rarely revealed to the general public, especially in the English speaking world.
Those who have the affinity to encounter this book are rare and blessed individuals. Those who are fortunate enough to read it are even more exceptional. However, those who read The Aura of Wisdom and actually understand it are on the path towards reaching enlightenment in this very lifetime.
“The words of wisdom contained within this book make it extremely precious, for Living Buddha Lian-sheng has managed to encapsulate over thirty years of his actual practice and attainment in ninety short articles.”
Chapter 1: Spiritual Conviction
Chapter 2: Arrogance
Chapter 3: Adopting a Monastic Life
Chapter 4: Manifestations
Chapter 5: Spiritual Response
Chapter 6: Purification of the Mind
Chapter 7: Right View
Chapter 8: A True Acharya
Chapter 9: Self Importance
Chapter 10: The Four Levels of Empowerment
Chapter 11: Making Offerings
Chapter 12: Making Offerings (2)
Chapter 13: Spiritual Validation
Chapter 14: Keeping the Codes and Precepts
Chapter 15: The Spirit of Upholding the Precepts
Chapter 16: True Buddha School
Chapter 17: True Practice
Chapter 18: Respecting the Guru
Chapter 19: The Most Comprehensive System of Buddhist Practice
Chapter 20: Do Not Slander the Vajrayana Teachings
Chapter 21: Ignorance
Chapter 22: Liberal Validation
Chapter 23: Sutrayana and Vajrayana
Chapter 24: Dharma Name
Chapter 25: The Secret Referred to in the Secret Teachings
Chapter 26: Mahabodhicitta, the Mind of Perfect Enlightenment
Chapter 27: Perfect Penetration of the Sutrayana and Vajrayana Teachings
Chapter 28: The Mandala
Chapter 29: Attaining Buddhahood in This Very Body
Chapter 30: Refrain from Killing
Chapter 31: Eating Meat or Vegetarian Meals
Chapter 32: Offering Wine and Meat to the Buddha
Chapter 33: Why Practice Buddhism and Do Cultivation?
Chapter 34: The Guru’s Power of Blessing
Chapter 35: The Precious Teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism
Chapter 36: The Jambhala or Wealth Deity Practice
Chapter 37: The Wrathful Vajra Protectors
Chapter 38: Yab-Yum, the Consort Practice
Chapter 39: The Fundamental Rationale of Vajrayana Buddhism
Chapter 40: Heart Essence and Oral Transmissions
Chapter 41: Cultivating with Contemplation and Visualisation
Chapter 42: Ajikan, the Visualisation of the See Syllable AH
Chapter 43: Choosing One’s Personal Deity (Yidam)
Chapter 44: The Fourfold and Sixfold Refuge
Chapter 45: Blessing with Lights
Chapter 46: Invocation with Light
Chapter 47: The Importance of the Four Preliminaries Practices
Chapter 48: The Secret of Contemplating Emptiness
Chapter 49: Elucidation on the Three Powers
Chapter 50: Reverence for the High King Avalokitesvara Sutra
Chapter 51: A Buddha Manifestation of Great Authority
Chapter 52: Merging as One
Chapter 53: The Key Instructions of Entering, Abiding and Absorbing
Chapter 54: Seen in the Context of Heresy
Chapter 55: The Importance of Cultivating Qi or Vital Winds
Chapter 56: Cultivation through the Use of the Four Elements
Chapter 57: The Body Mandala
Chapter 58: The Key Instructions to Cultivating Vital Winds
Chapter 59: Leakage Leads to a Spiritual Downfall
Chapter 60: An Introduction to the Contemplation of the Non-Leakage Practice
Chapter 61: A Look at Validation
Chapter 62: The Phenomena and Signs of Attaining Spiritual Resonance
Chapter 63: The Nine Levels of Accomplishment of the True Buddha Tantra
Chapter 64: One Mantra, One Practice, and One Personal Deity
Chapter 65: Ways of Reciting Mantras
Chapter 66: Mantras are a Dharma Ship
Chapter 67: OM BU LIN
Chapter 68: The Authenticity of the Personal Deity
Chapter 69: Mudra as Transmitted from Space
Chapter 70: Essentials of Vajrayana Cultivation
Chapter 71: The Padmakumara Mudra and the Method of Using the Bell and Vajra
Chapter 72: Mantras are the Infinite Dharma Treasury and All Buddhas
Chapter 73: Mantras are a Treasury of Meditation
Chapter 74: Aspiring the Greatest Bodhicitta
Chapter 75: The Protection Methods and the Boundary Method
Chapter 76: The Method of Seeing All Spiritual Beings
Chapter 77: Signs of Purification as Arisen from the Repentance Practice
Chapter 78: The Art of Knowing the Future
Chapter 79: Healing with Vajrayana Techniques
Chapter 80: The Secret of Entering Celestial Palaces
Chapter 81: The Method of Touching the Head and Slapping the Back
Chapter 82: The Practice of Harmonization
Chapter 83: The Practice of Subjugation
Chapter 84: The Way of Receiving Great Wisdom
Chapter 85: The Mirror Shrine Psychic Hearing Method
Chapter 86: The Heart of Heart Mudra
Chapter 87: Oratory Practices
Chapter 88: The Secret to Opening the Heart Chakra
Chapter 89: All the Sadhanas of True Buddha School
Chapter 90: The Great Perfection
Significance of Taking Refuge
Glossary