MAHAYANA SUTRA

The third lecture
"The Attainment and the Perfection of Kundalini Yoga"


The possibiliti and danger of Kundalini Yoga

I told you that you need to make the perfection of 7 Yogas. This is very difficult that you need to reincarnate more than 1,000 times. That is why Tantra Yoga was invented so as to go through all process at once.

So naturally, there will be a overwork when you practice Tantra Yoga. Because you should open the energetic pipelines within human body, namely Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna, at once, and you should raise the energy at once. One mistake can be fatal. However, thought it causes overwork, Tantra Yoga has the only possibility to reach the ultimate stage of true enlightenment, the ultimate enlightenment, if everything works out fine.

Ningma-pa or Kagyu-pa in Tibetan Buddhism is the schools of people who are doing such practice. In AUM, I only allow this system of practice to the special people who can bear the practice of Tantra, because there are overwork and dangers as I had mentioned. There are many lay members who did Tantric practice without permission and went wrong. You should be careful not to be like them.

The state of energetic loss is different among each yogas

So today, I shall speak about the second stage of Kundalini Yoga under the condition that it can take 1,000 lives. What supports Kundalini Yoga is the life energy. Please think over the Raja Yoga which I spoke yesterday.

There was a weak point about Raja Yoga. For example, if one give Shakti-pat, waste energy, and what's more, if he didn't do spiritual practice enough, the will which supports the stage of Raja Yoga can be taken away. If the will as the basement were to be lost, he is equal to ordinary person. So he should do his spiritual practice from the beginning.

However, this is not the case with Kundalini Yoga.

Let's say that a atatiner of Kundalini Yoga lost energy by Shakti- prayoga or Shakti-pat. In many cases, he will be caught in impulse of suicide. Khema-Taishi and Shanti-Taishi attained enlightenment in Kundalini Yoga. If they lost energy by giving special initiation or Shakti-pat, they will be lack of energy and be caught to the impulse of suicide.

However, since they had attained Kundalini Yoga, they will recover to the previous state as the days pass by. This is the strong point about Kundalini Yoga.

Raja Yoga has the possibility to have his spiritual stage ruined, but Kundalini Yoga can return to the original state if enough time was given. Or he can return to the previous state of attainment if he recieve energy in some way. This is advantage of Kundalini Yoga.

However, if non-attainer were to lose energy, he can actually die. The reason why we need not to waste sexual energy while practicing Kundalini Yoga is also becuase we need to protect ourselves from the loss of energy.

And when one attains Kundalini Yoga, he will go on to the next process of Jnana Yoga. I shall explain about Jnana Yoga in brief because this should be the topic for tomorrow.

If one makes the perfection of Jnana Yoga, he can erase karma by correctly analizing one's own state even if he recieved other's karma. That's why he can return to the original state even if he gaveShakti-pat or Shakti-prayoga.

This can be done because his loss of energy is small by the perfection of Kundalini Yoga. Only problem is the karma which clogs teh energetic pipeline. So he can return to the original state by eradicating karma. So I take it for granted that Khema- Taishi or Shanti-Taishi should go on to the next process of Jnana Yoga.

What is important are refuge, merit, and the practice of the truth

Then let me explain in detail about Kundalini Yoga which is today's main theme.

First of all, we should think of what is necessary for Kundalini Yoga. First is "the refuge toward Guru" though it is necessary for all Yogas. What is especially necessary for Kundalini Yoga is refuge, "merit", and "the practice of the truth".

Then why is it necessary to have refuge, merit, and the practice of the truth?

Kundalini Yoga can automatically bring us to Astral world or Causal world even if one do not concentrate. He will go to such worlds if energy rises. What can happen if he do not have refuge or merit? He falls down to devil's abode.

Because there are various Astral worlds from the dirty world to wonderful world. Or from horrible world to pleasurable world. Causal world also has various worlds from dirty world to wonderful world, or from horrible world to pleasurable world. If we were to fly to those world without refuge and merit, we will have to lose mental balance by going to terrible world all the time.

In order to fly to good worlds and high worlds, merit is the only way. Or refuge. And we must practice the truth.

So the keys for kundalini Yoga are; whether one can thoroughly visualize Guru or not (In your case, it is me.), whether you can accumulate merit or not, and whether you are based on the teaching of the truth or not. What's more, if you have ambision for Mahayana, you need Jnana Yoga after Kundalini Yoga so as to analize one's own state.