MAHAYANA SUTRA

The second lecture
"The Attainment and the Perfection of Raja Yoga".


Not to lie

In Raja Yoga, it is especially important to observe the precept of not to tell lie. There are various types of lies. For example, not to fulfill what one had decided is considered to be in the category of passive lie. Some people tells a lie intentionally which is active lie. Among these lies, active lie is easy to overcome, but it is difficult to overcome the passive lie.

You may think that it is all right to tell a little passive lie since it won't be so harmful to others. However, you shouldn't even tell this passive lie. Even if it is unprofitable for you, you shouldn't tell the passive lie as well.

Please practice "not to tell lie". Please practice this for only three months and ten days, which means 100 days. Your power of will be stronger, and your shall find great development in your spiritual practice.

Then I shall tell you why shouldn't you tell lie. First of all, will works according to the order of true self. Let's say that the true self gave an order to do spiritual practice. The will activates according to this order. It makes a promise to oneself "I shall do the spiritual practice today.".

If the will was weak, it searches for comfort and prolong the realization such as, "Let's do it tomorrow because I am tired today." or "Let it be the day after tomorrow.". In other words, will do not activate even if the true self gives an order. The will is playing around in somewhere else. The situation will be worse if such state goes on as it is. And naturally, enlightenment will be prolonged, and may not realize at all.

Could you now understand the reason why we shouldn't tell even a passive lie?

Concerning with the active lie, it is prohibited because to harms people or brings others to falure can be our bad karma which can be a great obstacle for our enlightenment.

Don't lose energy

I alert the attainer of Raja Yoga that you should not lose energy.

Two main advice which I give to the attainer of Raja Yoga are; to preserve more energy and to strengthen the power of will much stronger. Or else one can not enter the second process in "Yogas of Mahayana" which is Kundalini Yoga.

I shall say that the weak point of Raja Yoga is that the attainment is ruined by the loss of energy. That is why the Guru of Raja Yoga generally gives Shakti-pat only to the highly advanced disciples. Because the loss of energy is small if one were to exchange energy with the one who has developed his spiritual practice.

Alchohol is also strictly prohibited in Raja Yoga, because one can't control his power of will if he drink alchohol. The basement of Raja Yoga should always be the power of will..