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Forwarded from ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ป๐ช ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป
Young RW guys will talk about "Tradition" and "Esotericism" > You point towards the direction of living Tradition and Esotericism > They scatter like frightened deers.
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Forwarded from Vajrarastra
The Four-line Exercise Dedication Prayer
May this training be conductive,
To realize the unsurpassable state of Buddhahood,
And, having done so through my effort,
May I establish all beings into that very state.
May this training be conductive,
To realize the unsurpassable state of Buddhahood,
And, having done so through my effort,
May I establish all beings into that very state.
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Something that bothers me about the current state of Paganism is that Iโm under the impression that a lot of pagans are putting their time and effort into reconstructing something from a time so long ago that they no longer have a living connection to it. Rather than focusing on maintaining the paganism that we still have.
Iโll take Sweden as an example because this is where Iโm from and this how it was seen prior to industrialisation and modern archaeology. The ones who built the mounds of old, the dolmens and various stone structures that we find in the landscape were titans, elves, dwarves etc and the same goes for the findings of this time which is referred to as โforged by dwarvesโ. The way they lived is from a time so long ago that itโs basically mythological time, we no longer have that lineage.
We donโt have a living spiritual connection to the ones who did the blots at Uppsala temple, that lineage of paganism has been severed and there is no honest way of bringing that back unless the gods themselves were to reveal the religion and the mysteries to someone.
What we do have however is a โpaganismโ that is more spirit oriented, such as making offerings to the dead in exchange for their service for the living, observing taboos to ensure harmony between the world of the living and the ancient ones, various folk customs that have endured even though thereโs a bit of Christianity layered on top of it.
Iโll take Sweden as an example because this is where Iโm from and this how it was seen prior to industrialisation and modern archaeology. The ones who built the mounds of old, the dolmens and various stone structures that we find in the landscape were titans, elves, dwarves etc and the same goes for the findings of this time which is referred to as โforged by dwarvesโ. The way they lived is from a time so long ago that itโs basically mythological time, we no longer have that lineage.
We donโt have a living spiritual connection to the ones who did the blots at Uppsala temple, that lineage of paganism has been severed and there is no honest way of bringing that back unless the gods themselves were to reveal the religion and the mysteries to someone.
What we do have however is a โpaganismโ that is more spirit oriented, such as making offerings to the dead in exchange for their service for the living, observing taboos to ensure harmony between the world of the living and the ancient ones, various folk customs that have endured even though thereโs a bit of Christianity layered on top of it.
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Iโm writing this because although I have converted to Buddhism, the religious customs and traditions of my ancestors is still a subject that Iโm passionate about. I believe that the doctrine of impermanence, compassion for every sentient being that have been my own mother, the five precepts and so on can syncretise with European culture and be brought into the Buddhadharma. ๐ดโก๏ธโธ๏ธ
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I would like to give a shoutout to a friend of mine, he writes stuff on the subject of occultism in Thailand but also the esotericism present in the Theravada tradition. He is a practitioner of these traditions, so it's not written by an outsider peeking in. He is the real deal. https://www.tgoop.com/Esoteric_Theravada
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