 Process of Attaining Buddhahood is synonymous with the experience of Great Bliss. The aim of Buddhahood is none other than the Great Bliss to the yogi. Buddhism follows the stage of generation and the stage of completion. The yogi and the yogini undertake the practices of these two stages in accordance with the instruction of the Guru. The success of the path depends primarily on the adequate preparation of the yogi and the yogini and the exact fulfilment of the instruction imparted by the Guru.
Preparation for Buddhahood The Yogi and the Yogini are the practitioners involved in the process of Generation and Completion of Buddhahood. Buddhism prescribes a strict course of philosophical training for the yogi and yogini before commence of Tantric Sadhana. With the help of philosophical training, gradually the seeds of idealism are sown into the minds of the practitioners. The preparations for both the yogi and yogini are mentioned below: Application of the Vows for Buddhahood The yogi takes the Vow of the Five Families. Vows are of two types, namely, common and uncommon. It has been claimed that enlightenment is quickly attained with the aid of vows. The application of the vow leads the disciples of varying sensibilities to enlightenment. The different vows gradually wean the disciple away from the diversity and multiplicity of phenomenal existence to the sameness of nature, and then the realisation of that nature as void and lastly to the experience of void as bliss. Consecration in Buddhism The Process of Generation and Completion is marked by four Consecrations administered by the Guru. With the help of consecration one is empowered to receive the doctrines of the Buddhahood. There are four consecrations, namely 1. Master Consecration 2. Secret Consecration 3. Wisdom Consecration 4. Fourth Consecration The last three consecrations belong to a higher order and are conferred on a yogi or a yogini only after he or she has received the Master Consecration. In order to be initiated into the consecration, it is necessary that the mind is made free from all kinds of disturbing spirit. Process of Generation The Yogi and the Yogini are ready to perform the Process of Generation only after they have performed the vows and have received the required consecrations. The insight that the yogi arrived at through the philosophical process that preceded it is re-enacted and realised within him through the meditative process of Generation. The process of Generation is also called the process of Emanation. Through the process of Generation or Emanation, the yogi becomes aware of the diversity of existence and realising the dream like nature of the diversity he renders it to himself as undiversified, by means of this very diversity. Process of Completion The Process of Completion is the yoga in which the intrinsic nature is attained through the application of the True Principle. The state of union that is achieved in the process of completion is experienced as great bliss. The stabilized meditative state called ‘Sunyata Samadhi’ in which the union of Wisdom and Means takes place either externally or internally is achieved in the process of completion. The process of attaining Buddhahood thus involves a number of steps the following of which enables an individual to be enlightened or to achieve the state of Buddha. |
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