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KALACHAKRA =
SPECIFIC=20
PRECEPTS:
Six Types of =
Precepts=20
for Upholding Buddhas =
1.=20
Upholding Akshobhya: Generate Bodhicita by =
committing to attain enlightenment and =
benefit all=20
sentient beings, act upon the Three Basic=20
Teachings of Buddhism (avoid evils, =
develop=20
virtues and purify oneself), uphold the =
vajra=20
scepter, uphold the vajra bell, uphold the =
mudra=20
of the Buddha's body, and revere the Root =
Guru.=20
2. Upholding Ratnasambhawa: =
Unselfishly=20
contribute one's own wealth and =
belongings, apply=20
Buddhadharma to guide and help others, =
overcome=20
their difficulties and protect their =
safety.=20
3. Upholding Vairocana: Use five =
meats and=20
five fluids as wondrous potion to assist =
one's=20
attainment.
4. Upholding =
Amoghasiddhi:=20
Make frequent offerings to the Root Guru =
and the=20
Three Treasures.
5. Upholding =
Amitabha:=20
Guard the leakage of semen (white =
bodhicitta).=20
6. Upholding Vajrasattva: Train in =
developing the wisdom of non-dualism of =
emptiness=20
and bliss.
Kalachakra =
Authentic=20
Twenty-Five Prohibited Conducts=20
A.=20
Five Primary Prohibitive Conducts (Five =
Basic=20
Precepts):
1. Killing =
2.=20
Stealing
3. Engaging in sexual =
misconduct=20
4. Not telling the truth
5. Being=20
intoxicated
B.=20
Five Secondary Prohibitive Conducts:=20
1. Gambling
2. Earning =
a living=20
through unvirtuous means
3. Reading or =
distributing evil materials
4. Killing =
for the=20
purpose of praying to ancestors or spirits =
(gods,=20
ghosts, etc.)
5. Believing in deviant=20
teachings or paths
C. Five Severe =
Killing=20
Ill-deeds:
1. Killing a man =
2.=20
Killing a woman
3. Killing a baby =
4.=20
Killing a cow
5. Destroying temples, =
pagodas=20
or buddha statues
D. Five Harming =
Ill-deeds:=20
1. Harming a buddha or =
teacher=20
2. Harming a sangha member
3. =
Harming a=20
friend
4. Harming a leader
5. =
Harming a=20
confidant
E.=20
Five Desirous Ill-deeds:
1. =
Eyes=20
craving beauty
2. Ears craving =
beautiful=20
sounds
3. Nose craving nice fragrances =
4.=20
Mouth craving good taste
5. Body =
craving=20
pleasures
Kalachakra Authentic =
Fourteen=20
Primary Root Infractions
1. =
Disrespectful towards the lineage Root =
Guru,=20
disturbing the mind of the Root Guru =
2.=20
Deviating from guidance or directives from =
the=20
Root Guru
3. Creating discord, =
speaking=20
faults of Vajra brothers and sisters, not=20
cooperating with other Vajra members =
4.=20
Lack of compassionate heart towards =
sentient=20
beings
5. Willingly losing white =
bodhicita=20
6. Slandering Mahayana Buddhism =
and the=20
realization of emptiness through Mahayana=20
practices
7. Revealing Tantra =
secrets to=20
the unripened practitioners
8.=20
Disregarding the well being of one旧 =
own body,=20
practicing austerity that is harmful to =
health,=20
despising one`s own five aggregates which =
are five=20
Buddha embodiments
9. Abandoning,=20
rejecting or opposing Empty Nature =
10.=20
Being hypocritical and inconsistent =
between inner=20
thoughts and outer conduct
11. =
Doubting or=20
despising Root Guru`s teaching of the =
wisdom of=20
Supreme Immutable Bliss
12. Using =
ordinary=20
viewpoint and concept to judge a true =
yogi/yogini,=20
slandering his/her behavior that does not =
fit the=20
norm
13. Holding onto one`s own =
opinion,=20
not committing body and mind to the =
pledged Tantra=20
precepts
14. Deriding women =
Kalachakra Authentic =
Eight=20
Secondary Root Infractions =
1.=20
Engaging in Consort Practice without =
proper=20
Tantric empowerments (Anyone who is =
disqualified=20
to receive empowerments or to practice =
Tantra,=20
anyone who violates the precepts and break =
his/her=20
vows cannot engage in consort practice) =
2.=20
Engaging in Consort Practice without =
fulfilling=20
the three unities (Inability to merge =
body, speech=20
and mind with the deity)
3. =
Transmitting=20
Tantra prior to maturity (Revealing =
pictures,=20
Tantra texts, mudra or dharma implements =
of=20
consort practice to the uninitiated or=20
non-believers)
4. Disputing at the =
time of=20
assembly (Creating dispute at the time of =
dharma=20
ceremony, group practice, offering rites, =
etc)=20
5. Lying to devout practitioners=20
(Misleading or not answering dharma =
questions=20
asked by fully qualified or devout Tantric =
practitioners)
6. Staying seven =
days at=20
the place of a Pratyeka Buddha =
(Stream-hearer)=20
(Staying more than one week at the home of =
a=20
Hinayana practitioner that lacks Tantric =
belief or=20
slanders Tantra)
7. Bearing =
arrogance=20
prior to realization (Prior to attaining =
true=20
realization, exaggerating one's own =
fruition and=20
spiritual power)
8. Transmitting =
dharma to=20
non-believers (Transmitting secret dharma =
essences=20
to non-believers)
Note: The above =
precepts=20
are authentic Tantra infractions for =
consort=20
practitioners, however, True Buddha School =
prohibits consort practice altogether. If =
you=20
violate it or incur any of the above =
infractions,=20
there are three purification methods: =
* In=20
front of the Root Guru (spiritual teacher =
of=20
heart), sincerely generate heartfelt =
repentance=20
and then pray for another bestowal of =
empowerment.=20
* Practice Homa retreat and =
sincerely=20
generate heartfelt repentance. Make Homa =
offering=20
to the Root Guru, all lineage gurus and =
Buddhas=20
and then pray for another bestowal of =
empowerment.=20
* In front of the altar, sincerely =
generate heartfelt repentance and chant=20
Vajrasattva Hundred Syllable Mantra more =
than one=20
hundred thousand times and then pray for =
another=20
bestowal of empowerment. |
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Om =
Guru Lian=20
Sheng Siddi Hum
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Vajra Brother for the wonderous =
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