The story of the Subjugation of Rudra is a central story to the whole of Tantric Buddhism's cosmology, Tantric practices, and many of the most symbolic and meaningful rituals.
It tells through deeply moving and powerful (and often intentionally disgusting) symbolism the sheer horror of the false ego, represented "Rudra" who falls from grace and rises to become the evil cannibal feasting on all and attempting to win control of the universe for its own ignorant egotistical grandeur.
This is the story of "I AM", the attachment to the false ego, and how this false ego was finally subdued by the four Tantric methods, pacifying, enhancing, magnetizing, and subjugating, by the Lord of Compassion, manifesting from the Heart of the Buddha-Nature (Tathagatagarbha).
With this story you can understand the intent of Tantric Buddhism, without it it may be difficult to fully comprehend the meaning of these ancient enlightened ones who have bequeathed this height of knowledge and practice to mankind as it has survived today, via India, primarily in the form of Tibetan Buddhism.
The story of the Subjugation of Rudra is a central story to the whole of Tantric Buddhism's cosmology, Tantric practices, and many of the most symbolic and meaningful rituals.
It tells through deeply moving and powerful (and often intentionally disgusting) symbolism the sheer horror of the false ego, represented "Rudra" who falls from grace and rises to become the evil cannibal feasting on all and attempting to win control of the universe for its own ignorant egotistical grandeur.
This is the story of "I AM", the attachment to the false ego, and how this false ego was finally subdued by the four Tantric methods, pacifying, enhancing, magnetizing, and subjugating, by the Lord of Compassion, manifesting from the Heart of the Buddha-Nature (Tathagatagarbha).
With this story you can understand the intent of Tantric Buddhism, without it it may be difficult to fully comprehend the meaning of these ancient enlightened ones who have bequeathed this height of knowledge and practice to mankind as it has survived today, via India, primarily in the form of Tibetan Buddhism.
The story of the Subjugation of Rudra is a central story to the whole of Tantric Buddhism's cosmology, Tantric practices, and many of the most symbolic and meaningful rituals.
It tells through deeply moving and powerful (and often intentionally disgusting) symbolism the sheer horror of the false ego, represented "Rudra" who falls from grace and rises to become the evil cannibal feasting on all and attempting to win control of the universe for its own ignorant egotistical grandeur.
This is the story of "I AM", the attachment to the false ego, and how this false ego was finally subdued by the four Tantric methods, pacifying, enhancing, magnetizing, and subjugating, by the Lord of Compassion, manifesting from the Heart of the Buddha-Nature (Tathagatagarbha).
With this story you can understand the intent of Tantric Buddhism, without it it may be difficult to fully comprehend the meaning of these ancient enlightened ones who have bequeathed this height of knowledge and practice to mankind as it has survived today, via India, primarily in the form of Tibetan Buddhism.
The story of the Subjugation of Rudra is a central story to the whole of Tantric Buddhism's cosmology, Tantric practices, and many of the most symbolic and meaningful rituals.
It tells through deeply moving and powerful (and often intentionally disgusting) symbolism the sheer horror of the false ego, represented "Rudra" who falls from grace and rises to become the evil cannibal feasting on all and attempting to win control of the universe for its own ignorant egotistical grandeur.
This is the story of "I AM", the attachment to the false ego, and how this false ego was finally subdued by the four Tantric methods, pacifying, enhancing, magnetizing, and subjugating, by the Lord of Compassion, manifesting from the Heart of the Buddha-Nature (Tathagatagarbha).
With this story you can understand the intent of Tantric Buddhism, without it it may be difficult to fully comprehend the meaning of these ancient enlightened ones who have bequeathed this height of knowledge and practice to mankind as it has survived today, via India, primarily in the form of Tibetan Buddhism.