Question asked by Jnaseh
Hello Rinpoche,
So happy to have this chance to ask you a question from afar! I have heard you share about Vajrayogini and why Her practice is apt for our modern times. I'd really like to know more about why this is so. There was a time when the
"wrathful" forms of compassion were too strong for me to even look at. And when I heard your speak about Vajrayogini's appropriateness for our modern times, it made me very curious.
Thank you for any moment you might have to offer a response. _/|\_
Buddhas manifest according to time, placed, need, karma, and degeneration.
As times gets more degenerate, and we get further away from Shakyamuni’s (now 2,600 years), some of the methods may not be applicable anymore while some methods that were ‘dormant’ or not as popular or ‘inappropriate’ in the past becomes the best method. And this can change again also. It’s flexible due to need.
In our time of degneration, the strongest driving impulse for many actions done is desire/lust. Vajra Yogini’s tantra is a direct opponent of this. So without immediately removing desire, in Her path, many ordinary actions we need to do daily are tranformed into actions of the path or for the path. Hence Vajra Yogini’s path is very swift. Ordinary actions daily become ordinary when we practice Her path hence quickening the collection of merits that lead to the destruction of projections. Projections that bind us still.
I have written other items on my blog under the category Vajra Yogini. You can take a look please.
Wrathful or peaceful deities are just deities acting according to our disposition. From their side, there is no wrath or peace. Just enlightenment. So don’t get caught up with the iconography alone.
I wish you the best.