Question asked by Parth2
Greetings rinpoche, greetings pastors. I was going through the internet and I read about some special ways of making sleep virtuous in which a person is recommended to sleep in the "sleeping lion pose" the one in which guru shakyamuni buddha left for Nirvana. Can you please tell me more about it ? Also, many regions in India, including a few regions around me are experiencing droughts, is there any thing that I can do that can be helpful for those experiencing water shortages? Thanks a lot for your kindness
Hello Parth2,
Thank you for your questions.
1. Regarding the special way to sleep. This is known as Sleep Yoga. There are many Sleep Yoga practices. These can be used for different reasons, one being that when in the sleep state you can use it to meditate. Also, you can also use the phases of sleep to mirror the death process. If you train in this, when the moment of your passing comes, you can actually use your meditation to take a good rebirth instead of being under the control of your karma. And also using this meditation, you can even reach enlightenment at the moment of your passing.
However, these practices are only taught or explained in detail to those who have received an appropriate tantric initiation. Because without initiation you do not have the ‘seed’ or the special energy for the practice to be completely successful. These practices are also taught to you by a Guru who has experience in it, because then they can teach you easily.
2. In regards to droughts, you can engage in the practice of a Dharma protector, such as Dorje Shugden. Ask him to remove the obstacles facing your areas, so that people do not suffer any more. When engaged in the prayers and mantra recitation you should develop a genuine compassionate motive to help others out of their suffering and Dorje Shugden will help to alleviate the obstacles. You should accumulate as many mantras as possible. You can read about the prayers here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden.html#tab-1-page-7
I hope this helps.