{"id":773,"date":"2020-05-12T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=773"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:26:33","slug":"vajroli-in-buddhism-and-indian-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=773","title":{"rendered":"Vajrol\u012b in Buddhism and Indian traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, one of my students asked me a question, “Is it true that there is semen retention in Vajrayana (in the practice of karma<\/em>–mudr\u0101<\/em> of the Completion stage), but is it not so in Indian tantras<\/em>?”<\/p>\n

First of all, I think that it is wrong to sacrifice a human nature to religious corporations, dividing it into Tibetan and Indian one. There is a tendency to think that if you are a Tibetan, you can retain semen, and if you are an Indian, the practice must necessarily be different. The\u00a0 retention\u00a0 of ejaculation in the practice of maithuna<\/em> or karma<\/em>–mudr\u0101<\/em> is an allegory. In Indian\u00a0kaul\u0101c\u0101ra<\/em>, this kind of practices implies ejaculation, as an analogue of\u00a0p\u016br\u1e47\u0101huti<\/em>\u00a0in agnihotra<\/em>. After which, this substance is mixed with wine and then used in\u00a0p\u016bj\u0101<\/em>. There is a lot of evidences of that fact, for example, in the Guhyasam\u0101ja-tantra<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u0935\u093f\u0923\u094d\u092e\u0942\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0926\u0940\u0928\u094d \u0926\u0947\u0935\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e\u0902 \u0928\u093f\u0935\u0947\u0926\u092f\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0964
\n\u090f\u0935\u0902 \u0924\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092f\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093e\u0903 \u092c\u094b\u0927\u093f\u0938\u0924\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0936\u092f\u093e\u0903\u0965\u0968\u0967\u0965<\/p>\n

vi\u1e47m\u016btra\u015bukrarakt\u0101d\u012bn devat\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 nivedayet\u0964<\/em>
\neva\u1e43 tu\u1e63yanti sambuddh\u0101\u1e25 bodhisattv\u0101 mah\u0101\u015bay\u0101\u1e25 \u096521\u0965<\/em><\/p>\n

It is necessary to offer the secretion: urine, semen, female bodily fluids and offer them to the Deities. Thus, it will satisfy the great awakened ones, buddhas and bodhisattvas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Prior to that, there is a recommendation to practice intercourse with a beautiful young woman. In order, for example, to offer semen in\u00a0p\u016bj\u0101<\/em>, it is obvious that there must be present a finalised ritual of maithuna<\/em>. And there is quite a bit of such recommendations in Vajrayana. These kinds of transgressions in Vajrayana, which seems to be full of\u00a0 savagery to the common man, in fact, are not much different from saptamakaras<\/em> in aghora<\/em>, which took a lot from traditions like k\u0101p\u0101likas<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If you read a description of vajrol\u012b<\/em> or amarol\u012b<\/em> in the Ha\u1e6dha-yoga-prad\u012bpik\u0101<\/em>, you will see that there is a recommendation to mix the released semen with ash and apply it as a tilaka<\/em>. That is, it means that ash is a symbol of\u00a0am\u1e5bta<\/em>, as well as semen. It says of the same principles as in the description from the\u00a0Guhyasam\u0101ja-tantra<\/em>\u00a0and other Buddhist texts. Here is a very similar fragment from the Yoni-tantra<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0926\u094d\u0930\u0935\u094d\u092f\u0902 \u091c\u092a\u0947\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0902 \u091c\u092a\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0925\u0941\u0928\u092e\u093e\u091a\u0930\u0947\u0924\u094d \u0936\u0941\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0938\u0930\u0923\u0915\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u091a \u0936\u0943\u094d\u0923\u0941 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930\u093f
\n\u092f\u094b\u0928\u093f\u0924\u0924\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u0902 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u0926\u093e\u092f \u0924\u093f\u0932\u0915\u0902 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u0924\u0947 \u092f\u0926\u093f\u00a0\u0936\u0924\u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0935\u0930\u094d\u091c\u094d\u091c\u093f\u0924\u0902 \u092a\u093e\u092a\u0902 \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923\u093e\u0926\u0947\u0935 \u0928\u0936\u094d\u092f\u0924\u093f \u096520-21\u0965<\/p>\n

bhakty\u0101 dravya\u1e43 japenmantra\u1e43 japtv\u0101 maithunam\u0101caret\u00a0<\/em>
\n\u015buktotsara\u1e47ak\u0101le ca \u015b\u1e5b\u1e47u p\u0101rvati sundari<\/em>
\nyonitattva\u1e43 sam\u0101d\u0101ya tilaka\u1e43 kriyate yadi<\/em>
\n\u015batajanm\u0101varjjita\u1e43 p\u0101pa\u1e43 tatk\u1e63a\u1e47\u0101deva na\u015byati \u096520-21\u0965<\/em><\/p>\n

The s\u0101dhaka should chant the mantra and enjoy the \u2018substances’ during the practice of maithuna. Listen, beautiful Parvat\u012b, if a s\u0101dhaka makes himself a tilaka with ‘yoni fluids\u2019 after an orgasm, then he will instantly forsake all the sins associated with a hundred births. (20-21)<\/em><\/p>\n

The requirement given here is very similar to the one from the\u00a0Ha\u1e6dha-yoga-prad\u012bpik\u0101<\/em>. Probably, the goal here is not to retain semen so that there is no ejaculation at all. If the process is contemplative, then such a suspension or extension of the act occurs naturally. And the practitioner accomplishes that not by themselves and not because their ego wants it, like they can feed it by being ‘good technicians\u2019. Here, the Goddess also controls the process through you. And the prolongation of the act is needed more in order to satisfy the Goddess in a woman, so she will bestow siddhi<\/em> through her satisfaction. And at the end of the ritual,\u00a0p\u016br\u1e47\u0101huti<\/em>\u00a0is being done in the form of an orgasm. A prolongation of the act may occur due to the desire to satisfy the Divine. But not at all in order to demonstrate some kind of\u00a0 \u2018athletic abilities\u2019 to stretch time, in which many people mistakenly believe. Each practice has a main task that must not be forgotten, otherwise it loses its true purpose and value, no matter how exclusive the technique may look. As we can see,\u00a0\u016brdhvaret\u0101<\/em>\u00a0could be understood as\u00a0 retracting substances back, but that is not by drawing them back into the genitals. That could be, for instance, the communion in the form of tilaka<\/em> (as\u00a0\u016brdhva<\/em> is the head area), and so on. And the most important thing is what happens on a psychic level, psychic vibes are significant. For a yogin<\/em> who understands the essence of this practice, the physical side may be less relevant. They can perceive the sexual energy of life and flowering in their essence. Therefore, for some, a yogic<\/em> practice is simply the essence of such ceremonies, even without their external implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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