Sunday, July 22, 2012

Tulpa

Tulpa  is an upaya concept in Tibetian Buddhism and Bon, discipline and teaching tool. The term was first rendered into English as 'Thoughtformé by Evans-Wentz.
Tibetian Spirit Sigil

In as much as the mind creates the world of appearances, it can create any particular object desired. The process consists of giving palpable being to a visualization, in very much the same manner as an architect gives concrete expression in three dimensions to his abstract concepts after first having given them expression in the two-dimensions of his blue-print. The Tibetans call the One Mind's concretized visualization the Khorva (Hkhorva), equivalent to the Sanskrit Sangsara; that of an incarnate deity, like the Dalai or Tashi Lama, they call a Tul-ku (Sprul-sku), and that of a magician a Tul-pa (Sprul-pa), meaning a magically produced illusion or creation. A master of yoga can dissolve a Tul-pa as readily as he can create it; and his own illusory human body, or Tul-ku, he can likewise dissolve, and thus outwit Death. Sometimes, by means of this magic, one human form can be amalgamated with another, as in the instance of the wife of Marpa, guru of Milarepa, who ended her life by incorporating herself in the body of Marpa. 

Winchester boys tell us:
Tulpa is a Tibetian thought form. 

There was an incident at Tibet in 1915. A group of monks visualize a golem in their heads. They meditate in it so hard, they bring the thing to life. Out of thin air.

That was 20 monks. Imagine what 10000 web surfers could do.

1 comment:

  1. The End of the world won't come? Then summon a Tulpa!

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