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Vajra Diaries: Gaza Mercy, Romantic Songs vs Sobering Hells, and Dzongsar Khentze’s ‘The Cup’

22/7       There was a post on the Gaza holocaust and genocide where an exhausted old man finally makes it to the front of the line to receive his food from GHF, and then dies before our very eyes. My body jerked at that moment as the chi came off the screen and into me. While the pathos is overwhelming while  thinking about his terrible plight—the injustice and cruelty of the entire situation—experiencing chi instead of rage against the Israelis was a positive sign, perhaps for us both. His release unto ‘Allah,’ in this case, an apparent absence of pain within a tortured being, and mine, into an experience of lightening quick clear light, both transcended the Zionist lies fueling the Gaza genocide.  19/7      ‘Hell is other people.’ That was Sartre’s conclusion in his play, No Exit. Others, are just misery until you learn the whole point to them is that their misery is yours. A problem left unsolved. Tell them, “Misery is wasted on the ...

Vajra Diaries: AI on Virupa and William Blake as the Abrahamic Bridge to Tantra

I asked ChatGPT about the 13 Bhumi stages to becoming a Fully Enlightened Buddha in relation to Virupa’s Vajra Verses. Here’s its conclusion: What Are the Vajra Verses? Pith Instructions on the Hevajra Tantra The Vajra Verses are concise, masterful instructions given by the Indian mahasiddha Virūpa, primarily relating to the meditative and ritual practice of Hevajra Tantra. They’re the foundational text for the Sakya Lamdré (Path–Fruit) lineage . Transmission and Legacy According to traditional accounts, Virūpa transmitted these verses to his disciple Kṛṣṇa and tasked him with three missions: Subdue an unrighteous king, Transmit the Vajra Verses, Rediscover five scriptures of Vajra Verses in Uḍḍiyāna    . What We Don’t Have No readily available root-verses text has been published or translated in accessible sources. Despite being central in Sakya tradition, the actual verses themselves aren’t openly found online. Most accessible versions are terma (hidden treasure) texts ...