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I suggest you quit now and seek Christ.

>t. former practitioner, current Christian

>>23396897
luh this nigga
>>23396907
faggot

I suspect 99% of Vajrayana enthusiasts are retarded and trying to jump from no praxis right to the most difficult Buddhist praxis with no intervening steps, simply because it's the most "based" Buddhism.

>>23396915
uhhh.... thats me
what do I do?

>>23396897
>>23396920
Not op but also interested. I spent of lot of time long ago fascinated by depictions of Mahakala and especially Sitatapatra (STPTR)
I'm a visual artist/painter.
I went so far to draw sitatapatra a lot, and even pixeled the Ashtamangala, or 8 auspicious signs

I am just curious about this movement because from reading the wiki:
>Since the practice of Tantra focuses on the transformation of poisons into wisdom,
thats more or less verbatim what i was doing from imbibing DXM in a ritualistic manner, followed by drawing and contemplation. I did this mainly in my early twenties, but in the span of several years of this I produced many works and even believe I ended receiving STPTR's blessing (her white parasol offers protection from all black magic) as I managed to survive an almost fatal collision as a pedestrian with a vehicle going roughly 50mph.

>heres a 7.3mb zip of all the buddhist art i made btw:
https://files.catbox.moe/ptiwuo.zip

HAVING SAID ALL THAT, the Vajrayana practice seems....kinda gross. I just like the imagery.

>>23396907
I also made a bunch of christian art too if you are interested.

>>23396907
May you be liberated

>>23396907
>>23396897
i suggest you learn buddhism instead of garbage like vajayrana

>>23397154
People want the cool shit like phowa and so on but really the quickest attainments are made with the simplest, most barebones practices
Four noble truths, noble eightfold path. I like Bhante Vimalaramsi's focus on metta as a fast way to progress through the insight jhanas
https://www.dhammasukha.org/metta-barebones-booklet

>>23397154
Pointless suggestion. I began with Soto Zen. Seek Christ.

>>23397191
>I began with Soto Zen
Refer to >>23397154.

>>23396907
Based. Did samatha meditation for over a decade and it took me a lot of places. Praying the Rosary has taken me to higher places.
Agree with other poster saying that brahmaviharas are very effective. The love of Christ is even higher, deeper, incomparable.
When you have a strong foundation of equanimity you are pretty far along the buddhist path but just beginning to be in a place of conforming your will to God’s.
I could talk all day but I have to take care of my kids. Hope everyone in this thread finds what they are looking for.

>>23396897
those colors are amazing
go knicks

>>23396897
you can't really practice vajrayana without help and guidance from a qualified teacher, it's simply way too complex and (intentionally) confusing. i suggest you find a qualified teacher, even online teachings are good if you seriously want to practice. don't read the tantras, they are intentionally incomprehensible
that said, some good introductory books are
>john powers - introduction to tibetan buddhism
>patrul rinpoche - the words of my perfect teacher
>thubten chodron - cultivating a compassionate heart
>bokar rinpoche - chenrezig, lord of love
i don't know much about japanese vajrayana, sorry

>>23396915
no serious vajrayana teacher will teach you the most difficult practices before introducing you to the basics, and if you don't have a teacher you are not practicing vajrayana

>>23396984
you are saying that vajrayana practice is gross but you clearly never took vows or attended an initiation, you just did DXM. you also completely messed up almost all of the iconography. please study more before talking.
cool art for the 8 symbols tho

>>23396897
Trust me, no Indians know anything worth conserving about Vaj