Mystery of The Four Elements Sound Practice
Inner Spontaneous Sound Is Not A Contingent Or Compounded Evanescent Phenomenon — This Is Why All Buddhas Reach Enlightenment By Using It
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Within Tibetan Buddhism, there are foundational texts called the “Seventeen Tantras of the Great Perfection” in which you can find references to a practice using the sounds of the four Elements.
The “Great Perfection,” a phrase that points to the primordial state of Reality, is called Dzogchen in Tibetan, and that is also the name for a group of advanced techniques taught within Tibetan Buddhism (and some other traditions, such as the pre-Buddhist shamanic tradition in Tibet known as “Bön”), that are used to attain this state of absolute perfection. These practices are categorized as Atiyoga, the “highest” path in Tibetan Buddhism because it is considered the most direct path to enlightenment.
All of these tantras are categorized as “pith instructions” within the collection of Tibetan Buddhist sacred writings, and were brought to Tibet by Vimalamitra and Guru Padmasambhava. While each tantra is not dependent upon the others, but is complete in itself, the Reverberation of Sound tantra (in Tibetan: dra talgyur, or sgra thal ‘gyur), is considered to be the root tantra of the seventeen.