The Mystery - Part 2
How Hard-Won Knowledge Can Be Lost Over Time
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I wish to close this mystery of the disappearance of the use of inner spontaneous sound as a meditation support in Tibetan Buddhism by examining what is at stake, rather than what happened, because telling what happened is a fool’s task. There is no way to know what events actually occurred and when, what decisions were made and by who, what intentions were motivating the events and decisions, and why…
I am not singling out this spiritual tradition for any reason other than that the use, and its discontinuance, of inner spontaneous sound is sufficiently well documented in Tibetan Dzogchen that it provides a ready example of the kind of fate perhaps awaiting all meditation techniques, as well as their associated doctrinal systems, that the Buddha himself warned about in regards to his teachings, and all spiritual teachings.