Teach in Menjikan and secret techniques of the Tibetan variety of kung fu, or judo. Not so much for self-defense as for medical purposes: by pressing on certain points of the body, you can deprive the patient of consciousness in order to correct a dislocation or remove a tooth.
Tibetan medicine did not stay away from attempts to reveal the supernatural abilities of a person. First of all, this concerns clairvoyance, and in particular the ability to see the patient's biofield. Healing lamas claim that by the nature and shade of this radiation, one can judge not only the state of a person's health, but also his spiritual properties, good or bad intentions, sincerity or deceit.
It has long been noticed in Tibet that people most often acquire the gift of clairvoyance after a brain injury. And we set out to open the “third eye” artificially. A monk selected on the basis of special criteria undergoes an operation, often involving a fatal outcome. A hole is drilled in the middle of the forehead, for several days it is closed with a wooden wedge with healing ointments and allowed to overgrow.
The “red hats” sect was especially concerned with revealing the supernatural abilities of man. It is noteworthy that in all religions of the world, the practical ways to this largely coincide. To move the lid over the mysterious storehouse of the subconscious, a person must undergo severe psychophysical training, a kind of school of self-improvement. Its forms are the same everywhere: prayer, fasting, hermitage. These methods were used by the Russian elders in Optina Hermitage, and by the mahatmas in the Himalayas.
There is a logic in testing the moral foundations of a person before revealing his potentialities, so that he does not use them for evil. But “humble yourself by prayer and fasting” is a means, not an end in itself. As the theologians in Lhasa have figuratively explained to me, if Buddhism is considered a science, then Tibetan yoga is a technology. It is a tool to help pave the way to a goal, but not the goal itself.
Shalu Monastery near Shigatse, belonging to the sect of "red caps", is known as a place of hermitage. It is believed here that this is the shortest path from hatha yoga, that is, from the ability to control one's own body, to kundalini yoga, that is, to the ability to control psychic energy.
The monk is walled up in a cave for three years, three months and three days. Leave only a hole equal in width to the distance between the thumb and middle finger. Water and zambu are pushed through this manhole once a day. By the end of the term, the lama must display three supernatural abilities.
First, to "squeeze the flesh", that is, to get out through a narrow passage, which seems to be sufficient only for a cat. Secondly, "increase the heat", that is, sit on the ice-covered yachtskin and dry it with your body. Finally, thirdly, "to reduce the weight", that is, to reach the state of "dhadli sidhi", or the first step to levitation. Sitting in the lotus position, the llama in some inexplicable way lifts off the ground. Although his legs remain crossed, he begins to bounce with increasing amplitude, like a ping-pong ball.
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The ability to make your body almost weightless is necessary to perform the religious feat called "arjoha" (running and flying). It is necessary, barely touching the ground with your feet, to run from Shigatse to Lhasa. There are three hundred and thirty kilometers between these two cities, that is, several marathon distances. The ascetic sets out on a journey on a full moon. Runs in a trance like a sleepwalker for two nights and a day. It is believed that the subconscious mind chooses the path to it, using the "third eye". All who meet are instructed to prostrate themselves and in no case bring the fleeing out of oblivion, for this is dangerous to his life. In the Lhasa Jokan temple there is a minister who is obliged to certify the performance of "arjokha" with a special seal.
Lamaists believe that by suppressing desires, plunging into meditation, you can slow down the vital functions of the body. The highest step on this path is the state of "samadhi", in which a person is able to stop his heartbeat and breathing. The most obvious example is the ability to be under water for a quarter of an hour. Lamas in a state of "samadhi" are buried in the ground for the whole night - so that they would be "on the other side of death."
Tibetans are convinced that in addition to clairvoyance, telepathy, levitation, one can also acquire the ability to become invisible. The latter is especially difficult, since it requires a complete cessation of mental activity, since the working brain emits telepathic waves. According to the Tibetans, all these abilities, now lost by people, were retained only by the yeti - Bigfoot. That is why he always disappears so mysteriously.
In a word, it is no coincidence that such our compatriots as Nikolai Przhevalsky, Helena Blavatskaya, Nikolai Roerich strove to Tibet in search of the highest wisdom. The sacred texts of Kangiur mention the abode of the sages of Shambhala. She is said to be somewhere in Rear Tibet, in the Ngari district. There, behind a wall of ice fog, the earth with lush vegetation, heated by the waters of the bowels, is hidden. Does Shambhala really exist? Or is it a religious metaphor, a philosophical concept? It is believed that Shambhala is a place where the world of people comes into contact with the highest mind of heaven, the point of joining of earth and space, the spiritual center of the planet.
Or maybe everyone has their own Shambhala? Maybe this is the pinnacle of the spirit, revealing a cherished horizon for a person - a single information field. By joining this storehouse of knowledge of all times and peoples, a person experiences what we call creative inspiration. Works of art, probably, excite hearts because they embody rare moments of merging of their creators with the higher mind. Lamaists believe that Shambhala concentrates and transforms psychic energy, the energy of thought. This gigantic force, almost unknown to us, slumbers in a person in a bound state. To release it is like splitting an atomic nucleus. It is important to use the energy of thought not for evil, but for good. To unite the thoughts of people and give them a positive direction, so that this powerful stream clears the near-earth space from all filth,- this is the main purpose of all religions.
Be that as it may, Shambhala is becoming the common heritage of humanity. After all, the pivotal thought of Buddhism, permeating other faiths with a red thread - the idea that a person should realize himself as a particle of the universe, seek harmony with the surrounding nature - has now become the motto of the time. Having ceased to be a reserve of the past, Tibet teaches us to think about the future, to understand that the key to knowing a person can become the key to knowing the world.
