On the night of October 8, 2014, there was a total lunar eclipse. At the sacred mountain in Tibet, pilgrims from Buryatia settled down for the night. Among them is the famous photographer Vyacheslav Kipluks. Together with a friend, they went out to shoot the stars in the sky. The men moved away from the camp and were suddenly numb. On the mountain standing in front of them, two huge fiery "eyes" lit up.
Despite the shock, Vyacheslav worked professionally and managed to remove the glowing "eyes" of the mountain. Upon his return to Ulan-Ude, the photographer brought the picture to the editorial office of the site News of Buryatia - "Inform Police".
Lunar eclipse night
It should be noted that he led an expedition of pilgrims from Buryatia to the Himalayas. Here sacred hard-to-reach places have tremendous energetic power. Our fellow countrymen visited the main active monastery of Lhasa "Jokhang", built in 647, the majestic residence of the Dalai Lama, the Potala Palace. Built in the 17th century, it is still the tallest building in Lhasa.
The pilgrims also climbed to the Everest base camp and met the dawn on the rocky spurs of the highest peak in the world. But the main purpose of the trip is to walk around the sacred mountain Chenresig, "Buddha of Mercy", in Eastern Tibet. It is equated in importance with climbing the sacred Kailash. Having made a long sacred circle "goro" around Chenrezig, the pilgrims settled down at its foot for a night halt.
“On October 8th we saw a total lunar eclipse. According to Buddhist astrology, "goro", perfect on a full moon, is special. All the good merits performed on this day are a triple accumulation of merits for the pilgrim, and in a total lunar eclipse they increase as much as a thousand times, - said the organizer of the expedition to Tibet.
When the companions were resting, Vyacheslav and his friend Yevgeny left the tent and moved away from the camp to shoot the stars in the night sky. This is one of the hobbies of travelers. At that moment, they witnessed a fact that they find it difficult to name otherwise than mystic.
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Looked around
- Near the sacred mountain there are two absolutely bare rocks, they are called the defenders of Chenresig. Suddenly two huge yellow "eyes" lit up on one of them in the pitch darkness. They seemed to scan the valley with their gaze, and then they were hidden by a dense fog that suddenly appeared from the valley. Zhenya and I stood in shock: living mountains! - Kiplux recalls emotionally. - These "eyes" were also seen by five more people from our group. They sat in a night meditation near the camp, but did not take their cameras with them and could not record this miracle.
The organizer of the pilgrimage believes that this is one of the defenders of the mountain, as if feeling the presence of strangers nearby, as if he had checked the territory he was protecting.
- I don't know what it was, but the "eyes" were alive, - I'm sure, like all his companions, Vyacheslav. - When dawn broke, we tried to find at least some source of light on the rock, the reason for what we saw at night, but found nothing. I think this phenomenon is an echo of the sacred deeds of Padmasambhava.
Precious teacher
This VIII century Indian teacher of Buddhism is still considered by the Tibetans to be their spiritual father. His activities led to the fact that Tibet entered a new stage of spiritual development. Back in India, Padmasambhava, while meditating in cemeteries and in inaccessible caves, received secret tantric initiations and became a great yogi and miracle worker. Learned almost all wisdom from various teachers. He wore a necklace of skulls, symbolizing the liberation of beings from samsara.
It was such a person, capable of overcoming the impure forces, that the Tibetan king needed for the development of Buddhism in his country. The invited Padmasambhava surpassed all expectations, founded the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, initiated the translations of Sanskrit texts into Tibetan, and dedicated the first seven Tibetan monks. The power of Padmasambhava, bestowed by tantric yoga, made a huge impression on the Tibetans.
“Padmasambhava put to shame the" black "Bon magicians - priests and sorcerers, surpassing their magical skills, and subdued the demons and evil spirits of Tibet, turning them into Buddhism and making them Dharmapalas - the protectors of the Dharma, - says life.
Kiplux adds that Guru Padma practiced in many caves, visited the snowy peaks of the mountains, blessed the endless valleys, leaving in all these places his energy, a piece of himself and his extraordinary wisdom. Such places are often marked by the imprints of his hands, feet or head carved into the rocks. With the help of his disciples, he hid sacred relics in many places, as well as secret teachings intended for future generations. This was done in order to protect the secret tantric teachings from disappearance and distortion by fools and intellectuals in the future.
For each of these treasures, called terma, Guru Rinpoche left detailed instructions on the time of their discovery in the future, and also named the disciple who will open them. Terma teachings contain implementation methods designed for a specific era, a specific generation of people and a specific person who discovered them. There were also predictions directly related to Europeans in the terma, which said that during the decline of Tibet, Dharma would come to the "land of white people."
“Maybe these“eyes”point to the terms hidden in the mountains of Tibet with the teachings of Padmasambhava,” the Buryat traveler suggests.
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Vyacheslav Kipluks conducted more than 20 expeditions in the Gobi Desert and in the mountains of Tibet. Member of the Russian Geographical Society. Professional photographer. Organizer of numerous expeditions, filming films and car rallies. He worked with Japanese television channel NHK, Belgian and Swiss television as filming coordinator. One of the organizers of the Polar Bicycle Expedition led by P. Konyukhov. Participant of the ice rally on Lake Baikal.