05. Meditation 2

02.11.2025

This morning we have the opportunity to engage in the force of aspirational prayer. The practice of the 5 forces has the same function as relying on Buddha Vajrapani - to destroy our delusions.

As Shantideva says, delusions such as the ignorance of self-grasping have no intelligence or skill, arms or legs, and do not understand anything because they are types of ignorance. Yet they have enslaved us. Day and night they harm us at their pleasure and we patiently endure their harm. This is completely wrong. If we are patient with our delusions, our suffering and problems only become worse. We need to be angry at our delusions (which is actually wisdom), not at other people.

We have only 2 activities: to benefit living beings as much as I can, and to harm my own delusions as much as I can.

Contemplate the obstructions that we would like Guru Vajrapani help us to dispel.