Day 1: Blue wisdom light of the creation/wisdom/universe shows itself, as well as white light from the devas (other supernatural beings/false buddhas). Lack of wisdom or bad karma cause the soul to flee the light of creation and be attracted to the devas. The setting face-to-face this day wards against this.
Day 2: If the soul has fled from the Light, Hell will come for the soul. The recitation wards against the soul fleeing from the Light and going to the smoke-colored light of Hell.
Day 3: If soul has fled the Light still, because of lingering pride, the earth realm and human realm will come for the soul. The chants try to turn the soul to the Light and away from the other realms. If the soul goes for the human realm it will reincarnate and suffer the birth, life, death cycle again.
Day 4: Attempts to undo the bad karma from greed and attachment. Failure to meld with the Light of Wisdom, the soul will be dragged down by attachment to sangsaric existence.
Day 5: Wards against bad karma because of an evil/jealous nature. Failure to meld with the Light, the soul will be forced to endure the realm of quarreling and warfare.
Day 6: Failure still and all the Buddhas and Lokas come. Failure to recognize the wisdom of the Buddhas will result in the soul entering one of the Lokas and re-entering sangsaric existence and all its miseries.
Day 7: Knowledge deities and the brute realms of stupidity and obscuring passion.
Day 8 starts a new cycle... according to the book most people should have attained liberation at this point, however a few still might not have. This is the beginning of the Bardo where the previous Peaceful deities reappear as blood-drinking Wrathful deities. They aren't really, they just appear that way to the soul.
Day 2: If the soul has fled from the Light, Hell will come for the soul. The recitation wards against the soul fleeing from the Light and going to the smoke-colored light of Hell.
Day 3: If soul has fled the Light still, because of lingering pride, the earth realm and human realm will come for the soul. The chants try to turn the soul to the Light and away from the other realms. If the soul goes for the human realm it will reincarnate and suffer the birth, life, death cycle again.
Day 4: Attempts to undo the bad karma from greed and attachment. Failure to meld with the Light of Wisdom, the soul will be dragged down by attachment to sangsaric existence.
Day 5: Wards against bad karma because of an evil/jealous nature. Failure to meld with the Light, the soul will be forced to endure the realm of quarreling and warfare.
Day 6: Failure still and all the Buddhas and Lokas come. Failure to recognize the wisdom of the Buddhas will result in the soul entering one of the Lokas and re-entering sangsaric existence and all its miseries.
Day 7: Knowledge deities and the brute realms of stupidity and obscuring passion.
Day 8 starts a new cycle... according to the book most people should have attained liberation at this point, however a few still might not have. This is the beginning of the Bardo where the previous Peaceful deities reappear as blood-drinking Wrathful deities. They aren't really, they just appear that way to the soul.
RSS Feed