Existential Atlas

[the Second Method of Closing the Womb-Door]

Buddhism·34 of 54·Source ↗

O nobly-born, at this time thou wilt see visions of males and females in union. When thou seest them, remember to withhold thyself from going between them. Regarding the

father and mother as thy Guwrz and the Divine Mother,’ meditate upon them and bow down; humbly exercise thy faith; offer up mental worship with great fervency; and

By that resolution alone, the womb ought certainly to be closed ; but if it is not closed even by that, and thou findest thyself ready to enter into it, meditate upon the Divine Guru Father-Mother,2 as upon any tutelary deity, or upon the Compassionate Tutelary and Shakiz; and meditating upon them, worship them with mental offerings. Resolve earnestly

door ought to be closed.

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Contents of The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Evans-Wentz)