It's possible.ShineeSeoul wrote:How is that possible?
Not necessarily.you mean by visualisation?
"Sex" does not have to do with buddhist practice per se (from a Gelug perspective). The symbolism of the enlightened mind being both wisdom (enlightened knowing) and method (enlightened doing) being two sides of the same coin is represented by female (wisdom) and male (method) sitting in union. Thus two deities sitting in union are describing one thing, the enlightened mind. Most practitioners merely visualize it. For a very advanced practitioner it can be appropriate to have a physical consort. However that level of realization and renunciation to do the practice legitimately is extremely rare. So rare in fact that it really is not an issue (for the Gelugpas). If it ends up being sexual it is not consort practice. The fact that the deities are sitting on a lotus represents that what they are doing is beyond all that.even visualising sex is deviant too...I don't understand what sex has to do with buddhist practice
Could you source that? I know HHDL has said he has not personally practiced it. I have no idea what his office has said though. Historically it has been recognized as part of Vajrayana since Vajrayana has existed. However there is a wide array of how much importance and access there is to it among various groups.any way, dalai lama office has denied this thing is practiced..I doubt at what extent his statement is true though
I found this attributed to HHDL:
(underlining mine)According to our tradition, we are monastics and are celibate, and we practice the Tantrayana simultaneously. But the way of practice is through visualization. For example, we visualize the consort, but we never touch. We never implement this in actual practice. Unless we have reached a stage where we have completely developed the power to control all our energy and have gained the correct understanding of sunya (emptiness, reality), unless we truly possess all the faculties through which those negative emotions can be transformed into positive energy, we never implement practice with an actual consort. Although we practice all the higher practices, as far as implementation is concerned, we follow Vinaya. We never follow according to Tantrayana. We can’t drink blood!! (everyone laughs). In terms of actual practice, we have to follow the stricter discipline of Vinaya. In ancient India, one of the reasons for the degeneration of the Buddhadharma was the wrong implementation of certain tantric explanations.
You can see how touchy the subject is by his response. He started to explain the scenario where it was permissible and then thought better of it.
Also attributed to HHDL:
That was in response to a certain high profile individual totally abusing and misrepresenting the tradition.Nowadays, unfortunately, we have a new vocabulary -- a monk with a wife. This is wrong. A monk is celibate. Those who dress like a monk, with a wife, they are not monks. Of course, it's the individual's right. You can always give up a monk's vows, and then change your dress."