How can I purify second hand dharma objects?

[TMT]

I have some second hand malas and offering bowls and pendants etc. How do I ensure they are safe to use? A similar topic on this forum has me worried and theres no safe way to get rid of them. They are from dharma friends.

[Malcolm]

I have some second hand malas and offering bowls and pendants etc. How do I ensure they are safe to use? A similar topic on this forum has me worried and theres no safe way to get rid of them. They are from dharma friends.

Gifts are different than buying something in a shop second hand, so don’t worry.

[TMT]

Oh thats a relief. I read some scary stuff concerning even drinking from the same water as someone who criticized your guru. Not that I have reason to think that happened but one never knows.

[Hansei]

A similar topic on this forum has me worried and theres no safe way to get rid of them.

Could you please post the link to the other topic? I'm in a similar situation.

Gifts are different than buying something in a shop second hand, so don’t worry.

What if you receive something as a gift that was bought second hand inside your local gar? I would assume it was previously owned by a vajra brother or sister, but I can't really know, and I don't know what could the implications be.

[Mantrik]

I have some second hand malas and offering bowls and pendants etc. How do I ensure they are safe to use? A similar topic on this forum has me worried and theres no safe way to get rid of them. They are from dharma friends.

Gifts are different than buying something in a shop second hand, so don’t worry.

I've been told about advice in the Lama Gongdu about malas and restrictions........... for example if you have one from your lineage teacher it should not be used for recitations. Some of it seems a bit odd. Is it a case of simply following what your Guru teaches and ignoring such guidance?

[SilenceMonkey]

Gifts are different than buying something in a shop second hand, so don’t worry.

I don’t see how malas and objects would be pure and free from bad mojo just because they were a gift...

[javier.espinoza.t]

i discouraged a siblibg from buying instruments and texts from someone who abandoned practicing. i guess the situation is a bit different. your friends are practicing?

[TMT]

A similar topic on this forum has me worried and theres no safe way to get rid of them.

Could you please post the link to the other topic? I'm in a similar situation.

Gifts are different than buying something in a shop second hand, so don’t worry.

What if you receive something as a gift that was bought second hand inside your local gar? I would assume it was previously owned by a vajra brother or sister, but I can't really know, and I don't know what could the implications be.

https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=31366
Here's the thread that was a split from another. Idk which one it was that had me worried, the original or the split.

[TMT]

i discouraged a siblibg from buying instruments and texts from someone who abandoned practicing. i guess the situation is a bit different. your friends are practicing?

Yes, good dharma friends who I think are virtuous and were very nurturing of my interest in dharma early on. I dont think there was ever any reason to worry looking back.

[pemachophel]

You can purify second-hand objects (Dharma and other) by drib-sang, sang practice for removing drib/obscuration. In the Dudjom Tersar, there is a drib-sang prayer. Quite useful for removing all sorts of drib.

If there is suspected broken samaya, then I would use nol-sang. This practice is for that kind of pollution. There are also nol-sangs in the Dudjom Tersar.

[PeterC]

You can purify second-hand objects (Dharma and other) by drib-sang, sang practice for removing drib/obscuration. In the Dudjom Tersar, there is a drib-sang prayer. Quite useful for removing all sorts of drib.

If there is suspected broken samaya, then I would use nol-sang. This practice is for that kind of pollution. There are also nol-sangs in the Dudjom Tersar.

I'm curious - if you had an object that was previously owned by a samaya-breaker, would you do the purification and then use it, or would you just dispose of it appropriately (fire puja, etc.)? I had this issue a while back with a dharma object for which I went through all the procedures, but I still couldn't completely get rid of that association in my mind, and concluded that it was just better to be doing sadhanas using objects for which I had no doubts.

[tobes]

For me, this begs the question: is it (doubt, samaya pollution) in the object or the mind apprehending that object?

[javier.espinoza.t]

You can purify second-hand objects (Dharma and other) by drib-sang, sang practice for removing drib/obscuration. In the Dudjom Tersar, there is a drib-sang prayer. Quite useful for removing all sorts of drib.

If there is suspected broken samaya, then I would use nol-sang. This practice is for that kind of pollution. There are also nol-sangs in the Dudjom Tersar.

I'm curious - if you had an object that was previously owned by a samaya-breaker, would you do the purification and then use it, or would you just dispose of it appropriately (fire puja, etc.)? I had this issue a while back with a dharma object for which I went through all the procedures, but I still couldn't completely get rid of that association in my mind, and concluded that it was just better to be doing sadhanas using objects for which I had no doubts.

get rid of it.

¿why insist so much on it?

[PeterC]

For me, this begs the question: is it (doubt, samaya pollution) in the object or the mind apprehending that object?

Well yes. But substances and objects matter in tantric practice. I made my decision, but I was curious about what PC would do.

[pemachophel]

If it was from a known samaya-breaker, I'd also just get rid of it.

[lelopa]

For me, this begs the question: is it (doubt, samaya pollution) in the object or the mind apprehending that object?

[practitioner]

If it was from a known samaya-breaker, I'd also just get rid of it.

Aren't we all samaya-breakers though?

[PeterC]

If it was from a known samaya-breaker, I'd also just get rid of it.

Aren't we all samaya-breakers though?

It’s a matter of degree. There is a difference between someone whose practice falls short of the best they could do, and someone who intentionally goes against the wishes of their guru (or other things) with no intent or action to remedy that downfall

[pemachophel]

Yes, we are all samaya-breakers every day. But, if we recognize our mistake and purify it, no problem. Here were are referring to someone who has broken samaya and who has no intention of purifying it. This is something quite different.

[Könchok Thrinley]

We may all be samaya breakers but there is a difference between just being a practitioner beginner and really breaking samayas. There is a big difference between careless person that is honest and does their best and a person that intentionally hurts vajra siblings or even a vajra master knowing very well it is wrong. Unfortunately I know about few cases of such behaviour.