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The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a Tibetan Buddhist religious text. It is a prayer book that is designed to guide the soul upon death. For my personal prayer rituals, I meditate the first prayer of the book.
The prayer is called “The Prayer of the Three Body Mentor Yoga”. During the meditation, you pray to the three individual aspects of Buddha, and ask Him to merge with you. I’ll type out the first four paragraphs below.
When I first read this book, I perceived the three bodies of Buddha to be the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I believe the descriptions match.
The Father
To the unborn, nondeveloping, Truth Body Mentor,
In the palace of the perfect, all-pervading Realm of Truth,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning misknowing delusion,
I freely accept the perfect Truth Body blessing,
As effortless, nonartifical, primal wisdom!
The Son
To the deathless, great bliss Beatific Body Mentor
In the palace of bright, pure wisdom’s universal bliss,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning lust and longing,
I freely accept the effortless Beatific Body blessing,
As the natural liberation of inner wisdom’s universal bliss!
The Holy Spirit
To the ineffable, self-created Emanation Body Mentor,
In the palace of the flawless perfect lotus,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning misconceiving hatred,
I freely accept the effortless Emanation Body blessing
As self-evident wisdom’s introspective self-illumination!
The Trinity
To the impartial, great bliss Triple- Body mentor,
In the palace of authentic clear light introspection,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning subject-object dualism,
I freely accept the great bliss Triple Body blessing
As original wisdom’s Triple Body spontaneity!
Does anyone else perceive this as the Holy Trinity? My personal belief goes as far to say that this prayer is sufficient for salvation, in like manner to the John 3:16 prayer.
Has anyone discovered other references to the Trinity in other religions besides Christianity?
The prayer is called “The Prayer of the Three Body Mentor Yoga”. During the meditation, you pray to the three individual aspects of Buddha, and ask Him to merge with you. I’ll type out the first four paragraphs below.
When I first read this book, I perceived the three bodies of Buddha to be the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I believe the descriptions match.
The Father
To the unborn, nondeveloping, Truth Body Mentor,
In the palace of the perfect, all-pervading Realm of Truth,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning misknowing delusion,
I freely accept the perfect Truth Body blessing,
As effortless, nonartifical, primal wisdom!
The Son
To the deathless, great bliss Beatific Body Mentor
In the palace of bright, pure wisdom’s universal bliss,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning lust and longing,
I freely accept the effortless Beatific Body blessing,
As the natural liberation of inner wisdom’s universal bliss!
The Holy Spirit
To the ineffable, self-created Emanation Body Mentor,
In the palace of the flawless perfect lotus,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning misconceiving hatred,
I freely accept the effortless Emanation Body blessing
As self-evident wisdom’s introspective self-illumination!
The Trinity
To the impartial, great bliss Triple- Body mentor,
In the palace of authentic clear light introspection,
With reverent devotion, ardently I pray!
Self-freed without abandoning subject-object dualism,
I freely accept the great bliss Triple Body blessing
As original wisdom’s Triple Body spontaneity!
Does anyone else perceive this as the Holy Trinity? My personal belief goes as far to say that this prayer is sufficient for salvation, in like manner to the John 3:16 prayer.
Has anyone discovered other references to the Trinity in other religions besides Christianity?