TIBETAN, LION'S ROAR, HOP-GAR, LAMA KUNG-FU
總持門金剛獅子吼
The Esoteric Art of Form
in Tantric Martial Arts
祕密藝術體金剛拳法
The "Art of Form" 藝術體 in Tantric Martial Arts 金剛
拳法 represents the "Rupa" (in Sanskrit) 色 (in Han) or 'manifest form', of the Lion's Roar! 金剛獅子吼拳法 Martial Art. This is, for practitioners of Kinetic Tantra 动态金剛 an instantiation of the "Dharma Kaya" 法身the 'Truth Body' in the person of the Tantric practitioner. The Tantric Martial Artist seeks 'communion' with the transcendent essence 祕密神of the Dharma, by making his body a suitable vessel for the Art 容器身. This is the true purpose of 'Form' commonly called "Kuen" 拳 (fist - or fist 'form') in traditional Chinese Martial Arts.
In Tantric Buddhism it is emphasized that the body is the residence of
Buddhas and the very instrument through which to attain Buddhahood.
Martial Tantra is an exposition of Upaya - "Skillful
Means"
of whom the Patron is Bodhisattva Vajrapani, 金剛手
the wielder of the Thunderbolt 金剛(Vajra), as a development within Buddhism of Indra इन्द्र the "Founder" of the Simhanada Vajramukti - Lion's Roar Diamond Thunderbolt Martial Art 祖門
Varapani is the Patron Bodhisattva of the Simhanada Vajramukti Sangha.
INDRA HOLDING THE VAJRA
Vajrapani has many 'representations' (imago's) and has within different cultures and times, metamorphed between Vishnu, Buddha and Indra. According to Tantric stage, the Lion's Roar! Martial-Adept works with Vajrapani as Yidam Deity in all of these forms.
'Form' is then the projection of Bodhicitta, into 'Nama' and 'Rupa'.
Martial Arts 'Forms' as sequences... are the communion with Bodhicitta
INDRA WITH VAJRA
Lion's Roar! Practitioners - note the stance
mediated by Nata-Raja, the Lord of Form.....
Lord Shiva Nataraja
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