On Tulku: Part 2

Recording Location
Lone Pine, Calif.
Recording Date
4 August 1970
Recording Information

Franklin Merrell-Wolff continues this discourse on tulku by considering the theoretical basis whereby tulku may be rendered possible. He goes into an extended exposition of the seven principles or aggregates of which man is said to be composed according to Esoteric Buddhism. He then introduces a fourfold schema derived from the Taraka yoga, and additional material drawn from the manuscript titled “The Mystery of Buddha” as found in the third volume of The Secret Doctrine, to provide an explanation of how special tulku incarnations, such as that of Shankara, may be possible. Wolff proceeds by offering an account of the descent of the Manasaputra as an example of a form of tulku combination of racial and evolutionary importance. He then concludes by reporting certain experiences wherein his own consciousness was supplemented or superimposed by a larger consciousness, and by examining the consequences that follow from this “superimposition.”

Transcript
Recording Duration
62 min
Sort Order
90.00