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bhramareṣṭa-sādhana

The practice of Bhramareshta, “The Passion of the Bee.”

     I prostrate before the blessed glorious Hevajra!
     I prostrate before the sambhogakaya that is generated by the cause of primordial wisdom, the supreme reality! Having realized the prostrations, I shall explain the practice of Bhramareshta, which appears as the shortest.
     First comprehend as mind all three spheres [of being]. Then instantly and perfectly [visualize] yourself as the form of the glorious Heruka, with a color like a red lotus. In your own heart visualize a very red lotus with sixteen parts. When you have done so, in the middle of it [visualize] a form that really gathers like the vowels of Sanskrit. Draw with your mind the syllables aṁ and hūṁ as bound by the qualities of all Enlightened Ones.
     Then from the syllables hūṁ and aṁ arise and radiate rays of very red light made by the mind. These rays of light like a tent cover all directions. When all living beings appear in their own form, their body, speech and mind simultaneously connect and merge with the bindu of the two syllables hūṁ and aṁ.
     Then from the syllable hūṁ that has become perfect [arises] the form of Bhramareshta, the proper nature of methods and wisdom. Through tasting the flavor of the flower, the own nature of the jewel-like jewel of mercy, the pride [of the deity] appears. Pronounce with long and constant sounding the nature sounds of the syllable hūṁ. Meditate on Nairatmāya's own nature and Heruka's own nature.
     Then the red symbol appears in his heart. See the syllables aṁ and hūṁ and the subtle bhindu like water on the skin.
     Then Bhramareshta of methods and wisdom sits on the wind of life force. When arising from the opening of the nostrils, the body, speech, and mind of living beings residing in the three realms are completely purified. [And after purification] dissolve. Also act accordingly on the basis of the prana of the breath. Thus realize immersion in perfect purity in the lotus center of your own heart. Meditate that the body, speech and mind of others become equal in unity with your own body, speech and mind.
     Thus perform meditation on form again and again, relying on the breath until even for a moment you see being.
     After becoming accustomed to this kind [of practice], instantly visualize man and woman as aspects of the eight-petaled red lotus. Based on its taste, the life force of Bhramareshta and the control [of the life force, pranayama], there arises that which is like the previous one. One immerses oneself in the middle of the heart flower of the essence. When [the breath] enters the nostrils of man, the forms of body, speech and mind abide in the middle of the lotus in the heart. On the petals of the lotus in his heart are present the particles of the body's own nature. Meditate on the lord's body. The own nature of speech - bathed like a lotus. The own nature of mind - tasted as the heart of the lotus.
     Then the practitioner will bind the prana of his own breath. [When the prana] arises from the opening of the nostrils, the essence enters the lotus center of the heart.
     Thus shake the body and there also the body appears as one with the lotus particles of one's own nature. Imagine as one with the two juices of the flower of the flower of one's own nature of speech. Visualize the mind's own nature and the lotus heart as merging into one. Visualize in the right way also the crossing of like kind, the entering of like kind, the dissolving of like kind. Act in this way again and again, realizing while you live everything in accordance with the vision of passion and the corresponding meditation. In this way realize the attainment of deep attachment. If you act here in such meditation, you will form passion with the joyful mind of a girl and the body that is proud by virtue of desire will be manifested. By this, the mind of the practitioner will become happy and submission will be manifested. If you look at the errors present, then do not realize as a teaching that which corresponds to such.
     If you do so, the detrimental will become great. Therefore, one should previously understand what is object and what is not. Carry out meditation in accordance with the understanding and the corresponding teaching.
     Such is the practice of Bhramareshta or the Passion of the Bees.
     May through spiritual merit from realization in detail-all beings revolving here attain the mercy of the glorious one!
     Thus concludes.
     It was composed by Ratnachandra that found realization. It was translated by the translator Khu Ngodrubpo.
     Translated by Karma Paljor (O.E. Filippov).