Esoterica - Books Of The Esoteric School

The knowledge of the world is often a joke. A joke does not mean that it is untrue. The true nature does exist. All and every Dharma is in the existence.

The esoteric method of the Esoteric School is truly mystical. The mystery is in the common sense of cultivation. The mind does the visualization with the heart not in disorder. Mudra and mantra are transmitted in the heart.

Since the merging of various teachings that gave birth to the esoteric method and the purification of the teachings from the mixed to the pure Esoteric School, esoteric practice had been very popular in ancient India at the time.

The Kaiyuan’s Three Great Enlightened Masters came to China in AD 716 - 720. First to come was Subhakarasimha who spread the virtue of MahaVairocana, but did not establish a school. Next, Vajrabodhi and his disciple, Amoghavajra, entered the Eastern Land and carried forward the thunderbolt of MahaVairocana. They had overcome the hindrance of the Confucian and the Taoist teachings, and had also absorbed the essence of the two teachings. The Esoteric School instantly flourished; everyone from the court to the commoners was practicing.

As the saying goes, “Good things are often turned about.” The immeasurable, virtuous Dharma had encountered defamation, which had dimmed the sun and the moon, and brought ruthless cold frost to the Esoteric School, the school which has the Buddhist lineage and also the essence of the Confucian and Taoist teachings. The situation worsened to the point that even Amoghavajra’s most famous disciple, Huiguo, was rumored to go eastward with the famous Japanese monk, Kukai.

Since then, it is said that the Esoteric School was lost, but who would have known that the lineage has continued in China. It is only for avoiding the severe cold that the Esoteric School has been shaped into a single master per generation for many generations.

It is well said that the drinker shall know for himself whether the water is cold or warm.

Dechan Jueren's Brief Talk On Chinese Esoteric Buddhism