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THE HARl\'IFUL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO A brief explanation called "The guide who leads the blind from the: wrong path ending.in a precipice". H. H• Dudjom Riopocbe
IHTROOUCTION
It la aulte 1'8111ertcable that Tibetan Buddhist c1vU1s"tion
...,... to be very
uni~J~e
in hevino 11lweys conllidered the
uee or tobacco and drugs
a•
not only hllrl!lful to health
aleo e 1Mijor hindrl!lnce to eolrttuel
~.
develoo~~tt~nt.
In this text, H.H. Oudja.. Alnooche, l!lllCOleinlnq the history .,d the derecte or tneae aub•tencaa, hes gathered the IIISin
pronouncements or Gurv PlldlftaHIIIbhava( I ) concerning th~M, predictions that were revealed ae Termes(2) throughout Tibetan history by great Tartans .uch aa Me Chtk Lapdron(IIth century), A1qz1n God- ( I:12'7-I:187), Sang yay Linqpa ( 13401396), Aetna Ungpe (1403-1478), Oundul Oorja (I6I5-Io72), Longsal Nyingpo liGI5-I6?2J, Orodul Ungpa (J?th century), end Tugchog Oorje (lath century).
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T.-£ HAAIIFlJL EFFECTS OF TOBACCO
A brief explanation called •rha guide •t-o leads the blind from the wrong path ending 1n a precipice "• May
thla
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N.Jspicioua. Having paid holl'llllege w1 th di!JBp rea-
pact to the Greet Urgyen, Wisdom body of the Buddhas and Bodhieettvae, Union of all the Buddha Families, I shall relete here the history of tobacco. Long ago, ebout a hundred years after Lord Buddha had peseed into Nirvana, in the land of Chine there wee a girl or the reca
or
demons who having been drtven mad by her
Mind of greet lust, spoke these words ae she was rlying: • With this body of ~•Y
~ine
I pray thet beings
or
this eerth
be leed to the lower realms. Bury my corpee intect and
aftor some time a flower, different from ell others will grow from my womb. Merely by
c;t:~olling
i t.3 scent one will
experience in both body and mind en unimeginable
bli~e,far
more plal!leurable than the union of male l!lnd faml!lle. It will epread fer and wids until 110st of the beings on this el!lrth will enjoy it." At prasent the actual fruition of her wish ia clearly evident. Infamous opium and other releted intoxicants(J)tsken by mouth or nose neither help dispel thirst or hungar,nor have a delicious taste and are without a single benefit for atrenght, conati tution or 11 fe force. Furthermore theee aubatancea aarve to increase nervouaneea 3
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prea&R'8 .,d C.UM cancar and
pu~ l:iiMeMa.
ln theM liaya &1.-a.t everyone, of great or
-a~.-c
cond1.t:1an,
devalopa an 1rraa1st1ble attraction far theaa .ubstancaa and conaunea the111 without control. Thi.& ia how ttw wieh of tha d-.onau haa ulti-taly bam ita fruit. Aa ia found in the Tanna of Chogya.l Retnalingpa:
•wt}en
t;,. Great Waater Padrla&alllbhava waa binding the Nine Brothers,
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breakers of the .u.aya( 4), under oath the youngest of thepokea
'Brothers, do
&t deapair, liatan to
.a. I ahal.l . _
nifaat myself in the country of Ctt1.na aa tObacco; tha ,.... of thi.a toxin will be •tna blaCk poi110n'. It will appear in
the border lana& .,d
rrnm
there it will be introd.Jcad to
Cent:nU Tibet. The p-apl• of TibB't will
con9U~~~e
thia enjoya-
ble ••bastanca. By the att'algth of thi.a 1 the five groa& poieons will incrooou. Rejecting the tWI virtuous act1on& 1 peopla will precticr; the tat\ unvirtoua onea. The 11 fa of the hol~re of
the doctrine will baCOIM precarious, and they
Will depart far the Suddna Field&. The IWIIOke of thi.e poi.an, penetrating the earth will annih:Uate t-.Jnarea thouaanda of naga c1 ties. Rain will nt'lt fall, harvest and livaatoek will not proaper 1 there will be civil diaordera,
ep~daad.cs,
and
various undaairtotlle aventa. The poiaonoua ..:Jke rising to the aky will deetray abodaa of the gada,
unti~Mly
aclip-•
end COINita will appear The essential fluida end veina of those who Make 11111 dry up.It will be tlw cauM for ttw four hMldrada end four ., c.kne••• to will be reborn \n tha
lo~
arl...
Whoever -*e•
real111a. If one ..akaa 81d others
1nh&la thll odour, it will be •• if' ana -re axtriccting tlw
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~wart
Al80
of' aix mll1ona baing a •• to tha Tenaa of' 5anll)layl1ngpa:
eccarcnna
•rn th1a
declldent age people will indUlge in various unwnale.,..
ectiana. In particular, instead of' eet1ng those fooda Which are tasty, •en will consu.e the worat substances •hicn era both poieonous and emell bed. Interrupting whet
they are doing they will frantically consume the poieon. They will apit and their no . . will run uncontrollably,ttwir
health and complexi.oro v:ill faoe.'" In the Terme found Dy AigZin Godem there is tne pred1ct1on:
•rn the
ulti~a~e
oacedent age people will abaorb
poiaonoua vomit, food of Gar.onarwa(s). ueraly Blllelling it, one will go to tho Avici Hs:l( 0 ). For this reaaon give it up rioht nmv." Fmm tllf. pr;;tllc:tionf> dl lind
~r:overad
by Dundul Dar ja:
•~otonKa
nuno wl.ll an.icr tnhet.linn the ISIIIOke at these plants .,d
U11 f!'::.r.a their
powca~tt•
and tna country will be invaded by
eaaey., !:JNJakera. With corapula1va deGi.rP. a.r161.ng cea.salealy,
tht:~~
the
axt\lluu~~inn
ui.ll DB thur.; doclirivad by Ut.ra 1 and as a aign of
of mer1 tR taara will flow without control. •
Longaul rovaalad the following prediction: •The t1. . when peaplu will smoke thaae wiCked eubetancea 1a al80 the t1•e when clo&a friends will poi.an aach other.• In revalationa found aa Tel'lllll
by
Tugchog Dorje:
•a-
cauaa of the five gross poi.ana, pasaiona, hatrad,troublaa, · QUarrels, and eorrowa of beings will blaze like an infanxa. AM the tan virtuea an d1acarded the non-virtuaa will raga like a etona. Wholeeoma activities will be neglected, while
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pncticee will be propepat ~. In thia bed age
prottlcting oode will venish as denlona a•..,... po•er, People
will inhele t:obecoo ...o<e,the vein•
or
diecrtmnative wi-
doll thus becoming blod
will be intensified. The central channel rill be obstNcted, and, coneeouently, the limoid clarity of one's awareness rill
d:l.•, General 11arit exhausted rill :ause agitation
ar-
ound the trOrld. Religioua object., the receptacles of bl•-
einga, rill deteriorate; wrong viatra Wid f'alee religions will aoread, The protective. dsitiea will tum eeide end look only to..arde Mount Ueru, For.ignDr& will invade central Tibet, and the natives will be forced to ..andsr in border lends, OoctriniUI of' Mara Jo'ill epreed and the earth will bBCOMe an actual nell,• Drodul Lingpa cliecoverad the folloring preclictionst '"av marely smelling the odour of thllee herbs, graeHa .net leaves which sprang from a drop of blood of an ogress,one will go to the Vajra Hell,• From the predictions of Ma Chik Lapdron: ~~ge
of dieputes there will be
somethi~
•In the final
that one pute in
the mouth, endowed with all thP five po1aons(7). It will originate in China, epread to Mongolia, end be consumed by the people
~f'
Tibet, It will cause rainfall to be irregular,
theN! lfi 11 be greet frosts and hail. If meditators take these, even if they practice for one hundred kelpae they will not realise the deity. In futurtl livaa, thfly will wander continuouely in thll lower
realm~;,
Even the COIIIP8Saion of
the Ttwoee SuprBIIIe Ones rill heve no power to protac:t them.'
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Thus it ia esid in innutllel"'8ble predictions. The all
~heaa
den by
UH
or
.ub.t.nces haa b.en ali!IO particularly fortrl.d-
t1111ny
•yinga of"
eceot~~pllehed
eapea of' both tt.
new end .-,cient tredi tiona. The vajra words of"
U~
Ainpoche nevsr deceive, eo do not hav. IIUCh i"alM
vi-•
aas 'how can there be .a ..,y def'ecte in ISI'IIOI
a Mtu-
ral plant 7'-Aconit ie alae
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epeciee or plant, yet ju.t
eating a emall amount can cauae phyBical deeth. Why,tn.n, couldn't the f'ruit of' the perverea wiehee of' a d.-on••• cauee apiri tual death? Thererore wi ee pereoms wi 11 cm-tainly do theGaelves a greet kindneea by co•pletely renounCing theee aub.tancee. May the faithful and the wise •ho avoidod the path
to the precipice, have the good fortune or finding relief' in the bliaaf'ul garden of' liberation. At the request or Golok 6erte Jigme thil!l wae written by Vajra Jnana. May 1 t be euepicioua.
Translated according to the IUcplanatione of' Khenpo P - Sharap by Konchog Tenzing. Printed at the ~Jeeb
Prwaa,Bill.lillll!lran, Oehli. 1979 ,
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Notes
1) a,n, P....Mmhava, or the Grea1: Urgy.n, 1a the "s.cond Bucldha" who aatabliahed Buddhi .. 1n Tibet, builded the f'1nt ~naatlll'y, &Myey, end tnnalated the Sutnaa Mel Tentrea together with all the great translators, or
Lot..vas. For the Nke of the future generations ha concealed 1nnu-rabla teaching• ,or Tarmea{2), that were to. ba rad18COvarad in duo t1,.. by ao. . predaatinad L.... ,
called Tertona, or
•trt~aaura
rediacavarers".
3) Thia applies to aU kinde of clruga • 4) S...yaa apirttual link with the taachar and the teachings and
co.~itiHnta
toward tt...
S} •&aell eatara•,a claee of apirita who teed on bad ...11e. 6) Tt. "Hell without intel'lliia&ion• 1 ao called bac.uM one ..,._. there conatant and extretne sufferings tor a vary long
ti••·
?) Cr.ving, hatred, atupid1ty 1 pride and jealousy.
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