In keeping with the ultimate goal of the system, weikza-lam practitioners also work for their own physical perfection, applying the same sciences to their own bodies to make them invulnerable, and to avoid hurting or decomposing. The main metaphor is alchemical, where the corruptible body is transformed into a stable substance, like base metals that tarnish…
Etiqueta: magician
Weikza-Lam (I): The Buddhist Magician
Weikza practices are less common than practices of merit or vipassanā meditation. The word weizza comes from the word Pali vijjā, which means «knowledge» or «wisdom». These practitioners seek wisdom through the study of magical arts in front of the vipassanā practitioners who seek it sitting while counting breaths. A weizza or weikza, in pāli vijjādhara…