By Thomas Marcotty
Dagger Blessing: The Tibetan Phurpa Cult : Reflections and fabrics
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And th e demons a re reg ard ed as se ntien t beings which one must not kill. This makes the c o n trad iction obvious: An orthodox Buddhist cannot consent to the dagger cult if he w ants to rem ain faithful to the l e tte r of the doctrine. But also with th e spirit of Buddhism the dagger c ult is hardly in harmony. In the old ritu al te x ts th e re are instructions how th e dagger p ra c titio n e r has to kill not only the body but also th e soul of th e enem y demon meaning: the d e fe a te d demon is not m e rely robbed of his life blit of his cha n ce of rein c arn atio n , too (45).
The p roper or fie rce exorcism s have not very much in com m on w ith such pic tu resqu e legends. They are mainly solem nized according to rules valid for p rac tic ally all highly developed rituals. They consist of a t le ast th re e phases: n a tivity, crisis (in this c o n te x t am ounting to cli max) and thirdly the dissolution. The n a tiv ity (Werdung) is mainly to be understood as p rep a ratio n . The Phurpa m a ste r invokes the Bud- dhas1 and th e gurus blessings and assistan ce. The Buddhas a re all those who in past (and future) eons have rea ch e d c o m p le te e n lig h tm en t, not just G a u ta m a Buddha.
The p ea san ts now com plain before th e king: th e ir h a rv est was about to be scorched because th e re was a foreigner (P adm asam bhava was an Indian) sittin g in th e inn who had stopped th e sun’s motion by his Phurpa. In o rder to bring th e m a t t e r to an end the king ev e n tu a lly o ffe rs Padma. to pay his bill out o f the crow n tre a s u ry providing he, th e dagger man, would only pull his Phurpa out of th e ground and let the sun continue its journey. And so it happens: P a d m a d ep a rts w ithout paying (55).