{"id":4547,"date":"2001-01-01T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2001-01-01T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dharmaocean.org\/?p=4547"},"modified":"2023-09-14T19:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T02:33:07","slug":"on-the-importance-of-relating-to-unseen-beings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dharmaocean.org\/fr\/on-the-importance-of-relating-to-unseen-beings\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Importance of Relating to Unseen Beings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Lion&#8217;s Roar, January 2001<\/p>\n<p>While Westerners have tended to view unseen beings as superstition or mere symbolism, Reginald Ray argues that communication with unseen beings through ritual is at the very heart of tantric Buddhist practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/on-the-importance-of-relating-to-unseen-beings\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Westerners have tended to view unseen beings as superstition or mere symbolism, Reginald Ray argues that communication with unseen beings through ritual is at the very heart of tantric Buddhist practice.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/author\/reginald-a-ray\/\">Reginald Ray<\/a>| January 1, 2001<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>While Westerners have tended to view unseen beings as superstition or mere symbolism, Reginald Ray argues that communication with unseen beings through ritual is at the very heart of tantric Buddhist practice.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:buttons -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><!-- wp:button -->\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lionsroar.com\/on-the-importance-of-relating-to-unseen-beings\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:button --><\/div>\r\n<!-- \/wp:buttons -->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-interviews-articles-essays"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/cdn.dharmaocean.org\/online-resources\/On-the-Importance-of-Relating-to-Unseen-Beings.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"dharmadev","author_link":"https:\/\/www.dharmaocean.org\/fr\/author\/dharmadev\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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