The Harmful Effects of Tobacco

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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

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in hevino 11lweys conllidered the

uee or tobacco and drugs

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not only hllrl!lful to health

aleo e 1Mijor hindrl!lnce to eolrttuel

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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

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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

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demons who having been drtven mad by her

Mind of greet lust, spoke these words ae she was rlying: • With this body of ~•Y

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I pray thet beings

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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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