Hmmmmmm...Sonam Wangchug wrote: ↑Sat Mar 03, 2018 9:12 pm I was present once when one of the Nyingma lineage heads was talking about various karma's of sexual actions according to the view of the Mantrayana, when it came to the topic of Vasectomy, He said "You don't even want to knowthink about the karma of a Vasectomy" He said that across the board, not only for individuals who are into the yogas.
A wise man once said, "Partial knowledge is very dangerous" I don't know why it's so hard to say "I don't know" Or to ask a Rinpoche first specifically about the subject at hand. However to present as a matter of fact, something which will greatly harm someone, is irresponsible, and upsets me. Although i'm sure the motivation is definitely not negative.
The lama in question is Fully trained in medicine, and a master of the Anu yoga teachings, and definitely, a Dzogchenpa.
With all my respect to the quoted lineage holder and your sincerity in providing help and information for the question asked, the very same sentence "I don't know" could be thrown back to you. What do you know?
You heard that unnamed lineage holder talk about consequences of vasectomy. Not about the hindrances such a step could bring to one's tas-lung practice (which could be a personal experience of before/ after of such an intervention) but about the general karmic consequences of such step. Which brings to mind the well-known quote from Lord Buddha that it needs a buddha to explain the various colors on a peacock feather. Karma - as one learns right away on the path - is a very subtle (read: tricky) business. As far as I know did the Buddha not teach about vasectomy.
What he taught about was castration. But as you say the aforementioned Rinpoche is a fully trained physician. So surely he will have known the exact difference of the two interventions.
Which brings me to the question: Then on which valid cognition did he base his statement? Scriptural authority? Personal insight (view above statement of the Buddha)?
And now comes the second step of retelling such a bold statement which - as I have said right in the beginning - I am sure you make out of the best possible motivation of being of help to someone in need of an answer: What do you know about the ins and outs of this Rinpoche? Even about the exact recipient he had in mind when proclaiming that statement? What makes you so sure that it was meant as a statement for all the world to hear? If he is a fully enlightened buddha - and so we have to assume when making such general claims about the karma of very specific acts - then also we know that buddhas oftentimes teach in ways far beyond the little worlds we are able to grasp. Do you know the statement was not intended for some celestial beings listening to the conversation? Nor for some bardo being with a specific karmic situation this Rinpoche had thus purified there and then to set him on the path of liberation? Nor even for himself as there was still a tulku for him to be fathered in the future? And a million other possibilities of why this statement was uttered.
So except you know the mind of this Nyingmapa lineage holder so intimately as Ananda knew the intentions of his master can you really say from the bottom of your heart: "I know"?