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- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: My last will and testament
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1091
Re: My last will and testament
I have the same issue. I'm about to turn 82 and am concerned that my many dharma books, thankas, etc will end up in Goodwill because my adult daughter doesn't share my appreciation. I'd like to donate them to a dharma center, but I have no local sangha in this ***** town and can no longer drive any...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2716
Re: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
Maybe because it's impossible? :smile: Not saying siddhis are not real, on the contrary! We are all using our mental power to create this so-called reality. We all, unknowingly, spend a lot of energy trying to keep things the way we expect them to be. That's what karma is by the way. So let's say so...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Regarding Rigdzin Namkha Rinpoche and the allegations. Has this been cleared up? Does anyone vouch for him?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1265
Re: Regarding Rigdzin Namkha Rinpoche and the allegations. Has this been cleared up? Does anyone vouch for him?
Stay away from this man, he should be in jail. And no, I cannot provide evidence here. But I have talked to a victim and I trust her story and the opinion of those around her. Many people have already left him. Not just because of the sexual abuse but also because of the financial issues, and the wa...
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: A Joint Statement on the Shamar Incarnation
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4118
Re: A Joint Statement on the Shamar Incarnation
Considering all the bad things said on both side of this endless sh*t show I sincerely doubt that 100.000 Vajrasattva and a 1000 recitations of The Sutra in Three Sections is enough. Ah my old friend, for sure you haven't lost faith in the power of Vajrasattva? Isn't dispelling all obstacles what o...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Can you help me identifying that state ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1572
Re: Can you help me identifying that state ?
This is exactly the type of topic you want to discus with your teacher. Progression through such states is what the path is all about. I would suggest not so much cultivating this state, but investigating it. Don't stop here. What is this new observing viewpoint? What is it's essence? Where is the b...
- Tue May 30, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 21585
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
Malcolm, thank you for so consistently being precise and trustworthy in all that you do here. I found myself agreeing with some objections you faced, including from my dear dharma friend Magnus. Yet, every time, you point out accurately what the tradtion of Dzogchen says about these topics. That int...
- Tue May 30, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: I love connections
- Replies: 1
- Views: 410
Re: I love connections
Can relate and rejoice! One day I heard that when my two main Dzogchen teachers, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, met eachother they were very happy. And that made me very happy :twothumbsup: And when I heard about the connections they have to my Karma Kagyu teachers everything just...
- Fri May 12, 2023 4:03 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
- Replies: 603
- Views: 40351
Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Just finished reading the whole thread until this point. There is no need for me to participate, as I don't have any questions, nor the knowledge to properly answer the issues at stake.
Simply wanted to say thank you, to all those involved. It has been very helpful to this silent observer
Simply wanted to say thank you, to all those involved. It has been very helpful to this silent observer
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Tsoknyi Rinpoche -Student Mandala vs Live retreats
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1336
Re: Tsoknyi Rinpoche -Student Mandala vs Live retreats
You should probably prioritize personal contact!
And you may want to tell the organization about your limited funds, and find out what's possible.
And you may want to tell the organization about your limited funds, and find out what's possible.
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 8:38 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Good book on meditation - a manual , if you will
- Replies: 233
- Views: 10401
Re: Good book on meditation - a maual, if you will
Sorry, but that is not what "wang" is. Nor is there any telepathic component whatsoever in any wang/empowerment. "Mind to mind" transmission refers to the lineage from Samantabhadra to Garab Dorje since they are undifferentiated three kaya emanations. Well, lama Lena certainly u...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 9:51 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Empowerments, Online and Obstacles
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2080
Re: Empowerments, Online and Obstacles
I have come to a very final conclusion: online empowerments cause obstacles to arise. This has been my experience. I have received empowerments in person and they have all yielded amazing results, but online ones… not so much. Without going into the whole debate about online/offline.. why do you th...
- Sun Feb 12, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Looking for a center in Nepal or India (or maybe Tibet) for a year of intensive practice and study
- Replies: 17
- Views: 902
Re: Looking for a center in Nepal or India (or maybe Tibet) for a year of intensive practice and study
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche’s Ka-nying Shedrub Ling in Kathmandu sounds ideal for you. They have a shedra that’s very reputable and set up for non-Tibetans. He also does a lot of teaching online. I would second this suggestion. Highly recommended. And a great community around it that has connections to m...
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Reasons to take refuge in the three jewels
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2046
Re: Reasons to take refuge in the three jewels
Because there is no other choice. There just isn't. People's paths will differ, but when we understand the three jewels in a profound and open way (not in a limited religious or sectarian way), there is no other option in reality. Nothing. At all.
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:20 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Advaita Vedanta and Dzogchen
- Replies: 313
- Views: 24369
Re: Advaita Vedanta and Dzogchen
I am a closed pot to people who react contrary to my Bön Dzogchen replies here, and make some interpretation about it, or add something to it, based on their own level of understanding. Certainly you can see the problem in this statement? Become a Bönpo, and enter the unbroken lineage, you are outs...
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 10:12 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Online study program
- Replies: 5
- Views: 897
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Ole Nydahl suffering from advanced Alzheimer's?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11692
Re: Ole Nydahl suffering from advanced Alzheimer's?
Not currently an active member, but have been for many years. This article seems partly correct, and partly biased and overly negative. Yes, lama Ole is suffering from a form of dementia, and has for a number of years now. Yes, he has received proper medical help and diagnosis. No, this is not a sec...
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:30 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen and the Two Stages
- Replies: 463
- Views: 24355
Re: Dzogchen and the Two Stages
The whole debate seems to be around the definition of what a thought is. I think we all agree that the pure energy of thoughts still arises and liberates in rigpa. And that clinging to those thoughts is not rigpa at all. So what is namtog? I thought the term was used for the clinging conceptual thou...
- Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:15 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Questions and doubts about Ngöndro requirements at Diamond Way Buddhism
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2868
Re: Questions and doubts about Ngöndro requirements at Diamond Way Buddhism
The reference to Lama Olé objecting to a teashirt showing a Sufi teacher. I have a friend who knows the Sufi teacher Pir Shabda Khan. Pir Shabda is a formal student of Situ Rinpoche. This is public knowledge. Although that might be even more problematic in Lama Olé’s eyes.. Not necessarily in lama ...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:11 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen and the Two Stages
- Replies: 463
- Views: 24355
Re: nyingma lineages/cycles structures of practice.
This statement is simply false, as Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and his sons have explained many times.
Khyerim doesn't distract from the natural state in any way, just like singing the song of Vajra doesn't.
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 7:08 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen and the Two Stages
- Replies: 463
- Views: 24355
Re: Dzogchen and the Two Stages
Maybe this quote from Rainbow Painting, by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, is appropriate here. From the chapter on Unity, page 163-164. For a person on the path, there are two ways to unify development and completion. First, you practice the development stage, for instance by thinking "I am Padmasambha...