Dharma Wheel

Quick question--I'm without access to a Merigar calendar for the moment--regarding surgery, can any lookup where the force of energy is dwelling for a metal mouse on Feb 22 and Feb 29? Help much appreciated--thanks.

Found this recent publication with many references to Changchub Dorje. Uncertain if there is anything new and whether its from a credible source. https://books.google.com/books?id=cLZnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164&dq=changchub&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjP9sWIj_vMAhXDKCYKHbnWBmYQ6AEINDAE#v=onepag...

...if Ngakpa garb illustrates freedom from contrivance, perhaps Western Ngakpas should best dress in jeans, t-shirts, and sneakers. These would seem to be the least contrived clothing in our society. I dunno. Right you are! But a Ngakpas' best friend are Camber #233 heavyweight sweatpants, warm, co...

This text is not just a commentary on ngondro, but includes extensive commentary on so many aspects of the path, from conduct towards the Guru, how to listen to a Dharma teaching, etc. etc. that it should not be missed even if one has completed ngondro long ago and doesn't plan to do it again. Also...

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Also how about Longde in general? Other than Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche I haven't seen much mention of it. I think I heard Younge Khachab Rinpoche also teaches it?

Khachab Rinpoche has scheduled a Longde retreat in Madison WI June 13-20.

Same here, no audio, but a good vid stream.

I asked this recently on another forum. My Theravada friends actually meditate for often over an hour - wheras my Tibetan Buddhist friends split their practice into say 20mins prayers - 15mins actual meditation - 15mins closing prayers. Does this meant that we are not spending enough time actually ...

It is insufficient to conclude the Buddha did not believe in the apaurusheyatva of the Vedas at this stage. There are hints that the buddha has demonstrated respect for the 'ancient ones' which he refered as the Brahman of past generation (not those of his time). The many stories of the buddha defe...

Seems to have stabilized now.

Here you make a universal empirical statement , that Dzogchen Community members are not Buddhists, each and every one. I can assure you that this statement is false, for I am both a Buddhist and a Dzogchen Community member. Making these types of false universal statements about entire groups can be...

Well it looks like that DC followers are not Buddhists, so do they belong finally on a Buddhist forum? Here you make a universal empirical statement , that Dzogchen Community members are not Buddhists, each and every one. I can assure you that this statement is false, for I am both a Buddhist and a...

As the 7th Mangoling Rinpoche once wrote in the Elucidation of the Distant Mango Lassi Lamp, "The teacher who is like a ripe mango is awesome with awesome sauce".

And what is that?

System of resting in the state of dzogchen, or essence of dzogchen?

the mirrored HUM gives me some trouble... :thinking: You can easily stack latin characters to create the HUM like this, and it is the same backward as forward: H U M Later, if you manage to memorize the tibetan character, you can substitute it. The more important point might be that the HUM you vis...

Khyenrab Chokyi Oser

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moved 2,574 km from anywhere.

I think in the future-- might be cause to form a gar for the remote, the travelers, and the lone wolves, a virtual gar. It could be called Akashagar, gar of the ether. Like any idea, its a lot of work for someone to do to get it right.

Once one's made the purchase, how long to they typically take to send the file? I received it attached to an e-mail, 45 minutes after purchase. The PDF document has your name embedded into it, and it is password protected (password included in the e-mail. If this is not an automated process, the wa...

Was DOING Dorje Drollo causing me to fall apart (in a bad way...)? I'm also very hesitant to ever do wrathful practice in the first place. Probably not. I think its a tendency for many practitioners to have expectations for a new practice to produce results immediately (and perhaps for some of high...

Namdrol wrote: gro bo lot is a Apabhramsa corruption of krodhalokottara according to Situ Panchen.

Thank you for that. I'm now curious as to how krodhalokottara might have shifted (or originated) in Udyaana dialect. Hazard a guess?

received that ... the issue the webcast had these days are related to the poor internet connection at the Gar (streaming point). The webcast system relies on a series of server in US and in Europe and is able to stream in high quality video to over 4000+ user (being part of one of the biggest CDN)....