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- Tue Aug 17, 2021 7:01 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Mendrub and blessing pills
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3036
Re: Mendrub and blessing pills
It's best to get your mendrup from your own lineage, if possible. One of my teachers says a Vajrayana practitioner should take mendrup every day. I keep mine in a container given to me by one of my teachers for that purpose. I take a pinch when I open my shrine for practice each day. I also have a b...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:58 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Im too slow at Ngongdro, help :(
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4525
Re: Im too slow at Ngongdro, help :(
In a 3yr one practitioner broke down about a year into it and said to the retreat master "Rinpoche, I'm trying really, really hard, but I'm finding this all so difficult"... after a short pause, Rinpoche replied "What else do you expect, you've been caught in the habitual patterns of ...
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Path
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3449
Re: Dzogchen Path
IMHO The Great Secret of Mind is one of the best coverages of Dzogchen
http://keithdowman.net/books/great-secret-of-mind.html
http://keithdowman.net/books/great-secret-of-mind.html
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:30 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: 21 Tara's - which is Ekajatis prayer?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2451
Re: 21 Tara's - which is Ekajatis prayer?
I'm just guessing but I would not have expected for Ekajati to appear in the 21 Taras, as they represent the outer cycle of Tara and Ekajatic represents the most secret aspect. Different appearances, but may be related for sure. Like one doesn't see Troma Nakmo in the 21 Taras... does one?
- Thu May 28, 2020 2:14 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Geshe Lobsang Tsering in the state of Thukdam
- Replies: 0
- Views: 851
Geshe Lobsang Tsering in the state of Thukdam
https://tibet.net/tibetan-buddhist-scholar-in-meditative-thukdam-state-after-20-days-of-clinical-death/ Dharamshala: A Tibetan Buddhist scholar from Gaden Jangtse Phara Khangtsen in Mundgod Tibetan settlement has reportedly remained in the state of Thukdam for more than 20 days now. He was declared...
- Thu May 21, 2020 11:43 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: LN Ngondro requirements
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6858
Re: LN Ngondro requirements
This is completely wrong. If you are curious, I can point you to a reference that explains why this is wrong. Thanks, I'd appreciate you pointing to the reference to correct this wrong assumption of mine. :twothumbsup: If you have access to Khenpo Ngawang Palzang's commentary on Words of My Perfect...
- Wed May 20, 2020 6:56 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: LN Ngondro requirements
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6858
Re: LN Ngondro requirements
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I always thought that in the case of guru yoga in the ngon.dro that one does not need an empowerment because all one is doing is using the samayasattva to invite the jnanasattvas. This is completely wrong. If you are curious, I can point you to a reference that ...
- Tue May 19, 2020 10:07 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: LN Ngondro requirements
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6858
Re: LN Ngondro requirements
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I always thought that in the case of guru yoga in the ngon.dro that one does not need an empowerment because all one is doing is using the samayasattva to invite the jnanasattvas. And one is not doing any internal practices that would involve any internal "t...
- Tue May 19, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Info on Khandro Nyingthig
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5438
Re: Info on Khandro Nyingthig
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/Nyingtik_Yabshi Also specific lineages tend to practice either the Khandro Nyingthig (lineage of Padmasambhava) or the Vima Nyingthig (lineage of Vimalamitra). Such as the lineage from Dzogchen Monastery tends to associate with the Khandro Nyingthig Whereas Sheche...
- Sun May 17, 2020 10:50 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Kalachakra
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1870
Re: Kalachakra
I find what you are saying is rather vague, at least to an ignoramus like myself. But if you are looking for information on Kalachakra, Khentrul Rinpoché is reported to be a specialist in this lineage.
https://khentrulrinpoche.com/
https://khentrulrinpoche.com/
- Sun May 17, 2020 10:44 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Info on Khandro Nyingthig
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5438
Re: Info on Khandro Nyingthig
The Khandro Nyingthig and the Vima Nyingthig from the Nyingthig Yabshi are deeper practices than the standard Nyingthiks one enters after ngon.dro. What I have been taught is that you first go through doing the maha, anu and ati practices of, say. the Longchen Nyingthik first, then one moves onto ei...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:34 am
- Forum: Mahamudra
- Topic: What if seeing a lama as pure was less about lifting a lama up and more about bringing purity
- Replies: 36
- Views: 19141
Re: What if seeing a lama as pure was less about lifting a lama up and more about bringing purity
Yes it is, because the whole thing is encapsulated within the Five Certainties. http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/nges_pa_lnga
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:16 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Karling shitro complete sadhana english trans
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2439
Re: Karling shitro complete sadhana english trans
hi thanks for your answers- Yes I do have an empowerment and I do have a short sadhana. However a fellow practitioner asked me for a full sadhana. He is supposing it contains one by one the mantras of each of hundred peaceful and wrathful deities. He also has both Shitro and Guhyagarbha empowerment...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2511
Re: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
Loppon Rechung of Mipham Shedra in Westminster, CO tells a story of a female practitioner who was dying. Loppon got permission to give her ngo-tro (introduction to the nature of mind). Supposedly, when she died, she was in thug-dam for several days. My PCP (also a Tibetan Buddhist) was called in to...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2511
Re: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
GrapeLover wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:02 am Sorry for not having any names, but in one of the webcasts of her most recent retreat, Lama Lena mentioned having a western student who lasted about 10 hours in thukdam, and that Wangdor Rinpoche had a western student who lasted (I think) a day
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2511
Re: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
In France, Chanteloube, there were more westerners who attained thugdam. Also CHNNs student B. Simmons passed away sitting, but I dont know if he was in thugdam or not. Yes, there was one who passed away in retreat, or to be correct, he knew his elements were disolving and asked to be taken to his ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2511
Westerners who exhibited Thugdam?
Hi, Just wondering about western Dharma practitioners who have exhibited thugdam (sitting in meditation for a number of days, after their last breath, heart area still warm). The only one I know of is Gerard Godet https://khyentsefoundation.org/patron-kings-part-xiii/ When Gerard died, he remained s...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:44 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Life Release Practises
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1753
Re: Life Release Practises
Thanks for both replies. I was going to ask Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche when he was travelling in AU after the drupchen... but the Wangyals had to leave early to avoid being stranded in AU with Covid19 virus closing boarders. Magnus,,, I do check in to DW frequently... but have nothing much to contr...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:10 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Physiological symptoms as a fruition of practice?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7417
Re: Physiological symptoms as a fruition of practice?
Last Dakini day I did a lot of recitations on my practice. That night I had a lot of violent dreams including punching my ex in the face (fortunately it had no effect on her). If there's anything that comes from this... it's telling me I need to do a lot more foundation practices and guru practices ...
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:06 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Life Release Practises
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1753
Life Release Practises
Hello
What are the typical prayers and practices one should do with life release?
What are the typical prayers and practices one should do with life release?