Dharma Wheel

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Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:05 pm

windoverwater wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:41 pm

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:01 pm

Partless moments of consciousness.

Consciousness is compounded.

Are the "partless moments" considered to be compounded or uncompounded?

Compounded.

I don't understand how something that has no parts can be considered compounded.
Can you explain?

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:01 pm

clyde wrote: ↑Sat Apr 16, 2022 4:16 am “The mind stream is a rosary of moments” is poetic, but what are those empty and unceasing moments composed of?

Partless moments of consciousness.

Consciousness is compounded.

Are the "partless moments" considered to be compounded or uncompounded?

For folks having trouble donating via PayPal: This Wisdom Publications info page for this event https://wisdomexperience.org/seventeen-tantras-lung/ contains a PayPal donation link. Scroll down the page and look for the paragraph that begins: "According to Rinpoche's wishes, all donations will ...

didn't have a regular mobile phone until last summer. :lol: I believe you can dial into a Zoom webinar (like this) without needing a smart phone. Just dial one of the phone-in numbers from the email that lists the log-in options. Then using the keypad, enter the meeting ID (also from the info email...

Yes, I am able to use the Dzongkha keyboard with Jomolhari (unicode) Tibetan font in the LibreOffice Writer program that is bundled with Ubuntu.

I am running Ubuntu on my laptop. I installed the Dzongkha keyboard, and am able to use the (installed with Ubuntu) LibreOffice wordprocessing program to create documents in Tibetan. In the Ubuntu settings, under "Region & Language" you can add Dzongkha, and toggle between English and ...

Schrödinger’s Yidam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 07, 2021 5:55 am Right now I’m at Karma Ling for a few more days. These people know what’s going on at KTD.

When is the next 3-year retreat at Karme Ling scheduled to begin?

Margaret Atwood's trilogy: Oryx & Crake, The Year of the Flood, and MaddAddam is a literary masterpiece, as well as excellent science near-fiction.

Recently I have been thinking about this and what would be an upasaka clothing in the Tibetan buddhist tradition? For example if one wanted to have a seperate set of clothing for retreats or for important days in the buddhist calendar. White trousers and shirt, dresses for women. This gives the imp...

I was briefly a member of the DC around 2013-2014, but could not afford to attend retreats in person. At that time, I did not have reliable internet access either, so I let the membership lapse. While I practice what I received from Norbu Rinpoche, I do not really know what is going on with the orga...

I completed a traditional Kagyu closed 3-year group retreat. We went through a number of practices: ngondro, guru yogas, yidam sadhanas, etc. I felt there just was not enough time to really get into each practice, and the large amount of chanting (in Tibetan) was challenging. Then about 7 years late...

I have begun studying Tibetan again, after a lapse of many years. I agree that Franziska Oertle's book "Heart of Tibetan" is really excellent; my understanding of many basic concepts is enhanced through her presentation. Also, the spoken drills for the lessons, available via Google Drive, ...

I never met Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in person, nor had involvement in the Dzogchen Community, but I did have the good fortune to receive transmission of the White A guru yoga and the Song of the Vajra via one of his world-wide internet transmissions around 2012. These are among the most profound dhar...

Thank you for the correction.

Yes, I agree that asking your lama is best. There may be more specific dedication verses that are customary in your sangha, and it is good to keep your personal practice in harmony with that.

In the meantime, using a more generic dedication stanza is certainly not wrong.

My text, which is in Tibetan, does not include dedication verses either. Perhaps there were not dedication verses specific to this liturgy in the original terma, but I do not know for certain. Maybe a more knowledgeable member here can comment on that. What I do is chant a generic 4-line dedication ...

If you are referring to the verses which, roughly translated, express the wish that the wheel of the 12 nidanas, the basis of samsaric appearances, collapse for all beings, who are without refuge and protection.... ...those verses are labeled in the Tibetan small print as "monlam" which is...

And.... does anyone know of Konchog Chidu drupchen-type gatherings happening anywhere in the US or Canada in 2014?

Thanks.

Are DC practice texts available in Tibetan?