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- Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Lochen Dharma Shri's 'The Illumination of the Profound Meaning'
- Replies: 0
- Views: 451
Lochen Dharma Shri's 'The Illumination of the Profound Meaning'
Can anyone assit me to locate and contact, presumingly a Nyingma center, at Olu Pua, Kawaui, Hawaii which has translated the commentary by Lochen Dharma Shri on the Guhyagarbha Tantra called : The Illumination of the Profound Meaning, The Pith Instructions on the Method of Reciting the Sangwa Nyingp...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 4:34 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Samten Migdron translation due soon
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2992
Re: Samten Migdron translation due soon
Dr. Dylan Eshler is a close student of Lopon P. Ogyan Tanzin and has been an active translator amongst and team of others for a number of the Khye'u-chung Lotsapa Translations into English under Rinpoche's supervision. In April 2014 he has published a downloadable article in the Digital Himalaya col...
- Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: 'Byung rtsis man ngag zla ba'i 'odzer by Lochen Dharmasri
- Replies: 1
- Views: 311
'Byung rtsis man ngag zla ba'i 'odzer by Lochen Dharmasri
I wonder if anyone has an English translation of the 'Byung rtsis man ngag zla ba'i 'odzer by Lochen Dharmasri in PDF and is willing to share? I would appreciate if you can PM me if you have.
Most grateful
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- Tue Sep 13, 2022 9:56 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Ngakpa/lay teachers recommendations? independent teacher but authorized by their master to teach
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1694
Re: Ngakpa/lay teachers recommendations? independent teacher but authorized by their master to teach
Quoted below is Dza Patrurl Rinpoche trustworthy advice on how to carefully examine an authentic teacher, rather than being bewitched by colourful brand names or enchanting robes: "As times have degenerated, nowadays it is difficult to find a teacher who has every one of the qualities described...
- Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Dzogchen Lineage inside Nyingma
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5299
Re: Dzogchen Lineage inside Nyingma
Seeking the nature of mind on a sheet of torn paper; convinced of Dharma in spoken words
- Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:21 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Dzogchen Lineage inside Nyingma
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5299
Re: Dzogchen Lineage inside Nyingma
For the Dzogchen lineage inside the Nyingma kindly refer to the Kunjed Gyalpo. All and everything is explained there.
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:46 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Ability to Control the Weather
- Replies: 80
- Views: 11281
Re: Ability to Control the Weather
[Mod note: This quote was taken from this old thread: https://dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=26392#p404144 ] ...Kunzang Dechen Lingpa had this ability. Ngagpa Rinpoche was able to stop monsoon rains, droughts, and so on. are these abilities connected to Thröma Nakmo practice, or it's just...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Hashang's view is higher than Kamalashila
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6517
Re: Hashang's view is higher than Kamalashila
In addition to Sherlock's original position, Hashang was also praised by Longchenpa in his sDe gsum snying po , by saying: " The great master Ha Shang spoke in a similar way [to The Great Garuda Tantra] and although those with less developed minds could not accept it at the time, in fact what h...
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:12 am
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Drenpa Namkha and Vairotsana
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2665
Re: Drenpa Namkha and Vairotsana
"Once a person is caught by belief in a doctrine, he loses all his freedom. When one becomes dogmatic, he believes his doctrine is the only truth and that all other doctrines are heresy. Disputes and conflicts all arise from narrow views. They can extend endlessly, wasting precious time and som...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:17 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Harmful Speech
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2351
Re: Harmful Speech
Although strictly speaking not Vajrayana, nevertheless I consdier these words of wisdom from Dogen Zenji very relevant to the topic: Students, when you want to say something, think about it three times before you say it. Speak only if your words will benefit yourself and others. Do not speak if it b...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:29 pm
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Bön as the 5th Tibetan Tradition.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8208
Re: Bön as the 5th Tibetan Tradition.
Equal in their emptiness, Equal in their truth, and equal in their falsity, Equal in existence, Equal in their nonexistence, And equal in transcending every limit. All is one expanse of primal purity
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:33 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
- Replies: 281
- Views: 42256
Re: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41krI7-RoHL._SX301_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg This book uniquely provides first-hand insights into the spirit-mediums of Upper Tibet, the men and women who channel the gods. John Vincent Bellezza here for the first time presents the conclusions of his exte...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:45 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
- Replies: 281
- Views: 42256
Re: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Ietgq%2Bl7L._SX330_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg This careful study of the co-existence over time of Buddhism and shamanism among the Lhopo (Bhutia) people of Sikkim sheds new light on their supposedly hostile relationship. It examines the working relations...
- Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:43 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: The 'Dharma practioners' of the degenerate times
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2677
The 'Dharma practioners' of the degenerate times
" Those lacking that authentic approach, the 'Dharma practitioners' of the degenerate times , do not engage in proper view and conduct. With no time to listen, they long to meditate. With no time to meditate, they long to explain. Not matured themselves, they long to empower others. Not free th...
- Thu Aug 18, 2016 10:52 am
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Bönpo Guru Rinpoche
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11705
Re: Bönpo Guru Rinpoche
kalden yungdrung wrote [/quote] Which Guru Rinpoche do you mean? The modern or the Bön Guru Rinpoche? Untill now we know only the Bön Guru Rinpoche who was the son of Drenpa Namkha. But i never heard that the modern Guru Rinpoche was born in Zhang Zhung. And he was never mentioned under the Zhang Z...
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:07 pm
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Bönpo Guru Rinpoche
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11705
Re: Bönpo Guru Rinpoche
kalden yungdrung wrote Bön Guru Rinpoche is in Bön, the twin brother of Tsewang Rigdzin. Their father was Drenpa Namkha, who had many reincarnations and is also known in Vajrayana. But why not? Jamgon Kontrul the first, also known as Yungdrung Lingpa and who incidentaly was born into a Bon family b...
- Sat Jul 09, 2016 2:56 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
- Replies: 259
- Views: 52216
Re: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
- Hakuin EkakuThe tail of the sacred tortoise sweeps all her tracks clear.
But how can the tail avoid leaving traces of its own?
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:58 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
- Replies: 259
- Views: 52216
Re: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
Looking around, I find the perception of beings to be truly amazing: They fixate on what is not real as real, so that it certainly seems real. They fixate on confusion where there is no confusion, so that there certainly seems to be confusion. They reify what is indeterminate as determinate, so tha...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 10:27 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
- Replies: 259
- Views: 52216
Re: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
Whoever is a Buddhist must believe in Buddhist cosmology. According to Karl Popper the discrimination criterion that distinguishes a scientific theory from a non-scientific theory is the principle of falsifiability. Strictly speaking Buddhist Cosmology has not been falsified, and thus it cannot be ...
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:38 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
- Replies: 259
- Views: 52216
Re: Texts that destroy ""scientific" materialism
That which appears as concrete things with attributes and colours is mind That which appears as being beyond attributes and complexities is also mind. That which appears as being one, many, and nondual, is mind. That which appears as having neither existence nor nonexistence is also mind - Shabkar ...