Memorization of Dzogchen Tantras/Upadeshas/Texts

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Rinchen Dorje
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Memorization of Dzogchen Tantras/Upadeshas/Texts

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I can see the benefit in doing this to help develop and clarify ones View/Tawa but I can also see the opposite. Would like to hear others thoughts on this...
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Fa Dao wrote:I can see the benefit in doing this to help develop and clarify ones View/Tawa but I can also see the opposite. Would like to hear others thoughts on this...

Memorizing a short text like the aspiration of Samantabhadra is only helpful, never harmful.
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Namdrol wrote: Memorizing a short text like the aspiration of Samantabhadra is only helpful, never harmful.
Does it plant a seed for future lives?

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kirtu wrote:
Namdrol wrote: Memorizing a short text like the aspiration of Samantabhadra is only helpful, never harmful.
Does it plant a seed for future lives?

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Most assuredly.
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Namdrol, you wouldnt happen to know of a good translation for that would you? :D
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Fa Dao wrote:Namdrol, you wouldnt happen to know of a good translation for that would you? :D

Well, it will probably be posted online when Rinpoche does the webcast in a few days times.
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I have found memorising short definitions from people like Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche to be very useful indeed. Even memorising a texts structure is useful I think - they are often laid out in a specific manner to reflect various stages.
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