masters of the tradition

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I appologize on my part for my part for the misinterpretation T. Chokyi. No offense intended.
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CrawfordHollow wrote:I appologize on my part for my part for the misinterpretation T. Chokyi. No offense intended.
No offense taken, not a problem at all.
I enjoyed how she phrased what she said, and actually I thought maybe it was from a book somewhere.
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Happy Guru Rinpoche Day, everybody! :group:
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Yudron wrote:Happy Guru Rinpoche Day, everybody! :group:
I didnt even know....thats all i did today though, read over his life story,chant his mantra and recite the 7 line prayer, even cried a little bit. and it was his appearance day, how fortunate
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RikudouSennin wrote:
Yudron wrote:Happy Guru Rinpoche Day, everybody! :group:
I didnt even know....thats all i did today though, read over his life story,chant his mantra and recite the 7 line prayer, even cried a little bit. and it was his appearance day, how fortunate
Emaho!!!
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RikudouSennin wrote:
Yudron wrote:Happy Guru Rinpoche Day, everybody! :group:
I didnt even know....thats all i did today though, read over his life story,chant his mantra and recite the 7 line prayer, even cried a little bit. and it was his appearance day, how fortunate
That is excellent! Here is a good prayer to Guru Rinpoche to learn by heart:
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?titl ... ing_Wishes" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

/magnus
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is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The profound path of the master.
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RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you are looking for that sort of thing, check out "Blazing Splendor", although its not comprehensive.

Mainly focuses on the times of Chokgyur Lingpa.
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SSJ3Gogeta wrote:
RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you are looking for that sort of thing, check out "Blazing Splendor", although its not comprehensive.

Mainly focuses on the times of Chokgyur Lingpa.
Blazing Splendor is great.

also there should be a reprint of this coming apparently. Huge awesome book $400 is to much though.
http://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Garland ... 1881847411" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
i really enjoyed it :smile:
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RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This book is not specific to the dzogchen tradition, it is of early siddhas of India of the mahamudra lineage leading to the Kagyu. For historical account of practitioners of dzogchen, you need to look up at the nyingma source, the book Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism should be what you are looking for.

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet, but Nyoshul Khenpo's Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems is supposed to be an excellent collection of biographies of the masters of Dzogchen. Also, in terms of ancient Indian Dzogchen masters, Wellsprings of the Great Perfection is pretty cool, IMO. Not really biographical, per se, more like songs or soliloquies of realization that explain Dzogchen, plus some exerpts of important tantras of the 3 series.

P.S. Blazing Splendor is an amzing book. My absolute favorite autobiography of any master/partial biography of various Dzogchen masters. Fascinating book. I can read it over and over.
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Jyoti wrote:
RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This book is not specific to the dzogchen tradition, it is of early siddhas of India of the mahamudra lineage leading to the Kagyu. For historical account of practitioners of dzogchen, you need to look up at the nyingma source, the book Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism should be what you are looking for.

Jyoti
actually it's about masters of the Longchen Nyingthig tradition, which are dzogchen teachings from the Nyingma school and not mahamudra / Kagyu :smile:

from the sounds of it, I'll have to get a copy of Blazing Splendor :thumbsup:
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Jyoti wrote:
RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This book is not specific to the dzogchen tradition, it is of early siddhas of India of the mahamudra lineage leading to the Kagyu. For historical account of practitioners of dzogchen, you need to look up at the nyingma source, the book Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism should be what you are looking for.

Jyoti
No Jyoti, you must be mistaking this for another book. This is about the Longchen Nyingthig (Nyingma) tradition.
To have mastered the Longchen Nyingthig, the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse, one would have to be a Dzogchen Master. No Nyingma library is complete without this book. It's weak in the female category, but we have other books for that.
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Jyoti wrote:
RikudouSennin wrote:is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen?
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditatio ... 1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This book is not specific to the dzogchen tradition, it is of early siddhas of India of the mahamudra lineage leading to the Kagyu. For historical account of practitioners of dzogchen, you need to look up at the nyingma source, the book Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism should be what you are looking for.

Jyoti
Hi Jyoti, you might mean this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Mahamudra ... 0887061605" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Dzogchen masters I know say: 1)Buddhist religion essence is Dzogchen 2)Religions are positive by intent/fruit 3)Any method's OK unless: breaking Dzogchen vows, mixed as syncretic (Milanese Soup) 4)Don't join mandalas of opponents of Dalai Lama/Padmasambhava: False Deity inventors by encouraging victims 5)Don't debate Ati with others 6)Don't discuss Ati practices online 7) A master told his old disciple: no one's to discuss his teaching with some others on a former forum nor mention him. Publicity's OK, questions are asked from masters/set teachers in person/email/non-public forums~Best wishes
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check out this one: A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems - Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche

http://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Garland ... +Rare+Gems" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

just have a look at the table of contents =)


edit: i see now someone put on sale used one for 390 USD on Amazon :/ but one can get it from Namse Bandzo Bookstore for 40 USD http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Marvelous_G ... /13739.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or from Wisdom Books for 35 GBP http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=12428" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, still bit expensive but it's 700 pages book.
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username wrote: Hi Jyoti, you might mean this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Mahamudra ... 0887061605" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yes, thanks for pointing out :)
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rai wrote:check out this one: A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems - Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche

http://www.amazon.com/Marvelous-Garland ... +Rare+Gems" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

just have a look at the table of contents =)


edit: i see now someone put on sale used one for 390 USD on Amazon :/ but one can get it from Namse Bandzo Bookstore for 40 USD http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Marvelous_G ... /13739.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; or from Wisdom Books for 35 GBP http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=12428" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, still bit expensive but it's 700 pages book.
It'.s out of print, if you look on Namsebangdzo and wisdom books carefully you'll see It's actually unavailable.

I have a PDF copy, It's an amazing book. Hopefully it will be reprinted.
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Yudron wrote: It's weak in the female category, but we have other books for that.
It's not weak at all and male-female agendas are irrelevant here...
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Stewart wrote: It'.s out of print, if you look on Namsebangdzo and wisdom books carefully you'll see It's actually unavailable.

I have a PDF copy, It's an amazing book. Hopefully it will be reprinted.
I mentioned above, although I didn't reference the title, just gave a link.

It is due for a reprint, later this year. At least according to the last review on the amazon page.
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