Finding a Root Guru
- Wesley1982
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Finding a Root Guru
any advice & tips for finding a teacher & root guru as a new "student?" wondering, thanks...
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
Pray to meet them. At the same time, consider that your root guru is already present, you have just yet to encounter or recognize them in flesh. At the same time, follow impulses to attending teachings and meeting various teachers.
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
dakini_boi wrote:Pray to meet them. At the same time, consider that your root guru is already present, you have just yet to encounter or recognize them in flesh. At the same time, follow impulses to attending teachings and meeting various teachers.
Although many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldly desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
For me, when I went looking for my first lama I not only received teachings from all the lamas in the region, but also visited their community events to evaluate the sangha as well... who I guess I saw as an emanation of the lama. This really worked for me, I felt immediately at home.
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I studied by myself for about 6 years,
then said a heart prayer,
the next day I found my teacher.
then said a heart prayer,
the next day I found my teacher.
- Wesley1982
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
Does the root guru "connect" with the mind thru shamatha and vipashyana meditation?..
Re: Finding a Root Guru
We connect or recognize the presence of the Guru's mind perhaps initially through the practice of Guru Yoga and we then might find that this develops to many other connections found in;
other aspects of practice, daily activities, dreams, etc...
I would recommend imagining Shakyamuni as your guru, praying to find your Guru in person, and being patient.
Shaun
other aspects of practice, daily activities, dreams, etc...
I would recommend imagining Shakyamuni as your guru, praying to find your Guru in person, and being patient.
Shaun
Re: Finding a Root Guru
What was this heart prayer?Kunga Lhadzom wrote:I studied by myself for about 6 years,
then said a heart prayer,
the next day I found my teacher.
Equanimity is the ground. Love is the moisture. Compassion is the seed. Bodhicitta is the result.
-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
-Ra Lotsawa, All-pervading Melodious Drumbeats
-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
-Ra Lotsawa, All-pervading Melodious Drumbeats
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
It came from my heart,Konchog1 wrote:What was this heart prayer?
a deep longing to connect
with Tibetan people
and have an authentic Buddhist teacher.
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
I applied this prayer:
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- Wesley1982
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
Is there by any chance I can communicate with a experienced Buddhist thru Private Messaging?..wondering, thanks
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
why don't you post your state or country, so people can hook you up
- Wesley1982
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I'm in the United States , the State of Texas near the Dallas/Ft.Worth Metro area.SSJ3Gogeta wrote:why don't you post your state or country, so people can hook you up
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Re: Finding a Root Guru
In Dallas/Ft. Worth area, check out Dawn Mountain. This is an Adzom Paylo Rinpoche center run by Anne Klein. You should be able to google their website/address.
Pema Chophel པདྨ་ཆོས་འཕེལ