blocking realization
blocking realization
I heard Chogyal Namkhai Noru Rinpoche say at the webcast today that everyone has the potential to realize rainbow body and then he said that one can block that potential and then one has no possibility of realizing it in this life?Is it possible to block one's possibility of having realization for their entire life?
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Re: blocking realization
a better question would be that what exactly is this blockage?
If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Re: blocking realization
Well yes but i thought one could always realize.(or remove blockage)KonchokZoepa wrote:a better question would be that what exactly is this blockage?
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Re: blocking realization
but if you dont know what the blockage is how can you remove it ?
If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Re: blocking realization
My OP was that Rinpoche said there was blockage that couldn't be removed in this lifetime.KonchokZoepa wrote:but if you dont know what the blockage is how can you remove it ?
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Re: blocking realization
well, you can never remove it if you dont know what the blockage is..?
If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Re: blocking realization
My OP was that Rinpoche said there was blockage that couldn't be removed in this lifetime,not find the blockage and remove it.duffster1 wrote:KonchokZoepa wrote:but if you dont know what the blockage is how can you remove it ?
Re: blocking realization
I totally agree.KonchokZoepa wrote:well, you can never remove it if you dont know what the blockage is..?
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Re: blocking realization
that is why i presented the question that does anyone know what the blockage is he was talking about. that would prove most likely to be useful information.
If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Re: blocking realization
There are likely other blockages as well.“My guru told me that if I did not promulgate this Dharma [Yamantaka] widely, but solely practiced it, my body would become a rainbow body in this lifetime, but hoping to benefit you, I did not follow this command, and so I will be reborn another two or three times."
-Ra Lotsawa, All-pervading Melodious Drumbeats
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
Re: blocking realization
He didn't elaborate that's why i was wondering what he meant by saying it,i don't have the exact quote but he said something along the lines of one can block realization of the rainbow body for this life time,i don't think i misunderstood him.KonchokZoepa wrote:that is why i presented the question that does anyone know what the blockage is he was talking about. that would prove most likely to be useful information.
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Re: blocking realization
Most people, including dzogchen practitioners, probably don't achieve rainbow body, right? Seems like they were all blocked, then.
"Use what seems like poison as medicine. We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings." Pema Chodron
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Re: blocking realization
duffster1 i was listening to the teaching, i heard also what you are talking about, but he didnt mention what the blockage was/is.
but i would think that there are many many blockages and its matter of realization and merit and wisdom that you transform into such advanced being that you manifest rainbow body in this life.
i have a book by ChNN named something rainbow body, i havent read it but i think its a story of a yogi and something with rainbow body, might have something else also in it other than the story. if you want it i can send it to you via email or skype.
but i would think that there are many many blockages and its matter of realization and merit and wisdom that you transform into such advanced being that you manifest rainbow body in this life.
i have a book by ChNN named something rainbow body, i havent read it but i think its a story of a yogi and something with rainbow body, might have something else also in it other than the story. if you want it i can send it to you via email or skype.
If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....
In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….
-Milarepa
OMMANIPADMEHUNG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6P9tOYmdo
Re: blocking realization
Yes true.but i'm under the impression that all blockages can be removed in this lifetime,so what could block without a possibility of unblocking in this lifetime?padma norbu wrote:Most people, including dzogchen practitioners, probably don't achieve rainbow body, right? Seems like they were all blocked, then.
Re: blocking realization
i don't know if i'm making my question clear,it just seems strange that there could be something that one hasn't got a possibility to unblock.duffster1 wrote:Yes true.but i'm under the impression that all blockages can be removed in this lifetime,so what could block without a possibility of unblocking in this lifetime?padma norbu wrote:Most people, including dzogchen practitioners, probably don't achieve rainbow body, right? Seems like they were all blocked, then.
Re: blocking realization
Yes thank you KonchokZoepa,i will send u my email address.KonchokZoepa wrote:duffster1 i was listening to the teaching, i heard also what you are talking about, but he didnt mention what the blockage was/is.
but i would think that there are many many blockages and its matter of realization and merit and wisdom that you transform into such advanced being that you manifest rainbow body in this life.
i have a book by ChNN named something rainbow body, i havent read it but i think its a story of a yogi and something with rainbow body, might have something else also in it other than the story. if you want it i can send it to you via email or skype.
Re: blocking realization
One potential block is damage to samaya, and when you're a teacher you apparently take on the samaya of your students. ChNN has said before that because he has so many students, it would be somewhat difficult for him to attain rainbow body.
Re: blocking realization
He did say what the cause of the potential blockage was... I think it was something about bragging to other people about achievements, visions, and accomplishments, but I would have to listen to the replay to be 100% sure.
edit; I think the point he was making was that any "results" on an energy level were merely a halfway point to the real deal, which was to realise the nature of mind itself.
edit; I think the point he was making was that any "results" on an energy level were merely a halfway point to the real deal, which was to realise the nature of mind itself.
Re: blocking realization
Most likely (did not listen) he was talking about getting attached to experiences.duffster1 wrote:I heard Chogyal Namkhai Noru Rinpoche say at the webcast today that everyone has the potential to realize rainbow body and then he said that one can block that potential and then one has no possibility of realizing it in this life?Is it possible to block one's possibility of having realization for their entire life?
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: blocking realization
Cnnr has specifically reffered to the fault of attachement to vissionary experiences during thogal due to not having a stable base.
In another webcast Rinpoche has said that that these blockages can be removed if one trains under guidance very precisely and starts anew from the very beginning by reeducating their own minds ....starting with shamata etc.....
In another webcast Rinpoche has said that that these blockages can be removed if one trains under guidance very precisely and starts anew from the very beginning by reeducating their own minds ....starting with shamata etc.....