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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5077
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
As if sacred sexuality was about following an instruction manual. This is such a narrow view of the path of (sexual) practices that it won't be able to liberate you beyond the concepts you did put in your own mind in the first place. It's clear you have not received these teachings, otherwise you'd...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5077
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
Engaging in karmamudra practice demands some qualifications, as well as outer, inner, and secret signs applying to body, speech, and mind. These specificities are discussed in special works known as “ pho-khrid ”, i.e., Guidance for Males, and “ mo-khrid ”, i.e., Guidance for Females. These descrip...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 5077
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
I wonder how many people here have actual experience with physical (not just imagined) karmamudra. I'd bet the number is pretty close to zero.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1000
Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Remember to buy the commentaries on Tsig Don Dzod from 2008 to 2012 from that same website, they will be an invaluable guide to improve your understanding. Remember to buy the commentaries on Tsig Don Dzod from 2008 to 2012 from that same website, they will be an invaluable guide to improve your un...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1000
Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Thank you all for the info. For those interested, Taramandala soon offers an online course on the Tsig Don Dzod, hence my question.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1000
Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
https://tibetantreasures.com/products/the-basic-space-of-phenomena-boptob1?variant=7251478282303 Uhm, now I'm a bit confused, is that the same text? Description says it's called Chöying Dzod containing two texts called P recious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena and A Treasure Trove of Scrip...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1000
Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Just out of curiosity: Are there any further translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod besides this one by offered berotsana.org and translated by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro ?
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:26 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
- Replies: 53
- Views: 2632
Re: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
If you are not getting any siddhis whatsoever from deity yoga, then you're doing something wrong.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2091
Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
In Dzogchen, there are dark retreats in Longdé and Men-ngakdé. In the Men-ngakdé, dark retreats are one form of yoga included in the practice of Thögel which has daytime Thögel and “nighttime” Thögel corresponding to dark retreats. Here nighttime refers to the fact that the practice is performed in...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:58 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2091
Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Others answered the question, but just to share some personal experience - dark retreats are not to be taken lightly. The level of burried emotional problems, disturbances and obstacles can be overwhelming. And not only because I'm pathetic - I've seen people come to the edge of craziness after jus...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2091
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:49 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2091
Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Thank you all, these answers are indeed helpful.
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2091
General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Does anyone know what is generally a high-level overview on the recommended schedule of practices for doing a dzogchen-focused dark retreat? I am not looking for detailed meditation instructions but a general overview of what practices are traditionally done in dzogchen-focused dark retreats. For ex...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 597
Re: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
Hey, thanks for the pointers!Kai lord wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:25 pm Here's the long discussions on that many years ago:
Can you hear sound and feel body in jhāna?
Hearing sounds in samādhi, jhāna
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:33 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 597
Re: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
Ah, I found some good starting points for further research. First of all, Thanissaro Bhikku states: some groups maintaining that, Yes, the external senses must fall silent in jhāna, others maintaining that, No, they don’t. Source: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/CrossIndexed/Uncollected...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:23 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 597
References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
I remember having read (with some surprise) that there is a very old debate among buddhist scholars whether or not someone experiencing the jhanas actually does or does not hear sound. Essentially, there seem to exist two camps. One camp says that "no, if you are in the jhanas, you cannot hear ...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 5:36 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Rigpa, example luminosity and direct introduction or pointing out instructions...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2803
Re: Rigpa, example luminosity and direct introduction or pointing out instructions...
In particular, trying to analyze the differences/similarities between rigpa (a Dzogchen usage) vs. example luminosity (a vajrayana term) and stream entry (a Hinayana term) when one doesn't have actual experiential understanding of any of them is an almost total waste of time Can we safely infer fro...
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Clear Light, Central Channel and Dzogchen Rigpa
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2393
Re: Clear Light, Central Channel and Dzogchen Rigpa
Discussion of these topics is just meaningless to anyone who does not have any experiential knowledge of the terms in question. Dzogchen was not meant to be a teaching where semi-learned people split doctrinal hairs. People love to play with words instead of practicing, but those who are actually i...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: Buddhist Tantra Talk
- Topic: Khandro Chenmo Yeshe Tsogyal mantra: BAM or VAM?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 543
Khandro Chenmo Yeshe Tsogyal mantra: BAM or VAM?
The Khandro Chenmo (Yeshe Tsogyal) mantra according to the Khandro Thuktik Dudjom lineage contains (among others) the seed syllable BAM. Does anyone know if this is a Tibetan rendering of same Sanskrit syllable VAM? Or is it genuinely to be pronounced with B even according to the Sanskrit version of...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:36 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
- Replies: 137
- Views: 15964
Re: Dissociation and Awareness
given that alayavijnana is not equal to the base (gzhi) it should logically not be qualified to be able to have an impact on making any difference whether marigpa or rigpa arises. This point is addressed in topic 3 in Buddhahood in this Life, i.e. there is a conscious aspect of the basis which does...