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- Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:17 pm
- Forum: Dharma Events
- Topic: TODAY at 4 pm pacific time - Transmission of Dzogchen Texts - Vajrayana Foundation
- Replies: 15
- Views: 706
Re: TODAY at 4 pm pacific time - Transmission of Dzogchen Texts - Vajrayana Foundation
This is amazing. I had this empowerment in 2014. And just went traveling and did other stuff for years. Just two days ago I remembered I did this and loved it and searched my email for an ancient relic. This Chetsun Nyingthig Sadhana. And I was thinking... I wonderimg if I should resume this practic...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:07 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: 6 Year Mental Torment
- Replies: 6
- Views: 365
Re: 6 Year Mental Torment
Dude. It's a sad tale. Happily we all have a tale like that. Time is your friend. Time is a magic eraser. Give it time. Isolation makes us obsess and lose patience. I try mantras and stuff. But it's hard. I guess the hardship is what will make us stronger. Time is a destroyer but also time molds and...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:47 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi guys! Very new here, very interested in Drikung Kagyu and Garchen Rinpoche
- Replies: 7
- Views: 204
Re: Hi guys! Very new here, very interested in Drikung Kagyu and Garchen Rinpoche
Hi guys, as my long intro line says I’m a total newbie and I’m very interested in the Drikung Kagyu lineage and His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche. I’ve practiced in the Karma Kagyu lineage and received empowerments in that lineage as well as the Nyingma and Gelug lineages but I feel a very special conn...
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:46 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: A single sadhana or practice
- Replies: 27
- Views: 768
Re: A single sadhana or practice
Not forbidden, but no serious practitioner will tell you specifically what they’re doing, so it’s not great etiquette to ask. Your practice is private. Well I apologise again and obviously nobody has to answer. Excuse my naiveite. While I know it's always wrong to brag about accomplishments, I've n...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:15 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: When do I take initiation / empowerment?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 441
Re: When do I take initiation / empowerment?
What is WOMPT? It is the beginning of the path of Vajrayana. Get one at the beginning. Some are one day some are weeks. It is the tradition to leave an initiation into a retreat. But in the USA you go to a mixer with hors d'oeuvres. Usually between $100-$1000. But have cash on hand. I was at an ini...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 2:08 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: What's working with a main guru like?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 759
Re: What's working with a main guru like?
Get an initiation into a tantra or terma. Wait for that. Complete initiation with reading transition and instructions on the complete path in English as well as books to rely on. Thanks crazywisdom. I love the name. May I know what are these: "initiation into a tantra or terma"? "initiation with re...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:57 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: What's working with a main guru like?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 759
Re: What's working with a main guru like?
Ok I have a better answer. Get an initiation into a tantra or terma. Wait for that. Complete initiation with reading transition and instructions on the complete path in English as well as books to rely on. Skip everything else. Otherwise it a complete waste of time. If.any of those three parts ar mi...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:53 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: When do I take initiation / empowerment?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 441
Re: When do I take initiation / empowerment?
I started reading WOMPT. What is an initiation/empowerment and when do I get one? How long does it take? Hours? Days? Do I have to go somewhere to a retreat? How much does it cost? What is WOMPT? It is the beginning of the path of Vajrayana. Get one at the beginning. Some are one day some are weeks...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 12:43 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: What's working with a main guru like?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 759
Re: What's working with a main guru like?
I'm curious to know what to expect. Do we have to be on the same city? Can the entire process by done remotely via zoom? How often do we meet? How long does it take? Hours? Days? I heard people going on a retreat. Is that what learning from your teacher looks like? A one week retreat? Is working wi...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:51 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: How does Dzogchen relate to Vajrayana?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 634
Re: How does Dzogchen relate to Vajrayana?
Yes. Synonymous Yes. Separate thing. Yes. Beginning, middle and end. Yes. You practice dzogchen by practicing Vajrayana. Yes. Nyingma practice Vajrayana. Anyone who practices Vajrayana is practicing Dzogchen. And vice versa. Nonduality. That's the thing. Togal is the effortless revelation of the dha...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Düddul Wangdrak Dorje Drolö (Action Mantras or PDF)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 166
Düddul Wangdrak Dorje Drolö (Action Mantras or PDF)
Hi does anyone have the action mantras for Düddul Wangdrak Dorje Drolö? I had the empowerment in Santa Cruz some years ago. Also bought this book: Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, ‘The Wish-Fulfilling Siddhis’, translated by Lama Sonam Tsering and Paloma Lopez Landry, Vajrayana Foundation Bero ...
- Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:48 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Sutra Dharani suggestions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 245
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Sutra Dharani suggestions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 245
Sutra Dharani suggestions
Hey team I was hoping some of you might have some suggestions for Dharani sutras for averting evil spirits, purification of bad karma, gaining wealth, etc. Much appreciated in advance...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 2:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Where to get a Damaru fast (online)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 490
Re: Where to get a Damaru fast (online)
Hello all, I was hoping to practice a Sadhana during my coming vacation, but it requires a Bell and a Damaru. I have the bell arriving hopefully soon, but I'm having trouble finding a Damaru under $60 that would arrive before or around Christmas. Am I out of luck? I contacted the dharma center that...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Where to get a Damaru fast (online)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 490
Re: Where to get a Damaru fast (online)
Hello all, I was hoping to practice a Sadhana during my coming vacation, but it requires a Bell and a Damaru. I have the bell arriving hopefully soon, but I'm having trouble finding a Damaru under $60 that would arrive before or around Christmas. Am I out of luck? I contacted the dharma center that...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: super new... any guidance?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 758
Re: super new... any guidance?
Do like a bee that tastes the nectar of every flower in the meadow. It's worthwhile to do at least some casual research into organizations and how they've handled scandals and who the leadership are and what they're saying. But also realize there's a point where skepticism can take over one's pract...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:07 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Dreams and trusting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 785
Re: Dreams and trusting
I had a series of dreams the other night that felt like the laying down of rituals or series of religious activities. That is, "first you do x, then you do y, " and so on. As if a sadhana or ritual manual was being presented to me in the form of a dream. I dragged myself out of sleep and prayed for...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: super new... any guidance?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 758
Re: super new... any guidance?
Do like a bee that tastes the nectar of every flower in the meadow.
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:30 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Path
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1975
Re: Dzogchen Path
There are paths to learn and finally wake up to reality. That is called Vajrayana. The so called path of Dzogchen is some Vajrayana path. Guru yoga and visualization is Vajrayana. If you know reality what is there to practice? I do not have to practice eyesight. I just see. You have to practice sigh...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Path
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1975
Re: Dzogchen Path
DzogChen is not a path. It is reality. It is like if all you ever saw was a puppet show amd you thought that was life, and one day someone showed you real life. You will never again think the puppet show was real life.