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Hello everyone, I wanted to know if anyone could give me the name/ history of the specific set of practices were you practice Achi Drolma as the three roots in the Drikung Kagyu? I heard in was a terma and that it’s specific to the Drikung Kagyu lineage but that’s about it. I look around online and ...

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I was wondering if the recent Achi Drolma empowerment that Garchen Rinpoche gave permits self visualization or just front visualization of the deity? Also, was there a lung given for a specific sadhana? If so, could someone point me to it? Thanks in advance.

Ok, seems I don't understand your problem then. /magnus Hey Magnus and everyone, I wanted to clarify what i was trying to say in my last couple posts as they were all over the place due to lack of proper distinction. I was confusing and conflating the three categories of vow, samaya, and practice c...

there is the "Rudra's Lament" confession, right? i'm also interested if one needs lung for this. Hey Javier, Yes, as far as i know " Rudras Lament" is a section or chapter of the Immaculate Confession Tantra. there are so many wonderful confession prayers from this tantra. I came to know about it t...

Hello all, One of my favorite ways to practice confession is with me imagining my guru above my head and reciting prayers. I recently came across Dudjom Rinpoche saying in "Perfect Conduct" that reciting the Immaculate confession tantra while visualizing your guru above your head is one of the multi...

I've been putting in my accumulations. Guru Rinpoche led me to my my guru and the dzogchen teachings. i remember crying out to him when i didn't know how to proceed in finding my teacher and in a swift manner he came to my rescue leading me were i needed to be. I will always have a special place i m...

Hey everyone, I’m currently talking with my Guru through email and they have clarified a lot of my issues, I just didn’t want to be lazy and be passive about these thing so in addition to talking to my teacher I wanted to ask for advice from those here on the forum who may have gone through my same ...

https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Samaya /magnus Hey Magnus, Thanks for the Link, i am aware of the Dzogchen samayas, i'm just confused on the integration of vows and conduct as it were. i will be getting the book "Perfect Conduct: Ascertaining the Three Vows by Dudjom Rinpoche" soon and i'...

Dzogchen is not Highest Yoga Tantra, they are different systems. If you've ever had a Tantric empowerment, my understanding is then you have implicitly taken Tantric vows. However, vows and rules generally are not as central to Dzogchen teachings proper as they are in Tantra. That said, it's pretty...

Hello everyone, I'm slightly confused on the the relationship between tantric vows, and dzogchen. I received instructions to practice dzogchen and my guru told me that no tantric vows were conferred. I'm just interested in how i can be practicing a highest yoga tantra without receiving tantric vows?...

Hello, I recently received a Buddha Shakyamuni practice from H.E. Garchen Rinpoche via live stream, and had questions how the visualization should be practiced. i think i'm mixing up visualizations that are only done during the empowerment with those that are to be done in the sadhana. Also, id like...

thank you everyone for your answers. its become clearer to me. i already recite his mantra a ton, the seven line prayer i do about a malas worth a day. i recently found my guru and was able to receive direct introduction with them, and i owe it to Guru Rinpoche helping me remove obstacles that were ...

There is no requirement to get into Amitabha’s pure Land (Sukhsvati) other than to recite his name with some sense of sincerity. I should have been more clear in my post so please forgive me. I realize Amitabha's pure land is easy be reborn into and has few requirements, its just that its seemed th...

Hey everyone, Recently, while pursuing my devotion to Guru Padmasambava i came across his pure land Zangdokpalri and was wondering what the requirements for being reborn there were? It seems from what i could gather that devotion,aspiration, some connection to his teachings, and trust were the key t...

Beautiful! Thank you I'm glad you like it, and thank you everyone for your suggestions. I'll take a look at some of the other prayers that were posted. One last question about a group of prayers called "Le'u Dünma" along with The General Visualization for Prayers to Guru Rinpoche by Jamyang Khyents...

Thanks Malcom, are there any other prayers to Guru Rinpoche you would recommend? Im currently also looking at the prayer in seven chapters with refuge, bodichitta cutivation, and the seven branch prayer that is associated with it. It has a forward faceing visualization of Guru Rinpoche, and im not s...

Hey Guys, Recently, I've been drawn to Guru Rinpoche and different prayers to him. In particular the seven line prayer has been one of them due to it being talked about on the forum. I ended up memorizing the seven lined prayer and would like to memorize other prayers to Guru Rinpoche, but i wanted ...

Were you ever Eastern Orthodox? Hey Bubbajohn, i wasn't part of the Eastern Orthodox communion officially( through chrism or baptism) though i attended a Greek Orthodox church for a while though i did consider converting at one point. I was raised Roman Catholic and then later converted to the Orie...

Hello all, When i was still a Christian and heavily influenced by hesychasm, the philokalia, and monasticism, a man called St. Silouan the Athonite greatly helped me get through a terrible period in my life. The fate of non believers in Christianity haunted me, causing me great bouts of depression. ...