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He will insist you do a ngondro. I know..thats one of the reasons why I haven't gone there before...I have met many Teachers in the past almost 40 years...Norbu is the one that always made sense to me...the way he taught I just got it ...ya know what I mean? Yes. The problem with Dzogchen Community...

I sympathise. The lack of regular, easy access to a teacher, especially to ask questions regarding meditation experiences can be a real impediment, especially in a Dzogchen context. It has definitely hampered my practice. So, has Dzogchen always been elitist? Only accessible by a small minority? And...

Daniel Aitken sometimes posts here about Wisdom's online courses. Maybe he can help.

avatamsaka3 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:23 pm Where can the direct introduction from him be found then? We won't be meeting in person anytime soon.

Many lamas are doing this online. I've not seen Lama Alana do it live online, but that doesn't mean he hasn't/won't be.

As these are recordings, I would assume that you would need the direct introduction from Lama Alan in person or via webcast. He's a good teacher, so it would be worth it.

The Heart Attack Sutra by Dr Karl Brunnholzl talks about this exact issue - how do you practice madhyamaka? It's a really good book.

Keith Dowman's book on semdzins is good and has some comments by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche mixed into the commentary.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dzogchen-Semdz ... 709208392/

Nearly all of the Guru Viking podcasts I've heard have been great. Shame he seems to have a small audience. Hopefully it will grow.

Mipham's "Gateway to Knowledge" is brilliant. Really clear condensation of various topics.

He's describing the bardo of dharmata. http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/bardo_of_dharmata

A tangentially related question - what traditional methods were/are used for contraception in Tibet?

You can read about the purpose of one of these types of pujas in Great Accomplishment by Tulku Urgyen. The abbreviated form of this puja is the one Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche will often do before giving teachings on the nature of mind. It really helps clear the way for things to sink in successful IMHO.

Depends on the lama in question.

https://media.sbinstitute.com/courses/dharma-talk/prophecy-received-by-dudjom-lingpa/ Lama Alan begins by explaining that rather than meditation, this session will be devoted to a discussion on the way these Dzogchen practices fit into our particular cultural and historical moment. He mentions that ...

Stumbled on this and it seemed relevant https://buddhaweekly.com/scientific-buddhist-peer-reviewed-studies-demonstrate-buddhist-metta-loving-kindness-meditation-can-slow-aging-increase-brain-matter-decrease-ptsd-schizophrenia-ten-benefits-com/ Scientific Buddhist: Peer Reviewed Studies Demonstrate ...

Jean Luc Achard is a very talented translator into French. https://wisdomexperience.org/content-au ... uc-achard/

Erik Pema Kunzag, Thomas Doctor, and Andreas Doctor are all non-native English speakers, but I don't know if they have published in other languages.

I have downloaded the CPTSD book. It's funny you should mention that as I have actually been diagnosed with CPTSD! I haven't been diagnosed but I'm quite certain I have it, though thankfully a minor case. The work of Pete Walker has helped me, anyway. His website is really useful too: http://pete-w...

Have you read Pete Walker's book Complex PTSD- From Surviving to Thriving? I think you'll find it very useful. I work on the principle that you have to be mindful and see any triggering of the fight/flight/freeze/fawn response as it appears. It then needs to be recognized as a faulty response based ...

I am also deeply interested in hearing more about the practical side, how he survived without money or clothing except what he was wearing for all those years. I find that absolutely amazing too, going from comfort in the monastery and never being alone to surviving totally alone, self reliant with...

The greatest failure of him was trusting even for a second in the products and "medical " or whatever ethics of "Big Pharma", and relying on their phychopharmaceutical "medicine". This decision destroyed him and medical treatments in Canada and the US were not able to help him. I agree. I'll probab...