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Yes, it requires lung. It's actually quite a high practice in terms of its view.

It may take you (it probably should take you) several years at least to realize who your Root Guru is.

The bottom line for me with this thread (and so many others this last year on DW) is that I just don't believe you can practice Vajrayana effectively via Internet alone . You need a personal Teacher Who you interact with in meat-space, at least from time to time -- a Teacher Who knows you, knows you...

Lama Sonam Tshering gave the lung for the Dudjom Vajra Armor sadhana coming from Black Hayagriva. So Lama Sonam transmitted more than just the mantra. The mantra is the same as Dorje Lingpa's, but it is preceded by Vajrapani's three-syllable mantra and the sadhana includes visualization of Vajrapani...

OP, IMO, the answer to your question depends on who you are talking about -- scholars (Khenpos, Geshes, Acharyas, etc.) or practitioners. Also IMO, you've received really good answers from members of each of these groups.

Lama Tsultrim has her market. What Lama is right for everyone?

Please PM me both your wife's and your name and I will include you in my prayers.

Sincerely,
Lama Pema Chophel

During prostrations you slip it back over both shoulders and hold the edges with your hands as you bow down and rise back up again.

When needed, you can stuff the loose ends into the top edge of the zen.

Generally, in the Tibetan tradition, we don't use pins or brooches.

Drape the zen equally over both shoulder. Now slip the zen off the right shoulder and throw that end over the left shoulder. There you go.

It was the late Lama Dawa Chodrak who promoted Dorje Gotrab as a complete path to Enlightenment, and His way of practicing was far more than a single 3-day retreat. I was the first of His students to complete the "first level course," and that took 10 years and many retreats, each accompanied by a t...

Magnus, So very sorry to hear this. My wife and I will do sur for him for 49 days.

If you're having trouble completing the thun-min/uncommon ngondro, I recommend you go back and really internalize the thun-mong/common ngondro, i.e., lo-do nam-zhi/the four thoughts that turn the mind. Without developing real nge-jung/renunciation, very hard to do ngondro. In fact, there's no reason...

Maybe I missed it above, but I've been waiting for someone to say this. Thank you, Loppon-la.

Yes, you should use flour and the three sweets and three whites, not incense. You can buy not pre-made here: https://tibetantreasures.com/collection ... 1507609663

What Ayu said.

I also bought a bunch of these in Rajasthan almost 20 years ago. At the time, I was told the multi-armed deity was a local Goddess. I don't remember the name.

To me, the question is not whether you may say a mantra without transmission but rather how well it will work. Even without transmission, it will still create a karmic link with that mantra and it's associated Deity. If you really want to get the best results from these two mantra, try to get the tr...