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Padme, Practices which are Tibetan Buddhist and Mahayana but not Vajrayana: Lo-do Nam-zhi (The four topics that turn the mind) Tong Len Lo Jong You might want to do word searches for those topics. These are very wonderful, very powerful and positive practices. Also, the three lower tantras (kriya, c...

Great clarification. :thanks: Of course you can read up on the theory and practice of Vajrayana Buddhism on your own. No problem. There're loads of books and all sorts of sources on-line. I think it's very intelligent to first suss out the system intellectually before jumping into practice. It's the...

Padme, What exactly are you trying to achieve by your study and practice of Buddhism? If you answer that question as honestly as possible, I think you will clarify for yourself whether or not you absolutely must have a Nirmanakaya (i.e., flesh and blood) Teacher. In other words, if you yearn day and...

There's Khenpo Sonam's center in LA, Lhundrup Choling, at 2481 Amherst Ave., LA, CA 90064. Khenpo Sonam's great. Plus they invite a lot of guest Lamas. Khenpo Sonam is Bhutanese and practices both Longchen Nyingthig and Dudjom Tersar.

Thanks. I should've remembered that. Duh!

Hi. I'm looking for the Tibetan and/or Romanization of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche's Short Tashi Tsigpa prayer which goes: OM To the marvelous, auspicious heavenly deities I bow down. Please accept me and bless me so that I may Spontaneously realize supreme good fortune to benefit myself and others. Posses...

Or scorched and, therefore, nonfunctional

deff's advice is right on the money.

Magnus, I did not have you in mind when I wrote that line. I was commenting on another person's use of Dzogchen scripture to validate their argument which seemed to me to be book-based, not practice-based. Like most Western Buddhists, I've read my share of Dzogchen texts on my own without lung and k...

IMO, there is no realization without the Guru. If one's Guru says to do a practice, one does --whether that be ngon-dro, any or all of Three Roots, tsa-lung, ru-shen, sem-dzin, threk-chod, or todgal. In my experience, the overwhelming majority of contemporary lineage-holding Dzogchen Gurus recommend...

There are different levels of teacher in Tibetan Buddhism. Since you've only been studying this path for three months, I recommend you not worry about this at the moment. Keep going to the Lamrim class. Eventually you will learn about the importance of the Guru in the practice of Vajrayana. If you d...

So was my Root Guru, Kazi Sonam Topgyal, aka Sonam T. Kazi, who was born into the Rhennock family of Sikkim.

"According to 'Words of My Perfect Teacher', the used rice should be given to birds or poor people, but that's not easy if you live in a western city I guess." When I did this (1973 or 4), I was living in the back my Teacher's Tibetan antique shop in Greenwich Village. (Kangchen Dzo Nga at 215 Thomp...

Marlusz,

Sorry, I've given all the information I know about this couple, and even that was hear-say.

"Thank you Pema Rigdzin, it might be the guys and this story could explain why they don't mention their teacher and lineage. However as for completion of the path of Tögal, for me that would be the rainbow body. I am very surprised of their claim to say the least. I read somewhere else about Tibetan...

I believe they are/were Chagdud Rinpoche's students or somehow otherwise connected with Chagdud Gompa.

I've taken H.E. Ayang Rinpoche's phowa course in Bodhgaya and I was absolutely wonderful. However, I believe the sadhana you're referring to (there's both a long and short one) do require initiation and lung. For sure Rinpoche gave both at the course I was at. The sadhana does involve self-visualiza...

IMHO, Choje Ayang Rinpoche is unexcelled when it comes to teaching on death and dying, especially the getting ready for dying part. His phowa course is excellent and I have only heard very good things about his shi-tro course (which I'm very much hoping to do). Although Ayang Rinpoche is titularly D...

Who says those who achieve rainbow body can't have tulkus? In fact, they are even more capable of having emanations, limitless emanations. We shouldn't think of rainbow body as being some kind of extinction.

Tashi delay Dharma Wheel. Just happened to come across this site yesterday. Seems like a replacement for the old e-sangha.com. At least, a lot of former e-sangha members seem to be members here. I'm looking forward to reading the posts on this forum, especially news of upcoming Vajrayana/Dzogchen te...