Dharma Wheel

Of course, if we have to put a candle or lamp out that we have offered, then we do what we need to do. But then we can't offer it again. ABO. Also, I think sometimes it's easy to forget that the candles and lamps on our altars are offerings and not decorations for our enjoyment. Just saying. Peace o...

Adamantine. Of course, you do what your Teacher tells you to do. If the Khenpo Brothers are your Teachers, then, absolutely you should follow Their teachings. For me, I have never, ever seen any of my Teachers in the U.S., Nepal, India, or Tibet put out an offering lamp. Move it somewhere safe, yes....

No. They've already been offered (ABO). They are no longer yours. Best to allow them to burn completely out on their own. there are several ways of doing this safely such as putting on top of glass, putting in a glass or metal coaster, putting in a shallow pan of water. This is why many, many temple...

Oops, very, very sorry. My mistake. OM BA-DZRA SA-TO HUNG. Meant to say Lama Pema Yedrol Dorje.

Thank you for the correction.

Typically four 3-hour sessions per day beginning at 4 AM with possibly a couple of shorter sessions in between (for instance for sang, sur, Protectors, chod, etc). But what you do in these four sessions and any shorter sessions depends on what you are trying to accomplish in the retreat, what main s...

Sorry, I should've said H.H. Dudjom Sangay Pema Zhepa Rinpoche. As for the original list of recently passed Nyingma Lamas, I'd add: Loppon Nikula (Bhutan) Tulku Thadral (Nepal) As for living Heart-sons of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, I'd add: Gohen Tulku Sang-ngag Tenzin Rinpoche (Who is also a Heart-so...

Kyabje Jadral Sangay Dorje Rinpoche's four "Heart-sons" are:

H.H. Dudjom Pema Zhepa Dorje
H.H. Kathog Situ Rinpoche
Semo Saraswati Rinpoche
Loppon Jigme Thubtob Namgyal Rinpoche

The way I heard it is that Chogyur Rinpoche offered to include Dudjom Lingpa's termas in the Rinchen Terdzod but Dudjom Lingpa said no need, that where the Rinchen Terdzod was, there also would be His termas. Seems accurate so far.

I found this namthar/life story very inspiring: https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-ma ... nga-palden

"Imagine that your Root Guru requires you to wear robes whenever you are attending teachings or empowerments, given by anyone. But you also have a Guru who specifies that you should not, and should wear the dress of your own culture etc. Do you simply give up attending the latter's sessions or risk ...

If that Guru is your Root Guru, then yes, His/Her teaching outweighs all others.

Pero, The five sins of immediate retribution that you list are the sins that take you immediately to hell when you die without passing through the bardo or taking another life in-between. There are plenty of demeritorious actions beyond these five that can take you to hell. However, it is only these...

We are screwed. We always have been screwed. It's SAMSARA!

Yeshe Dorje is approximately my own age. So 73, 74. I'm pretty sure he's not older than me. Maybe he's as young as 72. I seem to remember that he and my wife are the same age. I think he became Kyabje Jadral Rinpoche's student in 1971-2. Pretty early on.

Personally, I haven't found much interest in the services of a ngakpa (other than divination) in even a heavily Vajrayana city like Boulder, CO. Perhaps that's because so many of the practitioners here are old Trungpa Rinpoche students. (Don't ask me to explain that further, please.) I the last year...

By donations, either from jin-dag/patrons or by begging. Yeshe Dorje is a Nyingma yogi living in Crestone, CO. His cabin an hour up the side of a mountain is lent to him by the rich patroness that owns hundreds of acres there. His food and clothes come from a very meager stipend from his family and ...

Quoted by Khentrul Lodo Thaye,

“If renunciation and bodhicitta are absent, a person cannot sow the seeds of liberation even after nine years of Dzogchen retreat.” - Patrul Rinpoche

From the Le'u Dunma: NGA-GYAI THA-MA TSHOD-DU NYIG-MA-LA SEM-CHEN THAM-CHED NYON-MONG DUG-NGA-RAG NYON-MONG JOL-NYOG DUG-NGA RANG-GYUD-CHOD DE-DRAI DU-NA KHYED-DRAI THUG-JE-KYOB DAD-DEN THO-RI DREN-PAI THUG-JE-CHEN OR-GYEN PE-MA JUNG-NAY-LA SOL-WA-DEB SAM-PA LHUN-GYI DRUB-PAR JIN-GYI LOB Now, in thi...

Losal, Phowa, Nay-dren, bardo prayers, and making and blessing sa-tsas can all be done at a distance. So can reciting Zang Chod Monlam. For me, I wouyld actually wanrt to be at the cremation, even if that only meant I was in the crematorium's waiting room or chapel. The cremation ceremony should be ...