Best Yidams to Remove Obstacles
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Your mind.
By the way, it's also the hardest to appease!
By the way, it's also the hardest to appease!
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Very quick reply for now. Obstacles are inner. Time and money to do retreat is not really a problem. More relationship as I don't want to leave my wife home alone.
Also, I feel I need a closer relationship with a teacher before I start a retreat. Now, I would just be winging it.
Many thanks again. You are all providing great help!
Also, I feel I need a closer relationship with a teacher before I start a retreat. Now, I would just be winging it.
Many thanks again. You are all providing great help!
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Guru Yoga, as in intensively praying to the Guru, and resting in the natural state was the answer I got from Garchen Rinpoche when I asked a similar question. Of course deities like Vajrakilaya etc is also great.Clarence wrote:Thanks all. Currently no access to main Lama (he is stuck in Tibet), except to CNN through webcasts.
Obstacles take the form of general lack of retreat opportunity and moving forward with practice. Hope that helps.
So, what would you suggest?
/magnus
"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
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"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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In that case, I would, at the very least recite the Lama Gesar mantra.
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And? Did it work for you?heart wrote:Guru Yoga, as in intensively praying to the Guru, and resting in the natural state was the answer I got from Garchen Rinpoche when I asked a similar question. Of course deities like Vajrakilaya etc is also great.Clarence wrote:Thanks all. Currently no access to main Lama (he is stuck in Tibet), except to CNN through webcasts.
Obstacles take the form of general lack of retreat opportunity and moving forward with practice. Hope that helps.
So, what would you suggest?
/magnus
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I don't think I have the lung for that mantra.ngodrup wrote:In that case, I would, at the very least recite the Lama Gesar mantra.
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I recommend Guru Dragphur or Simhamukha (I assume you have lung for these) and/or Padmasambhava guru yoga (or just vajra guru mantra is fine). Any of these practices should address the obstacles you mentioned. If the main thing is needing a closer connection with a teacher, Guru Dragphur and/or Padmasambhava might be most expedient.Clarence wrote:Very quick reply for now. Obstacles are inner. Time and money to do retreat is not really a problem. More relationship as I don't want to leave my wife home alone.
Also, I feel I need a closer relationship with a teacher before I start a retreat. Now, I would just be winging it.
Many thanks again. You are all providing great help!
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Prayers to Buddha are extremely powerful.
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Song of the Vajra.
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Garchen Rinpoche told me that at the bottom of every sad state of mind there was a thought that was the root of it. So combining Guru Yoga and Trechö it becomes apparent what that thought is. Something actually surfaced for me, so you can say it worked, but I am still working on it.Clarence wrote:And? Did it work for you?heart wrote:
Guru Yoga, as in intensively praying to the Guru, and resting in the natural state was the answer I got from Garchen Rinpoche when I asked a similar question. Of course deities like Vajrakilaya etc is also great.
/magnus
/magnus
"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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A few rounds of angry birds does it for me
People will know nothing and everything
Remember nothing and everything
Think nothing and everything
Do nothing and everything
- Machig Labdron
Remember nothing and everything
Think nothing and everything
Do nothing and everything
- Machig Labdron
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Yeah! I dig mean chicks too... ermmm...maybay wrote:A few rounds of angry birds does it for me
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Best Yidams to Remove Obstacles
Yidams for removing obstacles are as everyone noted......Vajrakilaya, Guru Dragpo or Dragphur, lots of Guru Rinpoche emanations/forms, and don't forget Hayagriva, etc.
No one's mentioned Protector practices, which of course are all about "removing obstacles." Good to do, if you've been taught how to do them, or have relationship with those practices.
However, in your case, it sounds specifically like the "obstacle" is your relationship, or your perception of it. Therefore, the best thing to do is to have a discussion with your significant other about practice, and work out some sort of mutually agreeable situation.
Get up early in the morning, practice until after dawn. Do a short session in the evening, if you need to offer torma, etc. On weekends, maybe work in extra sessions, or take a day off work and practice......and have some sort of agreement with your significant other about your practice time / practice schedule.
No one's mentioned Protector practices, which of course are all about "removing obstacles." Good to do, if you've been taught how to do them, or have relationship with those practices.
However, in your case, it sounds specifically like the "obstacle" is your relationship, or your perception of it. Therefore, the best thing to do is to have a discussion with your significant other about practice, and work out some sort of mutually agreeable situation.
Get up early in the morning, practice until after dawn. Do a short session in the evening, if you need to offer torma, etc. On weekends, maybe work in extra sessions, or take a day off work and practice......and have some sort of agreement with your significant other about your practice time / practice schedule.
དམ་པའི་དོན་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ཆེ་བ་དང་།
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
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Okay I'll follow your advice Gregkavarnos.
But why not?
People mention Samantabhadra/Samantabhadri and Garab Dorje.
Are we not supposed mention Dharma Protectors at all?
Or just Her?
But why not?
People mention Samantabhadra/Samantabhadri and Garab Dorje.
Are we not supposed mention Dharma Protectors at all?
Or just Her?
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Really, Lhug-pa, you shouldn't even be mentioning her name, especially on a public internet board! Notice how Cone just said protector practices without going into specifics.
Feel free to edit!
Feel free to edit!
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
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Thanks for your answer.heart wrote: Garchen Rinpoche told me that at the bottom of every sad state of mind there was a thought that was the root of it. So combining Guru Yoga and Trechö it becomes apparent what that thought is. Something actually surfaced for me, so you can say it worked, but I am still working on it.
/magnus
Garchen Rinpoche is great. I guess we always keep working at it.
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Well, on to find some lung and tri then.conebeckham wrote:Yidams for removing obstacles are as everyone noted......Vajrakilaya, Guru Dragpo or Dragphur, lots of Guru Rinpoche emanations/forms, and don't forget Hayagriva, etc.
Since I wasn't sure I could keep the commitment, I have never taken teachings/empowerment on protectors.No one's mentioned Protector practices, which of course are all about "removing obstacles." Good to do, if you've been taught how to do them, or have relationship with those practices.
Definitely my perception. You are right.However, in your case, it sounds specifically like the "obstacle" is your relationship, or your perception of it. Therefore, the best thing to do is to have a discussion with your significant other about practice, and work out some sort of mutually agreeable situation.
Thanks, I will see how I can fit things in. Practical advice from you once again. Maybe I should add you as an inspirational western practitioner.Get up early in the morning, practice until after dawn. Do a short session in the evening, if you need to offer torma, etc. On weekends, maybe work in extra sessions, or take a day off work and practice......and have some sort of agreement with your significant other about your practice time / practice schedule.
Best,
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What is Trechö?heart wrote:Garchen Rinpoche told me that at the bottom of every sad state of mind there was a thought that was the root of it. So combining Guru Yoga and Trechö it becomes apparent what that thought is. Something actually surfaced for me, so you can say it worked, but I am still working on it.
Equanimity is the ground. Love is the moisture. Compassion is the seed. Bodhicitta is the result.
-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
-Ra Lotsawa, All-pervading Melodious Drumbeats
-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
-Ra Lotsawa, All-pervading Melodious Drumbeats
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Main practices in Dzogchen Menngagde are called Trekchö (cutting through) and Tögal (leaping over).Konchog1 wrote:What is Trechö?heart wrote:Garchen Rinpoche told me that at the bottom of every sad state of mind there was a thought that was the root of it. So combining Guru Yoga and Trechö it becomes apparent what that thought is. Something actually surfaced for me, so you can say it worked, but I am still working on it.
/magnus
"We are all here to help each other go through this thing, whatever it is."
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)