- Patrul Rinpoche, Words of My Perfect TeacherAlways take the lowest place. Wear simple clothes. Help other beings as much as you can. In everything you do, simply work at developing love and compassion until they have become a fundamental part of you.
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- Sun Apr 15, 2012 4:53 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Your favorite quotes.
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Re: Your favorite quotes.
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: A Shamatha Discussion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1270
Re: A Shamatha Discussion
For others looking for more good resources on Shamatha, the first half of the book "Calm Abiding and Special Insight" is on Calm Abiding (Shamatha) by Geshe Gedun Lodro, so a source from the Tibetan viewpoint. It's a habit. We are visually super stimulated, perhaps, so the tendency to visu...
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:59 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: A Shamatha Discussion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1270
A Shamatha Discussion
Hello, I thought I'd make a post to see if we could get a thread going on training the mind in Shamatha. I am hoping that we can exchange experiences, advice, and resources. Shamatha being the widespread meditation that it is in Buddhism (and beyond), there are many resources, but one that I find pa...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:19 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Travel to Shechen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 979
Travel to Shechen
Hello all! I have interest in traveling to Shechen monastery in Boudha, Nepal sometime in the near future and am looking for advice from any of you who have either been there (or currently live in Kathmandu). I am looking to receive the transmission of the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro. Would any of the...
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:30 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Beginning Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5089
Re: Beginning Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro!
Nangwa, thank you for the speedy reply!
I am hoping to soon find an opportunity to receive the transmission.
For you ngondro practitioners out there, how long do you spend doing one repetition/cycle of the LNN practice? I'm curious how many of these I'll be able to do in the morning, evening.
I am hoping to soon find an opportunity to receive the transmission.
For you ngondro practitioners out there, how long do you spend doing one repetition/cycle of the LNN practice? I'm curious how many of these I'll be able to do in the morning, evening.
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:59 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Beginning Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5089
Re: Beginning Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro!
Greetings to all! This is my first post, so a couple things: Sangyey: I'm reading the "revised edition" which is good. Also the Guide to Words of My Perfect Teacher by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang is clutch. I also wish to begin practicing the Longchen Nyintik Ngodro. My understanding is that it...