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Sönam wrote:I doubt he says so ... when one practice, one does not really look at someone.Blue Garuda wrote: I think I read that he prefers people to look at him, as he is the source.
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Lhug-Pa wrote:Well Pero has said that there is also no webcast for the Longsal Root Empowerment, however I think that it was said a couple pages ago that the upcoming retreat is not the Longsal Root Empowerment.Dronma wrote:There is always webcast (open or closed). Apart from Yangti and Togal.
It will not be the first time that Rinpoche is transmitting Jnanadhakini through webcast....
So it looks like there will be a (closed?) webcast from July 4 - 10.
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Yes a Don-wang is an empowerment.Lhug-Pa wrote:Isn't a Don-Wang a type of Empowerment though?
(I understand that there would specific reasons why the Root Empowerment (Wang?) of Longsal, and other Empowerments, cannot be transmitted via webcast).
Confidence is part of the realization.Sherlock wrote:Someone posted about vajra sister who is a neuroscientist doing some scans of the brain while practising meditation in the Dzogchen way which showed a reduction in activity of the prefrontal cortex and als9 quoted some texts saying the f3eling is like lifting a hat off your head. I often feel like this during practice and afterwards, is this what ChNN calls "presence"? Vidya/instant presence I think I feel only in some momentary flashes while doing guruyoga.
Yes the 2nd statement but what I wanted to ask was whether this corresponded with the stste of presence, not instant presence in anyone's personal experience.Andrew108 wrote:Confidence is part of the realization.Sherlock wrote:Someone posted about vajra sister who is a neuroscientist doing some scans of the brain while practising meditation in the Dzogchen way which showed a reduction in activity of the prefrontal cortex and als9 quoted some texts saying the f3eling is like lifting a hat off your head. I often feel like this during practice and afterwards, is this what ChNN calls "presence"? Vidya/instant presence I think I feel only in some momentary flashes while doing guruyoga.
Perhaps you might start a new thread about this.Sherlock wrote:Yes the 2nd statement but what I wanted to ask was whether this corresponded with the stste of presence, not instant presence in anyone's personal experience.Andrew108 wrote:Confidence is part of the realization.Sherlock wrote:Someone posted about vajra sister who is a neuroscientist doing some scans of the brain while practising meditation in the Dzogchen way which showed a reduction in activity of the prefrontal cortex and als9 quoted some texts saying the f3eling is like lifting a hat off your head. I often feel like this during practice and afterwards, is this what ChNN calls "presence"? Vidya/instant presence I think I feel only in some momentary flashes while doing guruyoga.
Ah, thanks.Sherlock wrote:Ganapuja
All are Yidams, never heard of them being protectors.Sherlock wrote:I think some deities can be both, like Simhamukha or Guru Dragphur, Dorje Drollod is similar since you actually transform into him. Other protectors like Ekajati are usually solely protectors and rarely transformed into.
Yep, looks like I'm wrong with regards to the first three, who are yidams. Ekajati is a protector though, as sadi by ChNN many times.heart wrote:All are Yidams, never heard of them being protectors.Sherlock wrote:I think some deities can be both, like Simhamukha or Guru Dragphur, Dorje Drollod is similar since you actually transform into him. Other protectors like Ekajati are usually solely protectors and rarely transformed into.
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Thanks both.Sherlock wrote:Yep, looks like I'm wrong with regards to the first three, who are yidams. Ekajati is a protector though, as sadi by ChNN many times.heart wrote:All are Yidams, never heard of them being protectors.Sherlock wrote:I think some deities can be both, like Simhamukha or Guru Dragphur, Dorje Drollod is similar since you actually transform into him. Other protectors like Ekajati are usually solely protectors and rarely transformed into.
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Definitely a yidam. Dorje Drolod is one of the 8 main manifestations of Guru Padmasambhava.Blue Garuda wrote:Just looking at the list - is Dorje Drolod classed as Yidam or Dharmapala ?
I read the old thread but couldn't find out which.
I know that in Nyingma there is a lion-faced female protector, but I don't believe she is the same as the yidam Singhamukha.Sherlock wrote:Yep, looks like I'm wrong with regards to the first three, who are yidams. Ekajati is a protector though, as sadi by ChNN many times.heart wrote:All are Yidams, never heard of them being protectors.Sherlock wrote:I think some deities can be both, like Simhamukha or Guru Dragphur, Dorje Drollod is similar since you actually transform into him. Other protectors like Ekajati are usually solely protectors and rarely transformed into.
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