ChNNR's Green Tara practice
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:56 am
Is this ChNNR's own terma, or the terma of Adzom Drukpa? Thanks!
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I think just that very nice invocation is his. But the practice in general is Adzom Drugpa's terma.treehuggingoctopus wrote:According to the booklet, some mantras are Adzom Drukpa's, and some are His.
I bow before the greater knowledge of my Vajra siblingPero wrote:I think just that very nice invocation is his. But the practice in general is Adzom Drugpa's terma.treehuggingoctopus wrote:According to the booklet, some mantras are Adzom Drukpa's, and some are His.
It is all in the booklet, no? I think you have to do 700.000, which actually isn't that much.Reibeam wrote:Here's a Tara question (relates to other deities too though)
In order use action mantras like the 21 Tara ones transmitted by chNN it is often said one has to do a retreat (a few days or a week) and has to accumulate enough of the main mantra.
Although an intensive retreat would be preferred is it acceptable to do two or three months of dedicated daily practice (like a couple hours every day) and accumulate a lot of recitations of the main mantra (100,000 or more) before using the action mantras?
Obviously the main mantra is the most important, but creating the potentiality for the action mantras to function would be beneficial.
practices like Dorje Gotrab are really specific, but Garuda, Tara, etc I am not totally sure.
If anybody could guide me here, I would appreciated it.
Thanks
Someone else asked him this and he said the only way to know for sure is to try the actions mantras after the requisite accumulation and see if it works or not.Reibeam wrote:Although an intensive retreat would be preferred is it acceptable to do two or three months of dedicated daily practice (like a couple hours every day) and accumulate a lot of recitations of the main mantra (100,000 or more) before using the action mantras?
I didn't see a specific number in the booklet I have (there are a couple different ones), but he mentions doing a week retreat as the main condition. If I do the practice diligently perhaps I will find the circumstances for a retreat which will probably happen around recitation 699,999. Your right though, that number isn't really that much.heart wrote:It is all in the booklet, no? I think you have to do 700.000, which actually isn't that much.Reibeam wrote:Here's a Tara question (relates to other deities too though)
In order use action mantras like the 21 Tara ones transmitted by chNN it is often said one has to do a retreat (a few days or a week) and has to accumulate enough of the main mantra.
Although an intensive retreat would be preferred is it acceptable to do two or three months of dedicated daily practice (like a couple hours every day) and accumulate a lot of recitations of the main mantra (100,000 or more) before using the action mantras?
Obviously the main mantra is the most important, but creating the potentiality for the action mantras to function would be beneficial.
practices like Dorje Gotrab are really specific, but Garuda, Tara, etc I am not totally sure.
If anybody could guide me here, I would appreciated it.
Thanks
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I figured someone had already asked him, thanks for relaying his response!Emakirikiri wrote:Someone else asked him this and he said the only way to know for sure is to try the actions mantras after the requisite accumulation and see if it works or not.Reibeam wrote:Although an intensive retreat would be preferred is it acceptable to do two or three months of dedicated daily practice (like a couple hours every day) and accumulate a lot of recitations of the main mantra (100,000 or more) before using the action mantras?
Soap-Bubble wrote:Dear Reibeam, everything depends on your capacity and strength of belief in the mantra. I heard Rinpoche telling a few stories about people who didn't accumulate enough Tara mantra using various action mantras, yet they worked for them. So if you absolutely need an action mantra and you need it right now, I'd say go for it without accumulation. Then if it doesn't work, you can do the accumulation.