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I am just back from Austria and these teachings where I also met Kelwin and Pero from this forum. We all had a very good time together I think. That text by Karma Chagme is pretty amazing.

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What is the relationship between the 17 Dzogchen tantras and the Khandro/Vima Nyingthik? Are the latter two technically commentaries on some of the former 17? Is there actually still a tradition of giving lung/tri for the 17 tantras, or at this point, is the transmission of these texts largely inac...

I took Refuge a few years ago and am seriously considering taking Bodhisattva vows. Can anyone point me to a credible book or website that explains the ceremony for taking Bodhisattva vows? Is it a lot like the Refuge ceremony? In other words, is it usually done one-on-one with a Lama or in a group...

I know this is a dumb question, but as a non-Vajrayana practitioner, I don't understand precisely the danger in revealing these things. Are your rituals and meditation techniques considered to be so powerful that they would damage the unprepared mind or something? Yes, I am afraid it is a bit like ...

Hi everyone, I have a friend that is looking for a thangka of the longchen nyingthig refuge tree. I've found many posters and postcards, but no thangkas. I'm also wary of the ones I've found on ebay as the inconography may be incorrect. Cany anyone point me in the right direction? Not exactly cheap...

Of course allocating time to practice is not the same as boundaried retreat; due to constant distraction and concerns. Even so I'm interested in the possibility of accomplishing sadhana in daily life. How much time (and of course diligence, patience etc.) is needed to pull this off? Would one focus...

Leave and find a better guru. You can leave, you can find an other Guru, but you are still in great debt to the Guru that introduced you to the natural state. You can't ever really turn your back on him/her as you are bound by Samaya, the Samaya of the natural state. Possibly you can arrive at what...

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Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:03 pm

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Sat Jul 28, 2018 9:29 pm

Possibly you can arrive at what Pema Chödron call "no right, no wrong", and that is my whole point.

Oh yes, "I got mine" and screw everyone else.

That isn't really the feeling I get from her. I kind of get the feeling she got a good heart just like I know you have a good heart.

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Of course allocating time to practice is not the same as boundaried retreat; due to constant distraction and concerns. Even so I'm interested in the possibility of accomplishing sadhana in daily life. How much time (and of course diligence, patience etc.) is needed to pull this off? Would one focus...

You recognized the natural state "in dependence on the Guru" and spent 20 years applying the methods your Guru gave you and now he suddenly is no real Guru. What do you do? Leave and find a better guru. You can leave, you can find an other Guru, but you are still in great debt to the Guru that intr...

This is absolutely irrelevant. What does Guruyoga have to do with this matter. It has a lot to do with it. Imagine that the Lama you feel introduced you to the nature of mind is suddenly called an abuser, what would you do? It is pretty strange that the discussion here not even touch on this subjec...

What I am doing is saying that the present dramas do not invalidate the principle of Guru Yoga. This is absolutely irrelevant. What does Guruyoga have to do with this matter. It has a lot to do with it. Imagine that the Lama you feel introduced you to the nature of mind is suddenly called an abuser...

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Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:40 pm

Is there a course like 'Foundation of Buddhist Thought' (https://fpmt.org/education/programs/fou ... t-thought/), but with a Nyingma approach?
Thanks.

Yes, https://dharmasun.org/tte/

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Edit: I know this is out of topic but if anyone has an idea what 'One thousand buddha empowerment' may be it would be useful. I think it may be a bad translation or something like that.

It's a 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara empowerment.

I don't think it is that.

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Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:13 pm

Edit: I know this is out of topic but if anyone has an idea what 'One thousand buddha empowerment' may be it would be useful. I think it may be a bad translation or something like that.

No, I don't think it is a translation problem, Rinpoche got good translators.

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Thanks magnus! If this were a Dzogchen empowerment, then I would certainly receive it. I unfortunately missed Chogyal Namkhai Norbu's transmission this last weekend as I was out of cell/Internet range at the time. ChNNR transmission didn't happen, he is in hospital, so don't worry about that. If yo...

Hello again, As one without a direct teacher currently, I am curious about the benefit of pursuing tantric initiations in light of Dzogchen. I have studied FPMT's lamrim program prior to encountering Dzogchen and had in mind receiving a tantric initiation via webcast from Lama Zopa Rinpoche this Au...

According to ChNN, sems sde must be practiced in conjunction with regular creation and completion stage, that is the point I am making. Sems de, unlike man ngag sde, is not an independent system of practice. I never heard him say that, but I have no reason to don't believe you. Anyway the "man ngag...

This set of books is about sems sde, and was also written before he met Kumaraja. If you say so, but I don't see how that matters actually. Sems sde is also Dzogchen. /magnus According to ChNN, sems sde must be practiced in conjunction with regular creation and completion stage, that is the point I...

Also, it makes a big difference how long you can rest in the natural state because the omniscient quality need some time to flower fully. /magnus Can you please elaborate on that? I have never heard of this, but it would explain some things. I am not sure what to elaborate on. These are oral instru...