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by KoolAid900
Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:10 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Getting the MOST out of ngondro
Replies: 26
Views: 6284

Re: Getting the MOST out of ngondro

I have never seriously done prostrations/refuge, I spent a bit of time on the practice and did consult teachers about it, they stressed that the refuge part was more important than full physical prostrations. in fact, we were even given modification of simply bowing etc. when not capable of the ful...
by KoolAid900
Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:35 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Getting the MOST out of ngondro
Replies: 26
Views: 6284

Re: Getting the MOST out of ngondro

Also, really helpful IME is confidence in the practice. With genuine confidence in the ngondro it will be easier to let go and focus on it single mindedly & wholeheartedly. Real confidence arises as you experience the results of the practice. I was also injured during a practice of prostrations ...
by KoolAid900
Sat Nov 10, 2018 9:44 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Drikung Kagyu
Replies: 38
Views: 11434

Re: Drikung Kagyu

Hello All, Is there a particular characteristic for the Drikung Kagyu Lamas and education? They have Drikung Phowa and Achi. Oh yeah! How could I forget about Achi!?? There are other lineages with Achi too (Karma Kagyu and probably others), but it's sort of a Drikung specialty. She was Jigten Sumgo...
by KoolAid900
Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:32 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Drikung Kagyu
Replies: 38
Views: 11434

Re: Drikung Kagyu

Hello All, Is there a particular characteristic for the Drikung Kagyu Lamas and education? Hi Javier, I am not 100% sure what you are asking... but I'll give it a shot. Speaking with Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche this summer, he told me that currently at Jangchubling (the main seat of Drikung Kagy...
by KoolAid900
Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:45 am
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Karmapa OTR free to visit Sikkim
Replies: 10
Views: 4275

Re: Karmapa OTR free to visit Sikkim

Yes, mostly sad, but I can't stop chuckling :jumping:

I personally would want nothing to with being Karmapa or any other high Lama, how much would be expected of you! It's just hard for me to get inside the mind of someone like that... I would be so embarassed
by KoolAid900
Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:05 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Sleep Awareness?
Replies: 14
Views: 3552

Re: Sleep Awareness?

You can be aware of sleep and it does not necessary mean that you are resting in rigpa That's what I suspect as well. Very deep shamatha like maybe the dhyanas, which isn't rigpa but quite an accomplishment, would seem likely to involve enough stability and awareness to allow one to be aware of the...
by KoolAid900
Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:59 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Refuge from afar with Garchen Rinpoche
Replies: 6
Views: 3036

Re: Refuge from afar with Garchen Rinpoche

Rinpoche is touring the east and Midwest over the next couple of months (not sure where you live aspiring monk). It is really worth the effort to see him in person if it's possible especially if you want to pursue BuddhaDharma in the Drikung Kagyu and are drawn toward him. He really is like the perf...
by KoolAid900
Sun Apr 01, 2018 4:29 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Sleep Awareness?
Replies: 14
Views: 3552

Re: Sleep Awareness?

Awareness during deep sleep is possible, the 3rd empowerment (mind/Dharmakaya) is associated with clearing the obscuration to this awareness. I think the practice of clear light from the 6 yogas of Naropa may go deeper into this. Also, I wonder if it would be possible with really strong shamatha pra...
by KoolAid900
Sat Mar 31, 2018 6:29 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Nagarjuna and the chariot argument for emptiness
Replies: 8
Views: 3148

Re: Nagarjuna and the chariot argument for emptiness

Yes, thank you! That explains why I couldn't find it, wrong author. Now to pursue some elaboration on these points
by KoolAid900
Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:41 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: A different look at Guru Yoga
Replies: 75
Views: 18436

Re: A different look at Guru Yoga

Has anybody seen this? Watch "Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche ~ The Future of Buddhism, London Talks Part One" on YouTube https://youtu.be/GC_VmA16-fs I really enjoyed it, especially the last half or so. In the Q&A he is asked whether or not he supports Mingyur Rinpoche's statement about ab...
by KoolAid900
Sat Mar 31, 2018 2:22 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Nagarjuna and the chariot argument for emptiness
Replies: 8
Views: 3148

Nagarjuna and the chariot argument for emptiness

Does anyone know where I can find the complete description of the arguments for emptiness using the chariot? I recall hearing Nagarjuna detailing 10 or 11 fallacies in the ways we impute Svabhava onto objects like a chariot. This was my introduction to emptiness in a Buddhist class many years ago an...
by KoolAid900
Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:31 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Could someone explain emptiness?
Replies: 50
Views: 16612

Re: Could someone explain emptiness?

The chariot analogy for śūnyatā is pertinent. Does anyone know where I can find the expanded analogy for the chariot? I recall hearing Nagarjuna explaining the fallacy of 10 or 11 common ways we impute the Svabhava of chariot. I learned this in a Buddhist class at FSU many years ago and would reall...
by KoolAid900
Sun Mar 25, 2018 3:29 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

interesting, i believe i got more or less the same impression, by practicing we are just preparing to die

yeah,most of distraction has to do with not being aware of death.

thanks! this is fun
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Yes, I enjoyed it as well. Thanks 😀
by KoolAid900
Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:20 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

i was refering if death was treated different, let's say, in kriya and in ati yoga for example. i agree, depends more on the person, but i want to know if the teachings on how face death are also different in those systems. sorry my english is not the best :( Maybe there are technical differences, ...
by KoolAid900
Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:43 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

i see. i don't know if in vajrayana, in general, death is treated in the same way as in atiyoga, do you know if so? I would think death is considered very similarly in both Sarma and Nyingma. They are both Vajrayana and are more similar than different. I remember Gyalpo Rinpoche saying that sometim...
by KoolAid900
Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:51 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

Again, my point is that if we can't even go to sleep and recognize, then at death the chance should be more like turn to panic.. But yes, an authority might be better to clear this, i'm also very interested to know :)! Something Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche told me from what he has seen... if a p...
by KoolAid900
Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:45 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

Again, my point is that if we can't even go to sleep and recognize, then at death the chance should be more like turn to panic.. But yes, an authority might be better to clear this, i'm also very interested to know :)! Something Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche told me from what he has seen... if a p...
by KoolAid900
Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:09 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: A different look at Guru Yoga
Replies: 75
Views: 18436

Re: A different look at Guru Yoga

I like what I heave read from Ringu Tulku a lot. There is a difference between someone advocating real devotion and connection to the Outer Guru, and someone advocating for devotion to the Outer Guru as basically an obligatory institutional thing, whatever else they want to claim it is. Once it tur...
by KoolAid900
Wed Mar 21, 2018 1:03 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Donating one's organs at death
Replies: 87
Views: 17288

Re: Donating one's organs at death

Got it. But i was pointing to donating organs while conciousness has not left the body. According to the bardo thodol there is a process involved, not that simple as a doctor say "is dead" and give his signature in a record. For that i was asking if there is a 3 days gap for the process t...
by KoolAid900
Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:34 pm
Forum: Mahamudra
Topic: Assist a fellow Mahamudrist this Holiday season! I need Ganges Mahamudra DVD's!!
Replies: 9
Views: 5630

Re: Assist a fellow Mahamudrist this Holiday season! I need Ganges Mahamudra DVD's!!

There is a set of oral instructions that Tilopa gave to Naropa on the bank of the river Ganges. These instructions have become know as Ganges Mahamudra. I am not sure if there is a Chinese teaching with a similar name....

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