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Then you are already studying with a Dzogchen master,. Come to Gomde Denmark this summer and get teachings you want. /magnus Ok, so Tara's triple excellence is supposed to lead to Dzogchen? It's difficult for me to combine the visualization with chanting in Tibetan while maintaining in a meditative...

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I wonder if someone can tip me on where to get a good meditation mat & meditation cushion? Is do anyone sell Samadhi cushions & mats within the EU or are there any equivalent alternatives that you can recommend?

Then you are already studying with a Dzogchen master,. Come to Gomde Denmark this summer and get teachings you want. /magnus Ok, so Tara's triple excellence is supposed to lead to Dzogchen? It's difficult for me to combine the visualization with chanting in Tibetan while maintaining in a meditative...

definitely haven't been able to grasp Madhyamaka yet. This is irrelevant in dzogchen. The dzogchen master will introduce you to the nature of mind and take it from there. But this really has to be done in person (although not necessarily one on one). Kirt Hi, I live in southern Sweden. I've studied...

definitely haven't been able to grasp Madhyamaka yet. Just a tiny bit of advice: if you think that madhyamaka is something to grasp, you are not ready to practice dzogchen. Dzogchen is about not grasping anything at all. Even by posting this, I am not practcing dzogchen. I've understood that & ...

Hi, Off & on I've been trying to find a way to learn about & practice Buddhism for some time & am always drawn to the Tibetan form of it. I've tried meditating on guru & deity meditation (through diamond way & dharmasun) but I've found it hard for various reasons & think I mi...

I've never heard of the 'kalachakra forces'. Can someone give a quick overview? Obviously, The problem of Islamic militancy is growing & is likely to continue growing in proportion with the growth of the populations that are Islamic.

Don't be sectarian. Be a Buddhist philosopher, but you don't have to point out that you are a specifically Buddhist philosopher but I think that it's a strength that you also draw from buddhism instead of the regular old guard of enlightenment era guys

The present day buddhism is to a large extent a product of the european scientific world view. It is not a product of enlightened masters of Mahayana or Sravakayana. If you had faith in say Tsongkhapa, Zhi Yi, Dogen, Linchi, or any other great master, who had attained perfect enlightenment, who saw...

Do the 7 gods who rule the planets have corresponding deities in Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism as well? Saturn (Kronos in greek) Jupiter (Zeus in greek) Mars (Ares in greek) Sun (Sol or Helios in greek & Apollo) Venus (Aphrodite in greek) Mercury (Hermes in greek) Moon (Luna & Diana or Selen...

Thank you for the informative answers. Have there never been a process of narrowing down the vast amount of scriptures to what's most essential & authoritative? I think the hindus categorize the vedas and upanishads among others as direct revelations or sruti and others in further categories. It...

Hi, Is there a canon of scriptures that is broadly accepted within both Mahayana & Vajrayana? Does it include the whole canon accepted by the Theravada school? If i've understood things correctly, nothing was written down until centuries after the time of the Buddha himself? I spoke to a therava...

I've noticed that the 7-fold chakra layout that is the unofficial standard i Europe & the US has also become the standard among indian groups as well. At least the ones I've come across. So Dzogchen is actually a form or mode of teachings of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism & not a sep...

Sanskrit mantras are preserved with perfect accuracy in Tibetan texts. Whether they are pronounced well by Tibetans is another matter altogether. Ok. But what about the scriptures? Are the different canons preserved in their original languages? I thought there are many scriptures that are only pres...

That sounds great & dispels some confusion for me. I have some other questions about yoga in Tibetan Buddhism viz Indian: Why is it that there is greater secrecy in Tibetan Buddhism teachings on kundalini or the equivalent? It seems that teachers in the Indian yoga systems teach kundalini or rel...

If we take the site at face value (I haven't looked closely), and is under Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's umbrella, then the answer to your question is "yes" :thinking: Chökyi Nyima represents a "hybrid" tradition (I don't mean to sound dismissive, but I can't think of a better word at...

Does Tara's Triple Excellence belong to the Kagyu or the Nyingma lineage of buddhism? I understand it's a terma or revelation.

Is Dzogchen part of the Nyingma lineage or its own lineage?

Sanskrit mantras are preserved with perfect accuracy in Tibetan texts. Whether they are pronounced well by Tibetans is another matter altogether. Ok. But what about the scriptures? Are the different canons preserved in their original languages? I thought there are many scriptures that are only pres...

I was thinking that Yantra could replace indian yoga for me, I have experience with kundalini Yoga primarily. I guess the practices that need transmission are the most advanced ones though? Very strange about the Dharmasun site, it worked yesterday & works on other connections, but all of a sudd...

Isn't Nepal & Bhutan countries who adhere to vajrayana buddhism but don't speak Tibetan? How do they do it in those countries? Do the mantras & texts still exist in Sanskrit? i think it's very difficult to first chant along with a language completely different from European languages while ...