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by fckw
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Replies: 17
Views: 965

Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod

Remember to buy the commentaries on Tsig Don Dzod from 2008 to 2012 from that same website, they will be an invaluable guide to improve your understanding. Remember to buy the commentaries on Tsig Don Dzod from 2008 to 2012 from that same website, they will be an invaluable guide to improve your un...
by fckw
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Replies: 17
Views: 965

Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod

Thank you all for the info. For those interested, Taramandala soon offers an online course on the Tsig Don Dzod, hence my question.
by fckw
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Replies: 17
Views: 965

Re: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod

https://tibetantreasures.com/products/the-basic-space-of-phenomena-boptob1?variant=7251478282303 Uhm, now I'm a bit confused, is that the same text? Description says it's called Chöying Dzod containing two texts called P recious Treasury of the Basic Space of Phenomena and A Treasure Trove of Scrip...
by fckw
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod
Replies: 17
Views: 965

Translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod

Just out of curiosity: Are there any further translations of Longchenpa's Tsig Don Dzod besides this one by offered berotsana.org and translated by Lama Chonam and Sangye Khandro ?
by fckw
Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:26 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma
Replies: 53
Views: 2551

Re: Question about Siddhis/Research/Spreading the Dharma

If you are not getting any siddhis whatsoever from deity yoga, then you're doing something wrong.
by fckw
Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Replies: 22
Views: 1995

Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?

In Dzogchen, there are dark retreats in Longdé and Men-ngakdé. In the Men-ngakdé, dark retreats are one form of yoga included in the practice of Thögel which has daytime Thögel and “nighttime” Thögel corresponding to dark retreats. Here nighttime refers to the fact that the practice is performed in...
by fckw
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Replies: 22
Views: 1995

Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?

Others answered the question, but just to share some personal experience - dark retreats are not to be taken lightly. The level of burried emotional problems, disturbances and obstacles can be overwhelming. And not only because I'm pathetic - I've seen people come to the edge of craziness after jus...
by fckw
Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:55 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Replies: 22
Views: 1995

Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?

PeterC wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:28 am Really you don't want to know a lot of detail about this until you're ready to do the retreat.
I am actually trying to find out if I'm ready. And I am in no particular hurry. But thanks for the warning.
by fckw
Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Replies: 22
Views: 1995

Re: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?

Thank you all, these answers are indeed helpful.
by fckw
Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?
Replies: 22
Views: 1995

General set of practices during dzogchen-based dark retreats?

Does anyone know what is generally a high-level overview on the recommended schedule of practices for doing a dzogchen-focused dark retreat? I am not looking for detailed meditation instructions but a general overview of what practices are traditionally done in dzogchen-focused dark retreats. For ex...
by fckw
Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
Replies: 6
Views: 584

Re: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas

Kai lord wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:25 pm Here's the long discussions on that many years ago:

Can you hear sound and feel body in jhāna?

Hearing sounds in samādhi, jhāna
Hey, thanks for the pointers!
by fckw
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
Replies: 6
Views: 584

Re: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas

Ah, I found some good starting points for further research. First of all, Thanissaro Bhikku states: some groups maintaining that, Yes, the external senses must fall silent in jhāna, others maintaining that, No, they don’t. Source: https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/CrossIndexed/Uncollected...
by fckw
Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:23 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas
Replies: 6
Views: 584

References for debate on hearing or not hearing sound while in jhanas

I remember having read (with some surprise) that there is a very old debate among buddhist scholars whether or not someone experiencing the jhanas actually does or does not hear sound. Essentially, there seem to exist two camps. One camp says that "no, if you are in the jhanas, you cannot hear ...
by fckw
Thu Nov 23, 2023 5:36 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Rigpa, example luminosity and direct introduction or pointing out instructions...
Replies: 67
Views: 2731

Re: Rigpa, example luminosity and direct introduction or pointing out instructions...

In particular, trying to analyze the differences/similarities between rigpa (a Dzogchen usage) vs. example luminosity (a vajrayana term) and stream entry (a Hinayana term) when one doesn't have actual experiential understanding of any of them is an almost total waste of time Can we safely infer fro...
by fckw
Sat Oct 28, 2023 6:37 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Clear Light, Central Channel and Dzogchen Rigpa
Replies: 38
Views: 2344

Re: Clear Light, Central Channel and Dzogchen Rigpa

Discussion of these topics is just meaningless to anyone who does not have any experiential knowledge of the terms in question. Dzogchen was not meant to be a teaching where semi-learned people split doctrinal hairs. People love to play with words instead of practicing, but those who are actually i...
by fckw
Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Buddhist Tantra Talk
Topic: Khandro Chenmo Yeshe Tsogyal mantra: BAM or VAM?
Replies: 0
Views: 533

Khandro Chenmo Yeshe Tsogyal mantra: BAM or VAM?

The Khandro Chenmo (Yeshe Tsogyal) mantra according to the Khandro Thuktik Dudjom lineage contains (among others) the seed syllable BAM. Does anyone know if this is a Tibetan rendering of same Sanskrit syllable VAM? Or is it genuinely to be pronounced with B even according to the Sanskrit version of...
by fckw
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:36 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

given that alayavijnana is not equal to the base (gzhi) it should logically not be qualified to be able to have an impact on making any difference whether marigpa or rigpa arises. This point is addressed in topic 3 in Buddhahood in this Life, i.e. there is a conscious aspect of the basis which does...
by fckw
Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

I’d agree that it’s best to simply not translate main terms such as Jnana, Prajna, etc.; that is, just as translators often don’t translate Dharmakaya for example. If anyone is even picking up a Dzogchen text, they should already be familiar with the very main terminologies. And if they’re not, the...
by fckw
Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Nyasa in buddhist or bon tantras
Replies: 12
Views: 1623

Re: Nyasa in buddhist or bon tantras

By the way, maybe this is also of interest as some background info to readers in the context of my question: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2850d3rf
by fckw
Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:43 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Nyasa in buddhist or bon tantras
Replies: 12
Views: 1623

Re: Nyasa in buddhist or bon tantras

You are not right. For example, we have the body mandalas of Cakrasamvara, Hevajra, etc. From a Dzogchen POV, this is all of minimal importance. Ok, fair enough. But is this also practiced widely? My impression is that there are more practitioners engaged in either mahamudra or dzogchen than in suc...

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