Dharma Wheel

dzogchungpa wrote:

Malcolm wrote:If we were elephants, Samantabhadra would appear to be a blue elephant.

And if we were drunks he might appear to be a pink elephant.

No, would appear to be a blue drunk!
Dave

Gyurme Kundrol wrote:Heres how I see it:

So belief is useless, faith is a tool or placeholder for experience, experience is of real value.

I have been trying to sell my beliefs & no one is buying them, appearing they have no use

Dave

I was 12 and faced with attending Lutheran Catechism classes, I did not believe in God, yet wanted to honor my mother by attending the classes. That is when i realized God was just an idea and my then brother in law introduced me to meditation & no self. The best part of catechism was the break ...

one is based on ascertaining the nature of the mind, the second is confirming rig pa in one's direct perception via ones sense organs. :anjali: So if I get you right, this distinction is one of the superiorities of Thögal over Trekchö ? Right ? That is one way to put it. This post really gets to th...

I'll tackle that question,
the nature of a conceptual mind is conceptualizing, always on the move
the nature of an open mind is openness, clear & luminous

dave

In response to the OP, I am a student of Norbu Rinpoche I am also a hatha yoga instructor I am also a meditation instructor I am also a poet I am also a muscician I am also a gardener I am also a biomedical engineer that teaches physicians, techs & nurses how to use medical equipment I am a son...

I do not teach Dzogchen, just try to stay open.

Dave

In response to the OP, I am a student of Norbu Rinpoche I am also a hatha yoga instructor I am also a meditation instructor I am also a poet I am also a muscician I am also a gardener I am also a biomedical engineer that teaches physicians, techs & nurses how to use medical equipment I am a son ...

I knew Sam Harris (a famous, outspoken atheist) had some connection with Dzogchen, but hadn't heard this story before. For instance, I once had an opportunity to study with the great Tibetan lama Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche in Nepal. Before making the trip, I had a dream in which he seemed to give me t...

[Mod-note: Edit.] maybay, recalling & talking about atrocities is legitimising their actions? I work with a conservative mormon white guy who has given me that speech repeatedly. He does not believe in human caused climate change or that racism exists in amerika and on and on..... He says parap...

Responding to original post: Shankara proved that the personal ishta-devata would be the Brahman of the scriptures. It is their merit to have come to the conclusion. That's why they named it non-duality: 1 god, not 2 gods. K Tsomo, " Coming to the conclusion" is exactly one place the Dzog...

Dzogchen is not only a state of peace, goes beyond, peace, bliss, etc. dave Hi Dave, I never said it was. Sherab Dorje misunderstood me, and you are simply repeating what he said. People should kindly read more carefully. Thanks, Kevin Kevin, yes, I should have broke my comment up into two parts. S...

Also, it is important for us to guard against falling into a state of peace, and these states are known the help facilitate that state. Dzogchen is a state of peace? I mean the nirvana of cessation. Virgo, nirvana as stillness (nirodha) rather than cessation has helped my sutric & tantric pract...

Where can i get a "Trekchod Stability" certification?

dave

KY said "I guess in the Bardo they can have results like Dzogchenpas, based on their practice." I am not sure they can, yet I hope so for their own liberation! The natural state is elusive, for all but the skillful & lucky. A friend sent a message from Babaji, in a nutshell don't be sa...

KY, looking at Edwin & Litsa's Home page they state "You are simply a software-program of the brain called awareness that arises out of deep sleep and subsides back into it." This is highly problematic methinks for a Vajrayana & Ati Yoga practitioner. dave Tashi delek D, Yes some ...

KY, looking at Edwin & Litsa's Home page they state
"You are simply a software-program of the brain called awareness that arises out of deep sleep and subsides back into it."
This is highly problematic methinks for a Vajrayana & Ati Yoga practitioner.

dave

Rebutting something you are not prepared to actually rebut? Well, I guess it is just the internet after all... I said his statement was not correct. Why? Because I don't see how it could be established. I can provide more quotes that I feel support the idea that RM would not have accepted an "...

Hey dawnbird, your question, "3) There is a mechanism unknown to me by which, from complete emptiness and cessation, energy winds yet again arise, but without dualistic perception." There are some here that can fully answer this question with doctrinal citations, a clear intellectual expla...

When I had Samatha presented to me as only the tool with which to do the real meditative work I was very intrigued. I've also met teachers I respect a lot who've 'graduated' to Vajrayana after many years of practicing both yoga and other forms of Buddhism. On a much more mundane level, as someone w...