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by Dorje Shedrub
Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there such a thing as reverse tummo? (Inner cold?)
Replies: 15
Views: 2535

Re: Is there such a thing as reverse tummo? (Inner cold?)

Malcolm wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:35 pm
Sringa3 wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:31 am I know this might sound ridiculous, but I'm genuinely curious. Is there a breathing practice that rather than generating heat, it releases heat so the body becomes colder?
Shitali breathing. There are also methods using prāṇāyama for cooling as well.
Do you know of anyone who teaches this?
by Dorje Shedrub
Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:23 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: No guru, no dzogchen?
Replies: 269
Views: 32821

Re: No guru, no dzogchen?

The length of this thread on a simple and straight forward topic proves the necessity of having a guru!
by Dorje Shedrub
Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hello from Serbia, Belgrade. A dream made me search
Replies: 5
Views: 1108

Re: Hello from Serbia, Belgrade. A dream made me search

Welcome!

Sum and I'm Ah Hum are important mantras in Vajrayana Buddhism. They are Sanskrit.

Masters can communicate to us through dreams. Wishing you the best on your path.

:namaste:
by Dorje Shedrub
Wed Jun 07, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Is this sexual misconduct?
Replies: 28
Views: 3280

Re: Is this sexual misconduct?

Can't you just watch porn? It is pretty ethical, american and european porn stars have social security and rights etc., just stay away from shady pattaya stuff or whatever dark is buried in those places. This is a poor recommendation. Don't substitute one addiction for another. Address the root cau...
by Dorje Shedrub
Sun May 28, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How do we deal with evil?
Replies: 15
Views: 1398

Re: How do we deal with evil?

Pray for your enemies.
by Dorje Shedrub
Wed Apr 19, 2023 3:39 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Why not let the lamas go?
Replies: 49
Views: 2933

Re: Why not let the lamas go?

Buddha's and high level Bodhisattvas can have many emanations in various worlds in order to help sentient beings.
by Dorje Shedrub
Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Why not let the lamas go?
Replies: 49
Views: 2933

Re: Why not let the lamas go?

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by Dorje Shedrub
Tue Mar 07, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Is it a grave sin or bad karma to severe ties to your parents?
Replies: 12
Views: 1338

Re: Is it a grave sin or bad karma to severe ties to your parents?

You have to protect yourself. My parents were abusive to me and after years of trying to mend relations I decided they were to wrapped up in themselves and their beliefs to even acknowledge problems, let alone attempt to resolve them. Mother is gone now. Sometimes I regret no trying longer, but she ...
by Dorje Shedrub
Tue Jan 17, 2023 10:43 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Did Ch. Namkhai Norbu R. attain rainbow body?
Replies: 72
Views: 7464

Re: Did Ch. Namkhai Norbu R. attain rainbow body?

The master could very well produce various emanations in various forms and universes to help sentient beings
by Dorje Shedrub
Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Simhamukha Mantra Amulet
Replies: 3
Views: 838

Re: Simhamukha Mantra Amulet

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by Dorje Shedrub
Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:10 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: (Not so) new member hoping to (re)connect with other Dzogchen practitioners
Replies: 12
Views: 1068

Re: (Not so) new member hoping to (re)connect with other Dzogchen practitioners

Welcome. I too am far from sangha members (north central Indiana, usa)
by Dorje Shedrub
Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi from Indiana
Replies: 3
Views: 395

Re: Hi from Indiana

Welcome from another Hoosier in North Central Indiana.
by Dorje Shedrub
Sat Aug 27, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: How to learn simple tsok practice
Replies: 11
Views: 1074

Re: How to learn simple tsok practice

Lingpupa wrote: Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:17 am 10th day for Guru Rinpoche tsok, 25th for dakini Tsog would be a traditional scheme.
Also full moon and new moon days.
by Dorje Shedrub
Mon Jul 25, 2022 6:01 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Sub-schools of Kagyu
Replies: 31
Views: 2602

Re: Sub-schools of Kagyu

Only Karma Kagyu. Other kagyu schools have their own lineage heads. https://kagyuoffice.org/kagyu-lineage/ His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981) was the head of the entire Kagyu tradition. [ . . . ] His Holiness the Sixteenth Gyalwang Karmapa has been the head ...
by Dorje Shedrub
Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:53 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Sub-schools of Kagyu
Replies: 31
Views: 2602

Re: Sub-schools of Kagyu

The head of the Drukpa Kagyu is the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa: https://g.co/kgs/FWesyH
by Dorje Shedrub
Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:14 pm
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Question: Reincarnation with years of break
Replies: 29
Views: 3640

Re: Question: Reencarnation with years of break

You can be reborn as a bardo being. Unless you engage in certain meditative practices or reach certain stages on the Bodhisattva path, you will likely only recall buts and pieces if anything.
by Dorje Shedrub
Thu Jul 21, 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Question: Reincarnation with years of break
Replies: 29
Views: 3640

Re: Question: Reencarnation with years of break

They could of reincarnated as a type of being that we can not see or spent a long time in the bardo, been in another universe, simply not remember everything, etc.
by Dorje Shedrub
Sat Jul 16, 2022 8:51 pm
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for Angeles
Replies: 4
Views: 1081

Re: Prayers for Angeles

Thank you! She has taken a turn for the better and started eating, though starting back is difficult. Doctor said if she eats she can go home tomorrow.
by Dorje Shedrub
Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Prayers for Angeles
Replies: 4
Views: 1081

Prayers for Angeles

Requesting prayers and practice for my nine-year-old great niece, Angeles. Today it marks three weeks that I have stayed with her and her mother in the hospital. She had a ruptured appendix followed by bowel resection surgery. Her stomach and intestines are still not working right and she has been v...
by Dorje Shedrub
Sat Jun 25, 2022 2:16 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How to get rid of ant infestation outdoors without killing them?
Replies: 15
Views: 1346

Re: How to get rid of ant infestation outdoors without killing them?

Build the ants a palace with food, water, everything they need.

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