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Years ago I did training in a Japanese zen temple, practicing susokkan or counting of deep breaths 8 hours or more every day. In common buddhist terms, this is shamatha practice. Consequentially I had lucid sleep and close to no dreams at all for several months in a row, every night. They don't talk...

...Regarding Zen in general, the most important thing is to connect with a qualified teacher... I think the main dish if we talk about zen is clear kensho-satori realization.. does not matter where, soto rinzai, obaku or any othere non-japanese zen tradition. and 100% true, the teacher is crucial.....

Sure. I guess this interpretation by Kunzang Dechen Lingpa (who I assume you referred to) is rather unique, since tertonship usually refers to someone who has been original disciple of GR. KDL was such a person as well. What did/do other Tertons think/feel about that? Also, have such tertons been f...

Sure. I guess this interpretation by Kunzang Dechen Lingpa (who I assume you referred to) is rather unique, since tertonship usually refers to someone who has been original disciple of GR.

My late teacher, an important terton, said if you want to be a terton, the only real requirement is faith in Guru Rinpoche. If you supplicate him strongly enough with genuine compassion for sentient beings, then you might be able to reveal terma. How does this fit with the traditional view of who c...

Aro Lingma is a fictional character If some Sakyapa or Gelugpa came up to you and said that your practice was fraudulent because it had no lineage and was just a fantasy concocted by a Tibetan named Dili Terton, how would you feel? You would feel completely disrespected. Well, I am pointing out to ...

Tashi delek DW members, Rig-pa'i ye-shes - the knowledge which is immediate Awareness. The above Dzogchen term is difficult to understand. Namely, the relation between knowledge and Awareness. Mutsug Marro KY. Any term when they are not described from a living experience are difficult or impossible...

Shenphen Rinpoche, who is one of my important masters, is indeed the primary lineage holder of Dudjom Tersar, and the keeper of Dudjom Rinpoche's seat in North America where Dudjom Rinpoche concealed many precious teachings. I'd never heard of this rinpoche before. He's a son of Dudjom Rinpoche, th...

Is it possible to end suffering--anyone's suffering--in an ultimate sense by any other means than good old Buddha-Dharma? I don't mean that as a rhetorical position. I'd like to know where you and others stand on this one. Hi, I am a student of buddhadharma but do not consider myself "a buddhi...

I remember Dudjom Rinpoche said something like dzogchen-adepts should tone it down with alcohol and fornication, something along those words. Perhaps you are thinking of this quote from "A Dear Treasure For Destined Disciples" as found in "Quintessential Dzogchen": Therefore, it...

You missed the point. I am not talking about J Akhon Lhamo but about the confirmation given to her by a highly regarded buddhist lama. Not all confirmations are what they appear to be. Would you be kind to explain, please? One thing I've noticed is that lamas are often more open-minded than their s...

Wonderful. Thank you. Looking for to your book.

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Kim wrote:I've also seen many wonderful quotes by Malcolm. Thank you for them.

May I ask if you/he has any formal qualification? Is he a holder of some lineage?

Yes, I have formal qualifications.

Wonderful. In which traditions? Given by who?

... So these spirit beings, unknown to buddhism, have given teachings that according to this buddhist patriarch are, in fact, buddhadharma. ... Why do you think, teaching spirit beings are unknown to Buddhism? I am aware there are trance oracles and tertons who have a bit similar function as channe...

Hi folks, Seriously though, his idea about awakening have nothing to do with Buddhadharma. I'm quoting this because often buddhism is clearly said to be something entirely different than other types of spiritual teachings. This is meant as a general remark (not particularly concerned with Malcolm, q...

I've also seen many wonderful quotes by Malcolm. Thank you for them.

May I ask if you/he has any formal qualification? Is he a holder of some lineage?

Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive offers the perhaps the most detailed public information regarding the practice, but the information and accounts of student's experiences should reinforce the need for guidance. http://www.lamayeshe.com/article/taking-essence Copied from the above text: 11. HH the 14th Dal...

And for good reason. If you do it incorrectly you might just cause drought or famine. As a function of humility and renunciation it is wholesome, but of stinginess and self-loathing it is destructive. http://www.lionsroar.com/the-nine-stages-of-training-the-mind/ So... Are you saying that one shoul...

Your samatha meditation must be very stable for this practice. Do you know the practice first hand? "Very stable" meaning what? Some measures about the shamatha requirement? The best benefit is that these days we are accumulating so many negative actions with regards to food – attachment,...

Dudjom Rinpoche practices Dzogchen Atiyoga:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpcH46u ... e=youtu.be

A priceless jewel!