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- Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:56 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Yogacara and dzogchen
- Replies: 394
- Views: 74126
Re: Yogacara and dzogchen
I disagree with many points Jyoti states regarding Dzogchen & Yogacara & other buddhist vehicles but we have to distinguish two groups of people. Firstly those who mix Dzogchen with other doctrines, including non Buddhist ones, to create a new ideology to set up as a business and as a self a...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:49 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Females who achieved rainbow body
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36348
Re: Females who achieved rainbow body
Most Dzogchen masters in the 4 TB schools are Nyingma in terms of numbers and many of them, if not most of them, & their masters like Chatral, Dilgo khyentse, Trulshik etc. etc., often stated Dudjom Lingpa & then Jigdrel Yeshe (mind emanation) were more realized than anyone else in their tim...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:45 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Females who achieved rainbow body
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36348
Re: Females who achieved rainbow body
IMO as well as many other great Dzogchen masters, YMMV which is OK by me, Dudjom Lingpa & Dudjom Rinpoche were the most realized beings of their time. The fact that so many of their disciples who achieved rainbow body via their terma does not mean they achieved anything near the stage of their m...
- Tue Sep 04, 2012 6:06 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Females who achieved rainbow body
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36348
Re: Females who achieved rainbow body
Hi deepbluehum, Well to me it is extremely obvious the 4 stages of Semde & Essence Mahamudra are the same in essence (no pun intended) & although like all teachings, including longde & mengagde, they use concepts to communicate, their fruits after non-conceptual successful DI/Pointing-Ou...
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:56 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Females who achieved rainbow body
- Replies: 129
- Views: 36348
Re: Females who achieved rainbow body
AFAIK, could be wrong, there are 3 types of disappearing bodies. First is the atomic one where physical remains vanish. Then the second type which is sign of a even greater realized person or rainbow body as a result of thogal. Conceptual vehicles' fruits do not really compare to the fruits of Dzogc...
- Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:19 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Song of Vajra
- Replies: 88
- Views: 24498
Re: The Song of Vajra
BTW the restricted book of ChNN for his students explaining "The Song of Vajra" explains the essence of the highest universal teaching of Dzogchen in a nutshell pithily yet precisely & completely & deserves many careful re-readings revealing more each time.
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:17 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8608
Re: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
Potala mountain. Potala, Avalokiteśvara's buddhafield, is in South India: http://buddhisma2z.com/content.php?id=317" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Yes IIRC there is another Potalaka sacred mountain in far East China. There are many legends about secret caverns under the Po...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 5:58 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8608
Re: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
Wutai Shan in China might also be a good place; Vimalamitra is still there. Yes it definitely is & I remembered it a couple of hours after posting. Wutai Shan or the Five Peaks mountain is mentioned in some prophecies as becoming important in future. The late Jigmed Phuntsok buried terma there ...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:31 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
so am i correct in assuming i received direct transmission? i can now practice guru yoga and song of vajra and short tun since i was presnt the whole webcast. i think i know the answer just looking for confirmation :meditate: Yes, Main things. On sept 6th the lungs for most restricted practice book...
- Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:45 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: becoming a wandering yogi?
- Replies: 143
- Views: 33289
Re: becoming a wandering yogi?
That is great. If you have inclination for this noble aspiration then it might come true in future after you are ready. Before you settle down with a family.There was a rare kind of society in Tibet. Gars or temporary encampments & wandering yogis were not rare but a tribe of families of ngakpas...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 10:19 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Oh I read it properly, but I thought Dzogchen in general starts with DI, but apparently not? If that's not a general thing then I can see what you're saying. Perhaps Norbu Rinpoche is teaching more from a mengagde POV even when teaching Longde and Semde. :shrug: If you get the direct introduction n...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 9:32 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: becoming a wandering yogi?
- Replies: 143
- Views: 33289
Re: becoming a wandering yogi?
Those that say this is not ancient India are wrong. Firstly there are wandering Vajrayana yogis in India now as in Tibet, Nepal & even Bhutan. Secondly there are western wandering Vajrayana yogis too. However since you are a newcomer I would say take at least a couple of years to build up your b...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
On your regular style here: You can laugh & yawn & similar usual behavior at others but personally I am not fond of such tone or style. Coming from you this is high irony. Fourthly many Dzogchen practitioners who did not have lower analytical faculty but middling or higher plus genuine good...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:29 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8608
Re: Most Sacred Pilgrimage Site in Dzogchen?
I am going by memory here but as I recall there are 4 main power places in India (cardinal directions) & 4 in Tibet which include Samye & Potala mountain. Padmasambhava then yesheTsogyal blessed Tibet as a main power axis for the planet next to India as Cherezig wished in his chosen homeplac...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:54 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Hi Pero, I didn't say: one doesn't work at all with the mind in mengagde As you falsely claim as usual. Quite the opposite. That is why I say you have basic trouble reading things & understanding very very basic logical points. So on your main problem: Since all human written/spoken communicatio...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:22 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
For new folk Rinpoche gives the basic Ati (Dozgchen) guru yoga transmission tomorrow which is the main thing but it starts 6 hours earlier than today at 10 a.m. local time & will be the normal 2 hour daily teaching. On the last day, of September the 6th, he will give the lung (oral transmissions...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:32 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Song of Vajra
- Replies: 88
- Views: 24498
Re: The Song of Vajra
Hi Sonam, I am on the move and only saw this one on the phone which seems OK.
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 4:12 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Song of Vajra
- Replies: 88
- Views: 24498
Re: The Song of Vajra
It's a nice video.Intention is most important & he seems genuine in his intentions. One can incorporate any mundane activity or even other paths into Dzogchen as long as they do not contravene the basic principles of Dzogchen specially with regards to other sentient beings. His dancing has hints...
- Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:17 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1656098
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
I'm sorry but I don't see how your reply explains what the supposed mental judgements in Semde are. If you're saying that the four yogas are conceptual methods till they're not, well, it's the same way in Mengagde methods (except thogal etc.). ... These methods working with the mind emphasize diffe...
- Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:58 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: masters of the tradition
- Replies: 162
- Views: 36178
Re: masters of the tradition
is this a good book for bios/stories of the masters of dzogchen? http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Meditation-Miracles-Buddhist-Buddhayana/dp/1570625093" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This book is not specific to the dzogchen tradition, it is of early siddhas of India of the m...