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by conebeckham
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
Replies: 21
Views: 1302

Re: Dzogchen Historiography

There are certain points in Dzogchen mythology that, in my view, lack historical validity. The narrative of Guru Garab Dorje's life shares parallels with the myth of Jesus, particularly the Gnostic version. In Indian traditions, no master is associated with a miraculous birth. Additionally, Dzogche...
by conebeckham
Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Tsok vs Puja vs Drupcho & Drupchen
Replies: 11
Views: 952

Re: Tsok vs Puja vs Drupcho & Drupchen

So what is the difference between and relation to Ganapuja for example? Why is it important to practice each ritual instead of one collective ritual? As for the first questions, Ganapuja is "tsok" and the purpose of a ganapuja is to offer a Thanksgiving feast, really, showing gratitude......
by conebeckham
Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:12 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

Do you believe that there is a transmission that does not depend on verbal or symbolic (visual) communication ? And if not, why ? :namaste: I cannot say that there is no such thing, Jules, but I believe that the vast majority of people who have successfully understood or experienced the Direct Intr...
by conebeckham
Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:23 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

Nothing is given, and nothing is received. Those who have experiential knowledge surely understand this. You have misquoted me here and avoided answering the point I was making. I was replying to what you had written in your previous post: Two other factors, or "experiences," are said to ...
by conebeckham
Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

I haven't used the words "energy transfer" or "supernatural". True, i assumed something...still trying to understand your understanding. But glad to see you were not implying any of that. Why ? If the guru's state of mind cannot have any influence on the state of mind of the stu...
by conebeckham
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

I noticed your signature quote. Or as Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche put it: I understand that the Tibetan term is jin lap. :namaste: Jinlab is, really, nothing other than the Guru's authentic state and his or her ability to communicate it to students such that an experience is produced --but it does not...
by conebeckham
Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

A direct mind transmission that does not depend on words or symbols. In the formal pointing out instructions, the words and symbols come before that. But it can still be done without them. Many teachers and masters do it, because it is necessary for any Vajrayana empowerment (Tib. "wang"....
by conebeckham
Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

You seem to be asking about clairvoyance, but that is not what is being referred to in the above quotation from the website. Okay. Then, can you explain what is being referred to? Right now, for instance, we are having a Mind to Mind communication. Mediated through constructs of language, the inter...
by conebeckham
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

You have a special skill in choosing words which will lead to disputes. I wonder, could Lama Lena tell us about everyone who happened to watch her "pointing out" videos? I wonder, could Lama Lena tell us about everyone who happened to watch her "pointing out" videos? You seem to...
by conebeckham
Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

There is no Dzogchen to practice, unless one has had the pointing out instructions. And, as others have already said: adopting a conceptual understanding prior to receiving pointing out instructions can be unhelpful. Pointing Out Instructions: First and foremost, the teacher introduces the student ...
by conebeckham
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits
Replies: 13
Views: 1169

Re: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits

Dakinis can be yidam practices, for instance. Yidam practice brings accomplishment because it is that which engages one's own skandhas, etc. Thank you Cone for your input in this thread. The same would apply to "Guru as Yidam" practices, right? One wouldn't need to worry that is "onl...
by conebeckham
Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits
Replies: 13
Views: 1169

Re: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits

thanks Cone and Kai lord, regarding siddhis and yidams : 1. are they universal for all yidams, or there are some specific ones for different yidams? 2. are siddhis attained solely through visualisations/deity yoga or there are subtle body yogas required as well? - for example, in the classic 2 stag...
by conebeckham
Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits
Replies: 13
Views: 1169

Re: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits

...the root of all blessings is the lama ...the root of all accomplishment is the yidam ...the root of all activity is the dakini and the dharmapalas. what exactly are: accomplishments, blessings, and activity? Blessing is the essential factor received in empowerment. Without blessing, there is no ...
by conebeckham
Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ok to read a Sadhana without Empowerment?
Replies: 24
Views: 1920

Re: Ok to read a Sadhana without Empowerment?

Up until recently, it was often the case that access to sadhanas was limited. Before the internet, and before English Translation, volumes were "sealed" by teachers....if one was learning a certain practice, it was common for the master to "seal" the volume at a certain point and...
by conebeckham
Wed Jan 10, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits
Replies: 13
Views: 1169

Re: Yidam vs Dakini practice benefits

I think these sorts of things are really a teacher/student discussion.....practicing "Tantra" (The stages of Creation and Completion) is a vast topic and the answers you get or the instructions you receive are dependent on which practices you engage with. Dakinis can be yidam practices, fo...
by conebeckham
Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle
Replies: 63
Views: 4896

Re: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle

jet.urgyen wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 3:52 pm june retreat will be in nepal or tibetan china? sorry my ignorance about
Nepal, where Mingyur Rinpoche resides.
by conebeckham
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany
Replies: 55
Views: 3448

Re: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany

You can dismiss it as myth if you want, but I personally might suggest not being so quick to dismiss the instructions of the 16th Karmapa. FWIW. It's one thing to simply go towards what we resonate with, and it's another thing to denigrate. I might urge at least some caution when it comes to denigr...
by conebeckham
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dorje Drolö practice can be dangerous?
Replies: 15
Views: 1166

Re: Dorje Drolö practice can be dangerous?

Personally I think the main danger of DD and other wrathful manifestations is the possibility of forgetting it is a manifestation of pure bodhicitta. Not a hint of anger. What lovers of crazy wisdom may say I do not care to be frank. Too often it suits them, their agendas and just excuses their sho...
by conebeckham
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Help request: re Pervading Space Sadhana
Replies: 9
Views: 693

Re: Help request: re Pervading Space Sadhana

Thanks guys, know of anyone who sells a hard copy by chance? That KDK one can be purchased Pecha style...but I dunno if anyone is manning the bookstore these days. I'm a bit out of touch. Ok cool, good to know, thanks Cone. Is the one you posted the full version, or a shortened one? It seems shorte...

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