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by Pema Rigdzin
Wed May 17, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Urgyen Menla Initiation by James Low
Replies: 5
Views: 1496

Re: Urgyen Menla Initiation by James Low

Yes, but this not a Dzogchen teaching. So the question stands. This forum sometimes gets clogged up with non-Dzogchen topics and that’s annoying.
by Pema Rigdzin
Tue May 16, 2023 2:05 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Urgyen Menla Initiation by James Low
Replies: 5
Views: 1496

Re: Urgyen Menla Initiation by James Low

This is fine and all, I’m sure, but what is it doing in the Dzogchen sub-forum?
by Pema Rigdzin
Sat May 13, 2023 6:19 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

Oh that’s perfect 😂
by Pema Rigdzin
Fri May 12, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

Jules 09 wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 10:26 pm Good luck with that.

:namaste:
Luck is not needed. Only knowledge is needed.
by Pema Rigdzin
Fri May 12, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

The point you fail to recognize, or have not been shown, is that once the radiance of rig pa has been exposed and identified for what it is, whether there are thoughts or not does not matter, just as one is able to identify someone's face in a crowd after one has been introduced to them. Further yo...
by Pema Rigdzin
Fri May 12, 2023 5:44 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

But if, as you say, "Thoughts are just the expression of awareness" ; how will that approach ever end? It is not an approach: the mind is just the radiance of rig pa mixed with karma vāyus. When those vāyus subside, so does the mind. When those vayus are active, also the mind is active. T...
by Pema Rigdzin
Wed May 10, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

So, sure, if one is truly sustaining rigpa they are not distracted by appearances, thoughts, etc. It's not the case that those appearances and thoughts necessarily completely cease… And here we touch on the fundamental point Jules doesn’t understand. And it’s impossible one could be anything other ...
by Pema Rigdzin
Tue May 02, 2023 8:57 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

* “…splits the 5th into two to total 7 positions.”
by Pema Rigdzin
Tue May 02, 2023 7:33 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

Yes, Longchenpa splits the fifth into total seven positions. Just to clarify, though, not all seven positions are faulted. The statement that the basis is primordially pure is faultless.
by Pema Rigdzin
Tue May 02, 2023 5:43 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

Oops, I meant to say “The former (Genuine Meaning) is really just an elaboration of the latter (Buddhahood).”
by Pema Rigdzin
Tue May 02, 2023 3:16 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

This is the error of assuming the basis is only lhundrup, the first and most important error of the six mistaken positions about the basis. Where can I find / what are these “six mistaken positions”? Longchenpa’s Precious Treasury of the Genuine Meaning or Vimalamitra’s Buddhahood in This Life are ...
by Pema Rigdzin
Mon May 01, 2023 4:43 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

As Adeu Rinpoche explains: There are four stages of development in Dzogchen. The first stage comes with recognizing rigpa, which is sometimes called manifest dharmata, or innate nature—the natural state seen as it actually is. As you progress and your experience deepens, the second stage is called ...
by Pema Rigdzin
Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

However I still feel there is no need to mature and ripen anything. No need to change or improve anything in the rigpa that recognise the basis. In a real sense, you’re quite right. But from the standpoint of the path, there is a continuum of going from not recognizing rigpa at all to recognizing i...
by Pema Rigdzin
Mon Apr 17, 2023 6:20 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Good book on meditation - a manual , if you will
Replies: 233
Views: 10127

Re: Good book on meditation - a maual, if you will

Bapho wrote: Sun Apr 16, 2023 4:56 pm She mentioned "The four Wang of Dzogchen". Which are ?
The elaborate, less elaborate, unelaborate, and extremely unelaborate empowerments of Dzogchen Nyingthig.
by Pema Rigdzin
Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:25 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: direct introduction in EU?
Replies: 68
Views: 6278

Re: direct introduction in EU?

Female priests, lamas. etc. are not for me. I was certain that your avatar picture didn’t just *coincidentally* resemble Pepe the Frog, and now it’s confirmed. Wow, a far-right incel Buddhist. Can’t say I ever expected to see that in this lifetime lol. But yeah, gotta stay away from that she-rigpa. 🙄
by Pema Rigdzin
Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Amitābha Mantra
Replies: 2
Views: 907

Re: Amitābha Mantra

I’ve come across the idea that amideva is a corruption of amitābha. Although I know there are some who say to recite how your teacher does, I prefer to utilize as close to the Sanskrit as possible. Has anyone seen amitābha used in the mantra in Lerab Lingpa’s short Amitābha sadhana? If you hope to ...
by Pema Rigdzin
Wed Mar 22, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master
Replies: 603
Views: 39340

Re: Qualifications of a Dzogchen Master

Not so sure about the vajra master requirement. You can feel free to consult the Rigpa Rangshar, one of the 17 Nyingthig tantras, where it has a clearly worded section on the qualifications of being a guru who transmits Dzogchen. As Joe mentioned, it’s also in Vima’s Buddhahood in This Life, if you...
by Pema Rigdzin
Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Natural thogal?
Replies: 155
Views: 13104

Re: Natural thogal?

Wow, I’ve been on this forum since its inception and I’ve just had my first post disappeared. If the moderators knew how much astounding objective truth I held back when I made my comments, they’d have made them themselves. And I got no message about my post being deleted, explaining why it was dele...
by Pema Rigdzin
Mon Mar 06, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Natural thogal?
Replies: 155
Views: 13104

Re: Natural thogal?

(I deleted my duplicate post)
by Pema Rigdzin
Thu Mar 02, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Natural thogal?
Replies: 155
Views: 13104

Re: Natural thogal?

Longchenpa quotes this opinion of Kumarāja in chapter ten of his commentary on the Treasury of the Dharmadhātu: As it is said, "Here some confused ones, who are not knowledgable in the tantras, make random comments and cling to words literally, think these four cog bzhag are the method of equi...

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