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- Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: No guru, no dzogchen?
- Replies: 269
- Views: 33176
Re: No guru, no dzogchen?
No. In saying 99% of the people in any sangha who receive pointing out instructions dont get confindence in the view soy they have to apply methods to re introduce themselves again and again until they gain certainty (which is the first point). Pretty basic standard dzogchen practice procedure So, ...
- Tue May 30, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
Don’t forget the rare ambidextrous yogis.
- Mon May 29, 2023 5:25 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
If you think that she is implying that Candra is hinting at an ineffable experience, I disagree with her. If you think she is implying that gnosis is ineffable, I agree with her. The problem here is the lack of definition of “experience.” Very helpful clarification, thanks. I think PadmaVonSamba be...
- Mon May 29, 2023 5:17 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
How do you know they have no characteristics I’d they aren’t experienced? It’s like in the Surangama sutra: if you cover your eyes so that you can’t see, then how do you know you can’t see, if you can’t see? You know through eye consciousness. An absence of characteristics is a synonym for the real...
- Sun May 28, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
Madhyamaka, atiyoga and so on are stating that via accurate epistemic insight, ontologies are undermined and this releases the phenomenological, conscious aspect of our experience from the confines of all dualisms. Even beyond the limited species of nonduality you are advocating for which is an awa...
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 20914
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
Guru yoga of the white A is a method of guru yoga, but guru yoga in general is just resting in the “view” of ati.
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:26 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
Can you explain to me which of the eighteen dhatus this “ awareness” belongs to? The part about phenomenology vs. ontology and Madhyamaka making a category error is what's crucial. In the conversation between Śankara and Madhyamaka, attempting to situate awareness within one of the dhatus is trying...
- Sun May 28, 2023 12:39 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 20914
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
Again there is vipassana meditation, like that offered by the Thai forest ajahns and bikkhus you reference, and then there is the species of “clear insight” as classically described in Mahāyāna texts... I don't disagree with you that vipassana practice and vipaśyanā as actual insight into reality a...
- Sun May 28, 2023 12:07 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 20914
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
Vipassana style meditation and the real meaning of vipaśyanā are two different things. The former is just a glorified style of śamatha meditation... This is spot on, actually... The quoted statement above is just factually false. Vipassana style meditation was explicitly a rejection of śamatha medi...
- Sat May 27, 2023 11:47 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Why so gray?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 8578
Re: Why so gray?
FWIW, we have been asking the same questions in the Western Zen world. Part of the answer to "why so gray" seems not only to be the aging of the generations initially interested, as mentioned above, but also a bit of a gap in subsequent generational interest that occurred for a number of ...
- Sat May 27, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 20914
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
I agree in principle what Malcolm is saying but in practical terms there is very few who practice without first gathering the accumulations and doing purifications through ngöndro, yidam and different sadhanas. All the great lamas and Rinpoches have that approach. Longchen Nyingthig ngöndro is very...
- Sat May 27, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: So what exactly does it mean to take refuge?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1464
Re: So what exactly does it mean to take refuge?
Taking refuge is the simple acknowledgement that everything in samsara is suffering and there is no refuge in samsara at all. Therefore you take refuge in the triple gem because it is the only means to be liberated from suffering.
- Sat May 27, 2023 7:08 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: debating and attitude in the meantime
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1739
Re: debating and attitude in the meantime
As many of us have discussions over the forum, is there any etiquette principles for debating dharma related matters? Insults and silence are allowed when there's no argument or when someone doesn't like how it goes? You said some wild stuff and got flamed for it... should probably just accept it a...
- Sat May 27, 2023 12:27 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
- Replies: 72
- Views: 11605
Re: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
Is anyone able to send a pic of the contents page(s) of the new Trekchod book from ChNNR? (In a pm) I want to see how much of it is different from the recent Longsal commentary series on Trekchod. Can someone share a link to this new book? I only see the trekchö longsal commentary in the Shang shun...
- Fri May 26, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
Gzhan stong pas really think the equipoise of gzhan stong and so-called rang stong are different? Or is this just your own fantasy, stong gzugs?
- Fri May 26, 2023 4:32 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
Does empty of other treat emptiness as nothingness? No! It's the exact opposite. As this is a very fundamental, basic, bedrock point, I'd really recommend turning to some texts, as such points probably aren't best understood through a forum. I have some text recommendations here but perhaps The Bud...
- Fri May 26, 2023 6:02 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Western Philosophy and emptiness
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11774
Re: Western Philosophy and emptiness
The minute you say something is not empty, you enter into limitations. The third turning is about precise distinctions. Here's a more precise rephrasing of your statement: the minute you fail to distinguish between types of emptiness, you enter into limitations. The Tathāgatagarbha is (other)empty ...
- Thu May 25, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
- Replies: 72
- Views: 11605
Re: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
i'm sorry, atiyoga is non-gradual. one becomes aware of that at the very begining of practicing it. most ChNN's followers are pretenders, so his teachings are for them. the context of his teaching is very important. It is non-gradual because (i) it is the same continuum of vidyā from start to finis...
- Thu May 25, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
- Replies: 72
- Views: 11605
Re: ChNN and formal trekchö practice
i dare to say that trekcho ain't a practice. ain't an effort. Effort is required at first. Starting out you have to “chase” the meditation, and then eventually it chases you, as Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche put it. Trekchö initially takes a lot of effort and d...
- Thu May 25, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
- Replies: 435
- Views: 20914
Re: The Role of Shamatha/Vipaysana in Dzogchen
Here is a new clip of BAW addressing this issue for those who want to hear it from the horse's mouth, so to speak: https://youtu.be/0zHFQ-MBvRw TLDR: He claims that there are extremely rare genius-level practitioners who might not need to "achieve" shamatha, but for everyone else it is ne...