Dharma Wheel

Horizontal aspect of DO manifests as causal chain and when examine, points to impermanence of all phenomena. Vertical aspect of DO when examine, points to sunyata. In Dzogpa Chenpo, lhundrup is more fundamental than DO. Because of lhundrup, there is DO. What do you think? I recall the other discuss...

And Gregkavarnos has mentioned that the Greek Orthodox Christians have teachings on Rainbow Body; which wouldn't surprise me, as I think that the Greek Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Ethiopian and Egyptian Coptic Christianity, etc. are all much closer to the teachings of the original Gnostics and Esse...

It's from the last 15 minutes or so of the presentation (link below) he did on the similarities between the rainbow body of light and the resurrection in Christianity. What I wrote above is just a loose transcription of the latter portion of his talk. He has other presentations online too (I haven't...

In that case, if I go to certain people and start asking about them about the difference between fiction and non-fiction - what's real and not real you are going to arrive at different conclusions?.. It's not intellectual. Wouldn't the intellectual part be one of the functions of the dharma?.. Yes ...

Wesley1982 wrote:

Re: Who should attend DC webcast?

I'll attend though I'd rather be there in person and practice sitting.

Well it's happening right now!
http://www.shangshunginstitute.net/webcast/video.php

Wesley1982 wrote:In that case, if I go to certain people and start asking about them about the difference between fiction and non-fiction - what's real and not real you are going to arrive at different conclusions?..

It's not intellectual.

a) So its about realizing the true nature of yourself in your natural state of existence? Something like that. It's more like; this experience of being a separately existing physical human being, living in a physical world, suffering and so on, is due to the fact that we actually misunderstand the ...

Really, we have to put ngöndro in the context of it's purpose. It's surely a product of it's environment, it comes from a culture where dharma is at the forefront and a cornerstone of the society as a whole (instead of being a voluntary extra-curricular activity). In Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal etc... when...

Also be mindful of the conceptual projections we place over phenomena. Watch the compulsive habit of labeling, good, bad, right, wrong, "I like this", "I don't like that" etc... Learn to experience without the judging and ultimately see how concepts and ideas are responsible for ...

I'm not saying any of this is true, but it's interesting nevertheless! Father Francis Tiso, (who does a lot of thorough investigation on the rainbow body phenomena) has gathered some interesting information from gnostic materials and aesthetic literature such as the nag hammadi codices and drawn som...

Does it cost anything to receive the worldwide transmission webcast? What's the whole process? It's free :smile: if you go to a community gar or ling they will usually have the webcast set up for a group viewing. They'll also have explanations of the process and usually will pass out a pamphlet tha...

Malcolm wrote:

asunthatneversets wrote:But charging $10,000 for a teaching is ludicrous, that isn't right IMO.

Bob was referring to a voluntary donation made to a Lama in order to sponser a teaching.

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Oh ok, that a generous donation!

I didn't mean literally telling someone to f*ck off, I wasn't advocating vitriolic behavior or suggesting that anyone conduct themselves in a disrespectful manner. There's just no need to bother with shark-like teachers squeezing money out of their students for every little thing. Not sure if your t...

a) Is the Tibetan dzogchen community a nomadic & travelling group?.. The lineages/traditions which kept the dzogchen teaching alive have been both nomadic and institutional. The original religion of tibet is Bön which yes was practiced by nomadic tribesmen (and non-nomadic I'm sure). Bön predat...

a) Is the Tibetan dzogchen community a nomadic & travelling group?.. The lineages/traditions which kept the dzogchen teaching alive have been both nomadic and institutional. The original religion of tibet is Bön which yes was practiced by nomadic tribesmen (and non-nomadic I'm sure). Bön predat...

I'm much more familiar with Christian practice than being a traditional Dzogchen follower. You can also continue your Christian practices and even integrate them with dzogchen practice. There's no such thing as a "traditional dzogchen follower" you don't adopt a belief system or convert t...

You don't need to donate anything. If you want to that's great but spending money isn't a requirement. The community isn't there to get money out of people. You don't even necessarily have to be a member of the community, it's just nice because it has it's perks with access to archived teachings and...

Wesley1982 wrote:a) How do you help overcome what may seem strange,foreign,or unfamiliar to you?..

How else? Learn about it so it becomes familiar to you.

And what would constitute a legitimate guru suggestion from jesus? Perhaps he's already showing you. If that is true - then I could turn the home office into a place of devotion to studies and ritual meditation. But of course. Lots of people do. Let wherever you are and wherever you go be your plac...