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In a previous post you sheepishly admit that you've had doubt about the Nature of Mind. With respect to this doubt, does it take place when you are "beyond mind" or when you are in the so called "samsara" with "all its ups and downs"? Obviously doubt pertains to the la...

Wow, really? You think there is no point in considering calm/movement? You don't think calm or movement has any bearing on when you are distracted from the Nature of Mind? When you are distracted from the nature of mind is called samsara, all its ups and downs cause endless suffering. What I said w...

I see. So your doubts about the Nature of Mind have never involved the calm state? It seems then that your doubt pertains not to calm, only the movement of mind. Interesting. Once you actually got direct introduction things like movement or calm just isn't the point. Wow, really? You think there is...

Are you saying that you have never had a doubt about if you are in the Nature of Mind? Of course, but I never thought shine was the nature of mind. I see. So your doubts about the Nature of Mind have never involved the calm state? It seems then that your doubt pertains not to calm, only the movemen...

With all due respect, this is absurd. From the standpoint of someone who is realized they are never confused. But for most of us, this is not the case. There is a reason why some teachers insist on a very stable shine practice as a means to recognizing the Nature of Mind. Though they are not at all...

Hence the form of my question: what characterizes their difference? The two are confused all of the time, which is why teachers go to great lengths to explain why calm alone is not it. They are never confused in any way at all. It is like asking what is the difference between a cup of water and the...

Hence the form of my question: what characterizes their difference? The two are confused all of the time, which is why teachers go to great lengths to explain why calm alone is not it. They are never confused in any way at all. It is like asking what is the difference between a cup of water and the...

How do we establish the difference between being in the Nature of Mind, and being in a calm state (i.e. in this case a calm state that is not "in the Nature of Mind")? There is absolutely no comparison between the nature of mind and the calm state. They are not similar in any way. To unde...

How do we establish the difference between being in the Nature of Mind, and being in a calm state (i.e. in this case a calm state that is not "in the Nature of Mind")? There is absolutely no comparison between the nature of mind and the calm state. They are not similar in any way. To unde...

Ati108 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:22 pm No need for the digressions about other systems. I asked in this forum because I want to clarify the question from the perspective of Dzogchen.

Apart from Alan Wallace we don't really cultivate a calm state in Dzogchen. Are you a student of him?

Just wanted to mention, you probably know, that you don't need an empowerment to get a direct introduction. no, i didn't know. i thought rigpe tsel wang is an integral part of a bigger wang for any specific cycle. can you explain? is it done according to some procedure, or it is impromptu? Every ti...

yagmort wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 6:34 am i am in the process, but receiving empowerment turned out to be quite a difficult undertaking.

Just wanted to mention, you probably know, that you don't need an empowerment to get a direct introduction.

Also, generally, the rushan is considered a preliminary for tögal rather than trechö in most places. Not all. Kongtrül’s Complete Liberation of the Three Realms, his Konchog Chidu completion stage commentary if that is what you practice. https://www.nalandatranslation.org/publications/khenpo-tsultri...

So my question, if anyone has broad experience, is this: are the classic rushen exercises largely a Longchen Nyingtig and Yeshe Lama thing? No, they belong to the special preliminaries of Dzogchen and you find them in most Upadesha-cycles of instructions. Thus they are very widespread in the Upades...

The Dzogchen Serthur, as said above, is a terma by Yungdrung Lingpa. This tertön is known in the Nyingma tradition as Dorje Lingpa. According to Samten Karmay, the Dzogchen Serthur is a kind of abridged version of Dorje Lingpa's Vast Expanse of the View ( lTa ba klong yangs ), a very impressive Dzo...

Wisdom guru has a list of recommended practices that a Togal practitioner should do daily and at which timing each of them should be done, it includes mantra recitation, Togal, blissful heat, sadhana practices and even prostrations, etc. For more details, you can go and read it up if you had receiv...

Does anyone know what is generally a high-level overview on the recommended schedule of practices for doing a dzogchen-focused dark retreat? I am not looking for detailed meditation instructions but a general overview of what practices are traditionally done in dzogchen-focused dark retreats. For e...

KonchogUrgyenNyima wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:53 pm

pemachophel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:39 pm You are correct. But I believe there are other KS materials available there besides just the sadhana and tshog if I remember right.

I will check again. It’s likely I missed something in my excitedment.

The biographies suggested above are quite good.

The discursive mind is liberated by seeing its nature directly, in Dzogchen it liberates itself by itself. So, one has to take these quotes in context, and not assume they mean a bunch of efforts directed towards thinking or not thinking. Exactly, as Longchenpa put it: Thoughts, the mind's appearan...

I've heard it rumored that some texts related to this terma tradition (Yongay Drollo) were recently discovered in Tibet. Possible that Rinpoche may teach from these, but in any case this is an amazing opportunity for anyone interested in Drollo, Dzogchen, or this cycle in particular. Do u mean some...