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by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:37 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Here is a picture of the front of Orgyen Dorje Den. This is Gyatrul Rinpoche's center, but he brings in lamas to teach and give empowerments from all Nyingma traditions.
by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:24 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Are you sure it wasn't Gepe Dorje (sgeg pa'i rdo rje, aka Lilavajra/Vilasavajra)? That would make more sense and depending on the accent it might sound very similar to Garab Dorje. It just sounds very strange to me, as I've never heard of Garab Dorje being associated with the Kagye. In fact, most o...
by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Well, well. The famous Kagye (eight commands)... guess who the first human lineage holder was? That's right... Loppon Garab Dorje. Na na na na na. Never heard that before. Every Nyingma historian I've ever read claims the Mahayoga entered the human world through King Ja, aka Indrabhuti. Funny how D...
by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:13 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communities
Replies: 132
Views: 25677

Re: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communi

I have to agree, the slang terms to describe 'yellowheads' and what I noticed with my younger Tibetan monk friends (who I lived with) indicate to me that tney do not find blondes attractive, indeed the opposite-but of course there are exceptions to every rule. From the blushing and giggles I notice...
by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:42 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Well, well. The famous Kagye (eight commands)... guess who the first human lineage holder was? That's right... Loppon Garab Dorje.

Na na na na na.
by Yudron
Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:13 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communities
Replies: 132
Views: 25677

Re: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communi

@greg - I also think Yudron's suggestion of a class for women is a really good idea, in fact is badly needed, especially in tantric environment. Yes and no. Mainly because it treats women like eyelash batting morons, since I am sure that most women will be quite aware of the sexually predatory natu...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:43 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: 3rd karmapa's aspiration of mahamudra prayer
Replies: 39
Views: 9383

Re: 3rd karmapa's aspiration of mahamudra prayer

Sorry, just to clarify the confusion: the point I was (clumsily) trying to make is that just because a Google search turns up a teaching, does not mean that the teaching should be freely available. Just like the instance where a websearch for a (we all agree it seems) generally "nasty topic&qu...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:13 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: 3rd karmapa's aspiration of mahamudra prayer
Replies: 39
Views: 9383

Re: 3rd karmapa's aspiration of mahamudra prayer

Sorry, just to clarify the confusion: the point I was (clumsily) trying to make is that just because a Google search turns up a teaching, does not mean that the teaching should be freely available. Just like the instance where a websearch for a (we all agree it seems) generally "nasty topic&qu...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:31 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

What is the diff between tsog Chen dupa, gongpa dupa and dupa do? I'm trying to make sense of some of these empowerments. I won't b able to attend the whole weekend, but might catch tsog Chen dupa and wonder what that means. Thanks It says the Tsokchen Dupa is the main sadhana of the Gongpa Dupa. I...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:34 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communities
Replies: 132
Views: 25677

Re: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communi

When I took refuge from the Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche he advised us all not to be naive about other Buddhists. He said we should all spend time in a Buddhist country, where both the cops and the robbers are Buddhists. Personally, It think there should be a little class for young, thin, beautiful women...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:31 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

By the way, No one knows about the GuhyaBarbha....but me. It's really secret. It's the secret Barbara.......oh, nevermind. :smile: Yeah, you know what I meant, right.....? My mind went right to "I Dream of Jeannie," a sitcom staring Barbara Eden. It dates me, but I was mentally congratula...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:28 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Today we finished up the Yamantaka wangs and moved into Phurba territory. One of the Yamataka wangs over the last couple of days came down to us from Manjushrimita... not the first we have received from that lineage so far. Just a reminder how bogus the claims are that way way back folks practiced ...
by Yudron
Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:42 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

Good recommendation, Cone. There is a strong wish by the Lamas at Pema Osel Ling that Minling Khenpo Tsewang Rigdzin will do a teaching intensive on the Guhyagarbha in the not too distant future. So Lama Tharchin Rinpoche sent the word out that all his students should be at Orgyen Dorje Den over the...
by Yudron
Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:21 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

The Kama empowerments will conclude around Friday, March 29. Yangthang Tulku Rinpoche will then grant the complete empowerments of Terton Dorje Dechen Lingpa.
by Yudron
Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:35 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Soul split into multiple mosquitoes?
Replies: 101
Views: 23445

Re: Soul split into multiple mosquitoes?

Based our the discussion in this forum, I've pretty much concluded at this point that: A. There is no precedent in Buddhism for saying that adultery has the form of misconduct with the harshest repercussions for future lives. B. There is very little, if any, precedent in Buddhism for saying that or...
by Yudron
Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:20 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communities
Replies: 132
Views: 25677

Re: Article on Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Buddhist Communi

I wrote an article on sexual abuse and harassment in Buddhist communities on xoJane, "It Didn't Happen To Me But It Did Happen..." The link is http://www.xojane.com/issues/it-didnt-happen-to-me-but-it-did-happen-sexual-abuse-and-harassment-in-buddhist-and-other-insular-communities . I inv...
by Yudron
Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:57 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Crisis at KPC in Maryland
Replies: 54
Views: 12654

Re: Crisis at KPC in Maryland

I asked His Holiness Penor Rinpoche "Who recognizes tulkus?" His answer: "The head of the specifc lineage, or in my case, as head of the Nyingmapas, I can, in addition to the Palyul, recognize any Nyingma Tulku." I wonder what they did before the Head of the Nyingma Lineage thin...
by Yudron
Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:22 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!
Replies: 83
Views: 17833

Re: Nyingma Kama Wangs Started Today!

The Guhyagarbha Wangs will finish up tomorrow with the wrathful deities. If you are a Nyingmapa who has both money and time you should definitely get on an airplane and come out to Oakland International by tomorrow night. Why? Because the Kagye -- the famous Eight Commands -- empowerment should be g...
by Yudron
Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:18 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Crisis at KPC in Maryland
Replies: 54
Views: 12654

Re: Crisis at KPC in Maryland

Having known HH Kusum Lingpa for many years and attended quite a few teachings, wangs, and even a retreat with him I have absolute confidence he was the real deal. That said, he did not approach anything whatsoever in a conventional way. ~A HH Kusum Lingpa was amazing. He helped me a lot. I was up ...
by Yudron
Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Kumaradza and "pure" Dzogchen
Replies: 22
Views: 6000

Re: Kumaradza and "pure" Dzogchen

On the Nyingma kama thread, Yudron mentioned that the claims that there were masters who practised Dzogchen without any deity are false. This is definitely true for probably all the masters we know anything about, i have heard however that Kumaradza apparently did practise "pure" Dzogchen...

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