Quite obviously you do not understand the nature of Buddhist Deities.Kelwin wrote:Spaghetti monster tells me to say 'no'. Does is matter if it's him or me?
Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
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"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Please do! I am sure there is a whole heap of egos here that would benefit from it.Malcolm wrote:There is a very nice book composed by Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme which sets out to prove the superiority of Dzogchen. Perhaps I should translate it.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Haha, ok, if you say soSherab Dorje wrote:Quite obviously you do not understand the nature of Buddhist Deities.Kelwin wrote:Spaghetti monster tells me to say 'no'. Does is matter if it's him or me?
'I will not take your feelings seriously, and neither will you' -Lama Lena
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
We've all read lots of texts saying it is superior. And lots of texts saying it is the same/similair. Personally, I like Tsele Natsok Rangdrol's perspective. Does Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme offer any new argument to the conversation that hasn't been translated before? I'd certainly be interested! Summary of the point he makes more than welcome.Malcolm wrote:There is a very nice book composed by Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme which sets out to prove the superiority of Dzogchen. Perhaps I should translate it.Kelwin wrote:Spaghetti monster tells me to say 'no'. Does is matter if it's him or me?Sherab Dorje wrote:Is there a difference?
Termas are full of superiority complexes. I guess it kind of matters if it's 'just' individuals writing inspired poetry, or actually enlightened beings trying to guide us all to something better. It also gives a different perspective on the question whether Dzogchen is somehow superior to all other paths or not.
'I will not take your feelings seriously, and neither will you' -Lama Lena
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Kelwin wrote:We've all read lots of texts saying it is superior. And lots of texts saying it is the same/similair. Personally, I like Tsele Natsok Rangdrol's perspective. Does Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme offer any new argument to the conversation that hasn't been translated before? I'd certainly be interested! Summary of the point he makes more than welcome.Malcolm wrote:There is a very nice book composed by Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme which sets out to prove the superiority of Dzogchen. Perhaps I should translate it.Kelwin wrote: Spaghetti monster tells me to say 'no'. Does is matter if it's him or me?
Termas are full of superiority complexes. I guess it kind of matters if it's 'just' individuals writing inspired poetry, or actually enlightened beings trying to guide us all to something better. It also gives a different perspective on the question whether Dzogchen is somehow superior to all other paths or not.
He lists six points of superiority:
1. The Great Perfection is superior through its preliminary practice.
2. It is superior through its ripening empowerments.
3. It is superior through its physiology of nāḍīs, vāyus and bindus.
4. It is superior through the great transference rainbow body of the fourth vision of thögal.
5. It is superior through its method.
6. It is superior through its explanation of the measurement of liberation.
Indeed, he finds evidence that Milarepa practiced the preliminaries of the Great Perfection (ever a subject of controversy) in a verse from one of Mila's songs:
- I, MIlarepa, have gained prowess,
prowess in the training in awakened mind.
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Sorry, misread/misinterpreted your remark!Kelwin wrote:Haha, ok, if you say soSherab Dorje wrote:Quite obviously you do not understand the nature of Buddhist Deities.Kelwin wrote:Spaghetti monster tells me to say 'no'. Does is matter if it's him or me?
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Well if a Dzogchenpa says that Dzogchen is superior to every other system then it must be true...
I hear Christians believe their God is the one and true God and have texts to back the claim too...
I hear Christians believe their God is the one and true God and have texts to back the claim too...
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Reasons are given. Now that Dudjom Rinpoche is your paramaguru, perhaps you should read and ponder his arguments which make the same six points.Sherab Dorje wrote:Well if a Dzogchenpa says that Dzogchen is superior to every other system then it must be true...
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Translations like this are so important.Virgo wrote:Please do!Malcolm wrote: There is a very nice book composed by Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme which sets out to prove the superiority of Dzogchen. Perhaps I should translate it.
Kevin
Kevin
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Perhaps, and perhaps I can also apply some critical thinking and discriminatory wisdom too. It's actually encouraged, if I remember correctly.Malcolm wrote:Reasons are given. Now that Dudjom Rinpoche is your paramaguru, perhaps you should read and ponder his arguments which make the same six points.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
As I said, perhaps you should ponder his arguments, rather than just go to the kneejerk fake Rime response.Sherab Dorje wrote:Perhaps, and perhaps I can also apply some critical thinking and discriminatory wisdom too. It's actually encouraged, if I remember correctly.Malcolm wrote:Reasons are given. Now that Dudjom Rinpoche is your paramaguru, perhaps you should read and ponder his arguments which make the same six points.
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
I did ponder it and it seemed like the normal boring old Dzogchen triumphalism that I tend to run into at ever corner. But since you insist:Malcolm wrote:As I said, perhaps you should ponder his arguments, rather than just go to the kneejerk fake Rime response.
1. The Great Perfection is superior through its preliminary practice. Why? Every system has it's preliminary practices and they don't seem to differ all that drastically. Even if they do differ on minor details, seems they all have the same goal.
2. It is superior through its ripening empowerments. Why? Every system has it's ripening empowerments and all aim for the realisation, or insight into, the true state of "mind"
3. It is superior through its physiology of nāḍīs, vāyus and bindus. Hmmmmm... Maybe... I don't have enough experience and knowledge to judge this.
4. It is superior through the great transference rainbow body of the fourth vision of thögal. This does not necessarily make it superior. It means that it has a specific method with a specific outcome. French cooking has souffle, it does not make it superior to Greek cooking which does not have souffle.
5. It is superior through its method. cf 4.
6. It is superior through its explanation of the measurement of liberation. I am not even going to pretend to know what this means. Does it mean it considers liberation differently to other systems? Does it though? Seems to me it doesn't really consider it all that differently to any other Vajrayana system.
Is that enough pondering?
Personally, what I find annoying is when people take statements like the above and then use them to further bolster pride, ego, feelings of superiority, etc... My system is better than your system. My realisation is higher than your realisation, my knob is bigger than your knob. Ad nauseum. They are almost inevitably used in this manner, so I question their usefulness.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Malcolm wrote: 3. It is superior through its physiology of nāḍīs, vāyus and bindus.
Yup, thats what the sGra thal 'gyur says:
http://www.academia.edu/14013507/The_sh ... erspective
pg. 68-9
Just recognize the conceptualizing mind.
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
You have not even begun.Sherab Dorje wrote:[
Is that enough pondering?
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Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
I notice that you did not answer to my points though. So you are not helping my pondering.Malcolm wrote:You have not even begun.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
Sherab Dorje wrote:I notice that you did not answer to my points though. So you are not helping my pondering.Malcolm wrote:You have not even begun.
"Pondering" means learning Dzogchen teachings throughly yourself. Reading Dudjom Rinpoche's Big Red Book will help that goal.
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Thanks for the tip. Do you need a lung for that one?Malcolm wrote:"Pondering" means learning Dzogchen teachings throughly yourself. Reading Dudjom Rinpoche's Big Red Book will help that goal.
Received lung for Dudjom Rinpoche's "Buddhahood Without Meditation" twice now and plenty of tri, and it still has not shown me any specific points where Dzogchen (the state) differs from the state of Mahamudra. Of course the method has some major differences... especially when you compare Dzogchen method to the gradual method of Gampopa, but in comparison to Ganga Mahamudra, to this ignorant fool, it seems the differences fade into insignificance.
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Re: Mahamudra same as Dzogchen?
The state of Prajñāpāramitā, Mahāmudra, and Mahasandhi are the same; their paths however, different, and of course in my opinion, are respectively more profound. YMMV.Sherab Dorje wrote:Thanks for the tip. Do you need a lung for that one?Malcolm wrote:"Pondering" means learning Dzogchen teachings throughly yourself. Reading Dudjom Rinpoche's Big Red Book will help that goal.
Received lung for Dudjom Rinpoche's "Buddhahood Without Meditation" twice now and plenty of tri, and it still has not shown me any specific points where Dzogchen (the state) differs from the state of Mahamudra.
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Not to be a pedant, but I believe you mean Dudjom Lingpa.Sherab Dorje wrote:Received lung for Dudjom Rinpoche's "Buddhahood Without Meditation" twice now
Buddhahood Without Meditation is the title for the book which is a translation of his Rang bZhin rDzogs pa Chen po'i Rang Zhel mNgon du Byed pa'i gDams pa ma sGom Sangs rGyas bZhugs so.
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Thanks Malcolm! Sounds like these arguments aren't all that different from what we've seen before, right? Not saying I don't agree by the way. I guess I can fill in the blanks for most points, but would certainly be interested in a book that does the full elaboration.Malcolm wrote:Kelwin wrote:We've all read lots of texts saying it is superior. And lots of texts saying it is the same/similair. Personally, I like Tsele Natsok Rangdrol's perspective. Does Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme offer any new argument to the conversation that hasn't been translated before? I'd certainly be interested! Summary of the point he makes more than welcome.Malcolm wrote:
There is a very nice book composed by Lhatsun Namkhai Jigme which sets out to prove the superiority of Dzogchen. Perhaps I should translate it.
He lists six points of superiority:
1. The Great Perfection is superior through its preliminary practice.
2. It is superior through its ripening empowerments.
3. It is superior through its physiology of nāḍīs, vāyus and bindus.
4. It is superior through the great transference rainbow body of the fourth vision of thögal.
5. It is superior through its method.
6. It is superior through its explanation of the measurement of liberation.
Indeed, he finds evidence that Milarepa practiced the preliminaries of the Great Perfection (ever a subject of controversy) in a verse from one of Mila's songs:
Dudjom Rinpoche more or less cribs his arguments for the superiority of Dzogchen from this source.
- I, MIlarepa, have gained prowess,
prowess in the training in awakened mind.
As for the quote by Milarepa, I have no idea why that would refer to the Great Perfection? Is this the specific Tibetan terminology used here?
'I will not take your feelings seriously, and neither will you' -Lama Lena