Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Has Attained Parinirvana

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Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Has Attained Parinirvana

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DC UK emailed an official announcement that our Master passed away at 9pm.

Dear friends,
Tonight, Thursday 27 September, at 9 pm our beloved Master left this earthly existence in a serene and peaceful way, at his residence, Gadeling, Merigar.
The Namkhai Family

We ask everyone to respect the privacy of the Family and the request for silence and reflection.

Students from all over the world are coming to Merigar to be together and practice. The daily collective practices are continuing and as soon as we receive directions from the Namkhai Family we will let you know how you can pay your respects and honor our beloved and precious Master.
Please remember that at the moment the Master is in Thugdam (Samadhi), a phase that lasts from 3 to 7 days that should not be disturbed.

Merigar Gakyil

Maybe Mods would wish to split this as a new topic. I'm not sure....
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Thought I'd be ok but reading this hit me almost physically..geez.
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please mods, delete this thread. let's keep this quiet as is supposed.
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javier.espinoza.t wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:14 am please mods, delete this thread. let's keep this quiet as is supposed.
No, I think i'll allow people to express how they feel at a very important moment, regarding one of the most important Dharma teachers of our age, should they desire to. It goes without saying it should be kept respectful.
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A universal teacher, a true guru for this mad era. The Picasso of Tibetan wisdom teachings. A rare diamond who’s brilliance and clarity cut through the poisons of cynicism and ignorance alike.


I left Buddhism years ago, but I have never left what he showed me about the nature of mind, and he has remained one of the only lights I could ever cling to.
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FROM MERIGAR ITALY:

Dear friends,

Tonight, Thursday 27 September, at 9 pm our beloved Master left this earthly existence in a serene and peaceful way, at his residence, Gadeling, Merigar.
The Namkhai Family

We ask everyone to respect the privacy of the Family and the request for silence and reflection.

Students from all over the world are coming to Merigar to be together and practice. The daily collective practices are continuing and as soon as we receive directions from the Namkhai Family we will let you know how you can pay your respects and honor our beloved and precious Master.

Please remember that at the moment the Master is in Thugdam (Samadhi), a phase that lasts from 3 to 7 days that should not be disturbed.

Merigar Gakyil
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javier.espinoza.t wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:14 am please mods, delete this thread. let's keep this quiet as is supposed.
The Namkhai Family has announced it and therefore wish it to be known. No need to keep it quiet.
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My heart goes out to you, DC.
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There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
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Peace, Love & Respect xx :heart:
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LA MA KHYEN

Guru, think of me!

LA MA KHYEN

Guru, think of me!

LA MA KHYEN

Guru, think of me!



MA RIG MÜN SEL PÄL DÄN LA MA

Magnificently glorious Guru, dispelling the darkness of ignorance;

TAR PÄI LAM TÖN PÄL DÄN LA MA

Magnificently glorious Guru, revealing the path of liberation;

KOR WÄI CHU DRÖL PÄL DÄN LA MA

Magnificently glorious Guru, liberating from the waters of samsara;

DUG NGÄL NÄ SEL PÄL DÄN LA MA

Magnificently glorious Guru, eliminating the diseases of the five poisons;

YI ZHIN NOR BU PÄL DÄN LA MA

Magnificently glorious Guru, the wish-granting jewel;

KYE LA SÖL DEB JIN GYI LOB SHIG

I beseech you, please bless me.

MI TAG CHI WA NYING NÄ DREN PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To remember impermanence and death from my heart.

GÖ ME LO NA GYU LA KYE PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To generate the thought of no-need in my mind.

EN PAR TSE CHIG DRUB LA NÄ PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To abide one-pointedly in practice in isolated places.

DRUB LA BAR CHE GANG YANG ME PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To not have any hindrances to my practice.

THRÜL ME NÄ LUG TA WA TOG PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To realize, without error, the view of the fundamental nature of reality.

KYEN NGÄN TAM CHÄ DROG SU CHAR WA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

So that all bad conditions appear as a support.

DAG ZHEN DÖN NYI LHÜN GYI DRUB PA

Magnificently glorious Guru, please bless me

PÄL DÄN LA MÄI JIN GYI LOB SHIG

To accomplish effortlessly the two works of self and others.



DAN TA NYUR DU JIN GYI LOB SHIG

Please bless me soon.

NYUR WA NYUR DU JIN GYI LOB SHIG

Please bless me very soon.

DEN TOG DIR RU JIN GYI LOB SHIG

Please bless me on this very cushion.

TÜN TOG DIR RU JIN GYI LOB SHIG

Please bless me in this very session.

PÄL DÄN TSA WÄI LA MA RIN PO CHHE

Magnificent and precious root Guru,

DAG GI NYING KHAR PÄ MÖI TENG ZHUG LA

Please abide on the lotus seat at my heart,

KA DRIN CHHEN PÖI GO NÄ JE ZUNG TE

Guide me with your great kindness,

KU SUNG THUG KYI NGÖ DRUB TSÄL DU SÖL

And grant me the realizations of your holy body, speech, and mind.
Homage to the Precious Dzogchen Master
🙏🌺🙏 Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
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Lama khyenno.
Lama khyenno.

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From the link:

"...No one can always be together with his or her teacher and this is unnecessary as he already has given his student important transmissions and teachings that are his very essence. You have to understand that your teacher's essence is inseparable from your primordial state. In that condition you can no longer say, "I cannot be in my real nature" as the physical level is merely relative. Sometimes when we joke, play, and practice together people become extremely happy thinking, "I am joyous to be with my teacher. " At such a moment I repeat that in order to be really happy you should practice Guruyoga. By continuously practising Guruyoga you will always remain with your teacher in the inseparable state of his and your primordial state."
- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu
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Thank you for sharing the update.

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I heard a story about when Marpa's son died falling off a horse (or something like that). His students came to him and saw him crying. They asked, "Teacher, you taught us that everything is an illusion, so why are you crying?"

Marpa replied, "Yes, it's an illusion, but a very big illusion."

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I am of course disheartened by this news and disappointed in myself that I was not able to get as far in my practice while he was still alive, but for some reason this past week of practicing together has given me more confidence in my practice.

Does anyone know if we can still purify our samaya with Rinpoche while he is in this samadhi state? I've been doing the practices over the past week or so, but I haven't been able to make every one. I see they are still webcasting the practices daily, so I hope that means there is still an opportunity to purify any problems with samaya. Does anyone know? Thanks.
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SwampyFool wrote: Fri Sep 28, 2018 4:07 am Does anyone know if we can still purify our samaya with Rinpoche while he is in this samadhi state? I've been doing the practices over the past week or so, but I haven't been able to make every one. I see they are still webcasting the practices daily, so I hope that means there is still an opportunity to purify any problems with samaya. Does anyone know? Thanks.
Yes, you can, of course.

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The title of this thread is somewhat vague. This really isn’t any old “update,” not that the title needs to state anything explicitly, but it falls short of capturing the importance of this, and could be easily overlooked.
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This marks the end of an era of Dharma in the modern world methinks.

May all of us Vajra siblings purify our samaya and recognise our primordial state.
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