Not boring at all.I think its wonderful.Grigoris wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:47 amWell, apart from my friend Lama Joseph who is currently completing a 12 year, there is my friend Lama Maria who completed 9 years, my friend Lama Daphne who also completed 9 years and is a vow holding bhikshuni living in a mountain retreat center in northern Greece. These are just (part of) the Greek Sangha that graduated from the specific retreat center. I could go on, but it would be rather boring...amanitamusc wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:44 amWho in particular?Grigoris wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:35 am No. It is a Karma Kagyu retreat center associated with Karmapa Thaye Trinley Dorje called Dhagpo Kagyu Ling. It had been pumping out top notch practitioners and lama since it's founding in 1975 under the direction of Gendeun Rinpoche (who was sent to France by the 16th Karmpa).
Can a complete beginner benefit from Dzogchen practice?
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There are more videos on YT but some media that clearly shows "cramped" conditions are in other outlets. For example, I'm pretty sure that the nun's retreat I mentioned is in "Blessing : The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" , but the full video for this is not in YT but is on Amazon Streaming Video.Aryjna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:25 amI think having a separate room would make a retreat of this kind quite comfortable, as far as being annoyed by others goes. Sleeping and practicing in the same room could make it horrible and it is a very big difference, but it depends I suppose, as you will be constantly practicing anyway.kirtu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:21 amAnd they still couldn't get along! This was part of my point.
That is correct although I have read of Tibetan retreats where people did live in separate (but possibly shared) rooms. I was shocked to see a video from a 3 year nuns retreat in which they were all actually in the same room.I was getting the impression that people practice and sleep together in a medium sized room in this kind of retreats.
Kirt
Are there more videos on youtube?
Kirt
“Where do atomic bombs come from?”
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
Re: Can a complete beginner benefit from Dzogchen practice?
Thanks, that looks interesting.kirtu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:34 pmThere are more videos on YT but some media that clearly shows "cramped" conditions are in other outlets. For example, I'm pretty sure that the nun's retreat I mentioned is in "Blessing : The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" , but the full video for this is not in YT but is on Amazon Streaming Video.Aryjna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:25 amI think having a separate room would make a retreat of this kind quite comfortable, as far as being annoyed by others goes. Sleeping and practicing in the same room could make it horrible and it is a very big difference, but it depends I suppose, as you will be constantly practicing anyway.kirtu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:21 am
And they still couldn't get along! This was part of my point.
That is correct although I have read of Tibetan retreats where people did live in separate (but possibly shared) rooms. I was shocked to see a video from a 3 year nuns retreat in which they were all actually in the same room.
Kirt
Are there more videos on youtube?
Kirt
Re: Can a complete beginner benefit from Dzogchen practice?
They don't have rooms, they have their own meditation box. That's it.kirtu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:34 pmThere are more videos on YT but some media that clearly shows "cramped" conditions are in other outlets. For example, I'm pretty sure that the nun's retreat I mentioned is in "Blessing : The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" , but the full video for this is not in YT but is on Amazon Streaming Video.Aryjna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:25 amI think having a separate room would make a retreat of this kind quite comfortable, as far as being annoyed by others goes. Sleeping and practicing in the same room could make it horrible and it is a very big difference, but it depends I suppose, as you will be constantly practicing anyway.kirtu wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:21 am
And they still couldn't get along! This was part of my point.
That is correct although I have read of Tibetan retreats where people did live in separate (but possibly shared) rooms. I was shocked to see a video from a 3 year nuns retreat in which they were all actually in the same room.
Kirt
Are there more videos on youtube?
Kirt
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"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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The retreats here have small individual rooms but no bed, just the box to sleep in. But if you’re old you can ask for a mattress.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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The older you are , the thicker your mattress gets ?
Man....mine would be plush....great for sleeping meditation. ..
Smcj....you are there NOW? ?
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I’m a resident at a monastery. I’m not in retreat or even planning on one.Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 5:54 pmThe older you are , the thicker your mattress gets ?
Man....mine would be plush....great for sleeping meditation. ..
Smcj....you are there NOW? ?
There’s a men’s and a women’s retreat on the property. The current retreat is almost halfway done. But the other residents have either completed one or two retreats or else the are preparing for the next one. The retreats are the main focus. So, barring secret practice stuff, I can ask people about it.
I’m the only resident that posts here. But sometimes the head nun reads some threads. I’m always a bit nervous about getting into trouble about my DW activity.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
Re: Can a complete beginner benefit from Dzogchen practice?
As I said:heart wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:45 pmThey don't have rooms, they have their own meditation box. That's it.kirtu wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:34 pmThere are more videos on YT but some media that clearly shows "cramped" conditions are in other outlets. For example, I'm pretty sure that the nun's retreat I mentioned is in "Blessing : The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" , but the full video for this is not in YT but is on Amazon Streaming Video.Aryjna wrote: ↑Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:25 am
I think having a separate room would make a retreat of this kind quite comfortable, as far as being annoyed by others goes. Sleeping and practicing in the same room could make it horrible and it is a very big difference, but it depends I suppose, as you will be constantly practicing anyway.
Are there more videos on youtube?
Kirt
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KirtI was shocked to see a video from a 3 year nuns retreat in which they were all actually in the same room.
“Where do atomic bombs come from?”
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
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A couple years ago Shenpen Hookam and a couple students went to Nepal. When they came back they said some Tibetan & Nepalese Kagyu Nuns were on a Mahamudra retreat with their boxes outdoors on a hillside. There were umbrellas overhead but no walls.
I think that’s a little extreme I think.
I think that’s a little extreme I think.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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Are you a nun ?
Oy vey...i better clean up my act too
Why not ? What are you doing there ?
I think at this stage in my life (i was born in 1700), if i ever did a buddhist retreat, it would be at home. They could see Holiday Inn written across my face if i ever walked into a real remote retreat place...
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WOW! Certainly if they did that for longer than a month or two. Or it was cold ....smcj wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:50 am A couple years ago Shenpen Hookam and a couple students went to Nepal. When they came back they said some Tibetan & Nepalese Kagyu Nuns were on a Mahamudra retreat with their boxes outdoors on a hillside. There were umbrellas overhead but no walls.
I think that’s a little extreme I think.
Kirt
“Where do atomic bombs come from?”
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
HH Chetsang Rinpoche
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I would be outside too as much as possible...i love fresh air & i am a little claustrophobic....kirtu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:16 amWOW! Certainly if they did that for longer than a month or two. Or it was cold ....smcj wrote: ↑Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:50 am A couple years ago Shenpen Hookam and a couple students went to Nepal. When they came back they said some Tibetan & Nepalese Kagyu Nuns were on a Mahamudra retreat with their boxes outdoors on a hillside. There were umbrellas overhead but no walls.
I think that’s a little extreme I think.
Kirt