Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
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Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receiving the reading transmissions for the Tersar empowerments I received. IOW, will the poti wang make the mantras function for me just like the lung would have?
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Re: Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
What is a poti wang?!?Pema Rigdzin wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:28 am To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receiving the reading transmissions for the Tersar empowerments I received. IOW, will the poti wang make the mantras function for me just like the lung would have?
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Re: Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
When a lama bumps a text on your head, or there is a table full of tons of texts and you bump your head against it. It's basically a book empowerment.lelopa wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 5:30 amWhat is a poti wang?!?Pema Rigdzin wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:28 am To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receiving the reading transmissions for the Tersar empowerments I received. IOW, will the poti wang make the mantras function for me just like the lung would have?
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Re: Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
The terms po ti (པོ་ཏི་) and dpe cha (དཔེ་ཆ་) are basically synonymous (both meaning "book, text"). So wouldn't po ti dbang (པོ་ཏི་དབང་) be the same as pe'i dbang (དཔེའི་དབང་)?
I'd love to hear from someone about the tantric theory these are based on, and if there are any distinctions between the two. What are the features of these, and in what contexts are they usually given?
For instance, is such a silent text empowerment given when a public reading transmission is not suitable for all those in attendance? Is it bestowed this way when permission to practice the sadhana has only been requested by a few and not by the whole assembly, prompting the lama to only grant it to those serious enough to ask?
There's obviously something at work here. Surely it's not just a case of the vajra master being outta breath
See:
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/po_ti
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/dpe_cha
I'd love to hear from someone about the tantric theory these are based on, and if there are any distinctions between the two. What are the features of these, and in what contexts are they usually given?
For instance, is such a silent text empowerment given when a public reading transmission is not suitable for all those in attendance? Is it bestowed this way when permission to practice the sadhana has only been requested by a few and not by the whole assembly, prompting the lama to only grant it to those serious enough to ask?
There's obviously something at work here. Surely it's not just a case of the vajra master being outta breath
See:
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/po_ti
http://rywiki.tsadra.org/index.php/dpe_cha
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Re: Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
According to Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; "poti wang" gives you the same transmission as "lung" but you can't pass it on to someone else.Pema Rigdzin wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:28 am To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receiving the reading transmissions for the Tersar empowerments I received. IOW, will the poti wang make the mantras function for me just like the lung would have?
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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)
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Re: Does poti wang accomplish the same as lung?
Thanks, Magnus!heart wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 9:09 amAccording to Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche; "poti wang" gives you the same transmission as "lung" but you can't pass it on to someone else.Pema Rigdzin wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 8:28 am To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receiving the reading transmissions for the Tersar empowerments I received. IOW, will the poti wang make the mantras function for me just like the lung would have?
/magnus
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