konchog uma
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looks awesome steve but 12$ shipping for a 6$ book is ridiculous.. i send 1lb books via media mail within the US for less than 3$ all the time (cause im part of paperbackswap.com) so i think i'll pass, being somewhat poor right now. thanks for bringing the book to my attention tho
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Introduction to Dzogchen Retreat with B Alan Wallace
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@jeff, i feel a draw to learn and practice dzogchen in general. I feel an affinity to ChNNR and also to Ontul Rinpoche (i took refuge under him 12 years ago) who is the yang zab lineage holder (drikung dzogchen). He's not near me, and the closest yang zab group is in Vermont, 12 hours away. So I will just work with the teachings i can find, the only dzogchen sangha near me is Lama Surya Das' and that doesn't appeal to me. I don't feel that you are forcing your views on me, but i am looking more for reading recommendations and teachings that apply within ChNNRs dzogchen community. As far as using my own instincts outside of those parameters, i am just fine, thanks. @alwayson, do you mind clarifying so i can understand your post? thanks- 451 replies
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thanks alwayson, is that within the DC? are those practices? books? that list doesnt really mean much to me except trekcho and song of vajra, i know what those are. thanks for clarifying- 451 replies
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finished listening to the retreat, its the best i've heard Alan Wallace. I have seen a lot of criticism in amazon reviews of dzogchen books that can be summed up as "i read this book but i still don't understand what dzogchen is!" and i kind of feel that the same thing can be said about this retreat. The Dudjom Rinpoche text (Extracting the Vital Essence of Accomplishment: Direct and Clear Guidance for Practice in a Mountain Retreat) adds a lot of dimension to the practice, but otherwise, it seems like two kinds of shamatha, with and without a sign, in the latter of which one is watching the mind itself. Of course this is coupled with the dzogchen view, which includes the idea that one needs to stop looking for a particular state of mind, and drop all mentality to rest in the natural state, which is everpresently there if only we would just stop what we were "doing" and realize it. That idea actually helped me the most, as i found myself striving to "achieve" the natural state, or recreate it from my experience in the bardo and with essence mahamudra. So i am getting a better understanding of dzogchen, but i still feel like i am missing parts of the puzzle. No doubt i am, in my junior steps into such a complex practice, and as my studies progress i will fill in the spaces that are presently blank. This retreat was helpful as an introduction, in the sense that it opened a door through which i can see that i have a great deal more to learn and practice with that in mind i am open to suggestions about where to take my studies.. so thanks if you have some!- 451 replies
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awesome, thanks CT like i have said, my understanding is very poor. My meditations are stable and generally above average, but my knowledge of texts and terminologies is below average. So if there is verification for that, then what i said is moot. I would be glad to be shown to be incorrect, happier in many ways than to be right in this case. -
welcome to taobums sometimes it happens (spontaneous mudras) in the case of kundalini awakening. thats about all i have for you
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aw sorry i still buy from them im not taking any moral high ground here just venting.. they annoy me sometimes. and admittedly they did improve their warehouse conditions and offer their employees free tuition as a bonus. i dont think theyre evil, i just think they care more about their market share than about literacy.. it comes with size.. there are vested interests and boards of directors and shareholders to consider.. its necessarily kinda screwed up. why i favor the little guy. they dont have those same shackles to deal with
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Perfect Clarity: A Tibetan Buddhist Anthology of Mahamudra and Dzogchen i don't have a kindle, but i found a way around Amazon's bullshit DRM, so i am reading it on my sony reader. There's a plug-in for Calibre which allows one to circumvent DRM and convert to .epub format if youre interested. Which increases the value of my reader even moreso... on one hand amazon is completely convenient, and on the other hand they have a reputation for only improving horrible conditions for workers when petitioned and browbeaten to do so. and their DRM policy on kindle material is completely stupid, they would sell a lot more if they were actually concerned with people having access to learning materials, not just their fucking market share thats my vent... there, i feel a lot better now. sorry for the fuck word sometimes i get riled up oh yeah, and while im at it, AbeBooks is completely awesome. check them out before you buy from amazon!
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konchog uma replied to konchog uma's topic in Buddhist Discussion
first of all, please show me where the written words of Norbu Rinpoche validate this: specifically the part about the mind of the recipient translating direct transmission into a dream or astral experience.. but Especially about people of high consciousness not dreaming. that is the part i contest, and if you can back it up, my point is moot. -
Introduction to Dzogchen Retreat with B Alan Wallace
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i would have to go back and listen, he mostly uses english terminology and calls it the substrate or sometimes, jokingly, the slush. thanks again and thanks for the honest about rigpa... i hope someone else can clarify -
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illuminating, creation, thank you very much! if i understand wallace correctly, he differentiates between the alaya and the base, and says that to rest in rigpa, one needs to break through the substrate (alaya) into the base beyond it. This is all new to me, and i have been listening a lot while driving, so anyone who understands differently, please do feel encouraged to correct me. can you explain why some people explain rigpa/vidya as a state of being, and some as the knowledge which arises from teh natural state? thank you so much, that post was really helpful -
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Introduction to Dzogchen Retreat with B Alan Wallace
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good point thanks, i think of that as an inner yoga cause im familiar with years of kagyu and am new to dzogchen -
believe what you want, its called cause and effect. you might think youre immune, and im not going to press the point. only want to say that bodhisattvas descend to hells with the blessings of the dharma protectors and the benefit of lifetimes of virtuous conduct and the karma that it has accumulated. they dont go to take in garbage mindlessly and engage in negative behaviors. There is a huge difference. They are fully mindful (which i do agree negates a lot of the effect of negativity, but doesnt describe the average state of mind of the average human being... )
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Introduction to Dzogchen Retreat with B Alan Wallace
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mind treasures (termas) and samboghakaya emanations aside, i think Pero just meant that dzogchen teachings and practice perse had nothing to do with dreams and astral travel. They might be side effects of practice, and are non unknown to dzogchenpas, but they arent part of the dzogchen teachings. If i understand correctly. forgive me for butting in -
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top notch post TI in dzogchen teachings by several teachers including norbu, i have read that there can be thoughts, or no thoughts, but the regardless of this, one can be resting in the natural state. I am reading a couple anthologies of dzogchen authors, neither of which i have in front of me right now (at a cafe) but i am pretty sure the analogy has been drawn between thoughts in the natural state, and a thief in an empty house. The natural state is nondual beyond qualifiers like thoughts or not thoughts to my understanding, which is very poor, but i am pretty sure of this -
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thats what im saying, its not dzogchen. those views aren't taught anywhere else but your "personal experience". they arent recognized views. thats all.- 451 replies
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what is standard buddhism? whose standards? most buddhism seeks to generate a foundation then build on it until years later the practitioner realizes the natural state and develops a relationship with it, while dzogchen begins with a guru's direct introduction to the natural state of mind. what follows is various sadhanas but mostly (especially in ChNNRs dzogchen community) guruyoga, which employs various means (the a and thigle, mantra, but mostly the direct experience of the natural state) as a practice to return to, and rest in that natural state until it becomes constant. i dont think youre going to find a logically satisfactory answer to "why is it faster?" its faster because people who practice it achieve realization in less time than "standard" buddhists or non-dzogchenpas. *GENERALLY SPEAKING. if you have to ask what is the point of transmission i can't explain it. Your karma will either attract you to study and practice dzogchen, or not. and if you choose to speculate and theorize and approach dzogchen as an academic exercise in labeling some paths as faster and some slower, well bless you. but i recommend practice, and letting that practice speak for itself. dzogchen is mystical, its not a nut youre going to crack with 20 logical questions -
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okay, i know that both sugatagarbha and tathagatagarbha have been used to describe the buddha-nature by various translators and scholars. So while i would like to be most correct, i realize that its kind of hair-splitting from the point of view that we are coming from. i have one questions about all that, which i found helpful btw. I am sure that i have read that the alayavijnana is a state of ignorance. Am i wrong, or is that to be understood in a certain context? Thanks for the clarification sorry for lack of source. -
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thanks, i don't need a link i have enough to read right now, and i believe you. alwayson said that rigpa equates to vidya, but vidya is knowledge. A quick look at wikipedia shows that whoever wrote that article last equates the two as well. So is vidya conceptual knowledge? because rigpa as buddha-nature is rather a non-conceptual thing, but rigpa as knowledge seems conceptual. The concept of rigpa might embody elements of both of those ideas, or the definition of vidya might be nonconceptual knowledge (in which case "knowledge" is a poor translation), or maybe another as-yet-unconsidered way of understanding it. i have seen it identified as the knowledge that arises from resting in the natural state, and as the natural state itself, the consciousness that remains when the alaya is cast aside and gone beyond. Can anyone clarify this for me, as mentioned i am just starting to understand dzogchen? thank you! -
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wow i dont think youre speaking as an authority in any dzogchen i have ever come across. this sounds like speculation, or how you personally think it might work. if thats the case you should be more careful with your words. i don't think the view you espouse here is a recognized view. -
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i can but i wont. i dont care what you think is bs. as you study more widely you will encounter the phenomenon.- 451 replies
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thanks i knew that once so is rigpa the same as sugatagarbha? -
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quite so if you find the time to watch the movie you will see an amazing example of what it is to be a human being. Wandering Wolf is completely awesome