Hello Everybody

[RigdzinTrinley]

Hi my name is Matthias and I'm born in Austria

 

 

5 years ago I traveled to India the first time, I thought I will explore another culture and then go back to start university in Vienna, I met an old Dzochen Yogi in a small Himalayan town and realised that western Universities can't teach me anything

 

I mostly live in India, in Tso Pema a little Himalayan town that is sacred to Hinduism, Buddhism and the Sikh Religion. Its close to the river Beas

 

I have three lamas here who teach me Buddhist philosophy, psychology and tantric practices, I learned tibetan and speak and read the language. I also study some tibetan medicin with the doctor of the town.

 

My Lab concists of tantric Buddhist practices, my studies focus on the Longchen Nyinghtik (heartessence of the vast expanse) terma circle revealed by the great Tertön Jigme Lingpa and texts connected to this circle, mostly by Dza Patrul Rinpoche and Ju Mipham Rinpoche

 

I have alot of access and time with my lamas, and received many teachings on the Sutras, Tantras, Agamas and Dzocgen Upadesha

 

Before I moved to India, I did almost 3 years of Gestalt Therapy and continue to study and apply western psychotherapy at the moment I read alot of Wilhelm Reich and neo reichian bodywork in general

 

I also started to read more of Israel Regardie, Crowley, Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary, Dr. Hyatt etc and start to see parallels between many aspects of the western occult and countercultural movements and the ancient science of Tantra - but also some big differences

 

I also do alot of Pilgrimage in the Himalayas, so I know many of the special tantric tempels, Shakthi Peethas and overall powerplaces of the Himalayan Deity (for tantric buddhist most of hte Himalaya is the body mandala of Chackrasamvhara in Union with Vajrayogini, and Shiv/shakti for shivaites) - so if someone plans to visit India I'm happy to help them figure out what to see and where to go and how to get there

 

I hope to learn more about the western tradidion here - escpacially spiritual Alchemy (which looks alot like Tantra to me) and hope to contribute in the fields of psychotherapy (reicha nd neo reichian work) as well as tantric studies

 

hope to get started soon, love from the Himalayas

M

[Chang]

Hello and welcome. You are accepted. Glad to have you as a member and I am sure that you will find much here to interest you.

 

Please take the time to read the two posts pinned at the top of this Welcome page and take a look at the forum terms and rules. This covers all you need to know when getting started.

 

For the first week you will be restricted to ten posts per day but after that you can post as much as you like. Also, until you’ve posted fifteen times in the forums, you’ll be a “Junior Bum” with somewhat restricted access and will be allowed only two private messages per day.

 

Good luck in your pursuits and best wishes to you,

 

Chang and the TTB team

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[soaring crane]

Grüezi Mathias and thank you for that exceptionally lovely introduction :-)

 

I may know someone who may be interested in taking you up on your offer. She's in need of a few months of the life you're living, and she's a very, very sweet person, not anspruchsvoll at all.

[RigdzinTrinley]

Servus,

 

I'm usually pretty busy when I'm here so I can't be a tour guide, but maybe we just find out what she is looking for and I ask myself and ask around to see where to start.

 

One rule of thumb for India is - don't buy a return ticket

 

U never know where you end up

 

Another thing is - unfortunately its a patriarchal country and we blessed it on top of that with pornography

 

So many western women have a hard time here. Especially when travelling alone

 

But then there is also Nepal&Thailand

 

Those places are more western women friendly

 

Can you be more specific about what she might be looking for - also why you think she needs such a timeout? That's interesting to me

 

Love

M

[rex]

Hello! Good to see someone of your background here.

 

Is Navaratri kicking off where you are? And on subject of Devis and Buddhist Tantric deities, is there much cross-over with Hindu and Buddhist devotees, with each visiting each others temples?

 

Best.

[RigdzinTrinley]

I was at naina devi the local durga temple today for the special prasad and blessing (its great up on that mountain anyway - but yes today we walked into an almost physical wall of shakti before entering the temple gates - fire Puja every day... in all devi temples of India...imagine the energy right now)

 

so yes Navrata is on in the Himalayas

 

Full Power

 

many tantric buddhists dont fully understand the connections but some do, Keith Dowman, James Low and some of the first tradition of westerners here - its a rather rare phenomena that there is this kind of relationship - I have friends who practice Hindu Tantra, some even adopted buddhist tantric rituals and have also lamas guiding them

 

it is very very similar path, just some differences (bodhicitta mainly)

 

but many temples in nepal are simply tantric (buddhist/hindu) so you would find a stupa on top of the base for a shiva lingam, so there you meet buddhists and hindus anyway (many of those old beautiful newari temples the earthquake destroyed - my favourit place in nepal Sankhu is gone like it never existed)

 

(Gendun Chöpel wrote about the powerplaces of the himalaya... I dont know if its translated... but many shiva/shakti places correspond with dakini places, chackrasamvhara and vajrayogini places)

 

the himalaya is vajrayoginis body mandala basically (or shiv/shaktis as you like) - its one huge tantric deity

Edited October 13, 2015 by RigdzinTrinley

[rex]

I'd love to be there! I remember reading an annecdote about Dudjom Rinpoche who on being asked what the difference between Hindu and Buddhist tantra was, replied 'bodhiciitta'. There definitely appear to be cross-overs between the two traditions - Ganesha, Tara, Saraswati, Kubera/Dzambhala, Garuda, Varahi.

 

 

Edit: spellings

Edited October 14, 2015 by rex

[SonOfTheGods]

I also started to read more of Israel Regardie, Crowley, Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary, Dr. Hyatt etc and start to see parallels between many aspects of the western occult and countercultural movements and the ancient science of Tantra - but also some big differences

 

 

Indeed brother, I did same and cultivated a hybrid mix.