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Keywords : tantric Buddhist empowerment, major empowerment cycle in highest yoga tantra and mahamudra, Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling and Her Eminence Jetsun Kusho.
OM SVASTI.
This December 2008 a major tantric empowerment cycle of the New School / Mahamudra lineage of vajrayana will be given in Vancouver British Columbia. These are the "Thirteen Golden Dharmas of Sakya", a comprehensive set of transmissions central to the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism, to be bestowed by Her Eminence Jetsun Kusho at Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling, her tantric practice center.
"Her Eminence Jetsun Chimey Luding, or HE Jetsun Kusho, is a leading female teacher of tibetan buddhism living in the West. Jetsunma is one of three women in the history of Tibet to have given the Lamdre ("path and its fruition") teachings, the special system of contemplative and meditative practice of the Sakya order. Thus, she is a thoroughly trained lineage holder.
HE Jetsun Chimey Luding is the Resident Spiritual Director of the Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling Center in Vancouver, Canada."
Translation from Tibetan will be by the eminent translator and Sakya scholar Jay Goldberg.
Dates:
December 20th through December 26th 2008
( see schedule below ).
Location:
Sakya Tsechen Thubten Ling (STTL)
9471 Beckwith Road
Richmond, BC Canada V6X 1V8
Contacts and references:
Tel: 604-275-5506
email: sakyatsechenthubtenling@shaw.ca
www.sakya.thinkbig.ca/
Discussion:
Her Eminence is a remarkably good teacher. I have three Vajrayogini empowerments from her. She is a primary lineage holder of the Sakya school, and considered a manifestation of the Great Goddess Vajrayogini herself. Vajrayogini is a central and highest practice of all the New Schools of Tibetan Buddhism, up through and including the Mahamudra teaching of primordial pure awareness.
It is not possible to practice these teachings without empowerment from a qualified lineage holder. Empowerment will include vows of basic Buddhist ethics ( the Ten Precepts ) and sacred vows of Mahayana / Great Way - Universal Service. Buddhist refuge and Mahayana vows are an integral part of every single tantric Buddhist empowerment, as is a commitment to some continuing meditative practice, typically involving mantra recitation.
Mantra means Sanskrit recitation of the names and activities of transcendent beings, i.e. Buddhist angels, in the context of ritual magic and yogic discipline. The purpose of these practices is primarily to develop the transcendent Wisdom, Compassion and Power ( jnana, karuna, bala ) of the fully realized Buddhas, and thereby to become capable of serving the highest good in all humanity from an inner elevated spiritual level. The path includes relative benefits such as inner healing and so forth, but no claims can be made regarding any one practice for any one practitioner.
Buddhist tantra, while a clear and formal spiritual discipline, is a culturally open and flexible path. This empowerment cycle will include a Hindu goddess ( Tinuma / Parvati ) and a Buddhist form of a primary Hindu deity, Avalokitesvara as Ganapati.
Note that I do not in any office represent this teacher or fellowship, and that arrangements may change. Please contact and preregister for all events, and be sure to show up quite a bit early, freshly washed and so forth. When the doors close they close. Space may well be quite limited.
Note also the prerequisite empowerment - either Sakya Hevajra ( included at the beginning of this series ) or Sakya Cakrasamvara. There are no substitutions though other lineages of these transmissions.
May the lineage of Her Eminence Jetsun Kusho flourish long, and may these teachings greatly benefit many.
Sarva mangalam! Siddhi rastu!
May All Benefit! May there be accomplishment!
Written in partial fulfillment of my vajrayana teaching vows, and with great respect for this teacher and lineage.
KT
The following resources are available from Snow Lion Publications
www.snowlionpub.com
For an overall survey of the meaning of tantric Buddhist empowerment, see
"EMPOWERMENT"
by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
"The empowerment ritual is the indispensable entrance door to Vajrayana Buddhism. It activates our natural right to an enlightened rule over our life and spiritual practice. [ The book ] 'Empowerment' contains a wealth of instructions on Buddhist training, particularly Mahamudra and Dzogchen."
For a brief teaching on Mahamudra, see
"CLARIFYING THE NATURAL STATE", by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
and
"AN OCEAN OF THE ULTIMATE MEANING: Teachings on Mahamudra"
by Khenchen Thrangu
"A practical manual for both teacher and student alike, Clarifying the Natural State covers the path from mindfulness to complete enlightenment, simply and methodically. Presenting the profound and ultimate instructions of Mahamudra, it embodies the realization of India and Tibet's greatest masters."
"Elevate your experience and remain wide open like the sky.
Expand your mindfulness and remain pervasive like the earth.
Steady your attention and remain unshakable like a mountain.
Brighten your awareness and remain shining like a flame.
Clear your thoughtfree wakefulness and remain lucid like a crystal."
--Dakpo Tashi Namgyal
MAHAMUDRA: The Natural Mind DVD
by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
7.5 hour, 4-DVD set.
#MANADV - $ 48.00
Mahamudra is the natural state of the mind: luminous, spacious, unhindered and free from dualistic concepts. In these talks, Mingyur Rinpoche provides a brilliant, engaging and accessible introduction to the practice of Mahamudra. With joy, humor and examples that are easily understandable by Western students, Rinpoche explains the meaning of Mahamudra and reveals how it is that our failure to recognize our nature of mind causes us to suffer. He provides extensive practice instructions on objectless meditation and meditation with a variety of supports including mantra, visual objects, sound, thoughts and emotions. In the fourth talk, Rinpoche presents an especially extensive and beneficial teaching on using pain as a support for meditation. For each practice he guides students through a practice session and answers students' questions about the practice. This teaching includes an extremely accessible explanation of Buddha-nature and emptiness.
For basic teaching on Vajrayogini, see
"VAJRAYOGINI: Her Visualizations, Rituals and Forms"
by Elizabeth English
"SUBLIME PATH TO KECHARA PARADISE: Vajrayogini's Eleven Yogas of Generation Stage Practice"
commentary by Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin
"INITIAL PRACTICES OF VAJRAYOGINI: An FPMT Manual for Initiates" ( Restricted text )
FPMT
"Vajrayogini is the ultimate flowering of the female energy within all of us. This great manual includes short and longer versions of the sadhana, tsog and other offerings, preparing for retreat, guide to hand mudras and more. Spiral bound to lie flat during practice."
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13 Golden Dharmas Empowerments
A series of empowerments unique to the Sakyapa
Hevajra - this is the central practice of Sakya lineage. The complete Sanskrit source tantra has been maintained, along with the practice lineage, since ancient India. See
"The Concealed Essence of the Hevajra Tantra, with the Commentary Yogaratnamala", by G.W. Farrow and I. Menon, published by Motilal Banarsidass.
This is a comprehensive inner yogic discipline. See
"The Triple Tantra", by Panchen Ngawang Choedak, Gorum Publications Autralia.
The Three Red Ones - (1) Vajrayogini of Naropa, (2) Vajrayogini of Indrabhuti, (3) Vajrayogini of Maitripa.
The Three Red Deities - (4) Uncommon Kurukulle ( an esoteric form of Red Tara ), (5) Ganapati ( Twelve Armed Ganesh - manifestation of Avalokitesvara ), (6) Takkiraja ( protector deity ).
The Three Small Red Deities - (7) Kurukulle Golden Chain ( a form of Tara ), (8) Tinuma ( e.g. Hindu goddess Parvati / Uma ), (9) Red Vasudhara ( Wealth Deity Tara ).
Four Other Deities - (10) Black Manjushri ( wrathful wisdom bodhisattva to reverse spells and sorcery ), (11) Multicolor Garuda ( for protection and healing ), (12) Singha Nada ( Lion's Roar Avalokitesvara ) and (13) Red Jambhala (mundane wealth deity ).
Pre-requisite: Hevajra or Chakrasamvara empowerment required. Participants who have received either empowerment from a Sakyapa teacher before will not need to take Hevajra empowerment again in order to receive the 13 Golden Dharmas.
Location: STTL center in Richmond
Hevajra empowerment - December 20 & 21
Saturday, December 20 - 6:30 pm
Sunday, December 21 - 2:30 pm
- Sadhana is available.
Other empowerments - December 22 - 31
( Partial attendance may be possible. )
* Sequence of the 13 empowerments will be announced on December 20.
* Mon - Sat: Empowerment starts at 6:30pm
* Sunday, December 25 & 26: Empowerment starts at 2:30pm.
More than empowerments are scheduled on these days.
- Sadhanas are available.
Suggested Donation: For entire series of empowerment - $350 CND
* Per empowerment - Hevajra $100
* Vajrayogini of Naropa $50
* All others - $30
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Vajrayogini practice materials available online / further references to Goddess Vajrayogini ( New School Indo-Tibetan Vajrayana )
Thu, December 11, 2008 - 10:35 AM
Title: Vajrayogini practice materials available online / further references to Goddess Vajrayogini ( New School Indo-Tibetan Vajrayana )
Summary: Provided here is a reference to online practice materials for restricted Vajrayogini goddess yoga ( tantric Buddhist New School lineages only ), and also further information on Vajrayogini in different forms.
The following includes *copyrighted* material from a web site that makes available sacred teachings and practices for Vajrayogini for Vajrayogini initiates. The purpose of excerpting this material is to make known the important and valuable service performed by Vajrayogini Practice Support, as well as to provide more basic introduction to the practice of Goddess Vajrayogini.
In this case the name Vajrayogini and/ or Vajravarahi refers to the New School / Indo-Tibetan Sarma lineages of Vajrayogini. It does not ( in the present instance ) refer to the Old School / Nyingma transmissions and practices of "Dechen Gyalmo / Queen of Great Bliss" and Troma Nakmo / Krsna Kali / Wrathful Black Mother. The New School and Old School lineages and practice traditions are wholly independent and not immediately compatible in this context of yoga sadhana, as elsewhere.
The New School / Sarma lineages are based on numerous transmissions which employ the mantra
OM OM OM
SARVA BUDDHA DAKINIYE
VAJRA VARNANIYE
VAJRA VAIROCANIYE
HUM HUM HUM
PHAT PHAT PHAT SVAHA
and are also focused on the Mahamudra awareness yogas ( *not* the Old School Atiyoga / dzogchen awareness yogas ).
The above mantra is not part of the Old School Dechen Gyalmo or Troma practices, although these latter are in fact referred to as Diamond Female Yogi / Vajrayogini practices, and are primary practices for Old School / Atiyoga practice. Thus the same generic title is clearly employed in parallel but markedly different ways, and the distinction is with regard to lineage and groupings of mantras and awareness yogas. I know this first hand, having many initiations for Dechen Gyalmo, and for Troma, and for New School Vajrayogini ( in the Kagyu and Sakya schools ). I have studied these traditions and help people with such practice, as seen here.
There is also the "Hindu" form Chinnamasta Vajrayogini, which according to western scholarship is shown to be a definite instance of Hindu culture absorbing and continuing classical tantric Buddhist practice.
See also the wikipedia entry
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayogini
and the very worthwhile references for same
Sarva mangalam! Siddhi rastu!
KT
From
vajrayogini.com/
Vajrayogini - An Introduction
Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Vajrayogini Practice Support
"Vajrayogini Practice Support
Some of the resources are publicly accessible whereas the majority of the Vajrayogini practice material is made available only to qualified practitioners. In order to gain access to these materials you have to register. The registration process is explained at the end of this article.
Access Requirements
In order to read or view the materials offered on this site, and derive any benefit from it, one has to have received a Highest Yoga (Anuttara) Tantra initiation, such as Kalachakra, Guhyasamaja, Chakrasamvara, Hevajra, Yamantaka, Vajrayogini, etc. from a qualified Vajramaster in the Gelug and/or Sakya tradition."
"Vajrayogini
Vajrayogini or Vajravarahi as a tantric Buddhist meditational deity (Tibetan: yidam or Sanskrit: ishtadeva) comes to us in many forms and from various lineages. She embodies principally: (1) the fully enlightened female, wild, fiery, and energetic (shakti/kundalini) aspect of a Buddha; (2) the wisdom (= experiential) aspect leading to Buddhahood; and (3) as a principal dakini (Tibetan: mKha' gro; "sky-goer") the (com)passionate guiding and inspirational aspect leading the practitioner to enlightenment.
Vajradakinis
"In Anuttara Yoga Tantra the principal dakini (often called "Vajra-" or "Wisdom-dakini") is mostly shown in union with a male consort, like in the deities Guhyasamaja, Hevajra, Kalachakra, etc. In our case, Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi is the principal female buddha in the Chakrasamvara Tantra and is in union with Heruka Chakrasamvara. Since the Vajradakinis are considered buddhas and yidams in their own right over time several spin-off practices have evolved from those practices simplifying the otherwise complicated main practice and reducing it to a single-deity meditation without dropping the principal aspects/benefits of the main practice (e.g. Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi out of Chakrasamvara and Nairatmya out of Hevajra).
"General Characteristics
Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi ranks first and most important among the dakinis. She is the "Sarva-buddha-dakini" the Dakini Who is the Essence of all Buddhas. Although there are a number of visual representations of Vajrayogini, certain attributes are common to all: She is mostly shown as young, naked, and standing in a desirous or dancing posture. She holds a blood-filled skull cup in one hand and a curved knife (kartr or dri-gug) in the other. Often she wears a garland of human skulls or severed heads; has a khatvanga staff leaning against her shoulder; her usually wild hair flowing down her neck and back; her face in a semi-wrathful expression. Her radiant red body is ablaze with the heat of yogic fire and surrounded by the flames of wisdom."
"Various Forms & Lineages
Varietals of Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi seem to be present in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism, for example the Padmadakini/Yeshe Tsogyal in the Nyingma or the Khundrol-ma in the Bon tradition. Here we focus on the forms of Vajrayogini as practiced in the New Translation or Sarma School (= Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug traditions) of Tibetan Buddhism. These forms of Vajrayogini share the triple-OM mantra (with minor variations), are usually named Vajra-yogini or Vajra-varahi, and can be traced back to one of the Indian mahasiddhas who lived in the 10th and 11th century, or to one of the Tibetan translators of the Sarma School like Marpa."
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Vajrayogini practice materials and empowerment in the Drikung lineage ( Buddhist tantra - highest yoga tantra )
Thu, January 1, 2009 - 10:54 AM
Keywords: Buddhist tantric yoga, Goddess Vajrayogini empowerment announcement [ Ohio, February ], Vajrayogini resources [ sadhana text, associated teaching materials ], Garchen Institute Arizona, Drikung Kagyu lineage, book: "Pearl Rosary" [ new collection of broadly tantric practice texts ].
Summary and Discussion: I have shared important information on the tantric Buddhist practice of Vajrayogini and Mahamudra, e.g. event information and general resources, such as in the Sakya tradition. This is a follow up bulletin, noting another upcoming empowerment and further practice materials.
These are from a distinct lineage, the Drikung Kagyu, which like the Sakya lineage derives from the transmission of Great Adept Naropa. These Drikung resources are not well known to the general public, but they are very important for tantric Buddhists and tantric aspirants in North America and worldwide.
An excellent example and summary teaching for this lineage is given in the book
"Garland of Mahamudra Practices", by Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen. [ Paperback: 144 pages. Publisher: Snow Lion Publications (February 25, 2002) ISBN-10: 1559391731 ISBN-13: 978-1559391733 ]. Like all such teachings of tantric Buddhist yoga, it is only of practical use to those who have the corresponding tantric empowerment, e.g. Goddess Vajrayogini.
I have several principal transmissions of this lineage through HH Chetsang Tulku, the current primary lineage holder, and I use and recommend the Drikung practice texts for initiates of Vajrayogini, Mahamudra, and related tantric practices.
This is written in gratitude to the lineage masters, and to help all those worthy of such teachings. Dedication: May these tantric lineages manifest strongly and greatly benefit beings throughout the world.
Sarva mangalam. Siddhi rastu!
Lineage invocation:
OM AH NAMO GURU VAJRADHRIKA MAHAMUDRA SIDDHI PHALA HUM
OM AH NAMO GURU PRAJNABHADRA MAHAMUDRA SIDDHI PHALA HUM
OM AH NAMO GURU JNANASIDDHI MAHAMUDRA SIDDHI PHALA HUM
Acarya KT
Garchen Buddhist Institute Online Bookstore
[ Tibetan Tantric Buddhist / Vajrayana, specifically Drikung Kagyu lineage ]
www.garchen.net/GBI-Shop/
The Garchen Buddhist Institute in Chino Valley, Arizona is a Tibetan Buddhist center founded by His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche for Dharma teachings and retreat opportunities. Programs are offered throughout the year for students and spiritual practitioners from all religious traditions.
Contact info:
Garchen Institute
PO Box 4318
Chino Valley, AZ. 86323
USA
928.925.1237
questions "at" garchen.net
Bookstore:
www.garchen.net/GBI-Shop/index.php
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche
February 3-8 - Dayton, Ohio
Gar Drolma Buddhist Center
Vajrayogini Empowerment and Practice
Teachings on The Ganges Mahamudra
For more information:
www.gardrolma.org
gd "at" gardrolma.org
The Garchen Institute and H.E. Garchen Rinpoche follow and uphold the tantric lineage of the Drikung branch of the Kagyu, which descends from the Great Adepts Tilopa and Naropa through the realized Tibetan tantric masters Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa and then Phagmodrupa. This is a major resource for tantric Buddhist practitioners in the US southwest and for all North America.
The Drikung lineage is currently headed by HH Chetsang Tulku Rinpoche. The global Drikung website, supporting the Drikung lineage and community in many U.S. states, countries and parts of the world, is
www.drikung-kagyu.org/
Thus the principal teachings of Mahasiddha [ Great Adept ] Naropa, including Goddess Vajrayogini and Mahamudra [ primordial awareness yoga ], and the overall teachings of the Kagyu lineage, are available worldwide. I have received major sets of transmission from HH Chetsang Tulku [ 1987 and 1994 ], as well as several other principal Kagyu masters. I attest that the Drikung Kagyu is an important and potent lineage, and that HH Chetsang Tulku Rinpoche is a great master. As a tantric guru I use and recommend a broad range of Drikung practice texts.
From
www.garchen.net/GBI-Shop/
Our original Dharma shop was created in a small space here at the Institute to offer meditation supplies at a reasonable price. The GBI-Webstore has come about as an extension of the success of this little shop at the retreat center. We are here for you - so please let us know how we can better serve you.
1) Vajrayogini practice text
The Daily Practice of the Arising Stage and Mantra Recitation of Vajrayogini Who Has the Face of the Two Truths
[ useful only to Vajrayogini initiates, who can be of any tantric lineage, e.g. Sakya, Kagyu, or Gelugpa ]
This primarily generation-stage practice of Vajrayogini comes from the Mother Tantra division of the Maha-Anuttara Yoga Tantras. Mother Tantras have the aspect of emphasizing great wisdom. In this practice one generates one's nature as the enlightened deity, Vajrayogini, the essence of bliss and non-dual wisdom. Through diligent practice one can actualize this union and fully discover one's primordial enlightened nature.
2) Vajrayogini Practice (CD 215)
$10.00
[ useful only to Vajrayogini initiates, who can be of any tantric lineage, e.g. Sakya, Kagyu, or Gelugpa ]
Vajrayogini/Vajravarahi represents the transformed emotions of passion into compassion, and ignorance into wisdom. She is associated with the Buddha Vairocana and is the dakini consort of Chakrasamvara. Her form and practice are used in generation stage practices, but particularly in the completion stage practices of the Six Yogas of Naropa. She was the tutelary dakini of the adepts Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, and Phagmodrupa, and because of this she is an especially important figure within the Kagyu lineage.
Practice and Mantra recitation by Venerable Traga Rinpoche. 1 disc.
3) Vajrayogini Teachings (CD 117)
$50.00
[ useful only to Vajrayogini initiates, who can be of any tantric lineage, e.g. Sakya, Kagyu, or Gelugpa ]
Vajravarahi [ e.g. Vajrayogini ] represents the transformed emotions of passion into compassion, and ignorance into wisdom. She is associated with the Buddha Vairocana, and is the dakini consort of Cakrasamvara. Her form and practice are used in generation stages, and particularly in the Six Yogas of Naropa. She was the tutelary dakini [ guiding goddess ] of the adepts Marpa, Milarepa, Gampopa, and Phagmodrupa, and because of this she is an especially important figure within the Kagyu lineage.
Instructions on the generation stage by Venerable Traga Rinpoche. 5 discs.
4) Pearl Rosary: The Path of Purification
By Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche
edited by Khenmo Trinlay Chodron
$29.95
[ This set of tantric practice texts, or sadhana, is of great practical value to tantric practitioners of any of the Tibetan Sarma traditions, e,g, Sakya, Kagyu, and Gelugpa. Typically by receiving even one major empowerment into Highest Yoga Tantra, such as Vajrayogini, one receives *full* authorization for a large number of ritual practices, including Vajrasattva, Goddess Tara, Avalokitesvara, Buddha Vairocana, Buddha Amitabha, and so forth. ]
"This very valuable text contains eleven sadhanas with commentary by Khenchen [ Great Abbot ] Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche. Sadhanas include: Chenrezig [ Avalokitesvara ] Meditation Practice, Manjushri Meditation Practice, Vajrapani Meditation Practice, Green Tara Meditation Practice, White Tara Meditation Practice, Supplication to the Seven Taras, Buddha Amitabha Meditation Practice, Buddha Amitayus Meditation Practice, Medicine Buddha Meditation Practice, Vajrasattva Meditation Practice, and Achi Chokyi Drolma [ Goddess Protector specific to the Drikung Kagyu ] Meditation Practice.
"The content of this text is primarily meant for people who don't have the opportunity to engage in Dharma practice in the presence of the teacher. The book itself is a representation of the teacher, and therefore is meant to help one's Dharma practice. The text describes the methods of visualization and how to incorporate practice into our day to day life experience . . . The visualization of these deities is mainly concerned with the practices of tantrayana and mantrayana, which are the highest forms of practice. The path of visualization is very powerful and if properly engaged, [ sometimes ] capable of transforming our life within a single moment."
"By engaging in this kind of practice, infinite clarity of mind is achieved, and through such power, we are able to purify our ordinary body and manifest the body of the deity. Likewise, we are able to purify our ordinary body and manifest the body of the deity. Likewise, we are able to purify ordinary speech, and manifest wisdom speech. Futhermore, we are able to purify the deluded ordinary mind, and realize the wisdom mind."
from the foreward by
His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche
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Re: Carmeluna - all just sex and preaching? Not mantra yoga? No celibate gurus or yoga teachers to be found? Really? ? ?
Wed, January 7, 2009 - 10:40 AM
On this tribe "all yoga", Carmeluna is unhappy. She decries what she calls sex-and-preaching-only posts in tribe "all yoga". She doesn't see actual yoga stuff here. Oh really now? I'm very surprised.
Looks to me like a basic perceptual issue. There is also available here REAL teaching on tantra, mantra, abhisekha and sadhana. I know because I have posted it on this tribe myself, I see it up here, annnd I'm a guru introducing major heavy duty gurus and tantric transmissions. The high-end classical stuff from India going back over a thousand years. See above thread.
Buts let's discuss the above supposed "issue". Manta discipline does *not* require or necessarily involve sex or preaching. There are people who receive, practice and teach mantra while having remained celibate *throughout* their lives. You may have heard of the Dalai Lama, you know, the Buddhist Nobel Laureate / tantric yoga guru, scholar and monk. That's one major example.
There is almost no one alive who can confer tantric yoga transmissions at the level he can, and he's always been a monk.
A western yoga student should not be altogether allergic to Hindu yoga teachers, and some of them are celibate. So what is the problem, really?
As for myself, I spent four years and another four years being absolutely celibate, in my twenties! I took my personal energy and invested it in yoga, mainly 3H0 Sikh kundalini yoga and Buddhist mantra, plus tai chi. So for me, tantra was never about sex and/ or preaching; it was all about developing consciousness and emotional balance and physical health. And purifying karma. I did ten thousand hours of mantra yoga, and a lot of pranayama, and I became a guru. ( Got "volunteered", wasn't my idea at all, but it *is* a way of helping people. . . )
Anyway, back to an *actual* yoga sadhana thread with real teaching on it - some of you may have noticed ) that's what we in fact have here . . .
ReRe Vajrayogini practice materials: different mantras have different practices and different results ( surprise surprise )
Re Ralph concerning mantra practice ( tribe kundalini yoga, same discussion ):
"to imagine that a certain combination of words will bring about a different result is, well, your imagination."
Clearly Ralphie you have no knowledge that the energetic structure of healing ( shantim ) mantras can be radically different from wrathful ( khrodha ) mantras. The difference between these types of mantra is well known to Hindus and Buddhists in general.
It is very very ignorant to think that in Hindu tantra or the Vedas that the seed syllable mantras SRIM, HRIM, AYIM, HUM, PHAT and KRIM have the "same" vibration or have an "identical" result. They are *different* mantras and have *different* results.
Thus, for Ralph to imagine that different combinations of mantra words Do Not bring about different results is well, merely the expression of his own imagination.
Major Hindu teachers use different categories of mantra to get very different results. So do major Buddhist teachers.
Ralph clearly claims to know more than the Hindu AND Buddhist lineage holders and in effect claims they are just imagining things in a deluded way. Nothing could be further from the truth.
But in fact, the Dalai Lama gives different kinds of mantras that are associated with different kinds of yogas and kundalini yogas. The Dalai Lama's empowerment of Kalacakra is associated Only with Mahamudra / Great Seal yoga, while his empowerment of Eightfold Padmasambhava is associated Only with a very distinct set of yogas, that of Atiyoga / Great Perfection.
Obviously, the Hindu mantras work more within the context of Hindu Sanatana Dharma, and do *not* directly work as substitutes for Buddhist mantras, because they do not typically carry the lineage or the yogas of Buddhist mantras.
A primary example is the tantric Buddhist practice of Vajrasattva. This is a primary and central Buddhist mantra for purification on all levels, including the purification of damaged Buddhist vows such as the inner tantric samaya(s). A general Hindu mantra cannot *possibly* fulfill this function, because it is *not* part of the Buddhist vows of Buddhist Refuge, Bodhicitta, Buddhatantra and so forth. It is a definite categorical difference.
An empowerment into peaceful Vajrasattva does *not* automatically include empowerment into the practice of the Wrathful Vajrasattva Vajrakilaya. The difference is very profound and must be respected.
A single empowerment for the Buddhist Goddess Tara does create a bridge to all the Twenty One forms of Tara, BUT there are still different individual mantras for each of the 21 Taras.
Ralphie is making very elementary mistakes, more and more of them over time. I have cleared up a few here. Thanks for playing!
May this be of benefit.
KT
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Wed, January 7, 2009 - 12:15 PM"Re: Carmeluna - all just sex and preaching? Not mantra yoga? No celibate gurus or yoga teachers to be found? Really? ? ?" -
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Re: the song remains the same, and the lineage remains pure.
Sat, January 24, 2009 - 3:35 PM
My point above still stands:
"There are people who receive, practice and teach mantra while having remained celibate *throughout* their lives. You may have heard of the Dalai Lama, you know, the Buddhist Nobel Laureate / tantric yoga guru, scholar and monk."
It is really sad for someone to not have heard of the Dalai Lama, or not understand that he is a real tantric yoga teacher.
The Dalai Lama is clearly one of the biggest names in yoga today, worldwide. Up to 200,000 people will gather at one place and time to receive a tantric yoga empowerment from him. It's happened repeatedly in India. And this is the classical yoga from ancient India in unbroken succession.
'Nuff said.
KT
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Re: Carmeluna - all just sex and preaching? Not mantra yoga? No celibate gurus or yoga teachers to be found? Really? ? ?
Tue, January 27, 2009 - 2:53 PMKT,
I too am skeptical regarding the use of mantra and various deities in yoga practice, particularly mantras that I do not understand and are therefore mindless repetitions of sounds. But I am open-minded. I wonder if you could suggest a particular mantra for a skeptic such as myself, and some sugestion of what to expect as a result? PM me if you like.
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Re: Carmeluna - all just sex and preaching? Not mantra yoga? No celibate gurus or yoga teachers to be found? Really? ? ?
Fri, February 13, 2009 - 4:12 PM
Hi Sam.
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA
You may find this clarifies your consciousness.
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Re: Carmeluna - all just sex and preaching? Not mantra yoga? No celibate gurus or yoga teachers to be found? Really? ? ?
Fri, February 13, 2009 - 8:36 PMKT,
Thank you for the mantra. Could you explain its meaning? I assumed that it was sanscrit, but I can't find translations of any of these words (except for om).
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San Francisco Bay Area April 2009: major tantric Buddhist empowerment cycle for Thirteen Golden Dharmas
Sun, February 15, 2009 - 12:57 PM
San Francisco Bay Area April 2009: major tantric Buddhist empowerment cycle for Thirteen Golden Dharmas
Keywords : tantric Buddhist empowerment, San Francisco Bay Area, Sakya lineage, Ewam Choden Buddhist Center, Ven. Lama Kunga Ngor Rinpoche, His Eminence Thartse Khen Rinpoche, deity yogas ( Vajrayogini, Hevajra, Red and White Tara, Black Manjusri, Amitayus, Simhamukha, Garuda, Simhanada Avalokitesvara ).
Summary : a major tantric Buddhist empowerment cycle in the San Francisco Bay Area this April. This may well include several initiations of Great Goddess Vajrayogini.
N.B. I do not represent this teacher or this lineage. Please contact the center in advance of empowerments if you are new to Buddhist tantra.
Sarva mangalam. Siddhi rastu!
KT
From:
www.ewamchoden.org/
"Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is proud to announce the upcoming visit of His Eminence Thartse Khen Rinpoche this Spring 2009.
"H.E. Nhawang Sonam Chhyokden Lama Bista, also known as Thartse Khen Rinpoche, is the 77th throne holder of Ngor Ewam Choden monastery. The Thartse lineage belongs to the Ngor tradition of the Sakya lineage. It dates back to its founder Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo and is the lineage of our venerable resident teacher, Lama Kunga Rinpoche.
"His Eminence studied in Puruwala Sakya Institute for six years under the tutelage of the great scholar H.E. Khenchen Appey Rinpoche before completing his final years in Sakya College . His ritual training was done at Ngor Monastery in Manduwala.
"H.E. Thartse Khen Rinpoche shares his duty of running the Ngorpa Centre with the present H.E. Luding Khen Rinpoche. Rinpoche frequently travels overseas to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong to give teachings and spread the Buddhadharma.
"His Eminence will start his first US tour with extensive teachings and empowerments at Ewam Choden. He will then visit our sister centers Sakya Kachod Choling in Washington, and Tsechen Kunchab Ling in New York. please keep checking the web for updates."
Preliminary Schedule
Arrival: April 6th
Friday 9th (7pm)
PARTING FROM THE FOUR ATTACHMENTS,
based on teachings of Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
Saturday 10th (4pm)
HEVAJRA - Preliminary Empowerment
Sunday 11th (2pm)
HEVAJRA - Main Empowerment
Friday 17th (6PM), Saturday 18th (12 noon), Sunday 19th (12 noon)
THIRTEEN GOLDEN DHARMAS of the Sakya-pa
Saturday 25th
Teaching: THE LAM DRE - ITS HISTORY AND ESSENCE (2pm)
Empowerment: WHITE TARA (6pm)
Sunday 26th (3pm)
LONG LIFE Empowerment
Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Center is located in Kensington, a residential community immediately north of Berkeley, California. Under the guidance of the accomplished tantric master Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche the center offers a wide variety of activities. Ewam Choden was one of the first Dharma Centers established on the West Coast, founded and continuosly overseen by Lama Kunga Rinpoche since 1973.
254 Cambridge Avenue
Kensington
California
USA
94708
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