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posted on 23.04.10 Dream the Great Dream

Dreaming is something every human can do and because it is such an important altered state of consciousness various cultures over time have invented ways to hack this state for prognostication, divine help, healing and spiritual enlightenment. Anything is possible here, this royal road to the unconscious. If someone is interested in the energy body then coming to grips with the Dream and the Dreamer is something that cannot be overlooked.

One path is the Tibetan and here I present two unreleased lectures by a well respected scholar and monk, Orgyen Zangpo Rimpoche (top graduate of Lharung Ghar). These talks on Tibetan Lucid Dreaming Practice were recorded on two separate events on April 21, 2009 and May 12, 2009. The lecture was hosted by the good people at BCAS and translated in real time by Professor Robert Clark.

After lots of study of different aspects and types of dreaming practice, I still come away from these lectures with great gains in understanding. I have also included a transcript of the first lecture.

Enjoy and Sweet Dreams!

Note: The audio files are in WMA format only. The second lecture has lower audio output.

Lecture One

Lecture Two

Transcript of Lecture One

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posted on 27.03.10

“The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.”

—

Atisha (11th century Tibetan Buddhist master)

These statements are some cherished words for me. I hope to experience and understand them all some day.

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posted on 05.01.10

reclusland:randompics:

70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. Now that he is 70, he says that he has greatly reduced his quantity of prayers to 1,000 times each day.

Now that is a long standing practice to emulate.

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posted on 31.12.09 Introduction To The Six Yogas

clothedinsky:vajrar0ck:

These are not practices for beginners, and there is no intention in these notes to describe how to perform any of the Six Yogas - in fact that will be deliberately avoided. However, the theory is worth describing, and the Six Yogas are perhaps the pinnacle of Vajrayāna practice, and consequently very important to Vajrayāna Buddhism as a whole.

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posted on 05.12.09

Tibetan Yoga Masters- Part 3.

Very rare color video. Tibetian monks in retreat, amazing! Notice how they don’t blink (for hours, no tears)- a true sign of high level meditation. Some of them have reached full liberation.

The last 3 faces you’ll see in the video are:

1) His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma lineage in India

B) Venerable Kalu Rinpoche, great realized master in the Kagyu lineage.

C) His Holiness, the 16th Karmapa! The head of the Karma Kagyu lineage. A legendery realized master, said to have attained the ‘rainbow body’ feat.

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posted on 05.12.09

Tibetan Yoga Masters - Prt 2.

“Two fully liberated masters meet and touch Milarepa’s actual dorje!”

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posted on 05.12.09

Tibetan Yoga Masters - Prt 1. - Very Rare film depicting high cultivators. They seem to me to be employing the asanas from “Six Yogas of Naropa”.

from the original poster: “This is no joke, the real deal Tibetian tantra masters that have achieved enlighenment. Very rare colore video. In the first part you’ll see some secret techniques. 2nd part you’ll see Milarepa’s real dorje. 3rd part you’ll see Tibetian monks in retreat, amazing! Some of them have reached liberation, the last one to be seen on Part3 is the 16th Karmapa.”

all 3 videos h/t Natural Resonance Revolution

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posted on 09.11.09 The Mind of No-Mind (pdf)

fuckyeahzenmind:

The Mind of No-Mind (Mushin no Shin)

A mind unconscious of itself is a mind that is not at all disturbed by affects of any kind. It is the original mind and not the delusive one that is chock-full of affects. It is always flowing, never halts, nor does it turn into a solid. As it has no discrimination to make, no affective preference to follow, it fills the whole body, pervading every part of the body, and nowhere standing still. It is never like a stone or a piece of wood. It feels, it moves, it is never at rest. If it should find a resting place anywhere, it is not a mind of no-mind. A no-mind keeps nothing in it. It is also called, munen, “no-thought.” Mushin and munen are synonymous.

When mushin or munen is attained, the mind moves from one object to another, flowing like a stream of water, filling every possible corner. For this reason the mind fulfills every function required of it. But when the flowing is stopped at one point, all the other points will get nothing of it, and the result will be a general stiffness and obduracy.

Takuan Soho (1573-1645) Abbot of Daitokkuji

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posted on 05.09.09 thebigview.com - Table of Contents

Essay on the interlocking of Buddhism, Greek Philosophy, Space&Time, Mind and Consciousness.

I was looking for this page and couldn’t remember the name. Just ran into it very auspiciously and wanted to share.

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