Afleveringen
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Empowerments – what happens?
You’ve been to a Buddhist ceremony. Perhaps you knew it was an empowerment. Whatever does that mean? Are you cooked?
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
EinweihungErmaechtigung, ErmächtigungsgesetzWangLungTriKhataThe seed-syllable HRIH
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Or are you a vajrayana practitioner?
Is it a question of rites and rituals and pictures and mantras? Or is it something deeper?
Empowerment card showing a vajra
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
VajrayanaSamayaDorje SempaTsog (or tsok)Guru RinpocheDakini#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Samaya
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Namo Buddha - the smallest, but perhaps most beautiful, of the three stupas of the Kathmandu valley:
Where the Buddha is said to have sacrificed himself to a tigress:
And where this temple, study and retreat centre now stands:
Words you might like to look up:
Namo BuddhaThrangu RinpocheBon (form of Buddhism, sort of)#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #NamoBuddha #Tigress
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Mahamudra and dzogchen are often spoken of as the “highest” practices of Tibetan Buddhism. How very exciting! Are they really? What does “highest” mean anyway? And what is the difference between mahamudra and dzogchen?
Milarepa, who received Mahamudra teachings from Marpa the Translator
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
DzogchenMahamudraChagchenArhatNaropaMarpa the TranslatorMaitripa, MaitripadaRushenSakya Pandita, SapanGampopaTrekchod (many spellings!)Togyal (also many spellings)David Jackson, “Enlightenment by a Single Means”#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Dzogchen #Mahamudra
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Beside the best-known mantras used in popular Tibetan-style Buddhism – the famous “Mani”, Tara and Guru Rinpoche for example – there are a number of prayers which are also very widely known and used. The “Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche” is one of these.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Guru RinpocheSeven Line PrayerMani mantraTaraGuru ChowangThe link to the prayer at Lotsawa House:
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/guru-chowang/seven-line-prayer
Nangsid Zilnon - a form of Guru Rinpoche
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #SevenLines #GuruRinpoche
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Emptiness (shunyata, or tongpa in Tibetan) is an utterly core theme in Buddhist teaching. When we first hear about it, we usually don’t have much idea what it’s about at all. We may mistake it for some kind of void, or a teaching that nothing matters because “everything is empty”. Can we get a handle on it without years of study?
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Perfection of WisdomShunyata (spellings in English vary)Prajnaparamita (spellings in English vary)SkandhasWilliam Dalrymple - “From the Holy Mountain”TetralemmaVajra sliversPrajñaparamita (sutras)TathagataEdward ConzeManjushriI noticed that the language of Conze's translations that I quoted is gendered in a way we would probably not be comfortable with these days. Do remember that he was working on these materials in the middle of the last century.
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Emptiness #Shunyata #Prajnaparamita
Prajnaparamita as the Mother of all the Buddhas
And I forgot to mention in the podcast itself, none other than...
Nagarjuna
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When you start to get “serious” (whatever that is and however you try to define it) about your vajrayana practice you will face the question of the “preliminaries” or “foundation practices”. Best to be warned about what’s involved. And it would be good to have an idea of what this ngondro is good for.
Prostrating - again and again!
Offering mandalas
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
“Words of my Perfect Teacher” (book)Dorje ChangDudjom TersarGampopaGuru RinpocheJamgon KongtrulKarma KagyuKarma KamtsangLongchen NyingtigMalaMandalaMeruMilarepaNaropaNgondroNyingmaShakyamuniTorch of CertaintyVajrasattvaYuthok#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Ngondro #FoundationPractices #PreliminaryPractices
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A powerful Vajrayogini shrine, Guru Rinpoche caves, and much, much more. Pharping is one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the Kathmandu valley.
A shorter episode, but with a nice bit of a flute tune!
The Vajrayogini Temple at Pharping and the fairy-cake stupa
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
PharpingVajrayoginiAsura caveSheshnarayanGuru RinpocheKudung#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Vajrayogini #Nepal #DoubleDorje #Pharping #GuruRinpoche
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What does the “Tibetan Book of the Dead” tell us about being dead? Will we see the Peaceful and Wrathful deities?
BardoTibetan Book of the DeadBardo ThodolThe 42 Peaceful Deities of the Bardo
The 58 Wrathful Deities of the Bardo
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #Bardo #TibetanBookOfTheDead
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The fruit of our actions – our karma – is said to be unavoidable. Sooner or later, every action comes back to us. But that does not mean that everything that happens to us is predetermined.
Bonus speculation on the fundamental nature of reality!
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Karma
Jewel Ornament of Liberation
Words of my Perfect Teacher
A Lamp Illuminating the Path to Liberation / Khenpo Gyaltsen
Kepler
Newton
“The Sage, the Lady and the Fish”
The Wheel of Becoming, driven by karma
The book!
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #Karma
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She was a new bride, but for the help she gave I call her a princess! The pilgrimage trip to the Vajrayogini shrine at Sankhu could have been a LOT, LOT worse.
The Welcome Gate at Sankhu town
The damaged main temple at the top
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
VajrayoginiVajravarahiBoudhaSwyambhuSankhuKathmandu#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #Boudha #Sankhu #Kathmandu #Vajrayogini
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In dreams, in the wild, dark woods where reality starts to break apart and become entangled in vision, where fear and ecstasy dance and sing, you may meet the dakini. Is she your mother, your lover, your friend? Will she cast you out or invite you to join the dance?
Yeshe Tsogyal
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
DakiniDakaKhandromaPhawoChenreziAmitabhaSamantabhadra / SamantabhadriThomas TraherneSamantabhadraSamantabhadriVajravarahiYeshe TsogyalGuru Rinpoche#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #dakini #Khandroma #Nyingma
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From monster practice cycles that need a whole Dharma Centre to work through in a year to the handful of practices an individual carries out daily. What are practice cycles for?
Is 550 pages enough?
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Dudjom LingpaDudjom RinpocheTerma, tertonVajrayoginiYamantakaHevajraCakrasamvaraShiné#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #terma #Dudjom
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The two certain things in life are, famously, death and taxes. If you are rich enough, you may be able to mitigate your tax liability, but death cannot be bought off.
How do Buddhists handle it?
Episode includes the Prayer for Rebirth in Dewachen.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
PashupatinathNaropaTilopaDewachenAmitabhaDzogchenLink to that file: Link to the Dewachen Prayer (pdf)
Burning ghats at Pashupatinath
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #death
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Tsok pujas are a big feature of Tibetan-style Buddhism as it is actually practiced, but newcomers often don't have a blind clue what's going on - explanations are hard to find. So here is a rundown with a bit of background and a few tips.
Now there's a fancy torma!
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Tsok, tsogs, tshog etc.Ganacakra, ganapuja, tsok pujaཚོགས (transliterated tshogs)SanghaGuru RinpocheTormaBenchenJigme Lingpa#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #torma #tsok #tsog #tshogs #JigmeLingpa
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When secret teachings are spoken of in Tibetan Buddhism, the word "secret" is much closer in meaning to "sacred" or "holy" than it is to the meaning of "unknown to outsiders".
When the 15th Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje, refers to the Mani, the most famous mantra of all, as a "secret" mantra, we know the word has meanings quite different from what we might expect.
A dorje and bell with an unusual design
Here are some words or phrases you might want to look up:
DorjeVajrayanaMahamudraDzogchenMalaDudjom RinpocheEkajati#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #secret #secrecy
Note that other distribution platforms do not usually pass the transcript on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.
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How does pilgrimage fit into the Buddhist way of doing things?
Plus the Guru Rinpoche mantra sung to a tune you might not have expected.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
WalsinghamHajjKumbh MelaLumbiniBodh GayaSarnathKuśinagaraVajrayanaDorje Sempa (Vajrasattva)KailashJokhangGuru Rinpoche#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #pilgrimage #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
Chöd - a vast stream of Buddhist practice! Here is a taste.
Chöd
Chödpa - (images of)
Jamgön Kongtrül
Treasury of Knowledge
Rimé
Sakya
Kadampa
Kagyu (Marpa and Shangpa)
Nyingma
Kalachakra
Machig Labdrön - Machik’s Complete Explanation
Phadampa Sangye
Dakini
Damaru
Karma Kagyu
Dudjom Tersar
Yeshe Dorje (Rainmaker)
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #chöd #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” and for episodes due to be dropped from 18 September onwards, starting with “Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet” there is a transcript file which is much closer to the actual words used.
Note that other distribution platforms do not necessarily pass this on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.
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Chöd - a vast stream of Buddhist practice! Here is a taste.
Chöd
Chödpa - (images of)
Jamgön Kongtrül
Treasury of Knowledge
Rimé
Sakya
Kadampa
Kagyu (Marpa and Shangpa)
Nyingma
Kalachakra
Machig Labdrön - Machik’s Complete Explanation
Phadampa Sangye
Dakini
Damaru
Karma Kagyu
Dudjom Tersar
Yeshe Dorje (Rainmaker)
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #chöd #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” and for episodes due to be dropped from 18 September onwards, starting with “Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet” there is a transcript file which is much closer to the actual words used.
Note that other distribution platforms do not necessarily pass this on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.
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A traveller's tale from eastern Tibet three decades ago! The great prayer wheel at Mani Dunkhor.
Some words you might like to look up:
SakyaMalaVajraYushuJyekundoMani-DunkhorTrisong DetsenŚāntarakṣita#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #Yushu #Jyekundo #lama #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu #Refuge #Bodhicitta
Transcript, with possible errors, can be read at the blog
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” and for episodes due to be dropped from 18 September onwards, starting with “Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet” there is a transcript file which is much closer to the actual words used.
Note that other distribution platforms do not necessarily pass this on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.
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Refuge, the Three Jewels and the Bodhisattva vow...
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Refuge (Buddhist)DharmaSanghaThree JewelsBodhisattvaBodhicittaPerfect Conduct – Ascertaining the Three Vows (by Dudjom Rinpoche)Jewel Ornament of LiberationWords of My Perfect TeacherThree kayasSutrasBodhicaryāvatāraAnd the verse:
Sang gya cho dang tshog kyi chog nam laJang chub bar du dag ni kyab su chiDag gi jin sog gyi pai so nam gyiDro la pan chir sang gye drub par shog
Approximate text at this blog post.
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” and for episodes due to be dropped from 18 September onwards, starting with “Jyekundo / Yushu: travelling in East Tibet” there is a transcript file which is much closer to the actual words used.
Note that other distribution platforms do not necessarily pass this on, and if you want to read it you may need to listen on podbean. YouTube has been making its own transcript, which was an unholy mess. I think I have now deleted all of these "auto-generated" scripts, but it will not be possible to retrospectively add properly edited transcripts to episodes prior to September 2024.
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