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Essence of Refuge Practice

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Lama Tharchin Rinpoche administers
Refuge Ceremony.

“The essence of the refuge practice is unshakable, unchangeable faith and devotion. Without this kind of faith and trust, your mind cannot open. When your mind opens, it becomes soft and receptive. Buddha’s compassion is like a hook which catches the ring of your faith and devotion. Without faith, there can be no real connection to dharma ~ not blind faith, but rather intelligent faith, free from any doubt or confusion because dharma is pure and faultless, Buddha’s mind is like the sun shining on a snow-covered mountain. With devotion, the rays of your faith can melt the snow of Buddha’s nectar of blessing.”


~ Lama Tharchin Rinpoche
Ngondro Commentary
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Ooctober Ngondro Schedule

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
October 19th 5pm – 7pm
Pema Osel Ling Monthly Livestream Ngondro Series

Receive the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro Oral Reading Transmission also known as Lung from Tulku Thadral Rinpoche. Rinpoche will also give a ngondro  teaching on the Transference of Consciousness (Phowa), the Generosity of Giving One’s Body (Chod) and the Dedication of Merit. There will be a short Questions and Answers as time allows.

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October 22nd 11am
Questions and Answers with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche

If you are in the Vajrayana Foundation Dudjom Tersar Ngondro Program, you are invited to this personal Questions and Answers Livestream Session with Tulku Thadral Rinpcohe. Come prepared with your questions for this 1.5 hour live session. Not in the Ngondro Program, see below: Learn about the Vajrayana Foundation Ngondro Program.

October 29th  9am
Group Ngondro Accumulation with Drupon Pema RIgdzin,
Choying Wangmo,OR Stefan Graves.

Join other Ngondro Program Participants in a focused Ngondro Practice Accumulation Session beginning with the Four Thoughts to the Dedication. of Merit. Bring all you need to stay on track and focused: text, mala, prostration board and mitts, mandala pan, counter and water.

Learn about the Vajrayana Foundation Ngondro Program

 

 

Patience in Happily Accepting Suffering

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

However much you suffer in the physical, verbal, and mental hardships that you undergo for the sake of accomplishing enlightenment through the Dharma, apply yourself joyfully and enthusiastically without losing interest. Just as it is necessary to employ drastic treatments to reduce the suffering in serious illnesses, one needs enormous courage to stop the battle of cyclic existence and conquer the enemies that are the afflictive emotions.

— A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices by Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje