Month: October 2024

Ngondro Program: FREE Teachings & Accumulation Sessions in November!

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Join the Dudjom Ngondro Program of the Vajrayana Foundation as we open our Ngondro Program Activities to the public FREE in the month of November. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the Dudjom Ngondro Program and how we can support your own Ngondro Practice whether it’s your Dudjom Tersar, your Dudjom Troma Ngondro or your Ngondro Practice from other traditions.

Our program is designed to guide practitioners through each step of their spiritual journey, offering resources, teachings, and a supportive community. Whether you are just starting or looking to deepen your Ngondro Practice, come and see how we can assist in making your Ngondro path more fulfilling!
Visit https://dudjomtersarngondro.com/about/about-the-ngondro-program

📸 Photo of 2024 Annual Ngondro Retreat Faculty and family taken at the Pema Osel Ling Tara Shrine.
(L) Tulku Thadral Rinpoche
(C back) Samuel Bercholz
(C front) Amy Green
(R) Lama Sonam Tsering

Ngondro Faculty not present in the photo are Pema Rigdzin, Choying Wangmo aka Regina DeCosse, Stefan Graves and Translator, Cy Kassoff.

Longchenpa’s “Resting in the Nature of Mind”

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Longchenpa’s “Resting in the Nature of Mind”
Continuation of Lung and Teachings with
Tulku Thadral Rinpoche
October 25, 26 and 27th, 2024
 By Streaming Only

Tulku Thadral Rinpoche will continue giving the oral reading transmission (lung) and teachings on LongchenRabjam’s “Resting in the Nature of Mind” (Tib. Rdzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso). This is the Rinpoche’s  in a continuing series of teachings on this important work. Anyone may participate, regaradless of prior years’ attendance.

Dudjom Rinpoche Sangye Pema Shepa described Longchenpa’s “Trilogy of Rest” this way: “The Trilogy of Rest is the heart of all the sutra and tantra teachings of Lord Buddha. It is the very essence of the wisdom mind of Gyalwa Longchenpa, the holder of the treasury of the nine vehicles. I hope and pray that these translated texts will be a source of goodness in the world, encouraging beings to turn within and to discover at length the uncontrived nature of their minds—finding rest and relief from all their many pains and sorrows.”

Rinpoche will be teaching from The Excellent Path to Enlightenment, which is Longchenpa’s practice manual based on Finding Rest in the Nature of Mind (Sem Nyi Ngal So). This text contains 141 individual practices laid out for each topic, which together cover the whole path
of Dharma: the Four Thoughts, Ngondro, the , Outer and Inner Tantras; all nine levels of the path put together in one teaching.The entire work is a comprehensive guide to practicing Buddhism, and is sometimes referred to as the “Nyingma Lam Rim“.

Get complete information to register for this retreat here.

 

Recognizing our True Nature …

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Devotion to the guru, or wisdom lama, is our primary support for training our minds and receiving blessings in meditation. In this video, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche recalls Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche’s words of advice that immersing one’s mind in the wisdom mind of the guru is the highest form of meditation. Through connecting with the guru’s mindstream, the wisdom of the Great Perfection is realized. Lama Tharchin Rinpoche gives a profoundly clear and lucid step-by-step approach to Guru Yoga, meditation, and realization of pristine awareness. Truly a treasure, this video contains the essential instructions for recognizing our true nature through the simple practice of guru yoga, given by a disciple whose entire being has been permeated by his faith, devotion, and his lama’s blessings. Meditating in the state of inseparability with the lama’s wisdom mind transforms our ordinary confused mind, ripening it into our original ground of undefiled, undeluded wisdom.

In early 2002, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche gave a teaching on the practice of guru yoga to his heart students from his home in Aptos, California. We are happy to share this teaching on YouTube through the end of October.

https://www.youtube.com/@LamaTharchinRinpoche

Photo: Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche at Kunzang Gatshal, Delhi, New York, c. 1998.

A Repost: by Heart Teaching by Lama Tharchin’s Guru Rinpoche Day post from Facebook.

By visualizing and merging with the guru’s wisdom, compassion, and qualities, as practitioners, we receive blessings and inspiration to awaken our enlightened nature, which strengthens our devotion, and deepening our connection with the guru, which accelerates our spiritual progress.

Thinley Norbu Rinpoche (1931–2011) was a renowned Nyingma master, scholar, and teacher, and the eldest son of Dudjom Rinpoche. He was known for his deep understanding of Tibetan Buddhism, prolific writings, and the transmission of the Dudjom Tersar lineage. His teachings and works, such as The Small Golden Key and A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, have inspired countless practitioners worldwide.

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche (1936–2013) was a respected Tibetan Buddhist teacher and a Dzogchen master of the Nyingma lineage. Born in Tibet, he trained under great masters, including Dudjom Rinpoche. After leaving Tibet, he settled in the U.S. and founded the Vajrayana Foundation at Pema Osel Ling in California. Lama Tharchin was known for his accessible teachings, emphasizing Dzogchen practice, and his dedication to preserving the Dudjom Tersar lineage.