Dudjom Rinpoche

Dakini Day Blessings: Troma’s Wisdom & Hayagriva’s Power

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Thangka by Sergei Noskov

Troma Chöd is the fearless path of severing attachment, dissolving self-grasping, and realizing the true nature of mind.

Dudjom Rinpoche teaches:

“The essence of Chöd is the wisdom of emptiness and compassion inseparable. When one truly cuts through grasping at the self and phenomena, all fear dissolves into the space of great liberation. This is the fearless path of the dakinis.”

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche reminds us:

“Troma is the direct path to realizing the nature of mind because it severs all attachment at the root. Through offering everything—our body, our emotions, our thoughts—we leave no place for ego to hide. What remains is pure, uncontrived awareness, free from hope and fear.”

7:30 am Shower of Blessings Dakini Tsog
HAPPY DAKINI DAY !

On this Dakini Day, we turn our devotion to the union of wisdom and enlightened activity—Troma and her consort, Wrathful Black Hayagriva—whose dynamic compassion subjugates all obstacles. Through the blessing of Tulku Thadral Rinpoche, we have the rare opportunity to receive the Wrathful Black Hayagriva Empowerment on February 22nd. 

Lama Sonam Tsering Rinpoche says:

“Extremely Wrathful Black Hayagriva has special power to affect beings’ minds and benefit those who are depressed, dysfunctional, or crazy, as well as to cure disease. This is the condensed essence of all the billions of Hayagriva practices. It is easy to practice and highly effective. Even hearing this practiced will subdue all classes of spirits. Remembering it will eradicate all wrong views and demonic forces. Touching the image of this Hayagriva will pacify all disease and the passions of the five poisons. For whoever has a connection to this practice the seed of samsara will be destroyed.”

As the Tibetan Wood Snake Year, draws near, we emphasize practices that address the accumlation of karma, purify negativity and avert obstacles. Join the Vajrayana Foundation, our Precious Lamas and Precious Sangha at The Pema Osel Retreat Center for this seven-day retreat centering on Black Hayagriva, a the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. The retreat includes Black Hayagriva Empowerment, Oral Reading Transmission, Practice, including the Lower Activity culminating on Gutor Day with the Torma Burning Ritual.

Empowerment and  Retreat Details and registration: https://www.vajrayana.org/events/282/

Practicing the Black Hayagriva Sadhana
with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche

On February 15th and 16th, Tulku Thadral Rinpoche we received teachings on how to follow the sadhana as well as the meaning of the different sections of the practice that we will be doing at our 2025 Gutor-Losar Retreat.

You can replay the YouTube Livestream teachings here~~~>

Session One  Introduction to the Sadhana through the Mantra Recitation and visualization Session Two Lower Activity

See DharmaTreasures, the Vajrayana Foundation bookstore at Pema Osel Ling, for Practice texts, photos and recording teachings on the Wrathful Black Hayagriva. 

The Profound Path of Guru Yoga

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

“Wether our teachers present in person are ordinary beings or emanations of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, if we are able to pray to them considering them as the Buddha, there is absolutely no difference between them and the Buddha or Bodhisattva or yidam deity in person, because the source of blessings is devotion. So whichever profound practice we are undertaking, whether the generation phase or the perfection phase, we should begin by making the teacher’s blessings the path. There is no more to it than that. But as long as we have not received the blessings, we will not be genuinely on the path. It is said that if disciples who keep the commitments give themselves wholeheartedly, with devotion, to an authentic diamond master, they will obtain the supreme and common accomplishments even if they have no other methods. But without devotion to the teacher, even if we complete the approach and accomplishment practices of the yidams of the six tantra sections, we will never obtain the supreme accomplishment. And we will be unlikely to accomplish many of the ordinary accomplishments either, such as those of long life, wealth, or bringing beings under one’s power. Even if we do manage to achieve a little, it will have necessitated a lot of hardship and will have nothing to do with the profound path. When unmistaken devotion takes birth in us, obstacles on the path will be dispelled and we will make progress, obtaining all the supreme and ordinary accomplishments without depending on anything else. This is what we mean by the profound path of Guru Yoga.”

~ Dudjom Rinpoche, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom
Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices
Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group
Shambhala Publications

Publication of Dudjom Rinpoche’s biography was
made possible through support of
Jnanasukha Foundation

 

In Memory of Dudjom Rinpoche

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Watch Photo Slideshow

Today, January 16, 2025,  we commemorate the anniversary of the parinirvana of Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche*, one of the most prominent Nyingma lineage masters. Rinpoche first came to America in 1972. His arrival marked a pivotal moment in the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Dudjom Rinpoche was received with great reverence and curiosity by Westerners who were beginning to explore Tibetan Buddhism. Many of his first students were spiritual seekers drawn to his profound wisdom, humility, and the clarity of his teachings.

Listen to Dudjom Rinpoche interview with Lex Hixon during Rinpoche’s first visit to America. 

 

During Rinpoche’s time in the United States, Dudjom Rinpoche established several Dharma centers to provide authentic teachings and create spaces for Buddhist practice. These include significant center, the Seat of Dudjom Rinpcohe, Yeshe Nyingpo in New York.

The Pema Osel Ling Retreat Center was established in 1989 by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche at the request of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche. It is the primary retreat center for the Vajrayana Foundation, dedicated to preserving and transmitting the teachings of the Dudjom Tersar lineage in the West.

Explore books by Dudjom Rinpoche at Shambhala Publications: A Guide to Dudjom Rinpoche 

*Rinpoche’s  biography made possible through support of Jnanasukha Foundation.