Longchenpa

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The Aspiration Prayer of Longchenpa
Written by Omniscient Longchenpa

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Of course, those who are nihilists have no belief in karma, virtue, or the Triple Gems; that is why they are nihilists. They think only about this momentary life and that it is not necessary to consider previous births or future reincarnations since they do not believe in them. According to Buddhist theory, however, until one attains the state of enlightenment, one must believe mind is continuous even though one does not see the mind’s continuity. Since the mind is continuous, phenomena will be continuous, so the phenomena of suffering and happiness are continuous. Sometimes there are phenomena of suffering and sometimes there are phenomena of happiness, but either way, these phenomena must change. In order not to circle like this between suffering and happiness unceasingly, it is necessary to be liberated to reach unchangeable, flawless ecstasy; and in order to be liberated one needs virtue or merit until the habits of dualistic mind are exhausted. So, one needs to believe in abstaining from negative karma and increasing positive karma and the accumulation of merit and wisdom. In order to make accumulation, first one needs to obtain a precious human birth with the seven qualities of the high realms of gods and humans.

~ Translated by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

Recited Daily at Pema Osel Ling., this Aspiration Prayer of Longchenpa.

Here is the DOWNLOAD link for
~~~> Longchenpa’s Aspiration Prayer

~~~> Dedication of Merit (on Page8)

Omniscient Longchenpa’s Decho
February 4th, at 8 am and 12 noon

Join us at Pema Osel Ling or YouTube live.
See Detailsat Vajrayana Foundation 

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Longchenpa’s The Four Themed Precious Garland (Part2)

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Tulku Thadral Rinpoche will continue the teaching on Longchenpa’s The Four Themed Precious Garland (Part2) on January 15, 2025 @ 5pm. This teaching is part of the Monthly Ngondro Teaching hosted by Vajrayana Foundation and the Dudjom Ngondro Program and is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.
 
Join Rinpoche ​January 15th at the Pema Osel Ling Retreat Center or by YouTube Livestream using this link: https://youtube.com/live/-0rDuqIXkHM
 

You can review ​November’s teaching part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/live/tCBA9oe4Qi4

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If you are following with the book, we left off on Page 7 end of paragraph 2:
“Having too many involvements and activities contradicts your Dharma practice and is always despised by the Noble Ones, the Aryas. If your desires are few, your virtuous actions will increase automatically. Therefore you who wish to engage yourselves on the path to peaceful liberation, lessen your desires and be content.”

Part 2 of 5 of Longchenpa’s The Four-Themed Precious Garland with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche.

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
On December 18th @ 5pm, Tulku Thadral Rinpoche will continue with the Public Ngondro Teaching ~ Part 2 of 5 of Longchenpa’s The Four-Themed Precious Garland.  Attendance on site at Pema Osel Ling or via YouTube Streaming. If you want to review Part 1 from November 13th, or missed it, you can use this link YouTube Streaming link.  Rinpoche concluded the session with “Your mind wanders with busy-work and it threatens your body life. End of paragraph one on page 7 of Chapter One: Turning your Mind to the Dharma.

This teaching from Longchenpa is similar to the famous “Four Dharmas of Gampopa.” It includes teachings on the general Buddhist, Mahayana, Vajrayana, and Dzogchen approaches to practice.
The Four-Themed Precious Garland:
1. Turning Your Mind to the Dharma
2. Practicing the Dharma as a Path
3. Removing Confusion While on the Path
4. Purifying Confusion into Pristine Awareness

“To realize the beginningless purity and perfection of all reality as an indivisible unity of Voidness and appearance is to realize Dzogchen, the Great Completeness. The lineage of this Mahayana system of meditation traces from Shakyamuni Buddha and was taken from India to Tibet by such masters as Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra. It has been transmitted mainly through the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and its oral teachings are preserved unbroken until the present day.”

This text is one of the greatest codifiers of the Dzogchen teachings as witnessed by his trilogy “Kindly Bent to Ease Us”, is an exposition on the “Four Themes of Gampopa,“ the author of “The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”. It includes a survey of the nine vehicles to enlightenment as traveled progressively through the sutra, tantra, and Dzogchen modes of approach, as well as a description of the goal.

This is done primarily by expounding the techniques utilized at each of these stages for removing confusion about the abiding nature of reality.”

The commentary of this text was provided orally by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and Beru Khyentse Rinpoche.

Where can you get this text? 

Slow Download: Digital Copy of the book
https://annas-archive.org/…/0570f33b2dd7083963301a7…/0/2

Amazon Purchase under $20 incudes shipping:
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Introduction-Dzog-chen/dp/8185102406/ref=sr_1_1

Abe Books: New and used rang $10-$15
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