Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

Recognizing our True Nature …

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

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.

How to Meditate with Confidence

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

Streaming Link: https://youtu.be/tgC21GzJX90

“whatever phenomena or conceptualization arise, do not stop them. Just let them come, self-occurring. Without following them, they become naturally pristine, or peaceful. When one gains confidence in abiding in the great, uncontrived, effortless nature of evenness for a long time, whatever phenomena arise, one will not cling or be attached to them the same as before. Whatever outer or inner phenomena occur, including those of the eight consciousnesses—which are the five sense consciousnesses of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body, the consciousness of mind, the mind of the passions, and the consciousness of the basis—they become lighter, so one is not going to materialize them. For example, even if one dreams, clinging and attachment to the dream have ceased.”

— A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

 

From Oneness, Infinite Immeasurable Pure Insubstantial Wisdom Mandala Manifests

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
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Whenever wisdom mind is not recognized, there are countless projections of countless sentient beings with dualistic mind and its habits. At the same time, within countless sentient beings’ minds, there are countless inherently born wisdom deities. If one’s own mind remains in ordinary duality, there are always the countless, ordinary phenomena of sentient beings. But if one’s own inherently born wisdom deities blossom through recognition and practice, one’s own phenomena of other sentient beings will not exist, because they are transformed through self-apotheosis to the inherent wisdom of each sentient being. When one’s own wisdom blossoms, other sentient beings’ inherently born wisdom deities blossom, since other sentient beings are one’s own phenomena. So all is fully enlightened at once into oneness, without even a single, ordinary sentient being remaining. From oneness, infinite, immeasurable, pure, insubstantial wisdom maṇḍala manifests.

– Thinley Norbu Rinpoche

White Sail: Crossing the Waves of Ocean Mind to the Serene Continent of the Triple Gems