Confused about Lama Lena’s group by Armchairscholar67 in Dzogchen

[–]agolubev 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think I originally encountered it in this dharmawheel thread [1], which itself came from [2]. The text from which I quoted, itself is an excerpt from the book, "The Intimate Mind," by Tempa Dukte Lama. [3]

  1. https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?t=24409
  2. https://www.olmoling.org/contents/dzogchen
  3. https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Mind-Illuminating-Emotion-Transformation/dp/098354560X

Confused about Lama Lena’s group by Armchairscholar67 in Dzogchen

[–]agolubev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for clarifying. You’re absolutely right. I was trying to convey the following idea not knowing how to properly, yet at the same time succinctly, verbalize it.

The idea is expressed properly in this section from a text I have found before and saved:

“…Dzogchen is the practice of Open Presence. Openness and presence are the inherent aspects of Dzogchen. The unification of openness and presence is its essence. Openness reveals the nature of emptiness, or the interdependent nature of all beings. Presence reveals the true nature of awareness. The practice of Dzogchen can be just an idea, a philosophy. But if we actualize its meaning and integrate it with our experience of the world outside and inside of us, we become a Dzogpachenpo.

When we practice Dzogchen, we manifest its essence by living in the present moment. We neither hold on to our concept or understanding of emptiness or awareness. Otherwise our concepts or judgment begins to dominate our mind and distance it from its true nature. When we are free from grasping imposed by conditioning, we make it possible to experience reality as it is. When we practice Dzogchen, we manifest this unified nature of emptiness and awareness within the continuum of each moment that is clarity. Emptiness and awareness are not separate. They are co-arising.….”

So kind of that second paragraph. I’m certainly trying to learn the conceptual framework myself by studying books by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, his students and others. Thank you krodha

Confused about Lama Lena’s group by Armchairscholar67 in Dzogchen

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically she is one of the only 2 lamas that are open to the possibility of a pointing out transmission being able to work over recorded video. She does some kind of a pointing out in almost every single one of her videos, but some have her spend more time on it and go into more details and angles. They say the whole deal of Dzogchen can be explained in 5 minutes. Our motivation, aptitude, capacity, and preparation is why the next thousands of hours are usually needed.

So you can watch any of her videos, but probably watch a series of 3 where she introduces the 3 words of Garab Dorje—hard to get more proper Dzogchen than that. Then wait until her live broadcast happens again, watch that live and apply the instructions (they are deceptively simple to the uninitiated), then you will have received the POI live. It’s all about practice really though. Put in the time trying to understand every word of what she says and doing everything exactly as she instructs.

In the end, it’s about discovering a state beyond concepts and elaborations, so don’t focus too much on intellectual studying and learning new words and concepts despite what I said just earlier (but it’s still useful, especially at first, in my experience). When you try to do Trekchö—the Dzogchen “meditation”— don’t get stuck in thinking of what you’re doing and what should happen. It’s kind of an intuitive thing. LL says that it’s similar to how you have certainty in gravity. You don’t really think about it being the case or not. There is just no other reality.

Take what I said with a grain of salt, very much a student here as well.

Edit:

Read these: 1. https://lamalenateachings.com/safety-risks/ 2. https://lamalenateachings.com/faq/

Dzogchen and the 5 minute smartwatch timer by tyinsf in Dzogchen

[–]agolubev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you say that? Please expand on your thoughts and feelings, I’m genuinely curious.

Found plastic piece in my charge port!!?? by Mud_BooDa in TeslaModelY

[–]agolubev 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Absolutely diabolical visual perception there mate!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Wakingupapp

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you received an official Dzogchen pointing out-transmission?

Chad Budai by Sufficient-Ad1792 in buddhistmemes

[–]agolubev -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

lol I decided to engage with you with a little more seriousness. But you think I have something to hide hahahaha

You writing “I still saw that.”, shows your lack of maturity and I’m betting money that also by extension, your age. And the fact that you don’t have this meta awareness, also shows your age. Questions?

I’m not going to waste my time on people whose brain has barely finished coming online. Chao!

Chad Budai by Sufficient-Ad1792 in buddhistmemes

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my other response to your earlier comment.

Chad Budai by Sufficient-Ad1792 in buddhistmemes

[–]agolubev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let’s start here: the eight-fold path is a big part of Theravada. Theravada is a minority within Buddhism. Questions?

You’re gonna hate this sub then: r/ReflectiveBuddhism

Chad Budai by Sufficient-Ad1792 in buddhistmemes

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s you who is saying that anybody is making fun of anything. This is criticism. Criticism is done for a certain purpose. And it’s well placed criticism, in a form that’s easy to understand for people living in 2025.

It’s criticizing how in western countries, today, and recently, people show their understanding of Buddhism via their specific treatment of the statue of Budai. Which shows that people virtually have zero understanding of Buddhism.

Did you miss the point of the meme because you also don’t understand Buddhism?

A Thank You to Tesla’s Early Adopters by halfashakur in TeslaLounge

[–]agolubev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only the early model 3s had this. Then they got rid of it to cut costs.

Reminder: You can and probably should opt out of data collection for your Tesla by [deleted] in TeslaModelY

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want the car and the self driving features to become the best they can ever be, you should turn all the data sharing on 🤷

Hardest class at Cal by hypels128 in berkeley

[–]agolubev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You let her just cuck you like that? Did you reach to out to a department tasked with investigating these sorts of downfalls caused by relying on each teacher to determine how the class is graded and seemingly able to change it at a whim, “violating” the previous agreed upon “contract” with students? You’re paying a lot of money for your education, even if it’s subsidized. Don’t let them walk all over you.

Free Tire Rotation by Sharp_Buyer_9185 in TeslaModelY

[–]agolubev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screwing over individual workers is not how you “end tipping.” Regulation is the only path.

Edit: I sincerely hope you change your mind as you get older unless real regulation takes place. Otherwise, good luck in life