The Double Dorje: Looking at Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
Tips. Travellers’ tales. Perspective. Gossip. Experience. Stories. Wonder. Putting a bit of flesh on the bones of Vajrayana (Tibetan style) Buddhist practice in today’s society. You are curious about Tibetan Buddhism? But how, and where, and when, and all that? Is the water safe? Or have you taken the plunge, but want to plug into it better? Come - let’s enjoy a bowl of dharma momos in the Double Dorje. Chilli with yours? Special emphasis on Nyingma, Kagyu and on non-monastic practice. #Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje
Episodes
How does pilgrimage fit into the Buddhist way of doing things?
Plus the Guru Rinpoche mantra sung to a tune you might not have expected.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
- Walsingham
- Hajj
- Kumbh Mela
- Lumbini
- Bodh Gaya
- Sarnath
- Kuśinagara
- Vajrayana
- Dorje Sempa (Vajrasattva)
- Kailash
- Jokhang
- Guru Rinpoche
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #pilgrimage #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
Chöd - a vast stream of ...
Chöd - a vast stream of Buddhist practice! Here is a taste.
Chöd
Chödpa - (images of)
Jamgön Kongtrül
Treasury of Knowledge
Rimé
Sakya
Kadampa
Kagyu (Marpa and Shangpa)
Nyingma
Kalachakra
Machig Labdrön - Machik’s Complete Explanation
Phadampa Sangye
Dakini
Damaru
Karma Kagyu
Dudjom Tersar
Yeshe Dorje (Rainmaker)
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #chöd #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
In the early weeks of this podcast...
A traveller's tale from eastern Tibet three decades ago! The great prayer wheel at Mani Dunkhor.
Some words you might like to look up:
- Sakya
- Mala
- Vajra
- Yushu
- Jyekundo
- Mani-Dunkhor
- Trisong Detsen
- Śāntarakṣita
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #Yushu #Jyekundo #lama #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu #Refuge #Bodhicitta
Transcript, with possible errors, can be read at the blog
In the early weeks of this podcast I i...
Refuge, the Three Jewels and the Bodhisattva vow...
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
- Refuge (Buddhist)
- Dharma
- Sangha
- Three Jewels
- Bodhisattva
- Bodhicitta
- Perfect Conduct – Ascertaining the Three Vows (by Dudjom Rinpoche)
- Jewel Ornament of Liberation
- Words of My Perfect Teacher
- Three kayas
- Sutras
- Bodhicaryāvatāra
And the verse:
Sang gya cho dang tshog kyi chog nam la Jang chub bar ...
A heavy criticism of the whole "Shambhala" cult, describing the behaviour of Chogyam Trungpa and his chief defender, Pema Chodron, recently went viral on the net. I had intended to express some thoughts about these issues sometime, so it seemed like the time had come. I reveal nothing new here - this is just stuff to think about.
Trungpa's "wedding" to his Nth wife
Word...
More often called the "Four Thoughts to Turn the Mind": precious human birth, impermanence, karma and suffering.
Something to think about
Approximate text at the Blue Sky blog
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
- Gampopa
- Milarepa
- Rechungpa
- Kagyu
- Vajrayana
- Tsong Khapa
- Khenpo Konchog Gyaltsen
- Herbert v. Guenther
- Jewel Ornament of Liberation
- Lam Rim
In the...
The Guru Rinpoche (or "Vajra Guru") mantra. Includes four tunes for singing!
Approximate script at my blog
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #tantra #mahamudra #dzogchen #lama #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu #GuruRinpoche #mantra #tune
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus a...
To what degree does sex have anything to do with Buddhist tantra?
Terms you might want to look up:
- Tantra
- Guru Rinpoche
- Milarepa
- Niguma
- Vajrayogini
- Lobsang Rampa
- Tummo
- Vajrayana
- Dakini
- Sangyum
Approximate script available at my blog
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje #tantra #mahamudra #dzogchen #lama #mantra #meditation #nyingma #kagyu
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an...
What do Buddhist practitioners and students mean when they go to "take teachings"? What to expect, how to feel comfortable.
Picture irrelevant - but charming!
Approximate script may be found at this blog post
#Buddhism #Tibet #vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Nyingma
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 ...
Another look at the mani (OM MANI PEME HUNG). The six syllables, their six colours, and the six worlds.
Plus a description for anyone who might be confused about clockwise, anticlockwise, facing in, facing out...
Approximate script with possible errors at this blog post
Words and names you might like to search for:
- six worlds
- lung
- yidam
- se...
What is the structure of a typical sadhana practice? What parts must it have, what can it have, and how do they fit together?
Approximate script with possible variations and errors, is at the Blue Sky, White Clouds blog.
Some words you might like to look up:
- Sadhana
- Torma
- Mahayana
- Vajrayana
- Bodhicitta
- Vajrayana
- Vajrasattva
- Ngondro (preliminaries)
- Mandala
- Mount Meru
- Samayasattva / damtsigpa
- Jnanasattva / yeshepa
In the ea...
Tibetan Buddhist practice refers a lot to beings on "the other side" who might help or hinder. Do we have to believe in them in order to practice?
Gyalpo Losar
Approximate script can be found at this blog
Words you might like to look up:
- Machik Labdron
- Machik Labdron’s Complete Explanation (book)
- Chöd
- Milarepa
- Mount Kailas
- Sadhana
- Stupa
- Terton
- Kāśyapa
- Torma
- Gugulu
- Samadhi
- Tendrel
- Cittamatra
...
What is "Direct Introduction" to the true nature of the mind, also known as "pointing out instructions" And why are the things said about it sometimes, well, puzzling?
The syllable "A"
you might like to look up:
- Namkhai Norbu
- Dzogchen
- Mahamudra
Read Blake's Auguries of Innocence at:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43650/auguries-of-innocence
About THE MOST FAMOUS of Tibetan Buddhist mantras - what it is, reciting it and singing it - with tunes!
Mani walls near Everest
There is an approximate script with errors and variations at https://lunidharma.blogspot.com/2024/06/manis-and-manis-and_01125899265.html
Words you might want to look up:
- Vajrayana
- Guru Rinpoche
- Tara
- Chenrezi
- Avalokiteshvara
- Mahamudra
- Dzogchen
- Heart Sutra
- Mahayana
- Kagy...
Some memories of Ato Rinpoche who "rested his intent" recently, and what he spoke of as his "two eyes".
Ato Rinpoche
Approximate script with errors at https://lunidharma.blogspot.com/2024/05/ato-rinpoche-will-be-missed-plus-his.html
Things you might want to search for:
- tulku
- Jeykundo
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
- Karmapa
- Akong Rinpoche
- Samye Ling
- Chime Rinpoche
- Sechen Rabjam Rinpoche
- Milarepa
- Kagyu
- Nyi...
What is a double dorje when it is a ritual instrument - a "diamond sceptre". And what is the Double Dorje when it is (or rather was) a restaurant in Kathmandu close to the Great Stupa.
Terms you might like to search for:
- dorje or vajra
- Indra
- Amoghasiddhi
Approximate script with errors at https://lunidharma.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-double-dorje-itself.html
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script...
In Tibetan Buddhism, "the Lama" is a many-sided word. It means much more than just a person, even a person sitting on a high throne. This episode looks at some sides of what "Lama" means.
Figurine of Guru Rinpoche
Words you might like to search for:
- Vajrasattva
- Lamaism
- Dalai Lama
- Kham
- Refuge tree
- Nyingma
- Sakya
- Kagyu
- Gelug
- Guru Rinpoche
- Padma Sambhava
- Tsong Khapa
- Dorje Chang (Vajradhara)
- Tsultrim ...
A ngagpa is a heavy-duty kind of non-monastic practitioner of the path of mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. This tradition is also entering modern, "western", societies. What does this entail?
My teacher, Ngagpa Karma Lhundup Rinpoche and friend
Approximate script at https://lunidharma.blogspot.com/2024/05/ngagpas-who-are-they.html.
The following terms are used and can be searched for:
- Read more
If you have sensed the magic around Tibetan Buddhism but don't know where to start, these tips might help.
A total beginner
Terms you might want to search the net for:
- Three jewels / three refuges / refuge vows
- Bodhicitta / the Bodhisattva vow / two kinds of bodhicitta
- Four noble truths
- Five heaps
- Five Buddha families
- Five wisdoms
- Six Perfections
- Eightfold path
- Sha...
Recalling the life and achievements of Thrangu Rinpoche one year since he passed on.
Thrangu Rinpoche
Refers to these links:
In the early weeks of this podcast I included an approximate script, not particularly well edited, on a blog page. For the episode dropped on 4 September entitled “Bad gurus, tosh gurus and good gurus” ...
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