I can tell you, for having met people who reject study in the past 35 years, that not a single of them has a clue about what Rigpa is. I try every single day to spend my time 50/50 in between practice and study. I am ashamed of it when I compare it to the knowledge of my masters. There are other forums where people are proud of their ignorance. It is only among lay people in the West that there is this fancy that one will reach anywhere on the path of Dharma while despising texts and teachings. I would add to this that ignorance comes from not recognizing one's state but it is maintained, developed and intensified by the absence of study. The Dharma is one of the three Jewels, it does not cause obscurations. I don't buy a single minute the legends of brainless yogis reaching Rainbow Body as a paradigm to follow for westerners without a proper buddhist/bon complete education. I don't think this has caused them any obscurations. All the main masters of the past and recent times that one venerates from Longchenpa to Jigme Lingpa, from Dru Gyelwa to Kundrol Rinpoche, from Khyentse Wangpo to Shardza, from Khenpo Gangshar to Sakya Tridzin, from HH the Dalai Lama to Yongdzin Rinpoche (too many names to list), all of them have spent a gazillion sessions of their practice in formal study. Prayers - Manjushri.pdf & Opening & Dedication Prayers Ohio.There is never enough reading. Prayers - Manjushri.pdf & Opening & Dedication Prayers Ohio.pdf Text - 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva.pdf We are sure that you will connect with Lopon Rigsel’s in-depth knowledge, his enthusiasm, and concern for students who often have little opportunity to communicate informally with an authentically trained Nyingma teacher.Īll are welcome and can join anytime - no registration required. In taking us through this text and the commentary called “Dispelling the Darkness of Mind”, Lopon Rigsel will help us to understand what it means to be a Bodhisattva and how we can follow in the footsteps of those who walk the path that joins primordial wisdom and loving compassion. It is a concise summary in 37 verses of the heart essence of a Bodhisattva’s conduct. The text that Lopon will teach from, ‘The Thirty-seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’, was composed by Gyalsé (Bodhisattva) Tokmé Zangpo in the 14th century. The Ottawa Palyul Centre is delighted to host this teaching on Zoom by Lopon Rigzin Losal, one of Namdroling’s advanced English-speaking monastic teachers. The Thirty-seven Practices of a Bodhisattva: A Summary of the Heart Essence of a Bodhisattva’s Conduct.
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