So, we visualise the Samaya deity and the Wisdom deity combined, inseparably together and then, of course, we make offerings.
External, physical things that we have actually arranged (1). The Inner offering of all the five Nectars and five Meats (2), and then we offer the offering of bliss (3), and then we make the ultimate, Nature of Mind offering (4). So, four different types of offering.... read more →
Now please keep in mind that when I say “the clear, empty view of all the Deities and Bodhisttvas“, many people have the misunderstanding that you practice one Deity so […]... read more →
Q: What does the difference between Vajrayogini, Red Dakini and the White Dakini? Kalu Rinpoche: Difference between them? The difference between them, the visualization is slightly different, but both serve […]... read more →
People who like to misuse it, this is how they achieve it. You know, like the, it gives too much fear right? Say like “oh you don’t listen to me, […]... read more →
Many people they have this assumption that “I practice this deity, so now I have to be committed to this one” and then, “but I received more than one, then I have to abandon the another one, and then I have to accumulate with the other deity practice, other protector practice.”... read more →
The special Dharma Protector for the Shangpa Kagyu tradition is the Swift-Acting Six-Armed Awareness Protector. Commonly known as ‘Chakdrukpa’, he is a wrathful manifestation of the Great Compassionate One, Chenrezig. The transmissions for the Six-Armed Mahakala came from the Mahāsiddhas Maitrīpa, Rāhula and Shawaripa to Khyungpo Naljor, the source of the Shangpa Kagyu lineage. The great accomplished Tāranātha, a Shangpa Kagyu lineage holder, refined the various texts and practices and taught that the essence of this practice is to combine the Protector with the Yidam and the Guru Yoga practice.... read more →
Similar to the deity practice, isn’t it? Like an example, when we think about the deity practice, it is not simply “chanting mantra”, the mantra is not the priority, isn’t […]... read more →
The learned and accomplished master Kyungpo Naljor had six great spiritual heart sons upon whom he bestowed the entire body of his profound instruction. Among them, one alone was the designated inheritor of the lineage, the last of the six, known as Mokchok-pa Rinchen Tsöndru.... read more →
If you don’t have the yoga, or the deity practice, simultaneously combining together, then time to time, maybe there’s a tragic story that you hear and there, and then you […]... read more →
So the yoga comes after the, establishing yourself of the deity practice. The purpose of the deity practice is that you, kind of distance to yourself from the senses. Right […]... read more →