#guruyoga

[lamathanka]

Vajradhara is the progenitor of all the tantric transmissions of the Kagyu tradition. He is deep blue in colour, holds a vajra and bell in his crossed hands, is adorned with the thirteen silk and jeweled ornaments, and sits in vajra-posture upon a white moon, multicoloured lotus.

Primordial Buddha' Vajradhara seated at the centre of the Karma Kagyu Refuge Tree, with the main lineage holders of this tradition in the upper canopy of the tree, its principal meditational deities in the lower branches, and its main protective deities on the row of clouds beneath the tree.

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#Buddha #karma #kagyu #tradition #refugetree #buddhism #meditation #deities #vajradhara #lamathankapaintingschool #thangka #thankapainting #spiritual #mindfullness #compassion #energy #meditation #visualization #bodhisattva #bodhichitta #guruyoga #dharampala #mahakala #yogini #yidam #himalayanart #heritage #livingheritage #nepleseartist #karmapa

[mahayanapilgrim]

When I started to teach Dzogchen Teaching in Italy, I started direct introduction in a very simple way, with Ati Guruyoga. I never taught Dzogchen Teaching without that principle. I am not asking anyone to do ngöndro practice. Ngöndro is not indispensable in all Teachings. Sometimes it can be useful. When I am giving Dzogchen Teaching to people who didn't do ngöndro, many Tibetan lamas criticized me and said, "Namkhai Norbu is giving Dzogchen Teaching, a high level teaching, to people who did not do ngöndro". This is not my fault because I am following the Dzogchen Teaching taught by Garab Dorje. If ngöndro is indispensable, then why are there not four statements of Garab Dorje instead of three?

Maybe the first statement should be ngöndro, and then direct introduction. Sometimes I reply a little, because they are not thinking in the correct way. So, I say, "If you want to criticize, please criticize Garab Dorje, not me." Garab Dorje is not presented in that way, therefore, direct introduction means knowing what Dzogchen is. Dzogchen is not a book, a tradition, or a religion. Dzogchen is our real nature, so we need to discover that and be in that state

- Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

[errantabbot]

Guruyoga and Therapy

The mechanisms that allow for anything to become therapeutic in a course of psychotherapy, are the same that allow for anything to become a teaching within the context of guruyoga. In other words, attention itself sanctifies and transforms. There are no awakened gurus (or therapists for that matter) running around out there doing nothing but awakened pastimes, all worthy of being understood as conscious teaching. Rather, there are moments of mutual beholding that clearly display our minds’ capacities for transformational interpretation, which provides the grace necessary to be human in both religious and psychotherapeutic contexts.

~Sunyananda

[thecrusher007]

Year 18 1000 lights. An offering to my precious teacher. We keep the fires burning. Forever in my heart we are one. Like an angel, you took me under your wing, taught me, protected me and taught me how to dance in the sky. Not a day goes by without you in my thoughts. I send light to you and to all who have lost someone dear to them. May it illuminate the way, cast aside the shadow of fear and doubt, cut through your pain, delusion and darkness like a sword and ease all suffering. Until I see your smiling face again.. Thank you. ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ་། 💎 Om Om Om. 🙏🏽 #lobsangtharchin #gurudevotion #guruyoga #lamachöpa #drigug #diamondway#rinpoche #tibetanbuddhism #tibet #buddhism #memorial #magic #soshinesthelight #monlam #mönlam #memorial #meaningfulpost (at Rashi Gempil-Ling First Kalmuk Buddhist Temple in the USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmB74vcuxlv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[banyupadmatangi]

Kalau dalam TCM, elemen api itu ibu elemen tanah. Pantas, si ayam tanah ini suka banget ngintil si naga api... 🤣❤💛🐍🐔☯️ Terima kasih sudah menjadi Guru yang banyak tahu, membantu membuka mataku untuk selalu belajar tapi sekaligus berani mengakui dan bilang 'ngga tahu' untuk keterbatasanmu! Kamu keren, mbak! Tuhan memberkatimu, selalu sehat supaya bisa terus berbagi kebaikan. Babanam Kevalam. Swasti wanti warsa. Rahayu! Rahayu! Rahayu! 🙏🌹💚 #birthday #guruyoga #yinyogaworld #gratitude #bali #banyupadmatangi 📷 @yinyogaworld @madeyoganae https://www.instagram.com/p/CFLmdldgEh2/?igshid=1u76h95gvio9

[nikomerc]

#osg #kelsanggyatso #omahhum #guruyoga #blessings #love #peace #compassion #thankyou #geshela #intibet #kadampa #buddhism #meditation 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1mhEPxFXE6/?igshid=fzdaae4ji41n

[astridamalia]

#yoga #indonesia : . Bahasa Indonesia + English Language. . Bahasa Indonesia: Dari Latihan Yoga Pribadi yang saya lakukan di Kalimantan Timur, posisi Yoga ini berguna untuk menghilangkan ketegangan di pergelangan kaki, lutut, paha dan pinggul. Cara melakukan posisi Yoga ini adalah dengan menekuk tubuh ke depan dan kebawah, sambil menekuk lutut dan meletakkan tangan di lantai. Sangat mudah untuk dilakukan. . English Language: From the Personal Yoga Exercises that I do in East Kalimantan, this Yoga position is useful for relieving tension in the ankles, knees, thighs and hips. The way to do this Yoga position is to bend your body forward and down, bending your knees and putting your hands on the floor. Very easy to do this. . #yogaeverydamnday #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yogi #om #namaste #wellness #health #fitness #yogajourney #yogateachertraining #yogajournal #meditation #kelasyoga #latihanyoga #guruyoga #instrukturyoga #blogger #lifestyle #photography #photographer #travel #holiday #wonderfulindonesia #kalimantan #sea #ocean #adventure (at East Kalimantan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0aHi9DA3DN/?igshid=6732ay9q3f5w

[budaenlayerba]

Una pregunta que Adri (¡gracias, Adri!) me hizo hace tiempo y prometí responder es ¿Hay Vipassana en el Mahayana, en general y en el Vajrayana en particular?

Y la respuesta, brevemente, es sí. Hay una meditación para todes.

Pero más exactamente: depende qué es lo que llamemos “Vipassana”.

En general, es mi experiencia que la gente llama Vipassana básicamente a dos cosas: la tradición de S.N.Goenka, derivada un sistema de meditación creado por Sayagyi U Ba Khin  o una galaxia misma de sistemas dentro de la tradición Theravada que tienden a tener como foco el insight, de dónde viene el movimiento moderno de Mindfulness.

Es muy difícil generalizar, porque las palabras en realidad designan modos de atención y modalidades de meditación, más que una meditación puntual. Como esto es larguísimo, simplemente voy a poner algunos lugares dónde escribí anteriormente y si les interesa, pueden ir a leerlos:

1.       https://budaenlayerba.tumblr.com/post/41955626332/los-dos-modos-de-percepci%C3%B3n

2.       https://budaenlayerba.tumblr.com/post/14864914448/instrucciones-condensadas-de-zhin%C3%A9-lhatong-lojong

3.       https://budaenlayerba.tumblr.com/post/36744910136/zhin%C3%A9-las-cinco-fallas-principales

4.       https://budaenlayerba.tumblr.com/post/160987465335/cu%C3%A1ndo-uno-tiene-la-posta-la-posta-es-otra-me

Pero, entonces, entendiendo a Vipassana como lo definí más arriba: ¿por qué no existe en el Mahayana en general y en el Vajrayana en específico?

El tema…es que si existe. Cómo indiqué en el último post, el de “uno tiene la posta…” que cito arriba (#4) en realidad, sí existe. Está incluida en el Bhavanakrama de Kamalashila. El Sutra del Corazón habla de eso cuándo dice investigar los skandhas; simplemente cambia el foco de investigar las tres marcas a investigar la vacuidad de los skandhas. Zazen es, esencialmente, Vipassana unida con Shamatha. Justamente, el principio de la escuela Caodong (de la cuál el Soto Zen surge) es lo que llamaban Yugganaddha, o unión de Shamatha y Vipassana. Van a encontrar este mismo concepto (la unión de Shamatha y Vipassana) mencionado por multiples practicantes como el camino de todes les Budas en el Vajrayana y en la Tien T’ai, por ejemplo.

Es más, en la Karma Kagyu, el estilo de Sutra Mahamudra desarrollado por Gampopa que es esencialmente una aproximación a Mahamudra (con un Guruyoga) mediante Shamatha y Vipassana. Hay sutras completos dedicados a este tipo de aproximaciones en el Mahayana, como el Samadhiraja Sutra.

Entonces ¿por qué no escuchamos o leemos más sobre el Vipassana Mahayana?

Porque, en general, no es enfatizado en la enseñanza. La increíble multiplicidad de métodos de alcanzar la iluminación, especialmente en el Vajrayana, hace que según ele maestre y ele alumne uno u otro método sea más enfatizado. Métodos como prácticas de deidades, Guru Yoga, etc. Son considerados por autores como Mipham, Kongtrul, Sapan, etc. Los más efectivos para producir la budeidad rápidamente y por eso son enfatizados.

Personalmente…disfruto de Shamatha/Vipassana. En mi práctica diaria tienen un lugar importante. Y creo que si alguien vá a enseñar meditación hoy, Shamatha/Vipassana es una de las principales, si no la principal de las herramientas. ¿Cuánta gente vá a poder conectar, por ejemplo, con el Guruyoga de Virupa? ¿O mediante un sistema tántrico complejo como Kalachakra? Ya es raro el nombre, la forma de visualizarlo y cuándo se enteran de Shambhala y Kalapa o corren o la liman.

Pero Shamatha/Vipassana es una herramienta útil para empezar a meditar. Y tiene un lugar en la tradición Mahayana que, creo, de a poco está empezando a resurgir en importancia.

¡Espero que sirva!

[ilopesart]

"Nós somos co-construtores da realidade." Lama Padma Samten S2 Foi bom olhar nos teus olhos e sentir-me Buda por alguns instantes. Longa vida a todos os mestres que veiculam esta mensagem! #sukhavati #terrapura #amitabha #doodle #natureza #sketch #rabisco #araucarias #paraná #meuparana #grafite #art #lamapadmasamten #retiro #guruyoga #omahhumvajragurupadmasiddhihum (at Cebb Sukhavati)

[lamathanka]

Buddhist Worldly Protector: Vaishravana, Guardian of the North.

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#protector #guardian #Buddhism #worldlydeities #himalayanart #thangka #livingheritage #heritage #thankapainting #Vaishravhana #guruyoga #lamathankapaintingschool #sacred

[mahayanapilgrim]

Padmasambhava as Your Guru

It may be that some people who feel drawn to Buddhist teachings have yet to meet a fully qualified teacher.

Others, for whom this meeting has oocurred, may still need to refine their way of seeing their teacher to the point where the master-disciple relationship becomes meaningful in the way that we have tried to describe.

Until that moment comes, one is encouraged to practice the guru yoga using Guru Rinpoche as the meditative support.

This technique consists of the visualization of Guru Rinpoche, the invocation of his presence, prayers and the recitation of his mantra, the visualized reception of his blessing, and the mingling of one's mind with his in a state of clear, nonconceptual awareness.

If practitioners have sufficient confidence in their own teacher in this present life, it is of course possible, and indeed very effective, to practice this yoga in relation to them, visualizing them as they appear in ordinary life. But this kind of confidence, completely unspoiled by the tiniest moment of hesitation, is extremely rare.

For the most part, one is encouraged to visualize one's teacher in the form of Guru Rinpoche, considering that they are inseparable. By doing this, it is said that the obscurations and doubts that prevent one from actually perceiving (as distinct from merely believing) one's teacher to be a Buddha are removed.

Last but by no means least, it is important to remember that the practice of guru-yoga often demands that the meditator should also visualize him or herself in an exalted form, as Yeshe Tsogyal, for example, appearing in the form of Vajra Yogini.

The reason for this is that guruyoga is a kind of meditative

"preview" of the meeting of the perfect teacher and the perfect disciple that we have just described: the ultimate encounter in which the Buddhanature, the inner or ultimate guru, is revealed and recognized.

[alejandrabqt]

Ven Paloma Alba & Ven Begoña @nagarjuna_valencia Bodichita Bus @ Light of the Path • • • #compassion #empthiness #i #mindfulness #guruyoga #karma #bodichita #goodheart @lamazoparinpoche @namdrol_ling_study_group #lightofthepath #guru #love #sisters (at Black Mountain, North Carolina)

[thecrusher007]

How many hours do you waste in the mirror looking at yourself but never really seeing your true self? You compare, judge, criticize, evaluate and compete with others on the most shallow levels and never take a hard look into your Deeper Self, your potential and your own negative thoughts and actions. Take that mirror and judge yourself on the size your love and compassion and strength and depth of your wisdom. #meaningfulpost #nobodycaresaboutthese #ishouldtakeaselfieinstead #buddhism #tibetanbuddhism #buddhist #meditation #gurudevotion #guruyoga #dakiniland #diamondway https://www.instagram.com/p/BowWa7PArvx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2b3v0bdmu3sz

[nikomerc]

#kadampa #dharmawheel #buddhism #omahhum #refuge #compassion #love #mindfulness #guruyoga ...and turn the wheel of dharma for us.

[astridamalia]

#yoga #indonesia : . Bahasa Indonesia + English Language. . Bahasa Indonesia: Dari Latihan Yoga Pribadi yang saya lakukan di Kalimantan Timur, posisi Yoga ini bernama posisi Prasarita Padottanasana I atau posisi Kaki Melebar dengan Kepala Menikung ke Depan. Cara melakukan posisi Yoga ini adalah dengan membuka kedua kaki ke samping, lalu meletakkan kepala ke bawah dan menarik kedua tangan yang sudah digenggam di belakang tubuh ke atas. Posisi Yoga ini berguna untuk menguatkan kaki, membuka dada dan memberikan banyak nutrisi ke kepala. . English Language: From the Personal Yoga Exercises that I do in East Kalimantan, this Yoga position is called Prasarita Padottanasana I or Wide-Legged Forward Bend pose. The way to do this Yoga position is to open both legs to the side, then put your head down and pull both hands that have been held behind the body up. This Yoga position is useful for strengthening the legs, opening the chest and providing plenty of nutrients to the head. . #yogaeverydamnday #yogainspiration #yogaeverywhere #yogi #om #namaste #wellness #health #fitness #yogajourney #yogateachertraining #yogajournal #meditation #kelasyoga #latihanyoga #guruyoga #instrukturyoga #blogger #lifestyle #photography #photographer #travel #holiday #wonderfulindonesia #kalimantan #sea #ocean #adventure (at East Kalimantan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0VTGs5AB_v/?igshid=sr73saxpla52

[samma-sambodhi]

- VAJRADHARA (The Diamond Holder) [ADI-BUDDHA] - . In Vajrayana Buddhism, the Adi-Buddha, is the "First Buddha" or the "Primordial Buddha." The term reemerges in tantric literature, most prominently in the Kalachakra. Ãdi means "first", such that the ādibuddha was the first to attain Buddhahood. Ādi can also mean “primordial,” not referring to a person but to an innate wisdom that is present in all sentient beings. Achieving the 'state of Vajradhara' is synonymous with complete realisation. . In Tibetan Buddhism, the term ādibuddha is often used to describe Samantabhadra, Vajradhara or Kalachakra. In East Asian Mahayana, the ādibuddha is typically considered to be Vairocana. The Guhyasamāja Tantra says of Vajradhāra, — "Then Vajradhara, the Teacher, who is bowed to by all the Buddhas, best of the three diamonds, best of the great best, supreme lord of the three diamonds."— the "three diamonds" are the three mysteries of Body, Speech, and Mind. . According to the 14th Dalai Lama, the ādibuddha is also seen in Mahayana Buddhism as representation of the universe, its laws and its true nature, as a source of enlightenment and karmic manifestations and a representation of the Trikaya. . According to the Kagyu lineage, Buddha Vajradhara is the primordial Buddha, the Dharmakaya Buddha. He is depicted as dark blue in color, expressing the quintessence of buddhahood itself and representing the essence of the historical Buddha's realization of enlightenment. Buddha Vajradhara is thought to be the supreme essence of all (male) Buddhas (his name means "Ruler of the Vajra Beings") . Tantras are texts specific to Tantrism and are believed to have been originally taught by the Tantric form of Sakyamuni called Buddha Vajradhara. He is an expression of Buddhahood itself in both single and yabyum form and is considered to be the prime Buddha of the Father Tantras. . #Buddha #Buddhism #Dhamma #Buddhist #vajradhara #thangka #art #tibetanart #meditation #meditator #Knowledge #awakening #Spiritual #Consciousness #namaste #Enlightenment #truth #sunday #Karma #mindfulness #loveandlight #positvevibes #goodvibrations #tantra #vajrayana #mahamudra #yogalife #guruyoga #wisdom #alchemy https://www.instagram.com/p/BwhxDD5H_zT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sru6osslou82