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A wave of wishes based on the Shangpa Kagyu tradition |
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passage from text:
By understanding the effects of good and bad actions,whatever their importance,
May I be able to keep to the workings of seed and result.
By seeing clearly the suffering in the three realms of samsara,
May I develop the renunciation to leave samsara’s domain.
| Obstacles in the Body |
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| Des Moines, NM, August 6, 2010 |
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Answering questions on thoughts and “subconscious gossip”; mantras; taking and sending; obstacles in the body from experiences we were unable or unwilling to fully experience; Dzogchen and Mahamudra; dakinis; groundlessness.
| Five Elements / Five Dakinis practice |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 10, 2007 |
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Explanation of element reaction cycles: earth, water, fire, air and void; walkthrough of corresponding dakini practices; hollowness; knowing; pristine awareness arising within reaction. This class was recorded to help students with the Dakini practice.
| Session 9 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 9, 2007 |
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Presence, purification, energy: 3 types of practice; Dakini practice as purification, transforming reaction chains into presence; Personal practice balances these elements; Two modes of completing practice: symbols and lights; Statements associated with elements, related to emotional patterns
| Session 8 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 8, 2007 |
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Presence, purification, energy: 3 types of practice; Dakini practice as purification, transforming reaction chains into presence; Personal practice balances these elements; Two modes of completing practice: symbols and lights; Statements associated with elements, related to emotional patterns
| Session 7 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 7, 2007 |
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Putting it all together as ongoing practice; Blindness to significant patterns
| Session 6 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 6, 2007 |
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Void dakini instructions; the usefulness of “zero”: void makes everything possible; terror; destructive aspect of spiritual practice, constant letting go; Tilopa’s instructions
| Session 5 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 5, 2007 |
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Air dakini instructions; practice may become more difficult as the elemental energy becomes more subtle; Relation to c`hi, anxiety, panic
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| Vancouver, BC, July 4, 2007 |
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Fire dakini instructions; Issues of isolation, volatility, passion; importance of experiencing reactions; what to do with the experience of boredom
| Session 2 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 2, 2007 |
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General practice guidelines; outline of generic sequence for yidam/deity practice; emotional reactivity vs volitional action; earth dakini instructions, particularly loss of balance and internal stability; nature of “practice”
| Session 1 |
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| Vancouver, BC, July 1, 2007 |
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Dakini practice as a way of refining experience, comparison with Mahamudra practice; dakini practice as tool to raise energy; review of elements in relationship to emotional patterns and as descriptions of experience; nature of dakinis: “know dakinis to be one’s own mind”; symbolic nature of dakinis & relation to wisdom awarenesses; overview of five wisdom awarenesses: evenness (balance), mirror-like, distinguishing, effective action, totality; overview of practice instructions
Discussion on enchantment with dakini and protector practices and how that connects with the origin of these practices, protector meditation instruction and questions
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