Tips. Travellers’ tales. Perspective. Gossip. Experience. Stories. Wonder.
Putting a bit of flesh on the bones of Vajrayana (Tibetan style) Buddhist practice in...
Final episode of Season One!
Groping towards the dharma in the midlands of England in the 1960s.
Bookworm paradise: Birmingham Central Library as it was then:
Words or phrases you might want to look up (in no particular order, and some best forgotten!):
Man, Myth and Magic (magazine)
Gurdjieff
PD Ouspensky
Paul Brunton
Anagarika Govinda
Edward Conze
Alexandra David-Neel
Evans-Wentz
Christmas Humphreys
Marco Pallis
Waddel’s “Lamaism: Buddhism of Tibet”
Lobsang Rampa
H P Blavatsky
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Dzogchen #Nyingma
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17:48
Paraphernalia - Bits and Bobs
Note: the next episode, no 44, will be the last of Season 1. Season 2 is in the works!
Buddhism is all about simplicity, isn’t it? Well, no, at least not when it comes to Tibetan style Buddhism. The very essence may be simple, but typical practice makes use of an enormous amount of kit - malas, dorjes, bells, hand-drums large and small, trumpets, vases, conch shells...
As beginners, we may well be tempted to start collecting some of those magical bits and pieces, but if we’re not careful we end up with a lot of clutter on our table, and little idea of what to do with it. Is any of this necessary, and how much of it is even useful?
Mala with counters, dorje and bell
And more:
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Mala
Mala counter strings and clips
Mandala plate with/without rings
Dorje and bell
Damaru
Kangling
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Dzogchen #Nyingma #Dorje
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23:12
Termas and Tertons - Treasures from Out There!
Termas and tertons – spiritual treasures and their finders – are an inescapable feature of some branches of Tibetan Buddhism. Come along for the magical ride!
A phurbu
A ngagpa, undoubtedly a practitioner of termas.
Note the phurbu tucked into his belt.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Terma
Terton
Nyingma
Dudjom
Jamyang Khyentse
Jamgon Kongtrul
The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, its Fundamentals and History by Dudjom Rinpoche
Hidden Teachings of Tibet by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
The Life and Teaching of Chokgyur Lingpa
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Dzogchen #Nyingma #Terma #Terton #Dudjom
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18:29
Tulkus – what’s THAT about?
Most traditions of Buddhist practice have nothing that resembles the tulku tradition. In the Tibetan traditions, you can’t get away from them. What are they? And what are they good for?
Karma Pakshi, one of the first tulkus.
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Tulku, emanation body, transformation body
Three bodies of the Buddha (kusum, trikaya)
Karmapa
Karma Pakshi
The Second Karmapa Karma Pakshi: Tibetan Mahasiddha
Jamgon Kongtrul
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Mahamudra #Dzogchen
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22:00
Bitten by the Ghosts of the Stones
Come with me over the plains of Amdo in a little blue and white bus 30 years ago.
We have a couple of dozen pilgrims, two Chinese drivers and a supply of diamox. Should be fine!
Stupa at Benchen
Words or phrases you might want to look up:
Amdo
Kham
Benchen
Tsurphu
Lhasa
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #DoubleDorje #Mahamudra #Dzogchen
About The Double Dorje: Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
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