Ep228: Dzogchen & Dark Retreat - Dr Nida Chenagtsang & Justin Von Bujdoss
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- In this interview I am joined by Buddhist teacher and doctor of Tibetan Medicine Dr Nida Chenagtsang and author and Buddhist teacher Justin Von Bujdoss.
Dr Nida and Justin discuss the esoteric Dzogchen practices of trekchö and tögal, and comment on their application to inner emotional disturbance and to times of external conflict and war.
Dr Nida and Justin extensively discuss the mysterious practice of dark retreat, in which the retreatant seals himself in complete darkness for days or weeks at a time, triggering powerful hallucinations which can be worked with using special techniques for spiritual advancement.
Dr Nida and Justin discuss the history of dark retreat, compares the differences in the various schools of its practice, warns of its dangers in terms of psychosis, and considers the potential it offers for attaining Buddhist enlightenment.
Dr Nida and Justin also explore themes of fixation, nationalism, translation, and spiritual trauma.
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Topics include:
00:00 - Intro
01:01 - Geomantic energy of Bhutan
03:55 - The Dzogchen practice of trekchö
05:02 - Cutting through hardness
07:53 - The importance of using Sanskrit and Tibetan words
08:18 - The hardness of conceptual thinking
08:47 - Translating trekchö
09:45 - Dr Nida’s new approach to translation
11:54 - Dharma as medicine
12:27 - Freeing difficult emotions
14:24 - Palestine and political polarisation
17:29 - The pressure to take sides
21:10 - Meditation as medicine
21:33 - Bringing dharma experience to politics
25:09 - The value of softness and passivity
26:10 - Nationalism and fixation
28:09 - The price of enlightened politics
30:27 - Ashoka’s dharma reign
32:47 - Dr Nida’s new book about Yuthok’s Mahāmudrā
35:00 - Varieties of Dzogchen tögal practice
37:42 - The history of dark retreat
45:01 - Nyingma vs Kālachakra dark retreat versions
47:35 - Transforming energy and perception
49:57 - Yuthok and other dark retreat yogis
52:40 - Special characteristics of dark retreat
53:51 - The actual practice
55:07 - Dr Nida’s remarkable dark retreat teacher
01:00:29 - How Dr Nida’s teacher introduced him to the nature of mind
01:09:18 - The signs of success in practice
01:09:42 - The mystical story of Dr Nida and Justin’s karmic connection
01:17:21 - Mahasiddha way vs the educational path
01:20:19 - Side-effects of meditation and dark retreat
01:28:04 - Fun vs beneficial
01:29:48 - Requirements for a dark retreat location
01:30:47 - Dark retreat psychosis
01:35:01 - The need for financial support
01:36:43 - When to break your retreat
01:38:07 - Looking for experiences
01:42:43 - Dr Nida’s recent lucid dream
01:44:23 - Hallucinations and visions
01:47:59 - How to get involved
01:49:51 - Multi-cultural enlightenment
01:52:51 - How did Dr Nida assess Justin’s readiness for dark retreat
01:55:34 - Dark retreat progression
02:03:54 - The power of ngondro
02:04:34 - ‘Spiritual not religious’
02:13:48 - Spiritual trauma
02:16:14 - Why Dr Nida wrote his book in Tibetan
02:19:07 - Questions for the practitioner
02:21:42 - Bad spiritual pedagogy
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Previous episodes with Dr Nida Chenagtsang:
- www.guruviking.com/search?q=nida
Previous episode with Justin Von Bujdoss:
- www.guruviking.com/search?q=j...
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To find our more about Justin Von Bujdoss, visit:
- justinvonbujdoss.com/
- www.yangtiyoga.com/
To find out more about Dr Nida Chenagtsang, visit:
- / doctornida
- www.skypressbooks.com/
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James - Zábava
book recommend: THE BASIC SPACE OF PENOMENA by longchen rabjam.
well, yeah 😊
Watching all the way from Ladakh himalaya..
Always felt connected to Lama Bujdoss and Dr. Nida..
May the Dreams and Aspiration of Tibetans come True ✨️
Good balanced talk, in between absolute and relative, i thank you all 🙏
the motive is moving from democracy to dharmocracy 🙏💙
Infinite Blessings upon All of Existence.
What a heartflow sharing, thanQ to all cooperative components that flowed in harmony to allow this into fruition for Us all to embrace.
May all continue to embrace the Being of harmonious wholeness and celebr8 existence daily in Their own unique, lovingly playflow ways.
How beautiflow to live in Oneness, experiencing itself it many forms...existence expanding, contraQting & Being as is.
ThanQ, Gracias, Molto Grazie, 謝謝, བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ།
Aho. All Our Relations.
Thank you for the closing teaching on Ngöndro. Precious teachings. 🙏🏼
Brilliant as always ❤
Thanks for these videos!
In living memory on our planet, the countries who declared themselves neutral in WWII were respected as places of peace. And Costa Rica disbanded it's army and spent all it's military budget on education and health and despite being surrounded by violent countries has never been invaded. They are the only country to have a University of Peace. It seems when you lie down. the fighters go away. Like the demons of Milarepa when he invited them in
In Dudjom Rinpoches Vajra Kilaya text Putri Repung both extensive and daily the text says the seed stable Hung cleanses the world and being grasping as being real. Teb piercing
Loved it. I have a closet that is pitch black I'll sit in and trataka.🙏🙏🙏
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Soft power is a phrase. Weak force is a observation in physical
I have a Question for Dr. Nida : Is the Dark Retreat related to the Shitro ?🙏
Years ago I told a zen teacher ""meditation is medication"" these are not the same words but they share the same truth.
I can give you the land in Ladakh Himalaya India... please come here
What is the name of the text ?
Come to Yulokod . Thats where I light wisdom fires on a regular basis . I call them Freedom of information requests ........
The thumbnails look like they are matrix characters from the resistance faction. With those matching shades. Dr. Nida Chenagtsang gots hair like Apoc.
They're robes in the thumbnail too
Is this a new book by Dr. Nida ?
It’s in Tibetan, not translated into English, at least not to date.
If you get the chance to go and do trekchö dont hesitate.
What about the effect of The Dark Retreat on the energy system?
Nahmkai Norbu wrote a short text on Dark Retreat
title?
@@jamesogre6397he has a terma teaching on yangti practice but you need the proper transmissions
Within the Pith Instruction Class there are the, Ati, Chiti, and Yangti levels of teaching... So what is chitti?
spyi ti Jean-Luc Achard published at least one article about it
Political part was intellectual masturbation at most, and ignorance at least
Does Nida dismiss the importance of the Tibet v. China conflict as casually as saying "it's just two big rocks coming together" as is his opinion of Palestine v. Western colonialist Jewry?
His comment is not dismissive. He’s explaining the practice of trekcho and that it should be used to transform our experience and the world. There are many stories of practitioners transforming the atrocities of the Chinese invasion using Dharma. This is the purpose of Dharma, to transform our perceptions, intentions, and experience in even the most difficult circumstances
@@jamesogre6397 I agree with what you write.
My suggestion is to check the facts of history before naming Israel as Western colonialist Jewry. Also check the facts of History about what you call and refer to as Palestine.
What about the Hamas Terrorist? I guess in your eyes they are legitimate freedom fighters, right? Please check online un biased sites to learn more about the history and facts of the Middle East. I guess you are not living in the area and you just fed from the news.
You don't call this conflict Palestine vs. Israel but rather name Israel as colonialist/apartheid country. It sounds like you already established an opinion and you are biased.
So just so you know: your accusation that Israel is an apartheid state is incorrect and malicious. It’s intended to demonize and delegitimize Israel.
An honest look at the facts utterly destroys the Apartheid charges: Arab citizens of Israel enjoy the same rights and privileges as Jewish Israelis.
Also as per calling Israel colonialist, better to check the historical facts also here.
Israel has control over certain regions of the West Bank, but this is due to historical conflicts and in response to threats posed by groups like Hamas. The situation is complex and Israel retains the right to operate militarily in all zones for security reasons, especially given situations like the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Different regions are under varied levels of Israeli and Palestinian administration.
You are welcome to explore the complex dynamics of the Gaza Strip, its tumultuous control by Hamas, Israel's peace efforts, and the challenges of life under Hamas's rule.
www.ajc.org/news/tough-questions-about-gaza-answered
you should never let others guide you you must rely upon the lamrim, the bhagavan has said so, this is NOT usful...
he means identity 14:00, they are trying to wake you(me) up
What difference between 5-6th jhanas (absorbed) and Rigpa?
Rigpa is the union of ‘Samatha & Vipassana’ .. calm abiding + clear-seeing.. 5th-6th Jhanas lack the quality of Self-Knowing ‘Wisdom’
@@adambaraz1713 what do u precisely mean by “self-knowing”?
@@JazzyDef Awareness is ‘aware of’ its own empty nature.. whereas the jhana absorbtions lack this pristine self-cognizant quality
@@adambaraz1713 how its refer to Anatta? And for example, if Im aware of senses and recognise that there is only sensations aware of themselves (no me, no Big Self) there is only empty cognisance, like I cant find any I but I cant reject that knowingness of things, does it make any sense in Tibetan Buddism conceptual framework? Thank u.
Jhanas are conditioned concentration states.
Rigpa is the direct knowladge of ones own basis, the recognition of the nature of your mind.
Amazingly, Tibetan practitioners can talk and talk, and it’s just information and more information and naming endless list of practices and names of teachers and initiations and concepts . .. and it’s vary rare to hear living words that illuminates the mind
ilumination without god olala
It's better not to discuss politics, or at least to conduct thorough research and educate oneself about the actual situation and how people truly feel and think. Otherwise, it can come across as merely eloquent Dharma teachings that don't apply to the harsh realities of people facing death, violence, and abuse. It's questionable whether advising victims of violence, such as those facing assault by Hamas-ISIS terrorists, to adopt a river like (not rigid/fixated) mindset is appropriate. Similarly, teaching Dharma to terrorists, like those from Hamas who have pledged to kill all Israelis as part of their ideology, seems impractical.
In situations where over 200 people, including civilians, children, women, and the elderly, are kidnapped, it's challenging to suggest they practice Trekcho while being held captive. Or to their families and relatives... Also on Gaza, for those who are not terrorists actively fighting, still a war is over your head, hard to practice anything.
BTW - This reminds me of a story where Buddha foresaw a murder on a ship and pre-emptively killed the would-be murderer to prevent the crime. This suggests that sometimes, the use of force may be necessary to avert greater future suffering.