06 Thursday Dec 2012
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices
I think with ngondro, people really like this practice, dread it, or think its old fashioned.
One does something like prostrations or mantra recitations, at minimum, 100,000, plus 11% to account for mistakes. Sometimes people do as much as 400,000 of an item.
While some may think that Ngondro doesn’t fit into the western lifestyle, Thubten Chodron wrote this interesting article explaining the relevancy of the practice to westerners. Continue reading »
19 Tuesday Jun 2012
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices, Tsem Tulku, Videos
I found this interesting video the other day by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, about how to prepare for tantric initiations. Tsem Tulku is an interesting person in that he often reaches out to people who wouldn’t otherwise be interested in Dharma practice. In that sense, he fits his approach in order to connect to those people.
Many people that get involved with Tibetan Buddhism do so with expectations of getting high-level initiations and have all sorts of ideas about what its going to do for them. However, there’s often a certain amount of preparation that’s required in order to gain benefit from them. In this interesting video, he explains in general form, some practices and study that is required in order to prepare to take on higher practices. Specifically, he talks about ngondro. While teachers were often recommend their students to do ngondro in different sequences, I think the advice he gives is very good. Especially that he emphasizes that if someone can’t do the ngondro, do something equivalent, like doing Dharma work.
27 Tuesday Mar 2012
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices, Tibetan Buddhism
Guru yoga is one of the sets belonging to the practice of ngondro, where a person does 100,000 reptitions of something (mantra, mandala offerings, prostrations,etc). The practice has to be done continuously, without break, until the number is reached. Otherwise, a person has to start the count over. Continue reading »
16 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices, Tantra, Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana
Vajrasattva ngondro is one of the preliminary practices of ngondro, where one does a minimum of 100,000 repetitions of an item (a mantra, prayer, prostrations, etc). An extra 11% are added to account for mistakes. Vajrasattva ngondro has to be completed on consecutive days. If a day is skipped, someone has to start over. Continue reading »
18 Friday Mar 2011
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices, Tibetan Buddhism
Tags
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Taking Refuge is the Gateway to Buddhist Practice
As the great Lama Atisha said, taking refuge is the gateway to Buddhist practice. Continue reading »
09 Sunday Jan 2011
Posted in Ngondro Preliminary Practices, Tibetan Buddhism
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Vajradhara is often linked to Ngondro
Ngondro is practice with so many benefits, but a main benefit is it prepares the ground of the mind for realizations and attainments. Through the practice of ngondro, one can engage in extensive purification and generation of merit. Continue reading »
