Wednesdays during school term only
19:30 - 21:00 AEDT
New Study Text: THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD,
First Complete Translation with introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Term 1 commences 5 February 2025
Coming up:
Six Dharmas of Niguma
The entire teachings of the Buddha can be condensed into these four lines:
BUDDHA
སྡིག་པ་ཅི་ཡང་མི་བྱ་ཞིང་
Doing no evil whatsoever,
དགེ་བ་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པར་སྤྱད
Practicing virtue perfectly,
རང་གི་སེམས་ནི་ཡོངས་སུ་འདུལ
Taming your mind completely,
འདི་ནི་སངས་རྒྱས་བསྟན་པ་ཡིན
This is the teaching of the Buddha.
From the Shravakas to the highest yoga Tantra, this practice is recognized and confirmed. It encompasses taming, conquering, and applying the teachings according to three general types of beings and is detailed through the five paths in Yogini's "Lady of Illusion" (Gyuma Lamgyi Rimpa), which was shared in 2022 by HEZR over the span of 36 weeks.
Over 1001 great masters, mahasiddhas, and second Buddhas mastered and left behind 1001 instructions, treatises, poems, songs, and methods. Each one demonstrates the impermanence of life, cultivates compassion, and ultimately points towards the nature of the mind.
These four lines apply to beginners in a literal sense, to the mediocre with a focus on the third line, and to advanced practitioners in a meditative and integrative manner.
The condescending shifts, the all but none-ness, the constitutional rights left hanging dry, the now or never moments, the rainbow-like perceptions, the sunsets of life, the willingness to cross the ocean despite the odds—these are all vividly captured by the fearless Niguma in her next book on the Six Dharmas.
Let us pray and practice so that this book reveals our cognitive assertions to the fullest, resulting in a bountiful and admirable victory. When we pass from this world, may our next life not be the same again. Let us wish to be reborn in the sublime realm of Khechari, where the Yogini preaches directly. Finally, I hope to become a happier person, having touched upon a beautiful smile on the face of the Yogini.