HE Jetsuma Program at Sakya Tenphel Ling Question and answers:
1. Any commitment for -Vajra Nairtyma -Body Mandala -Uncomm Meditation beyond thought
Ans:
-For Vajranaratmya, students have to do the sadhana daily. If they are already doing Hevajra, then Hevajra is fine, they don’t need to do the Vajranaratmya.
-If receive Body Mandala, need to commit to doing the Vajrayogini retreat, which is the completion of the recitation of 400,000 of the Vajrayogini mantra.
-If receive Uncommon Meditation beyond thought, need to commit to completing the 3.7 million Vajrayogini mantras.
2.For the 7 days Vajrayogini Teaching, there are questions below: a. does 1st timer need to attend all sessions (cannot miss any sessions) including Body Mandala and Uncommon Meditation. b. can retaker miss any sessions.and they can come for Body Mandala or Uncommon Meditation.
Ans: a. Students who want to receive the proper transmission should attend all the sessions. However, if they don’t wish to receive the commitments of retreat and mantra accumulation (3.7 million), as is required if receive the body mandala and uncommon meditation beyond thought, they can skip those relevant sessions. b. For old timers who received the entire set before, it is their choice. However, Jetsun Kushok thinks it is beneficial to receive the teachings in its entirety without selectively choosing and skipping.
3.a For those new ones who.has taken 2 days Vajra Nairatyma empowerment, can they continue to take Vajrayogini Chin Lab and then go to the 7 days teaching? b. For those who.have taken 2 days Hevajra cause empowerment, they can come for Vajra Nairatyma empowerment and no need be one of the 25 new takers.
Ans: a. Yes b. The 25 new takers are ones who has no any of the 2 days empowerment before (wan chen)
If they have received 2-day Hevajra Cause Empowerment, they need not be counted as one of the 25 new takers. The 25 new takers will be those who have not received either Hevajra or Vajra Nairatmya empowerment before. 2-day Vajrakilaya and Kalachakra wangchen cannot be counted—they will have to be treated as new takers.
4 a There are studentt who has taken Hevajra cause empowerment and there is no commitment. If they take Vajra Nairatyma Wan Chen.who will not counted as one of the 25 new student. Do they need to do Vajra Nairatyma sadhana? b. After received 7 days teaching without received body mandala and uncommon meditation beyond thought, Do they need to do Vajrayogini sadhana? Is it a short or long sadhana?
Ans: a. No need to do vajra Nairatmya sadhana b. Yes, they need to do Vajrayogini sadhana daily even if they don’t receive body mandala and uncommon meditation beyond thought.
Just the short common Vajrayogini sadhana.
5 a. For the Vajrayogini fire puja, it is restricted to student who has taken the Vajrayogini Chin.Lab.? Other people cannot come in to sit and watch the fire puja, it is correct? b. The fire puja, Is it a peaceful one or others?
Ans: a. Correct, the Vajrayogini Fire puja is restricted to students who have received Vajrayogini Chinlab, other people cannot come and sit in and watch b. There is only Vajrayogini Peaceful fire puja.
6 After receiving Vajra Nairatyma, the student can proceed to take any of the Jehnang. Correct?
Ans: Yes, that’s correct.
7.For Jetsun Kushok, she doesn’t mind if anybody has received wangchen or not. You can add that it is preferred but not mandatory. For White Tara jehnang, having received a major wangchen is preferred but not mandatory
8.The 3.7 million mantra need not be accumulated in a single retreat. After finishing the basic retreat of 400K, students are allowed to accumulate the 3.7 million mantra over time (even in their daily practice). But before finishing the 400K basic retreat, their mantra count cannot be considered as accumulation/fulfilling the 3.7 million mantra count.