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The Mirror 108 January-February 2011 No. 108 January, February 2011 Upcoming Retreats with Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Photo: M. Almici 2011 This is an approximate program subject to change Australia March 18–23 Namgyalgar Retreat Photo: G. Horner Singapore March 31–April 4 Singapore Retreat Taiwan Taipei Caloundra Retreat April 8–11 Taipei Teaching Retreat February 2011 Japan Pamela Oldmeadow April 15–19 Tokyo Teaching Retreat eople had gathered from all over As we sweltered in the heat and humid- joined in evening Chöd practices, as well The teaching is Australia from Perth to Cairns, and ity and cultivated compassion towards the as Xitro for a recently deceased Vajra broth- sPyod pa ro snyoms gyi man ngag Palso New Zealand, Japan, Europe large, lumbering, stinging march fl ies, our er, Steve. Russia and the Americas for this moment. We energy harmonized with the teachings and April 25–May 1 were so profoundly relieved, overjoyed an atmosphere of lightness and delight People browsed in the bookshop and ac- Moscow Retreat and grateful to see Rinpoche there ready to prevailed. quired thigle-colored t-shirts bearing the teach us. gold longsal symbol. They went kayaking May 2–6 Mornings saw Nicki Elliot teach the Dance on the dam, or swam in the patchily warm Kunsangar North Rinpoche talked to us over the next few of the Three Vajras under the supervi- and cool water. Some went to the beach. The teaching of Medicine Srothig, days about different paths, about vows and sion of Adriana Dal Borgo, and develop- Others played bagchen. Gentle enjoyment. the root terma text of initiation and guruyoga. He talked about ing harmony in all three mandala groups. Rigdzin Jyangchub Dorje the inseparability of khadag and lhundrup, After the teachings and lunch, there were After the Ganapuja on Saturday we held an Ukraine emptiness and potentiality, and methods clarifying practice explanations with Elise auction of donated goods. Rinpoche asked May 14–20 for discovering our real nature. He gave us Stutchbury and Angie Gilbert. Afternoons us to open our hearts and pockets and Crimea retreat the direct introduction of Yeshe Sangthal. also had Amare Pearl teaching Yantra consider the fi nancial needs of the Com- Also, he stressed the importance of devel- Yoga, lightly making us all feel we could munity worldwide, especially the newly May 21–25 oping our presence, and integrating this do and enjoy doing the Eight Movements acquired land for the northern Gar in Aus- SMS Base Level exam knowledge in our lives. He gave transmis- (even if there were some things our par- tralia. And we did. He himself donated his May 26–June 6 sion of lung for many practices and a more ticular bodies baulked at). After dinner, we longsal ring, a longsal pendant and a neck- SMS First Level Training detailed explanation of Ganapuja. We were danced the Song of Vajra or the Six Spaces lace he had made. People vied to get cro- Romania grateful for the presence of Eduardo who of Samantabhadra. Then those learning cheted berets with a thigle of 5 colors after June 10–16 had accompanied Rinpoche and managed the Song of Vajra Dance practised, guided Rinpoche modelled them for us. It was a Merigar East Retreat the webcast. by Cosimo Di Maggio and Rosita Altami- lot of fun and altogether we raised about rano under the guidance of Adriana. Some >> continued on page 9 Italy June 24–30 Merigar West Retreat Teaching Teaching Focus July 15–18 Thirtieth Anniversary of Merigar West August 5–12 Chögyal Namkhai Khyentse The Merigar West Retreat Norbu Yeshe Primordial Gundu Sánboi From the Masters August 19–23 Monlam ‘ Teaching on A special teaching the Essence of Abhi dharma’ >> continued on page 3 » Page 2 » Page 3 » Pages 13–15 THE MIRROR · No. 108 · January, February 2011 2 Gundu Sánboi Monlam Invocation to Samantabhadra Tashigar South, Argentina February 12–13, 2011 Excerpt of the Teaching from Day 1, February 12 Introduction and the First Six Verses ood day to everybody everywhere. We are here in Tashigar South for a weekend retreat. We are Ggoing to learn The Invocation of Samantabhadra because it is really a very important, principal Dzogchen teaching. I was going to give this teaching when I was in Brazil, but I had to cancel the retreat because of my health. Many people have been waiting for this teaching and that is why I am giving it this weekend at Tashigar South. This teaching is a kind of invocation. The principle of this teaching is that it is a kind of introduction to help un- derstand the principle of Dzogchen. The invocation, Gun- du Sánboi Monlam, is a small chapter of a terma cycle cor- responding to the Gongpa Sangthal (dgongs pa zang thal) tantra. I received the transmission of the Gongpa Sangthal (dgongs pa zang thal) tantra, of which there are many vol- umes and initiations, from the son of Adzom Drukpa while I was doing a personal retreat. The son of Adzom Drukpa had gone to visit Central Tibet and was returning secretly to East Tibet. He returned secretly because oth- Photo: A. Rodriguez erwise people would discover and disturb him. He trav- eled in a very simple way. On his way back, he stopped to can learn later when we do the invocation. For example see my grandmother who he had known very well because when there is an eclipse, but there are many other periods LS L[ L]MLP UaK*UK LP U? she had spent many years as a student of Adzom Drukpa. as well. Xí jig lam ñis drásbu ñis He did not know if she was still alive and was searching When we arrived to the end of the invocation where for her and arrived at my parents’ home. Then he discov- it says ñidá sá-yis zinba-ham, which means the eclipse of Xí jig means one base. This is very important to under- ered our grandmother had already passed. He had traveled sun and moon, I woke up and I was singing these words. stand in the correct way. Some people know the Hindu many months without changing clothes, etc., and my fa- When I woke up I immediately remembered my dream. I system and in Hinduism there is a different explanation. ther asked him to remain secretly for a few days with our thought, this is interesting, particularly this melody, be- But it is saying in our total and general condition called family. Also my father prepared some new clothing for cause in the dream I am an expert of this melody, but in dul munpa nyingtob, there are three kinds of dimensions. him. the daytime I don’t know it. I never learned this melody. I If you have such realization, then everything is dissolving The son of Adzom Drukpa was talking with my family thought this was useful for my students – good for West- into Brahma. Even if there are ten people, ten sentient be- and discovered I was doing a personal retreat at Sengchen erners because they can sing it very slowly. ings, when they are enlightened and in a pure dimension, Namdrag. This was a secret place. One morning my father I immediately got up and recorded the melody. I have they become one. They have this concept. You must not and the son of Adzom Drukpa arrived to visit me. I was recorded many kinds of melodies this way. I am always confuse xí jig with that. Sometimes we say xí jig, unique very surprised because I had always had the idea to go and present to record these melodies because no one knows base, and then we are thinking everything becomes one, see this teacher but I never had time, so now he arrived and when I will have this kind of dream. So we can also use something like Samantabhadra. remained one week secretly. I asked for many teachings this melody and we have it written down, so you can learn We can have the condition of Samantabhadra, it is the and particularly he gave this Gongpa Sangthal. I also re- it. When you are singing with that melody, you should same for all sentient beings. Particularly when we are in a ceived all the terma teachings of Adzom Drukpa from him. start and at each verse where there is a sign, you should pure dimension or realization, then there is not dualistic So this is the history of the transmission of this teaching. stop and start again. For example you see at the beginning vision, no separation saying this is good and this is bad. This invocation is called the Invocation of Samantabhdra. there are 6 verses, also there are again 6 verses, another Everything is the same condition of Samantabhadra. This Samantabhadra is the primordial state of the dharmakaya. has many verses, so if there are 6 verses you repeat 2 of the is called xí jig – the same way – but does not become one. The invocation introduces and helps people to understand fi rst 4. This is the rule of this melody. Then everything is Be careful and don’t confuse with Hinduism. Many people how to get into the state of Samantabhadra. When you get fi ne and if we have time I can show you how to sing. But are confused in that way. in that state you also have self-liberation. There are many in this moment more important is that you learn the real Lam ñis means two paths. Even if it is one base it mani- translations of this invocation from many translators.
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