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A traditional depiction of Marpa painted on a rock on Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde Marpa Lotsāwa (མར་པ་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ་ཆོས་ཀྱི་བློ་གྲོས་, 1012–1097), sometimes known fully as Marpa Chökyi Lodrö (Wylie: mar pa chos kyi blo gros) or commonly as Marpa the Translator (Marpa Lotsāwa), was a Tibetan Buddhist teacher credited with the transmission of many Vajrayana teachings from India, including the teachings and lineages of Mahamudra. Due to this, the Kagyu lineage, which he founded, is often called Marpa Kagyu in his honour.[1] Although some accounts relate that the Mahasiddha Naropa was the personal teacher of Marpa, other accounts suggest that Marpa held Naropa's lineage through intermediary disciples only.[2] Either way, Marpa was a personal student of the Mahasiddha Maitripa and of the dakini Niguma.[3] But anyway Maitripa is also Indian and his teacher Naropa. Doesnt change at all my argument about Mahamudra. You can see the lineagea as Naropa-> Marpa or as Naropa-> Maitripa-> Marpa. Doesnt change that the source of Mahamudra is fully Indian and then fully Tibetan. ZhuangZi is considered to have lived in IV AC so later than Buddha, but again, He, Sakyamuni learnt meditation from older sources. So meditation in Nepal/India at least, was quite older than VI AC. It doesnt change the argment neither. The point is that there was a lot of meditation in India prior to VI AC. Best wishes.
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LDT meditation without a teacher
-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- replied to Chang dao ling's topic in Daoist Discussion
I’m sure TT is one of those particularly gifted, 1-in-a-billion persons -
isn’t the term neidan used in the cantong qi (sp?)
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Apart from anything else Marpa obtained the Mahamudra lineage from Maitripa and not Naropa. Zouwang is first mentioned in zhuangzi and is probably much older thus pre- dating the Buddha.
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LDT meditation without a teacher
Taoist Texts replied to Chang dao ling's topic in Daoist Discussion
Neidan is a made-up western word which means 1) the teaching of alchemy, 2) the practice of alchemy 3) the product of alchemy (the elixir). These are 3 different things yet the westerners lump all 3 of them into one fake term The westerners made up this fake term in order to delude themselves that they can A) understand the alchemy, B ) practice the alchemy C) teach the alchemy - without ever D) producing the elixir. To answer your question: NO. For normal people, with or without a teacher, it is not possible. YES . For a particularly gifted, 1-in-a-billion person, it is possible . This exceptional book explains " LDT meditation technique" for virtue, health, power and wisdom in complete detail. Who could get these results from this book will be able to advance to neidan. -
LDT meditation without a teacher
-ꦥꦏ꧀ ꦱꦠꦿꦶꦪꦺꦴ- replied to Chang dao ling's topic in Daoist Discussion
If we don’t need a teacher to learn neidan, then he should post every step and instruction here. -
Headache, daydreaming need help
snowymountains replied to Chang dao ling's topic in Daoist Discussion
The way I read your response, you seem to assume its about correcting something behaviourally, but never said anything of the sort. The goal may well be ... to understand why he sees what he sees, which was the question in the OP. -
>My current view for what it is worth is that Dzogchen and Mahamudra derive from Zouwang. Meditation similar to Zouwang and others existed in India too even before Buddha. Jhanas were taught to Buddha by hinduists the VI century BC (in India-Nepal) So it's hard to tell. But meditation existed way before Buddhism and probably Daoism. And in Cnina and India. Both places. India for sure. On respect Dzogchen there's some debate, but Mahamudra origins are clearly from Indian Siddhas Tilopa and then Naropa. Marpa the translator came next and was the first tibetan to receive the teachings, then came the famous Milarepa. And his disciple, Gampopa build the foundations of what now we know as Mahamudra. The lineage here is quite clear and documented and comes from India. So for Mahamudra derivate from Zouwang it has to have come first to India and be adopted by the great siddhas of the time. Not impossible, but strange. Dzogchen origins are less clear. They revert to Padmasambhava, also indian (VIII century) that went to Tíbet but his life is quite a legendary one. And there's some suspicion that some Chan/Zen influences may be there from the time Moheyan (chinese Chan monk) went to Tíbet on the VIII century. From this time on, there's, no doubt some chinese influence in tibetan buddhism but the indian one is a lot more clear.
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I did but it did take a fairly large amount of alentejo red wine.
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Hi everyone, i am a strong believer of master and Disciple relationship. Not only neidan even to learn normal things like l car driving, drawing, swimming etc you need teacher guidence. But @Taoist Texts says we don't need a teacher to learn neidan. So my question to Taoist texts. " Is it possible to learn neidan without a teacher" if yes tell the LDT meditation technique.
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>Big fan of "Clarifying the Natural State". I did the translation of the book to spanish in case anyone is interested. at https://blogdetao.org >So, what is your practice background? Started some decades ago with zen but mostly by my own and friends, and switched to Essence Mahamudra which is mostly similar but more clear and without paradoxal language. But in the middle I studied Vedanta, the Thusness model, Dzogchen, etc... I'm semi-old... I've talked with John Tan and Soh from time to time. Very nice people. Best wishes.
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I would say he drank .... The Cask of Amontillado
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Headache, daydreaming need help
Chang dao ling replied to Chang dao ling's topic in Daoist Discussion
Thanks. Your correct -
Is a nondual realisation equivalent to a kundalini activation?
Bindi replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion
Sure, we have to take the steps (though there are some exceptions to us having to do some things sometimes), but the importance of correct directions is paramount. I liked another thing Gopi Krishna said, something along the lines of there are immutable laws pertaining to the subtle energy body just as there are in physics, I do agree with this, and I fully believe that if we’re not given the right information about these immutable laws then we cannot be effective in the construction of the subtle energy system. Finding the right teacher or the right system is imperative, especially if we’re willing to do whatever is required of us. -
Is a nondual realisation equivalent to a kundalini activation?
old3bob replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion
well we could also say that even though ego holds on it has in certain cases been indelibly impacted and seen as a passing construct, thus it can never regain the power it had once commandeered... -
Is a nondual realisation equivalent to a kundalini activation?
old3bob replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion
that's a good analogy, and goes a very long ways in helping but in the end neither a teacher nor a system can take a certain step for us which only we can take... -
If you made that up, can you tell me what sherry you are drinking these days, please (I quite like it)?
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I never found the suttas helpful in this regard. The abhidhamma texts are more relevant, but describes what you are trying to achieve rather than how to achieve it. There are "qigong " methods that, in an unsimplified form, access sensory processing in a very efficient way. Unfortunately, simplification is the rule.
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All Shaolin is supposed to be chan-wu-yi, I only truly understand the tradition I am involved in though. The name of my practice will be of no help, as far as I can see no public teacher writes about this aspect, in a world where seminars are sold the buddhist aspects of the art have no market value.
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Is a nondual realisation equivalent to a kundalini activation?
Bindi replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion
Interesting, and completely authentic experience IMO. -
Is a nondual realisation equivalent to a kundalini activation?
Bindi replied to idiot_stimpy's topic in General Discussion
In my experience there can be enough preparation when the right directions are followed, either via dreams or a seer. You know the water system referred to in neidan, I have found that when that water system is set up correctly, kundalini can be likened to a nuclear reactor rod that is kept perfectly cool in water. Without the constant supply of cooling water there can only be intolerable shock. -
Maybe we're well on our way to becoming boring 😌 I just stopped at whole foods on the way back from work. Didn't even get one funny look. Come on guys you got to give a girl a little bit of excitement lol
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Hello all! I'm Abby, 5o y/o female. I'm a long-time lurker here, but only decided to post now. While I mostly consider myself a Sri Vidya/Non-dual tantrik Shaivism practitioner, I have had empowerments for and performed Vajrayana sadhanas. That said, my interest in Daoism is what originally led me here. I've had a meditation practice for 9 years now, and have been an MA practitioner for almost 40 years. I consider myself a Devi-Bhakta, a practical mystic, and an all-around witchy-woman
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On the bright side, Maddie started a thread about transgender issues and the most controversial subject to come up today is Lord Byron.
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