Re: [metatuning] Digest Number 1020

Hi Dante,

> Hehe. Small world (@ metatuning anyway). I also took a long road that
> eventually led me to Dzogchen Ati, and I have the good fortune to be a
> student (however poor) of Namkhai Norbu. EMAHO!

Yes indeed.

> Naturally, Longchenpa is the fons et origo- although my official
> introduction has come via NNR, I almost feel like reading Longchenpa was an
> even more direct pointing. Luckily, more of his works are being translated.
> I did a couple of years of Tibetan language studies with a Sakya lama, and I
> can read some, but it still is slow going so I'm glad to have the
> translations of the two books of mdzod bdun that have been published so far
> by Padma Publishing. The light fairly streams off the pages.

Must be great to be able to read Tibetan however slowly. I learnt
the alphabet and a bit more but never got far enough to read
Tibetan - and have forgotten it now through lack of use.
I'm sure there must be a special inspiration from reading the
texts in the language in which they were written :-).

Actually you will soon catch me out if you mention any
of the texts - I don't know the basic texts, either in the
originals, or in translation, or in commentary or anything.
Only read some of the sutras long ago like twenty years
ago again. I do remember how inspiring they were.
Meditation itself is inspiring too however,
and it seems that that is the main thing for me
just at present. Maybe some time later I may study the texts,
who knows, - it depends what my teacher suggests.
Surely must be a matter of what stage one is
at and ones personal inclinations and what is
relevant at the moment.

> 20 years Nyingma- do I detect a student of Dudjom R. or Dilgo Khyentse R.?

Actually of Mike Hookham, himself a student of Trungpa Rimpoche
and other teachers. He is now known as Rigdzin Shikpo.

Robert

Quite like Trungpa !

Robert Walker wrote:

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> Actually of Mike Hookham, himself a student of Trungpa Rimpoche
> and other teachers. He is now known as Rigdzin Shikpo.
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> Robert
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