The Seven Preliminaries according Düdjom Lingpa

May 24 2020 57 ep. 4
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The Seven Preliminaries according to the Revelations of Düdjom Lingpa. Teaching, translations, and oral transmission by Eva Natanya (Yangchen Osel) from the 2020 8-week Retreat. Eva Natanya presents previously untranslated material on the Seven Uncommon Preliminaries (or Ngöndro) as they appear in the revelations of Düdjom Lingpa and in key commentaries from the Düdjom Lineage. All materials and translations are not to be shared on the web, but must remain in the context of the oral explanation and transmission. [Register for the retreat here](https://sbinstitute.com/product/the-seven-preliminaries-according-to-the-revelations-of-dudjom-lingpa-presented-by-eva-natanya-yangchen-osel-from-the-2020-8-week-retreat-audio-stream-download/)

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The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 1 Introduction to the Preliminaries

Apr 02 2020
Eva (Yangchen) begins with a guided meditation on settling the body, speech, and mind, and setting our deepest intention. She then begins an overview of the preliminary practices (ngondro) of the Dudjom Tersar tradition, emphasizing that the preliminaries are never finished until we reach enlightenment. She adds that these practices actually nourish us along the way, and never get

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 1.1 Settling Body, Speech and Mind

Apr 02 2020
Settling Body, Speech and Mind

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 2 Introduction to Refuge

Apr 05 2020
Eva (Yangchen) begins with a meditation on the root text of Dudjom Lingpa’s terma, “Heart Essence of the Dakinis,” which leads us through the four thoughts that turn the mind to dharma, or the four revolutions of mind, leading up to renunciation (spirit of emergence) and refuge. Eva then quickly reviews the various scopes of taking refuge, summarizing them as either taking re

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 2.1 The Four Outer Preliminaries

Apr 05 2020
Practice of the four revolutions in outlook as instructed in the Chariot of Liberation

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 3 The Entire Refuge Field

Apr 06 2020
We begin with a brief meditation from Dudjom Rinpoche’s compilation of the extensive practice of the preliminaries; a calling of blessings for the guru. Eva (Yangchen) continues with her explanation of the refuge visualization, specifically the figures of the Sangha, Yidam and Dharma protectors. She explains how we can visualize all sentient beings around us, including our enemi

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 3.1 Calling for Blessings and Taking Refuge

Apr 06 2020
Calling for Blessings and Taking Refuge The first instruction in A Chariot on the Path to the Union of the Two

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 4 Refuge Meaning and Precepts

Apr 07 2020
Eva (Yangchen) begins today’s session by explaining what we will be doing during meditation, which will be based on the brief recitation of preliminaries. She states that it is important to do this brief practice once one has a good understanding of the more elaborate one. Meditation starts at 3:30 After meditation Yangchen comments on the importance of refuge in all our daily

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 4.1 First Steps of the Brief Recitation

Apr 07 2020
Four revolutions in outlook, refuge, and bodhicitta from the Düdjom Tersar Brief Preliminaries

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 5 Turning One's Mind to the Dharma

Apr 09 2020
Eva (Yangchen) starts the session by explaining how it is that committing to the path is a commitment that one undertakes over and over again. This is because new layers are revealed everyday, as we develop, as reality rises up to meet us. This is why the preliminaries are not something you do once, and then you are finished for life. This also motivates us to give the complexity o

The 7 Preliminaries with Eva Natanya - 5.1 First Steps as Instructed by Dudjom Rinpoche

Apr 09 2020
First Steps as Instructed by Dudjom Rinpoche