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In this month of May, H.E. 12 th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche will teach the practice and stages of meditation from the well-known meditation instruction manual Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal.
Rinpoche will teach in detail the common practices of śamatha and vipśyanā as a foundation for the uncommon mahāmudrā approach to meditation.
Please join us for the next four Saturdays, starting the 7th of May at 8.30 AM ET (6 PM IST).
In this month of May, H.E. 12 th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche will teach the practice and stages of meditation from the well-known meditation instruction manual Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal.
Rinpoche will teach in detail the common practices of śamatha and vipśyanā as a foundation for the uncommon mahāmudrā approach to meditation.
Please join us for the next four Saturdays, starting the 7th of May at 8.30 AM ET (6 PM IST).
"Dear Soh,
Today we are very glad to announce that this Saturday, August 7, at 9 a.m. EST, H. E. the Twelfth Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche will be giving the transmission of A Concise Commentary on the Ocean of Definitive Meaning (ཕྱག་ཆེན་ངེས་དོན་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་བསྡུས་དོན།), the root text from Rinpoche’s new book, Mahamudra: A Practical Guide.
This is a precious opportunity to receive the transmission for this text live over Zoom and we hope you’ll join us.
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aHhItWpeTV-52nopl85DgA?inf_contact_key=b72546efe9e26be2a4c8a8cd368a2457f651f238aa2edbb9c8b7cff03e0b16a0
And if you have already purchased and enjoyed Rinpoche’s book, please consider leaving a review on Amazon!
update:
some comments
[10:20 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: watching zurmang rinpoche reading transmission for the karmapa text in his book. i think his view is clear.. all is mind, mind is empty and emptiness is spontaneous presence
he also used something like chariot analogy to explain emptiness of self and phenomena [10:21 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: Wow that is good [10:22 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: U mean the appearance is devine? [10:23 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: actually he didnt explain this part a lot but only mentioned it in brief on what is the key point when meditating on mind - all is mind, mind is empty and emptiness is spontaneous presence ... but its also in his book [10:23 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: under here [10:24 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: Which book? [10:25 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: this one https://www.awakeningtoreality.com/2021/08/transmission-of-concise-commentary-on.html [10:25 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: https://www.amazon.com/Mahamudra-Twelfth-Zurmang-Gharwang-Rinpoche-ebook/dp/B08VJMXV84 [10:26 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: There r two emptiness as I told u, one is the release from all elaborations and the other is experiential emptiness or presentation presence. [10:26 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: oic.. [10:27 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: so mahamudra is more experiential emptiness? [10:28 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: Yes imo. However the freedom of all elaborations as presentation (not representation) as the view is crucial. [10:29 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: That makes it non-dual, no-self. [10:36 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: freedom of all elaborations as presentation is the experiential emptiness? [10:37 PM, 8/7/2021] Soh Wei Yu: thats like anatta right [10:42 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: It is the full measure of anatta. [10:42 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: Imo [10:43 PM, 8/7/2021] John Tan: Means u extend what u have understood in no-self to all phenomena and events.
[1:07 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: What do you think of this teacher? He has a dharma center in singapore and comes here from time to time [1:08 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: He seems to be recommended by hh sakya trizin [1:08 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Trichen [1:29 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: Quite good but is vajrayana [1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Mahamudra [1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Kagyu [1:31 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: https://m.facebook.com/zurmang.gharwang [1:32 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: http://www.zurmangkagyud.org/dharma/index.php/2-uncategorised/601-gharwang-rinpoche-s-2016-schedule [1:32 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: No wonder. Mahamudra is more direct at appearance is mind and mind is empty. [1:33 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Oic.. sounds very much anatta [1:33 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: I think very rare in singapore to find dharma centers expounding anatta [1:35 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: Might pay them a visit see see the dharma center [1:36 PM, 4/20/2021] Soh Wei Yu: They seem to go through the seven phases starting from I AM first [1:40 PM, 4/20/2021] John Tan: Yeah