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The Seven Preliminaries according Düdjom Lingpa

Eva Natanya
01 Apr 2020 – 26 May 2020
Online - Originally part of 2020 8-week retreat

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.

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Eva Natanya, 04 May 2020

Eva (Yangchen) begins today’s session by answering some questions related to the Vajrasattva practice. The first question is regarding visualization, if we can ‘move our awareness around’ Vajrasattva during the practice. The second question is on how is it possible for deeds from previous lives that we don’t even remember to be purified. Afterwards she recites the Vajrasattva mantra in different speeds, for us to have it.

We then go into the Guru Yoga instructions. We will visualize ourselves as Yeshe Tsogyal in the form of Vajrayogini. Yangchen encourages us not to look up images of Vajrayogini, rather to trust the images that come to mind from the description. Eva reads the description from Düdjom Lingpa and elaborates on the details based on the commentary by Thinley Norbu. After emphasizing the important details of Vajrayogini, Yangchen starts with the emergence of Guru Rinpoche in front of us, at the level of our crown. She gives a sketch of this appearance and comments that she will give the full visualization tomorrow, in meditation.

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