Chris, Sveta, Susie and I took a NRS.1000 cab from Thamil to Pharphing where Choki Nyima Rinpoche has a retreat center built around a famous cave where Guru Rinpoche requested many Dharmapalas to help spread the Dharma in Tibet. We arrived about the same time before 10 AM as Khenpo (who was accompanied by the remaining pilgrimage folks and his family), but a combination of cell-phone issues and miscommunication lead to us not finding them until about 2:30 PM. All was good and we had food, and met with Khenpo in the famous room where he debated with Namkhi Norbu many years ago as Tulku Urgen Rinpoche listened from the next room and Andreas sat next to Khenpo trying to get him to not debate too intensely. Khenpo said that Namkhi Norbu has high realization and he prostrates to him. Namkhi Norbu commented at the end of the debate that he was very surprised and happy that there were still Buddhist scholars being trained in Tibet.
Then Khenpo held a puja in the Asura Cave. More on that later.
Fire puja tomorrow at the retreat center in Godawari. The van will pick us up in the morning.
About Me
- Hazlitt
- I pay my respects to the masters of the Dzogchen Lineage, especially my kind root teacher, Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche.
In the Dzogchen Lineage, we learn about the three types of Buddha:
Ground Buddha is our pure inner nature. We also call this our Buddha Nature. All sentient beings have the same Buddha Nature, which is the explanation why all beings naturally seek happiness and avoid suffering.
Path Buddha is our Dharma, our positive thinking, the cultivation of wisdom by learning, contemplating and meditating on Dharma.
Result Buddha is when our Path Buddha is merged with our Ground Buddha, when we fully realize our Buddha Nature.
The Path Buddha blog is an account of my personal experiences with Buddhism. I began it when I went on a pilgrimage to Buddha’s holy sites in India and Nepal with my teacher. I aspire to continue to write about my Buddhist experiences.
With Dharma in Mind,
Hazlitt Eiler Krog
Upasaka Bodhisattva
Pema Bhadra Dorje
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