Go to bed Matt and concentrate on your breathing. I'm going to get on with that...now.ogsDay to day I still have my teacher , who is a great source of comfort for me, he is totally amazing and just a layman like me and you
I practice Shamata and vipassana and he told me when i am ready for Mahamudra he will show me
He teaches me Shamatha and because he is from a more Theraveda tradition I dont really listen as much as I SHOULD to him lol
I have been with him for almost a year, but he tells me when I am ready for Ngondro My teacher will appear to me and this is how the tradition dictates
Till then I study with him and John Renshaw who is based in London( he is the only qualified Yantra Yoga teacher in the united kingdom)
Day to day I still have my teacher , who is a great source of comfort for me, he is totally amazing and just a layman like me and you
I practice Shamata and vipassana and he told me when i am ready for Mahamudra he will show me
He teaches me Shamatha and because he is from a more Theraveda tradition I dont really listen as much as I SHOULD to him lol
I have been with him for almost a year, but he tells me when I am ready for Ngondro My teacher will appear to me and this is how the tradition dictates
Till then I study with him and John Renshaw who is based in London( he is the only qualified Yantra Yoga teacher in the united kingdom)
he tells me when I am ready for Ngondro My teacher will appear to me and this is how the tradition dictates

Fucking DIYers have started the weekend torture and its not even 10!!![]()
I studied under Sogyal Rinpoche ( Rigpa) for several years Kate/liberal Media
wiki said:In 1994, a $10 million civil lawsuit was filed against Sogyal Rinpoche. It was alleged that he had used his position as a spiritual leader to induce one of his female students to have sexual relations with him. The complaint included accusations of infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, as well as assault and battery
Allegedly yeah I remember reading that. I didn't know him personally but I would be very surprised if those allegations were true. He'seemed to me to be a lovely chap with a great energy about him. It was pretty much mainstream Mahayanan Tibetan Buddhism connected to the Dalai Llama so he couldn't be described as a cult leader.
We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castenada
I get what you're saying thirdeye squeegee but Sogyal Rinpoche really was quite orthodox.
Morning all* tips hat at Ms Yellow *
I'm liking that turn of phrase very wary of anyone who claims freehold on the truth
That sums up my view on much of what I object to in organised religion.
Philosophy is overrated. A good friend of mine described Heidegger, Sartre, Camus etc as 'miserable buggers'. She was right of course.