Tuesday Treasures - in this photo Sogyal Rinpoche is with Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche on his left and Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoch on his right. It is 1995 and they are at Maratika Cave in Nepal.

Tuesday Treasures - in this photo Sogyal Rinpoche is with Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche on his left and Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khen Rinpoch on his right. It is 1995 and they are at Maratika Cave in Nepal. Maratika Cave It is a venerated site of pilgrimage associated with Mandarava, Padmasambhava and longevity.
Mandarava and Padmasambhava realised a number of terma that had been elementally encoded as terma in Maratika Cave by Dakini Sangwa Yeshe, terma that number among the longevity teachings of Buddha Amitabha and given at the behest of Bodhisattva Avalokiteswara. At Maratika Cave, Mandarava and Padmasambhava attained the Vidyadhara of longevity or long life. According to current scholarship, the caves of Maratika are referred to in Himalayan literature from the 12th century. Kathang Zanglingma, a biography of Padmasambhava, a terma revealed and transmitted by Nyangrel Nyima Ozer, describes the original events which made the Maratika caves a sacred place for Vajrayana practitioners.
Haleshi Mahadeva or Maratika Cave- The famous natural cave in Khotang District, said to be the abode of Mahadeva while hiding away from the monster Bhasmasur. It is famous pilgrimage centre in east Nepal for both Hindus and Buddhist and is also nicknamed as 'the Pashupatinath of the east'. Huge religious fairs are observed here on Shivaratri and Bala Chaturdashi.

— Thinley Norbu, from “Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings”

It is a mistake to think that Dharma can only be learned from Easterners. (…) This sort of attitude is irrelevant to the Dharma; one should never discriminate between peoples and countries. We should not feel that a particular country is full of savages and that there is no hope of learning anything from there, and we should not be concerned about the ethnic origin of a Dharma teacher. Any place in which Dharma is taught is an appropriate field of study, and any teacher with the necessary qualities is appropriate, regardless of his ancestry. We should learn Dharma wherever we can, seeking it wherever we can find it, without regard to social circumstances.
— Thinley Norbu, from “Echoes: The Boudhanath Teachings”

Filtered Sun Shrinkage, Initial Test, Introduction to Much Larger Study ...

Khandro-la: "Narak Kongshak"

Happy Saka Dawa!
Purify your mind thru confession and repentance!
Recognize the Essence, Nature and Capacity
of Your Mind as the Indivisible Three Kayas!
Buddha is in the Palm of Your Hand!

If the thought of demons
Never rises in your mind,
You need not fear the demon hosts around you.
It is most important to tame your mind within....

In so far as the Ultimate, or the true nature of being is concerned,
there are neither buddhas or demons.
He who frees himself from fear and hope, evil and virtue,
will realize the insubstantial and groundless nature of confusion.
Samsara will then appear as the mahamudra itself….

-Milarepa

Khandro-la: "Narak Kongshak"

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Remembrance Shakyamuni Buddha via Dzam Studios via Tsogyelgar