"The entire universe is the mandala of the dakini."~Jigme Lingpa Khandro is the quality of spaciousness in which all experience becomes the path.Khandro, the shortened form of "khandroma," is the Tibetan word for dakini, literally sky-going woman or sky dancer - awareness-beings who fulfill enlightened activities.Khandro is the root of inspiration, manifesting as the actual everyday details of our lives - from the most mundane to the clear radiant awareness of One Taste.~*PHAT*~...the syllable of wisdom & method...Dzogchen Buddhism Dzogchen goes one step further into developing a practice to bring about heightened awareness: “In order to free ourselves from envelopment in attachment to experiences, and in order to reveal the unadorned natural condition of naked intrinsic Awareness, which is in no way obstructed by anything that arises, that is, in order to realize that state…which is free from being attired in any conceptions whatsoever – we utter a thought-shattering “PHAT!†[NOTE: pronounced “PEH†in English]. That “PHAT! “ shatters the thought that has just arisen, like a bolt of lightning splitting apart a great tree. This action interrupts the flow and continuity of our thoughts. This forceful and intense PHAT is extremely important because it shatters our meditation that has been created and constructed by our mental activity…In this way, we are freed from all conceptions, and thus we become actually liberated from them. And in its wake all that remains is a sharp startled awareness.The transparent, unimpeded and unobstructed state of knowledge or primal awareness that follows in the wake of PHAT is just itself and nothing else. It transcends all extremes or limitations of existence and non-existence, as well as creation and cessation. It is a self-existing state which transcends all objects of thought and all efforts of speech and mind. -The Golden Letters, John Myrdhin Reynolds, pp 79-84.The lineage of Dzogchen gives to us more evidence as to what the state of awareness that may be revealed once a shock to the system occurs, even if self-imposed. Try a “PHAT!†yourself and see what it left in its wake – what is revealed when the bands of conceptualization are temporarily broken and the nearly endless stream of thoughts is suddenly halted? What is it about that Awareness that is left? It represents the basis for our freedom.http://www.heartspace.org/writings/essays/2001/Early Witness.htmlHave received refuge & bodhisattva vows with three different Lamas out of several others I had received teacings from. The first time was on August 3rd, 2oo2 with Lama Surya Das, who bestowed the name Urgyen Chokyi (Lotus of the Dharma). The second time was on November 22nd, 2003 with Garchen Rinpoche who bestowed the name Konchok Tsering Wangmo (Longlife Power). The third time was on November 11th, 2004 with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche who bestowed the name Sherab Lhamo (Goddess of Insight~Knowledge):-) At birth was named Cynthia (Moon Goddess) Nuncio (Papal Messenger). Sun in Leo, Moon in Taurus, Ascendant in Libra, Virgo Cusp, Wood Horse. Although my personality may be as impermanent as is everything else in life, according to this life's storyline I can still nevertheless be described as Lucy Van Pelt~like, having always tried to do *the right thing* my whole life. But, you know how that goes. Highly contumacious, compassionate, curmudgeonly crone, connaisseur of crazy wisdom, Creek Indian (Poarch Band~Alabama), Celtic, Germanic, Iberian. Attentive listener of all beings hopefully, of the birds, wind & sea. Mendicant woman of size. Mobility challenged. Cancer survivor. But, the storyline can change at any moment can't it...IMPERMANENCE, that's just the way it is... May all beings everywhere always be safe & free from my delusions, obscurations & projections! (-:Smiling face, folded hands, bowed head:-)
