Q & A with Lama Lena - Letting go, Rainbow Body, Buddhism for Beginners & more

In this live question and answer period, Lama Lena answers questions about letting go, the rainbow body, Buddhism for beginners, and more.

This session was live streamed on May 17, 2020.

[smilesforeverybodylol]

2:39 When dying how may i fully let go without abandoning the commitment to return and help all beings?
6:55 What are some of the common errors or pitfalls that happened practicing trekcho like thinking we need to stabilize supposing noticing the inherent stabilization?
15:25 You talked about a loud wind noise during the dying process is it good to familiarize ourselves with loud noises?
17:57 How to introduce a young child to Dharma?
27:06 In my 20s I had a dream of dying and surrendering into the clear light what can we learn from this kind of experience?
27:53 If I wish to be born in a specific country to Dharma parents what should I do now and what to look for out in the Bardo?
38:38 What is the fourth time, and what can I read to get a better understanding of the fourth time, and Buddhist ideas of time generally?
40:36 What if I died without finding my mind how can I make sure I can find the Dzogchen teachings again?
41:06 ...
41:31 How to keep the motivation?
52:53 How can I know how many times I have to do tantric preliminaries to be sure I accumulate and purify enough merits?
53:57 Can you travel between pure lands?
56:09 At death painkillers can cloud ones awareness but so can extreme pain, how to balance it?
59:45 How to help pets at time of their death?
1:01:18 Is time linear for rebirth?
1:02:11 Where did dzogchen come from?
1:06:00 New to Buddhism, where to start?
1:09:28 What are the signs we are not keeping our samaya well and what are the signs when we do?
1:10:58 Could you explain what a rainbow body is?
1:16:22 Calling Tara

(im gonna do all q&a sessions eventually as i have found them to be full of insight yet obscure because of length and lack of proper time stamping. hopefully this would of use to someone.)

adding my fave gatha from The Diamond Sutra:
"Who looks for me in form
who seeks me in a voice
indulges in wasted effort
such people see me not."

[BrokenSofa]

Book recommendations

Beginners: When the chocolate runs out by Lama Thubten Yeshe, and anything by him, especially the stuff on tantra

Biographies such as life of milarepa, tilopas life story, the life stories of th 84 mahasiddhas buddhist masters of enchantment, zen flesh zen bones.

[tsultrim]

I am so very grateful for your teaching. Being blessed by your intent is such a lovely gift! (Also, , I love your Kitty, , , LOL)

[nutriciondelaconciencia]

Love u old and beautiful witch.. hope u came again to the land of Tashigar South

[rheadeshmukh-ezwi]

Pls share details about teenager in Nepal mentioned at 1:15:30

[Ndefinitely]

Slip to 42.00 minutes and she will blow your mind ... Oops !

[orsesheron]

The nerves contain sound once cut so they frick against the new ones that encircle the reconstituting ones to bring them past the rebirth path and boy, aren't they loud in my ears! The ruckus on the freeway is heavy as of the accelerating of the phone system since it squeezes sound tighter, and invades our natural megahertz. I don't vocalize in my head and that sound others into an awareness too. So maybe this is a good way to demonstrate a softer path. I've been on the spinning side. It isn't fun. We were forced there as big companies port over their informations. Physics is wonderful when it isn't gross.

[orsesheron]

These lines are stiffened into this aged way and minds spin in various direction at differing times so evolution causes dress on bodies who aren't in control of when they talk in theur heads. I no longer talk in my head so there's this strange spin that seems to be dressing lines no matter whether I'm on it off the www. There's really nothing we can do with that but these intonations reach me. I fell very hard and had to do this passage while in my body suffering friction of allergic responses. So I was crammed. My apologies. Frankie (Jen)