What Is Dzogchen: An Introduction

Curious about Dzogchen meditation, but confused about how to practice? In this public teaching, Lama Lena will discuss what Dzogchen is and how to practice it. She also opens to questions from students and viewers. You can even ask "am I doing it right?" 🙂

Translations:

[namarupa]

this one is true. this one is real. love hurts. I love you, thank you, Dear Lama Lena, you are the best.

[GeoSkywalker]

Dzogchen sounds so simple and natural out of Lama Lena’s mouth. she is brilliant ❤❤❤

[madhusudan]

Best explanation of "precious human life" that I've heard. Love the pizza analogy at the end! TY

[siblingsutra]

om jetsunma Lama Lena Yeshe Kaytup! thank you for you all at LLT! <3

[mamanana]

So happy to see the teacher-cat! Perhaps you could let her in from the beginning if she isn't already?

[estellalenne]

May these meritorious virtues, adorn the Buddha's Pure Land. Repay the four weighty sources of kindness above and relieving the sufferings of the three paths below. If there are those who see or hear this, may all give rise to Bodhicitta/Bodhi Mind. At the end of this one retribution body, be born in the land of Ultimate Bliss together. Amituofo. _/|\_ Thank you Lama Lena.

[karenhambleton]

You need something that is real. You must go deep within. This energy only comes within .

[donnaowen]

Surprise trip to infinity! Many thanks!

[davidmickles]

Regardless of what is happening, just ask yourself, at this moment, what is it that is aware of this? Do this repeatedly throughout the day. If any concept appears to you that's not it.

That's dzogchen

[trevorclose]

Wonderful. Really ... thank you so much Lama Lena 💎🙏

[leeburkai]

what is k-rim (as the word is shown in closed captions) ? karmic ramifications ?

[kelinu]

Watch the cat and Lama Lena at 51:40! haha

[CyrilNvp]

Understanding the pizza 😂 thank you for the teachings

[nataliaoreiro]

Friends 🤗💓 do you remember, once Lama Lena mentioned that dzogchen teachings came also from extraterrestrial beings and gave their names. Do you remember those names? 🌟💓🌟💓🌟

[Vaporwaving]

Is Lama Lena based in Texas? If so where? I would like to visit her Dharma Center.

[MrHiglesworth]

Do I get to pick what kind of cake I am?

[robertluiswilliams]

Mama. San. ❤😂. Please. Loki in. A. Mirror @. Ur. Expression of. Matter, then 😮🌚. Rinpoche. Sees Anger. Resentment hate. Disfigurement and DE. SEAT 💺. DECEIT 🌒. What. Do. U. See inn ur. Self. Expression and don t forget to. 🤫. 🧏‍♀️. Listen to. The. Quality of. My. Voice . Pain. Insecurity and. Hate. Ahhh gain. Lol. Namkai. Norbu. Rinpoche. 😭🤯

[josemorella]

so, full humanity is only a priviledge for the non poor?

[space_eko]

Very interesting that this ideology classifies people that lack the time and resources to “look beyond” as not fully human. Was this present in pre-China Tibet? Strikes me as an effective ideological mechanism for justifying the abuse and oppression of the working poor by the monastic class. Am I misunderstanding this?

Looking beyond entails noticing that life hurts… don’t you think working people know this already? It strikes me that only a wealthy and out of touch person would have to contemplate this basic fact in order to understand it. How are they more human than the person that realizes this truth and lives it daily? Oh, they pay your bills, that’s how, huh?

I’ve wanted to believe that all of this isn’t incoherent ideological nonsense propagated by gurus guarding “secrete” knowledge and selling their “wisdom” to the gullible bourgeois, but it seems inconceivable to me at this point that anything else could be the case.

[jesuswept]

So you're stuck in a war zone, you're not "qujte human"? Middle class privilege