Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo (Dharmakaya) Part 2

Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo (Dharmakaya)

Part 2

The Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo is a profound Dzögchen teaching that elucidates the nature of the mind. Composed by Shardza Rinpoche, one of the esteemed Dzögchen masters of Yungdrung Bön, this text presents a particularly potent and direct method of Dzögchen. It comprises four distinct sections:

Preliminary Practices, Trekchö, Thögal, and the Bardo. Preliminary Practices, translating to “separation,” specifically addresses the separation between Samsara and Nirvana. In this initial section of Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo, Geshe la provides guidance on achieving both samsara and nirvana through elucidations of the distinctions among the six realms (hell, hungry ghost, animal, human, demi-god, and god realms). The human realm receives particular emphasis throughout this section.

Additionally, Geshe La will elucidate the profound significance of the human realm in comparison to all other realms, the unique and precious opportunity afforded to practice within the human realm, the inherent challenges associated
with rebirth as a human being, and the intrinsic value of this human life.

The primary objective of preliminary practices is the realization of our mind. Through practice, we can discern that the mind serves as the fundamental source of both samsara and nirvana. In preliminary practices, by visualizing each realm and identifying the nature of the mind present within them, we gain the realization that all reflections, including the root of samsara and nirvana, are merely reflections of the mind. Only by comprehending the essence of the mind can we attain the realization that there exists no suffering, no samsara, nor nirvana.

The preliminary practice of Heart Drops of Kuntu Zangpo serves as the foundational practice in the pursuit of our inner Buddha nature or our inner Dharmakaya.

Schedule – Saturday CDT

Retreat teachings and practices will be taught in English.

Live translation will be available in Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.

Written translations will be available in Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian.

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Geshe Denma Gyaltsen is the resident lama of Ligmincha Texas. He arrived in Houston in January 2016 to serve as Ligmincha Texas’s first resident lama.

Geshe Denma was born in northern Nepal. His father brought him to Menri Monastery, India, regarded as the mother Bon monastery in exile, in 1981 to begin his program of study toward the Geshe degree. He received all the Bon teachings, initiations and transmissions in sutra, tantra and dzogchen from His Holiness Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, the 33rd Menri Trizin, and His Eminence Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche.

When he became a senior student, he was asked to teach philosophy to younger students. He successfully completed this degree program in 1996 and was awarded the Geshe certificate, which is considered equivalent to a Ph.D. in Bön Buddhist philosophy and religion.

Geshe Denma was an accomplished teacher and in 1998 was appointed, with the approval of the Tibetan government in exile, first abbot of Zhu Rishing Yungdrung Kundak-Ling Monastery, a Bon Monastery in Sikkim, India by His Holiness. He served two terms in this capacity until 2003. In addition, from the time he graduated until 2008, Geshe Denma also was active in assisting Geshe Nyima Dakpa with the Bon Children’s Home, which houses many children in Dolanji, India, providing them with food, healthcare and free education.