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Tibetan Buddhism
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Teaching the Dharma to people who are skilled in dry intellectual speculations and cling to mere words of sophistry will result in slandering the Dharma. By slandering the Dharma the slanderer will accumulate evil karma, and you yourself, by being angry, will also gather misdeeds. Thus both teacher and recipient will gather evil karma through the Dharma. There is no need for that.
Do not make the profound instructions into a sales item but practice with perseverance in remote places and mingle
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― Dakini Teachings: A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal
― Dakini Teachings: A Collection of Padmasambhava's Advice to the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal
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The Sanskrit word DAKINI in Tibetan means Khandro, which means "Sky Dancer," literally "She Who Moves Through Space."
The Dakini is the most important manifestation of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhist teaching. She can appear as a human being or as a deity, often portrayed as fierce, surrounded by flames, naked, dancing, with fangs and a lolling tongue, and wearing bone ornaments. She holds a staff in the crook of her left elbow, representing her inner consort, her internal male partner.
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― Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
― Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
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