FORTNIGHT OVERVIEW
Feast/Apr
26: Padmasambhava is the focus of the first 5 days, Yeshe Tzogyal of the
second, and the Ngakpas and Ngakmas with the third. This is the earliest
buddhist vejrayana school to exist in Tibet. From it we have the Kuntazangpo
& Kuntazangmo union. 14 Root Tantra Vows.|
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| Feast/Fast | Ngonshe Festival | - | - | - | - |
| Practice | Yab-Yum Statue Offering: Place a metal yab-yum statue (e.g., Guru Rinpoche and Yeshe Tsogyal) on the altar, offering incense smoke to honor the union of wisdom and compassion in the void. | Meditation on Divine Union: Contemplate the union of Samantabhadra and Samantabhadri, visualizing their metal-hued forms merging into the void, embodying ultimate reality. | Dissolving Practice - Visualizing oneself dissolving into space.
Space Visualization - Imagining vast space for mental expansion. |
Star Gazing - Reflecting on the cosmos for perspective.
Metal Mirror Meditation: Gaze into a polished metal mirror during meditation, seeing reflections dissolve into emptiness, revealing the mind’s true nature. |
Metal Bell Ritual: Ring a metal ritual bell during puja, its clear tone symbolizing the void’s resonance, purifying the mind of delusion. |
| History | Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Meeting the Guru: Tsogyal encounters Padmasambhava, recognizing him as her destined teacher, and pledges her devotion. | Meeting the Guru: Tsogyal encounters Padmasambhava, recognizing him as her destined teacher, and pledges her devotion. | Meeting the Guru: Tsogyal encounters Padmasambhava, recognizing him as her destined teacher, and pledges her devotion. | Meeting the Guru: Tsogyal encounters Padmasambhava, recognizing him as her destined teacher, and pledges her devotion. | Meeting the Guru: Tsogyal encounters Padmasambhava, recognizing him as her destined teacher, and pledges her devotion. |
Second 5 Day Ko Day 6-10 of 3rd Fortnight
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| Practice | Altar Offering of Metal Bowl: Offer a polished metal bowl filled with rice or jewels on the altar, symbolizing the purity of emptiness and devotion to the divine. | Open Awareness - Meditating without focus, allowing full spaciousness.
Meditating on Emptiness - Contemplating the void nature of phenomena. |
Yab-Yum Dream Yoga: Before sleep, visualize a yab-yum deity pair (e.g., Chenrezig and consort) dissolving into a metallic void, carrying awareness into dreams. | Sky Burial Meditation - Contemplating impermanence through space. | Vajra Recitation - Using the vajra to symbolize cutting through
concepts.
Metal Dagger Visualization (Phurba): Visualize a metal phurba (ritual dagger) piercing delusions, anchoring the practitioner in the empty clarity of awareness. |
| History | Yeshe Tsogyal | Yeshe Tsogyal | Yeshe Tsogyal | Yeshe Tsogyal | Yeshe Tsogyal |
| MytMythos of Yeshe Tzogyalhos | Tantric Initiation: She receives empowerments, mastering vajrayana practices and unlocking her inner potential. | Tantric Initiation: She receives empowerments, mastering vajrayana practices and unlocking her inner potential. | Tantric Initiation: She receives empowerments, mastering vajrayana practices and unlocking her inner potential. | Tantric Initiation: She receives empowerments, mastering vajrayana practices and unlocking her inner potential. | Tantric Initiation: She receives empowerments, mastering vajrayana practices and unlocking her inner potential. |
Third 4/5 Day KoDay 11-15 of 3rd Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | - | - | - | Nyungne Fast | Nyungne Fast |
| Practice | Torma Offering with Metal Tools: Craft torma (ritual cakes) using metal implements, offering them to deities as symbols of cutting through to the void. | Visualization of Vajrasattva in Union: Visualize Vajrasattva in yab-yum with his consort, their metal-like radiance dissolving impurities into the void of non-duality. | Dzogchen View - Practices to realize the fundamental ground
of being.
Visualization of Stainless Light: Meditate on a metal-like radiant light emanating from a yab-yum deity, dissolving all concepts into the clear void of pristine awareness. |
Void Meditation (Dzogchen): Sit in silent meditation, focusing on the empty nature of mind, cutting through thoughts like a metal blade to rest in pure awareness. | Breathless Void Contemplation: Practice kumbhaka (breath retention) briefly, resting in the still, empty space of mind, sharp like a metal edge. |
| History | Ngakpas | Ngakpas | Ngakpas | Ngakpas | Ngakpas |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Sacred Union: As Padmasambhava’s consort, she engages in profound meditative practices, harmonizing wisdom and compassion. | Sacred Union: As Padmasambhava’s consort, she engages in profound meditative practices, harmonizing wisdom and compassion. | Sacred Union: As Padmasambhava’s consort, she engages in profound meditative practices, harmonizing wisdom and compassion. | Sacred Union: As Padmasambhava’s consort, she engages in profound meditative practices, harmonizing wisdom and compassion. | Sacred Union: As Padmasambhava’s consort, she engages in profound meditative practices, harmonizing wisdom and compassion. |
