Dzogchen Bon The
Way of the Treasury
Spring - Fortnight 5 (Fire+Water)
Feast/May
26: The fifth and last fortnight of the Spring Season is associated with
Dzogchen and its 3 expressions.
FORTNIGHT OVERVIEW
Dzogchen Bon The
Way of the Treasury
Spring - Fortnight 5 (Fire+Water)
Feast/May
26: The fifth and last fortnight of the Spring Season is associated with
Dzogchen and its 3 expressions.
First 5 Day Ko
Day 1-5 of 5th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | Nyamchod Festival | - | - | - | - |
| Practice | River Tsok Offering: Perform a tsok (feast offering) by a river, including water-based offerings like juice. Share the offering mentally with all beings, resting in rigpa as the fluid unity of giver, gift, and receiver. | River Gazing for Rigpa: Sit by a flowing river or stream, gazing at the water’s movement without fixation. Allow thoughts to arise and dissolve like ripples, resting in the fluid, non-grasping awareness of Dzogchen’s natural state. | Chang Offering Practice: Offer a small bowl of chang (Tibetan barley beer) on an altar to Guru Rinpoche, reciting his mantra (OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM). Contemplate the liquid’s fluidity as a symbol of rigpa’s effortless adaptability, then rest in non-meditation | Water Bowl Offering Meditation: Arrange seven water bowls on an altar, filling them mindfully with clean water as an offering to enlightened beings. As you pour, rest in rigpa, letting the act of offering dissolve ego-clinging, the water’s flow mirroring the mind’s fluid nature. | Stream Walking Meditation: Walk slowly barefoot in a shallow stream, feeling the water’s flow against your feet. With each step, release mental fixations, aligning with Dzogchen’s teaching of flowing naturally in the present moment. |
| History | Semde | Semde | Semde | Semde | Semde |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Descent to Hell: Tsogyal journeys to infernal realms, liberating tormented beings with her boundless compassion. | Descent to Hell: Tsogyal journeys to infernal realms, liberating tormented beings with her boundless compassion. | Descent to Hell: Tsogyal journeys to infernal realms, liberating tormented beings with her boundless compassion. | Descent to Hell: Tsogyal journeys to infernal realms, liberating tormented beings with her boundless compassion. | Descent to Hell: Tsogyal journeys to infernal realms, liberating tormented beings with her boundless compassion. |
Second 5 Day Ko Day 6-10 of 5th Fortnight
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| Practice | Purification by Water Visualization: Visualize a cascade of radiant water pouring from Guru Rinpoche’s heart, washing away karmic traces. As the water absorbs negativities, rest in the pure, fluid expanse of awareness, free from dualistic grasping. | Moon Salutations - Honoring the moon for calmness. | Water Bowl Cleaning Practice: Daily, empty and clean altar water bowls with mindfulness, chanting OM AH HUM to consecrate the water. See the act as purifying the mind’s rigidity, adapting to the fluid spontaneity of rigpa. | Lake Reflection Contemplation: Sit by a still lake, observing reflections on its surface. Contemplate how appearances arise and vanish in the mind’s fluid nature, resting in Dzogchen’s non-conceptual awareness, like water undisturbed by ripples. | Rain Mantra Recitation: During rain, recite the Dzogchen lineage prayer or a short mantra (e.g., AH), visualizing each drop as a blessing dissolving obscurations. Let the mind flow with the rain’s rhythm, adapting to the natural state. |
| History | Longde | Longde | Longde | Longde | Longde |
| MytMythos of Yeshe Tzogyalhos | Dakini Coronation: Crowned a dakini by enlightened deities, she embodies the feminine principle of wisdom. | Dakini Coronation: Crowned a dakini by enlightened deities, she embodies the feminine principle of wisdom. | Dakini Coronation: Crowned a dakini by enlightened deities, she embodies the feminine principle of wisdom. | Dakini Coronation: Crowned a dakini by enlightened deities, she embodies the feminine principle of wisdom. | Dakini Coronation: Crowned a dakini by enlightened deities, she embodies the feminine principle of wisdom. |
Third 4/5 Day KoDay 11-15 of 5th Fortnight
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| Feast/Fast | Yungdrun Gutor Retreat -5 day | Yungdrun Gutor Retreat -5 day | Yungdrun Gutor Retreat -5 day | Yungdrun Gutor Retreat -5 day | Yungdrun Gutor Retreat -5 day |
| Practice | Tibetan Herbal Bath Purification: Tamarisk, Prepare a bath with sacred herbs (e.g., juniper, rhododendron) used in Tibetan rituals. Soak while visualizing water cleansing obscurations, adapting your mind to the fluid ease of pure awareness, free from rigidity. | Tibetan Herbal Bath Purification: Juniper | Tibetan Herbal Bath Purification: Rhododendron | Tibetan Herbal Bath Purification: Ephedra | Tibetan Herbal Bath Purification: Artemisia |
| History | Menngagde | Menngagde | Menngagde | Menngagde | Menngagde |
| Mythos of Yeshe Tzogyal | Merger with Prajnaparamita: Dissolving into rainbow light, she unites with Prajnaparamita, becoming the essence of transcendent beauty and wisdom. | Merger with Prajnaparamita: Dissolving into rainbow light, she unites with Prajnaparamita, becoming the essence of transcendent beauty and wisdom. | Merger with Prajnaparamita: Dissolving into rainbow light, she unites with Prajnaparamita, becoming the essence of transcendent beauty and wisdom. | -Merger with Prajnaparamita: Dissolving into rainbow light, she unites with Prajnaparamita, becoming the essence of transcendent beauty and wisdom. | Merger with Prajnaparamita: Dissolving into rainbow light, she unites with Prajnaparamita, becoming the essence of transcendent beauty and wisdom. |
