Guest guest Posted February 5, 2000 Report Share Posted February 5, 2000 Victor - thanks, much! A very interesting and informative site! -- Dan At 02:37 PM 2/5/00 -0500, you wrote: >Victor Torrico <vtorrico > >Quoting Dan Berkow, PhD <berkowd: >> "Dan Berkow, PhD" <berkowd >> >> Before you >> posted, I had understood Bon as pre-existing Buddhism in >> Tibet, and being involved with shamanism, incantations, secret knowledge, >> etc. I understood there to be a "merging" of Bon and Buddhism >> leading to Dzogchen. Your way of communicating about this opens up >> an awareness of Dzogchen pre-existing (perhaps) Bon and Buddhism, >> found in each tradition, and reflecting >> the "primordial wisdom" that is before and beyond time. >> This same "primordial wisdom" is evident in Qabala, which is of the >> Hebrew-Christian tradition, yet pre-dating that very tradition in >> its "timeless essence," might be said to be evident in advaita >> Vedanta as well. The "discovery" here is of a timeless >> truth that takes diverse apparent forms, >> yet remains beyond the scope of any of its temporal expressions. >> Thank you again for your most enlightening contributions here. >> >> Love, >> Dan > >Hi Dan, > >Tenzin Wangyal, a Bonpo, is the head of the Ligmincha >Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia. He also has a >retreat center called Serenity Ridge about 15 or 20 miles >South of Charlottesville. This is a tradition whose main >purpose is to enable the uncovering of the natural condition >of the individual. They have a most informative web site >at: > >http://www.ligmincha.org/ > >You may perhaps find this of interest. > >Victor > >--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- > >Love. Relationships? E - Commerce! ><a href=" http://clickme./ad/SparksValentine1 ">Click Here</a> > >------ > >All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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