Ngöndrolinks are for students who are starting to study and practice the Ngöndro preliminary practices and who already have a firm understanding and experience of the Foundations and the Mahayana stages of the path, and have taken Refuge (the formal entrance to the Buddhist path) and have taken the Bodhisattva Vow (this follows the structure of Rigpa's curriculum for more information click here)
Date, Time and Place
3 January 2006, Kirchheim
Length
64 Minutes
We are all vulnerable to fear and
insecurity.When we take refuge, we rediscover
confidence, tolerance and love, and can apply them
to our lives.
Until we reach enlightenment, we remain
vulnerable to fear and insecurity. It is therefore
invaluable to know that each time we take refuge
and experience it in our hearts, we will find that all
the help we need is already present inside us. Even
times of difficulty will not be viewed with great
alarm, because we’ll know there’s a way of
overcoming them. We find confidence and self-trust,
fearlessness, tolerance and love by taking refuge,
and we can apply these qualities to all the situations
and circumstances we face.
additional study
Read: the section called ‘Taking Refuge’ from A
Torch for the Path to Omni science;
Part Two, Chapter
One (pages 171-192) of The Words of My Perfect
Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche,
and Part Two, Chapter One (pages 93-131) of A
Guide to ‘The Words of My Perfect
Teacher’. Study these three texts in the
order they appear here.
On From Now Until Enlightenment (CDE426),
the Ngöndrolink release for June 2003, Sogyal
Rinpoche closely follows and comments in more
detail on the section on ‘Taking Refuge’ from A
Torch for the Path to Omniscience
A Prayer for this time of conflict Discover Chatral Rinpoche’s “Invocation of the Wisdom Mind”, printed on five-colored prayer flags. In these troubled times, let the wind carry aspirations of peace, clarity, and compassion in all directions.
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