ngondro - turning confusion into clarity¶

takeaways¶

link to my ebook
things i incorporated into my daily practice that are from this book
all 8 topics are memorized & the foundation for everyting i do
- i can craft a meditation for any circumstance using these
every time i read a new topic in another book i review the foundation of it
- for example dzogchen flavors all 8 foundation practices
  - annotate these here

info¶

"a guide to the foundation practices of tibetan buddhism"

ngondro is tibetan - ngon (before) dro (to go) aka preliminary practices aka foundation practices

this is a book i'll continue to refer to and re read as i progress in ngondro and dhogzhen, i highly recommend reading this one before entering dhogzhen

in my reading this book is followed by stilling the mind

ngondro¶

ngondro
1. the four common foundation practices
  - precious existence
  - impermanence
  - karma
  - suffering
2. the four unique foundation practices
  - taking refuge
  - purification
  - mandala
  - guru yoga

mandala¶

deity yoga¶

there's many guided meditations in this book, my favorite was deity yoga in the purification chapter you visualize vajrasattva, etc.

videos¶

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journal¶

2020-12-09

laser cut mandala giving these away to family for xmas accumulation, bodhichitta
reviewing fathoming the mind and he mentiones the meditation provides the view, and dzogchen adds flavors to the 4 fundamentals, will update this page with those expansions on the primary concepts after i find all 4