Beginner Dzogchen - Lama Lena in the Caves of Tso Pema

Dzogchen is about perceiving the mind directly, right here, right now. In this trilogy of videos, filmed over 3 days from her cave in Tso Pema, Lama Lena teaches this profound practice to three groups of practitioners at varying levels of experience, making it accessible to students at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Please note, Lama Lena strongly advises that you first receive these teachings in person with a qualified teacher, then use these videos to support, clarify, and enhance your practice after the initial "Pointing Out Instructions" (Read more about this advice here: lamalenateachi...)
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[@voiceoftheearth7091]

I love her straight away. A great yogi, open to sharing. Straight to the point- No Nonsense. Cutting through. Thank you for sharing.

[@natephillips6441]

Can’t thank you enough for making these teachings available 🙏

[@28105wsking]

Remember when your lama told you who can practice Dzogchen? "When lions roar all the animals are frightened, except for baby lions. They like that sound and go straight toward it! It's the same with Dzogchen. Some people are feeling scared when they hear about it. Others find it delicious!" Its like that for me and Zen.

[@MrCmon113]

Given how frequently lions kill baby lions, I doubt that's true. Also I don't think Dzogchen is unpopular, I think it's just not being spread as much. The son of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche has written entire books without mentioning rigpa.

[@Jaraqqeh]

You showed me how. You taught me the biggest lesson of my life ❤

[@enstigatorofficial]

pitiful, then you were taken in by a scam-artist. everything about this old drunk is a fraud. the spiritual-con game.

[@boyanbc]

Thanks for sharing so quickly indeed. For those stubborn ones (like silly me) not willing to be on FB, these YT videos are very very precious 🙏🙏🙏

[@nemonada3501]

Not silly. Facebook is imploding at the moment.

[@stuartv-e8161]

Bluming heck this style of teachings had hit the bullseye 🎯 for me. Thank you for your style of teachings ...works for me...

[@Sebastian-eh3qx]

Wonderfully comprehensible Dzogchen Teaching. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@eckhardtmilz1587]

The first time I found her today and love her teaching and personality...wow...talks right into my heart!

[@gypseanl8842]

Lama Lena you are engaging and entertaining... obviously enlightened... thank you for your openness kindness and compassion... 🤲🏼❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼

[@Grace4me111]

Enlightened? 😂😂😂 her ego is sooo prevalent in her speaking I am sorry to say...wisdom is not knowledge...but super grateful to hear these teachings.

[@kylechina9697]

Heard loud and clear. Thank you

[@AncientWisdomTeachingsLLC]

I am so happy that my karma ripened to allow me to find out about lama Lena, everything she says resonates with me effortlessly and easily such clarity… many thanks to you Lama Lena for teaching. 🙏🏼🙇❤️

[@jerrybryant2761]

Your channel is an absolute gem 💎 for Americans; namely women perhaps. Thank You for sharing

[@DavidDTA]

I love this lady.

[@JDzele]

13:53 Instructions 1:07:08 -1:16:00 Practice

Thank you!

[@HigherSofia]

Notice the dog making these restless noises, up until 03:03 - Listen to what she says, and notice how the whole ambience changes.

[@natephillips6441]

🙏

[@Seekr23]

Thank you for the comprehensive, no non sense teachings. I love your analogies.

[@earrapedaddy2717]

I once experienced this state for roughly 40 minutes Its like a veil being lifted from your eyes and you see the world as it really is for the first time The movie Limitless is the best description of it "I knew what to do and how to do it"

[@albertmiller3082]

This exquisite presence is radiant

[@nemonada3501]

Wow. I wish I could come and learn from you! That's one of the most concise talks I've heard for a long time.

[@NickBatinaComposer]

Wow, that was a kinda freaky moment when she mentions the note about musicians, I was trying out that modified version last night, along with that point separation thing the same evening. This was an incredibly groundbreaking experience, goodness gracious

[@PALAVRASdoSILENCIO]

Pure Awareness ! Pure Hapiness

[@TheMoonlightMage]

I love this lady

[@springdamsel2542]

May all sentient beings realise their buddha nature and experience immeasurable light beyond impermanence. Thank you.

[@enstigatorofficial]

this is not a Lama, this is a fraud scam-artist.

[@TheAntistokes]

I can focus my eyes on an object, and then open my attention to include the periphery while keeping the object in *optical* focus (but not mental focus). Is this the proper way to keep my eyes? (In-focus) The proper way to keep my attention? (widest possible focus) I can relax my eyes further and this gives a bit more feeling of dropping backwards, but (1) this makes my vision go double (each eye still in focus on the proper plane, but the vision is doubled so the eyes must be pointing slightly differently) and (2) based on the other instructions “dropping further back” doesn’t seem necessary or desirable since the feeling here vs there is supposed to dissolve. Feedback please? I want to make sure I get the “body” part correct because I keep “trying” different things with my eyes to get the physical “view” correct. I want to have one clear instruction for my *optical* looking/view, so I can stop being distracted by that concern, and instead be able to “look” back mentally for the source of my mental view. Or perhaps it doesn’t matter and I should relax the eyes fully and let them do whatever they naturally do (single or double doesn’t matter as long as the attention/perception is cast as widely as possible)? Thank you!

[@muralla4000]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@cenntraru]

19:41 👁‍🗨👁‍🗨 quite shocking to learn that in Dzogchen they meditate with eyes open. I heard more about techniques that use retreats in complete darkness. In fact, that's how I found this video - the word "Caves" in the title 🙂 Please tell me what Dzogchen says about closed eyes meditation and retreats in full darkness?

[@rameshhansaravendra]

In open eyed mediation, it is easier to restrict the movements of the eyeballs, which helps to control the mind.n

[@vishnu2407]

That's a practice in the dzogchen school, called Tögal or "sky gazing". Practitioners gaze at the sky or meditate in darkness in this practice. The way it is done is slightly different from shinay or calm-abiding meditation done in dzogchen practice, but the goal is the same: to realize emptiness and the nature of mind

[@suryadas6987]

Sky Gazing is a main practice in both Togäl and Trekchö.

[@MrCmon113]

@@vishnu2407 Can't you just close your eyes for much the same effect as a dark cave or a featureless sky?

[@annmorgana2848]

may all beings find enlightenment.

[@nicd.3614]

Thank you so much ❤️🙏

[@NickBatinaComposer]

Back after 3 months (damn, that felt like a lot longer than I thought!! Whew), and I’m glad u mentioned that pop sound, I’ve been kinda jumping back and forth between “VIBING” and this weird, super loud ringing that comes on occasions, so I’ll give that a go tomorrow if it comes up! 🙌 thanks… again lol 😆

[@caseygroves]

Thank you, Lama Lena. Was your secondary face after you were born ... of Sicilian ancestry? My Sicilian grandmother was Lena too.

[@28105wsking]

What about those rainbow bubbles floating in my living room? Are they fairies? A split second only the day after I heard about Dzogchen....

[@stevenpaulniles]

I'm convinced: Anyone who can remain calm despite that obnoxious dog has true self-mastery.

[@marcosvanessa2705]

Fantastic!

[@zennuxs]

A Very different experience I ever had listening to a teacher.

[@RA-zc3ep]

Thank you

[@sohsimn7632]

Seed syllable "Phet" is interesting. I was told it's the combined energies of Vairocana(Tra) and Maitreya (Pa) to subdue all obscurations.Why do mantras always combine hum with phet? In the case of Vajrayogini,its hum hum hum phet phet phet,for Mahakala hum hum phet,for Vajrapani hum phet,etc.Maybe you can do a retreat on seed syllables?

[@lisafalk369]

Thank you.💗🙏

[@lucjankujawski5112]

Thank you 🙏

[@Ndefinitely]

I call this The Rambunctious Puppy Teaching. 😀

[@tenzinggyatso98]

Is it okay to share such secret teachings on these platforms? Many will try to practice it without proper understanding.. what does lama lena thinks on it?

[@rameshhansaravendra]

Is she still alive? Where is she now?

[@coin321ify]

I came wondering about Dzogchen.

[@phantasma669]

Great teaching ...but how difficult it is to do this out of a retreat...it s extremely difficult. To find the dynamic balance between sitting sessions and ordinary life.!!

[@gannon5409]

Don’t make any effort. You are already that. 🙏🏽✨

[@phantasma669]

@@gannon5409 samsara imposes itself!:) The more sitting practice the better in between...

[@LamaLenaTeachings]

That is why you keep glimpsing tawa over and over again as you go through all the samsaric display of which you yourself are part of. That is why that glimpsing has to be integrated so that you are practicing while thinking. Sitting sessions are good for settling, but it's connecting with the alive energy of display and understanding that you are not separate from it. That's why she says, "Ya'r that!"

[@sethhinman1045]

Wonderful teachings. Thank you 🙏 One question... Why no mention of rigpa? Is this the equivalent of rigpa?

[@zyxmyk]

I like it!

[@harriehoutman5154]

gracias

[@opulentElephant11]

At 42:25, what text or talk is she referencing here?

[@peteryontengyatso4437]

a treasure

[@pchabanowich]

Rather than list the superlatives of this teaching, I’ll shut up. Well… maybe just one❣️

[@nyaruko-do2ok]

I found The sorceress supreme

[@hellojupiter.mynameiswine.8116]

Nope that’s Samaneri Jayasara

[@dawid_dahl]

I know it doesn’t matter, but what is the word for buddha nature that she’s using, Towa?

[@yonahlavery-yisraeli3402]

Tawa

[@LamaLenaTeachings]

Tawa is the term she is using. The usual translation is View, but she aptly says that it is not an adequate translation because View still is dualistic in that it is like you are seeing something out there. In this case, you are inseparable from Tawa. You are inseparable from the vast spaciousness and aliveness manifesting in that space. You are a vivid display of energy and emptiness just like everything you perceive around you in existence. Your perception is also that display.

[@sangaystkbhutan2846]

🙏🙏🙏

[@modim3]

Awesome thanks!

[@jackieweltman1760]

Ah mah gah.

[@morpety]

The real deal here.

[@cynk956]

Many wise things are said but the smugness and irritation don't match loving kindness?

[@taidelek9994]

Om Ah Hu 🙏

[@kernowarty]

What? You can get stuck for hours in a state where no thoughts will come even if you want them to?? That sounds very dangerous to me. What if your house was on fire?

[@jesuisravi]

a rare one

[@AlvaroBlancoK]

🙏🙏🙏🌈

[@dfgsa12345]

popping nyams with phet 56:01 - 1:01:18

[@shedupvlogger1253]

🙏🙏🙏❤

[@nicola8088]

DOGchen ❤

[@sammupada.sunyata2138]

43:41 46:30

12:00 story about New Years eve??? XD

[@artist4meditation]

Thank you for your teaching! Can you please bleep out the n-word that she says towards the beginning of the video? It's very offensive and unnecessary in the telling of the story.

[@TheMoonlightMage]

That was probably the point

[@MrCmon113]

What? Namaste?

[@gdansk12349]

Hey! Not infinite and not eternal. Don’t do that. Where did you learn Dzogchen? That’s not Dzogchen.

[@gulumayroz]

So cool... The perversion of the STORY is to let the STORY try to control the CONTENT of attention. For the STORY to (manually) controlling the content of attention (knowing), is like an elephant trying to knit. It's too gross. It amplify the i STORY (...or even the i-less STORY...), into conscious existence. Just let DROP... endlessly... Let automatic attention control, get dis-entangled from (personal/impersonal), (conscious) WILL. Pure knowing, and perception, are always inseparable ... except, perhaps (never been"there")... in temporary mind-stop (so called nirvana...)... That means, ANY KNOWING... however subtle...IS...A STORY... That means ALL (perceived) "FREEDOMs" are/is made of STORY material. So... SOMETHING... and NOTHING/EMPTINESS (whatever..), are equal, in the eyes of pure knowing. (... only the later, is way cooler... and lighter...In the STORY...) ...(STORY= perceived known). So.. by DROPPING perception, moment by moment, PERCEPTION diminish, so the STORY gets simpler... and, maybe, less indirect... (... And here ... hopefully...ends, MY (extended) POEM on SPEECHLESNESS) 🤣

[@gulumayroz]

@Mohammed Afikur Rahman 😃❤️🙏

[@floyd3276]

@Mohammed Afikur Rahman النورالحي as great as a dog 🐕

[@floyd3276]

@Mohammed Afikur Rahman النورالحي definition gets old

[@floyd3276]

@Mohammed Afikur Rahman النورالحي praising a definition is finite and will change in flux.

[@osvaldovaldes10009]

Candice O'Denver 101

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Who up

[@AFrames763]

Gotta be at least an arya to give direct introduction.

[@satatik21]

She is.

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U

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she looks lilke female bhante vimalaramsi ;-)

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Thank you

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Thank you.

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