Q&A With Lama Lena

[@themisfagundes3404]

Thank you so much ✨🤍✨🙏🏼✨

[@taraclover4783]

Thank you Lama Lena fully dedicating the Merits of this sharing for the Happiness and Liberation of all BEings🙏💚💚💚

[@natephillips6441]

🙏

[@garypuckettmuse]

I love Lama Lena. I know that's not the appropriate way of expressing the value she has in my life and the deep appreciation I have for her but -- hey -- she just mentioned in this talk that Americans say all sorts of things other cultures wouldn't say . . .so here I am just blurting it out and adding that it's so wonderful having teachings from someone one feels absolutely no resistance to and genuine warm good feelings. toward. Carry on, Lama Lena. We all need you so much. PS I really mention it because so few people inspire me to feel this way, to be honest:)

[@mahakala]

50:06 most important teaching

[@mahakala]

1:38:12 most important part of the teaching with meow

[@smilesforeverybodylol]

00:02:38 Song stuck in the head during meditation 00:03:32 I did dzogchen for the first time yesterday and dreamt that I was slipping out of my body and was going to die today I feel extremely ungrounded is this practice safe for me? 00:06:06 Can Dzogchen be practiced without an understanding or belief in nonduality? 00:10:30 ? 00:11:56 Dzogchen and trauma 00:20:00 How to transcend time and space to get the blessing from a recorded online empowerment? 00:23:33 Oser chenma 00:27:20 Could you explain why some teachers and Dharma friends start to treat me different in a negative way when they find out I'm gay? 00:34:45 When I take a quick look at the mind I get a feeling of rest and openness I treat it as a yam but I still feel as if I'm floating separate from samsara do I use pet in this situation or do something else 00:37:01 Past lives 00:44:23 Could you tell us more about Valerian and what channels, it blocks because I'm on it almost all the time due to heart problems PTSD? 00:50:07 My pup is near the end of life if he becomes immobile I will not be able to carry him euthanasia is killing, advice on how to help him now and in the Bardo and for reducing Bad Karma. 00:59:20 What's a yidam and how you know which one is yours? 01:08:31 How important is taking refuge, what are the benefits of it can one practice without taking refuge 01:16:32 Some people pray to be reborn in DewaChen how is this compatible with the idea of the bodhisattvas not leaving samsara until all beings are freed? 01:20:24 Atiyoga 01:23:52 I've been practicing white tara every day but would like to add working with thoughts to my practice how do I make it work correctly? 01:26:13 Outer-inner-secret Rushen preparations for retreat 01:26:54 Can I release Karma through practice or is that not the goal of Dzogchen practice? 01:27:26 If you have taken refuge and bodhisattva vows do you have to be a vegetarian? 01:34:11 What signposts should a practitioner keep an eye out for before trying to teach/transmit Dzogchen? 01:36:33 kriya Tantra archetypes for yellow southern direction 01:39:35 Mantra for blowing on corpse 01:40:16 Dream yoga where you see everything as a dream vs working with perception 01:41:08 I found myself laughing at the “stabilization of dzogchen”. During your teachings you said that one would be ready for togal if this happens Should I email you further about this,Or just keep going? 01:41:36 How did Guru Rinpoche melt rock with his hands? 01:44:53 What is it that carries over between lives? 01:46:32 How do we realize the extremes of motion or stillness when we notice that there is no such thing as separate motion and Stillness what is there to balance? (im gonna do all q&a sessions eventually as i have found them to be full of insight yet obscure because of length and lack of proper timestamping. hopefully this would of use to someone.) adding my fave gatha from The Diamond Sutra: "Who looks for me in form who seeks me in a voice indulges in wasted effort such people see me not."

[@monicaleond]

Can we find the transcription of the mantras that she taught and the lung she gave for animals?

[@mahakala]

''life is traumatic. shit happens.'' LL