The Direct Instructions of Shri Singha to Padmasambhava (The Treasure of the Lotus Crystal Cave)

These profound meditation instructions were taught to Padmasambhava by his guru, Shri Singha. This chapter titled, "The Treasure of the Lotus Crystal Cave", first appeared in Crystal Cave: A compendium of teachings by masters of the practice lineage. Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang and edited by Ward Brisick. Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 1990. It is also found in the text, Treasures from Juniper Ridge:
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According to Erik Pema Kunsang, the original Tibetan text was found in a collection at the Royal Danish Library in 1976 by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
The full text of this reading can be found on Erik's FB page here where he has kindly made it available: / 10159787848675550
Music: Shaman's Dream - selections from the albums: "Kerala Dream" and "Prana Pulse"
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[@SamaneriJayasara]

Dear Listener, this recording has some copyrighted music in the video so YT plays ADS to collect revenue for the record company. I have no control over the ads that appear as it is all KZbin placing ads for the music companies as I used copyrighted material in this old recording. My channel is not monetized so I make no money from them or the ads that appear. I try not to use copyrighted music anymore. If you purchase a KZbin premium subscription you can avoid ads. The responsibility is all on your end.

[@KM-pv2eu]

In India, I have KZbin Premium subscription which makes youtube ad free, may be there in almost all countries. Thanks for your efforts to go an extra mile in helping viewers to get ad free video.

[@anityasufi4079]

I listened to this through my phone KZbin App, which is probably how a lot of others listen. Is there a way to listen Ad Free? I do not mind an Ad at the beginning but once the video starts it is useful for the remainder of the video to be Ad Free. Is it possible to repost a copy of this Video without background music and songs? Author’s voice is already enchanting to keep listeners' attention. No music or background songs necessary to receive instructions from Guru Sri Singha!

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Dear Listener, this recording has some copyrighted music in the video so YT plays ADS to collect revenue for the record company. I have no control over the ads that appear as it is all KZbin placing ads for the music companies as I used copyrighted material in this old recording. My channel is not monetized so I make no money from them or the ads that appear. I try not to use copyrighted music anymore. If you purchase a KZbin premium subscription you can avoid ads. The responsibility is all on your end.

[@chill29394]

Thank you for your wonderful offering of speech. Explanation for ads is understood, but kindly a bit embarassing for me to read you explaining yourself..I can only be thankful for your work 🙏🏻

[@premaroberts1546]

Ahhh, Natural Mind . . . what a relief! Nothing to do. Listening to this is like a cool refreshing drink on a hot day. Everything is perfect. . . This might well be my Master, Choegyal Namkhai Norbu, teaching. I love this . . . .💜🙏

[@DrMusicStarr]

Oh yes! He was my root teacher also

[@premaroberts1546]

@@DrMusicStarr Our good fortune doc!

[@Stephenskandhas42]

It is so difficult sometimes to accept such grace, such direct and compassionate pointing. Thank you again, Sister.

[@pjhoyer]

"There is no teaching like this in the world" may I never be separated from this teaching until all my obscurations, hopes and fears, desires are pacified and the primordial citadel of pure spacelike bliss emptiness awareness is reached, for the welfare of all sentient beings 🙏🙏🙏 During listening to this treasure beyond treasures I had a vision that I was a dog when listening first time to profound dharma teachings, like I saw at templesmonasteries and so on in Nepal especially around Asura cave. This made me aware of how beneficial it is to listen to teachings using normal speakers instead of headphones as we never know what beings from all kind of realms are listening and benefiting. Thank you also for pointing to Erik's text/translation Samaneri, your kindness is beyond measure 🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️😇😇😇

[@pjhoyer]

@Poetry from Poverty the dogs from Nepal 🇳🇵 and at Asura cave in Pharping listen a good deal to Padmasambhava 😉

[@densaakaldte1]

You ask how can we know the infinite? I answer, not by reason... You can only apprehend the infinite by entering into a state in which you are finite self no longer. This is the liberation of your mind from finite consciousness. When you thus cease to be finite you become one with the infinite. You realize this union, this identity. - Plotinus

[@GigiAzmy]

I love you so much for these recordings - they are everything

[@DannyPodcast]

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[@kimlangley7022]

I am in Love with all of these teachings-I listen and meditate with them every day-how wonderful- thankyou Guru Rimpoche and dear Samaneri!

[@GigiAzmy]

This is the greatest gift on earth 🌎

[@ramabangalore]

Real treasure gifted to us, wrapped in the voice of an angel🙏

[@felice9907]

great master singha´s roar, reverberating across the centuries!

[@slavic_fox98]

Love your audiobook of this great work! Thank you so much.

[@DrMusicStarr]

Ah, Samantha Jayasara, my heart has not enough words of gratitude for you . I discovered your channel recently and listened to many of your lovely videos. This one in particular melted me in a puddle of astonishment and gratitude for my teacher, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu . Much love, Glenda 💖🌈🥰

[@Sammo247]

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[@NaturesTicketCBD]

With humble and sincere gratitude I bow

[@arunatamang3783]

Excellent seeker and scholar of wisdom.

[@sonamtenzin5741]

Thank you Ven. Samaneri Jayasara.🙏🙏🙏

[@criticalcare1]

Powerful!Powerful! I bow down to Padmasambhava for his sharing of his journey and I bow down to Samaneri Jayasara for her transmission of this wisdom teaching . Here I have my teachers through you. Buddha, Dharma, sangha.🙏🙏🙏

[@SamaneriJayasara]

You're most welcome Ai - may it bring you much peace and Liberation.

[@ghuyakalika]

Thank you for uploading again my dear Yayasāra Deep bows of gratitude.❤

[@piano_soul]

Thanks for sharing and for taking us on this sacred journey. However, non of these will result in attaining unexcelled enlightenment.

[@barrydeville]

Striking indeed!! We can trace it back to Neti Neti ... no?

[@piano_soul]

Barry de ville Yes, I agree. And also I think all three examples illustrate mind‘s involvement with its grasping nature (seeking a certain state/experience). The truly enlightened, however, are devoid of mind and/or motive.

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[@Origami_Buddha]

This is so psychodelic! Love you for making it.

[@RajGiandeep]

This has been lovely to listen to this week. I'm so grateful to you. Thank you!

[@workingtoseethelight8244]

This guy studied a lot in many places. lol. I still have a bit more to learn. Thank you. Infinite Blessings.

[@sherrysyed]

Thank you. God bless you

[@OmVajrapaniHum]

Deepest gratitude and appreciation for these fantastic and wonderful videos. Life changing and inexpressibly awesome! Tashi Dalek!

[@Imcai14]

Mind blowing, wisdom, need mindness guru to attained it, mindness guru to teach it. This spiritual truth, come out of Compassion masterpiece Guru to this earth, to set thyself free, from delusion. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@CarolineStein]

Beautiful!! I have heard it 3 times already. Love it! Thank you so much,.

[@jampha]

Profound as beautiful ❤

[@ObservingBeauty]

I know its not the place, but since comments there are disabled, I wanted to find a way to thank so much for making the recent Ramana video without music/adds. thank you !

[@martaestebanminano8608]

This is a master peace. The most precise and advanced teaching presented in an unparalleled form that helps taking them to heart. Thank you guru Sri Singh, guru Rinpoche and thank you for the hours of hard work to bring them to us. 🙏🏼

[@michaelmay766]

Thank you so much! 😮🙏

[@criticalcare1]

“I’m liberated by the secret teachings, not by sacred mantras. May the worthy ones be liberated by this teachings”- Padmasambhava . 🙏🙏🙏

[@ghuyakalika]

Masterpiece! What a light this was and is on my path Dearest Yayasāra! ❤ Deep bows of gratitude

[@crappycigar9665]

Non meditation is perfection Meditation is perfecting One loves both

[@ariwassaved]

If you have HOPE AND FEAR you have dualistic clinging. Powerful stuff. That hit home hard🙏

[@SantiagoNogueras]

This is glorious 🙇🙇🙇💎🌈🌹🌺🌺✨🌷💐❤️❤️🙏🏼☸️ om ah hung vajra guru padme siddhi hung 💥🌈✨

[@jigold22571]

Magnificent, ThankYou.

[@antonioalonsoestevez7036]

After this who can say anything...the end of proceeding. Thank you The choice of music delightful. Teasing almost..probing.. testing if we are totaly kill or not yet...😊🙏

[@raahloon6742]

Thank you Madam Samaneri this was enriching beyond words!🙏 I am trying to understand “...it is now like the trace of a bird flying in the sky!”.

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Ah, such a beautiful metaphor here for what the Great Master is pointing to! Essentially he is saying, that now there are now no traces left. He is free from any karmic propensities or creating or leaving karma behind. He is the "thus gone" - the Tathagatha - he is free from any scent or smell of ego or individuality. Thus he flies free like a bird in the sky, his mind unencumbered and free from any fabrications - his flight path just like the trace of a bird in the sky - he leaves nothing behind. Hope this helps to clarify.

[@kbgirel6965]

@@SamaneriJayasara beautifully explained, thank you so much

[@samirkarki192]

4:20 Interesting that he mentions 'Nepal'. I live in Nepal. 😊. Here we also have the caves where Tilopa and Naropa meditated.

[@GregoryFord-nc7zl]

As unsurpassable Allies of the Might of the True Dharma, may the Teachings of Machig Labdron/ Shri Singha/and Guru Padmasambhava purify even the pre-prismic crystal of my humble aspiration. So that by unmasking my forehead of forgetful space itself, may I accomplish the Transference Of Merit for Limitless Beings. By any means necessary. This is my secret Samaya. Thank you Sramaneri Tara Hri Hri Hridaya

[@deannehammer2009]

All your effort should be put exactly into effortlessness he answered! 🙏🌹

[@aquasapien9275]

Your channel feeds me thru the nights...Several times nightly and into the mornings. Thank you for gathering so much wisdom and availing the teachings to all. Recently I have encountered much interruption with commercials. I know you are not monetized and feel you should know. . I this recording alone 4 commercials have interrupted and I am only 1/4 into the teaching. . I've stopped listening at night for fear of it's loud interruptions in the quite of meditation. Perhaps your contract has changed, or perhaps YT is not honoring theirs. Either way you should know. Your work Is deeply valued, much love.

[@tensingput]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

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Thank You!

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To bad youtube prefers a non immersive meditation experience Thank you for sharing

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Gold

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I'm grateful for your work beyond words...I mean I don't cling to it but you know lol

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Thank you so much

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PERFECT LISTENING TO DHARMA.!

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[@graysonharrisful]

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

[@christinasmith7321]

thank you for uploading shri singha teaching. there was a youtube on meditation either by garab dorjee or longchenpa. i cant tell whichich one .I didnt find in your google drive also. may be it is the youtube you have turned into pvt. could you recomend me the book atleast i can get it. i badly need to listen the missing recording of the teaching. if you could recomend all the books of the video you have turn into pvt. thanks so much again. hoping to see more video on all the chapters from bodhicharatara by shantideva. thank you again. you made us so easier to listen to teaching.

[@SamaneriJayasara]

Hi Parvati, everything is still up on my Google Drive. I have not removed anything from there so you can still find the 2 Garab Dorje recordings under Dzogchen - the book is called "The Golden Letters" - and every recording of Longchenpa's I've done is under his tab/link. If I have taken it down from YT it's because I intend to re-record it at some stage as I wasn't happy with the quality from months back. Cheers

[@zerotolerance4u]

I had no desire to click the thumbs up. I thought of no reason to click the thumbs down. Writing this comment was unnecessary. Lha gyal lo!

[@SamaneriJayasara]

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[@zerotolerance4u]

@@SamaneriJayasara After long years my practice is finally yielding results. I have made a Dharma joke and someone laughed. :) Dear Samaneri, your videos are priceless jewels. 😀 May all beings benefit!

[@konstantingrudnev8374]

I would rephrase it like this ==> I had no desire to click the thumbs up. I had no anger to click the thumbs down. I had no ignorance to be in-between desire and anger Writing this comment was spontaneous play of appearences :)

[@zerotolerance4u]

@@konstantingrudnev8374 Ah.

[@airbornepizza]

Please read Tsongkhapa teachings!

[@natividadfamiliapereyra4162]

I do admire your work sister. . I will love to have your permission to help translate these wonderful jewels in Spanish 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@PradeepSingh-mv3wj]

Spellbinding 🙏🙏🙏

[@kbgirel6965]

Hello dear nun, i have heard there’s a book called Seven Nails which is a final teachings of Sri Singha it would be very nice if you find a time to read it Thank you

[@Shunya0101]

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[@peteromara642]

Silence..tells ..all..

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[@wkantor13]

Dear Samaneri, is the Google Drive you used to share the audios on down? I couldn't find it under the Community tab. Thank you 🙏

[@SamaneriJayasara]

You have to click on "read more" and scroll to the bottom of my blurb to find them all. However, here is the main link to them all and you can find this one under the "Padmasambhava" folder. drive.google.com/drive/u/0/my-drive With all good wishes

[@wkantor13]

@@SamaneriJayasara Thank you very much :) and thank you for your precious work.

[@imaginaryuniverse632]

What is the purpose of seeking Samadhi? Does Samadhi mean sameness? Is Samadhi being presented as being the highest goal and that everyone should seek it? 🤔

[@margheritapagni]

In the Sutra, Samadhi is the state of peaceful and clear, undistracted awareness (often translated as concentration) which occurs when unwholesome states have been pacified; in this state, it is possible to gain insight (vipassana) into the sources of personal delusion and dukkha. The translation of Samadhi has been long debated, but sameness would not be a good translation--being gathered is closer to the meaning. Samadhi is described in the Sutra has having 4 general stages called jhanas, with varying degrees of happiness (sukkha), physical bliss (pitti), and equanimity. It is not Awakening, but it is an indispensable gate to Awakening. In Vajrayana is intended as a state characterized by Emptiness and/or Bliss. I recommend the Leigh Brasington's book Right Concentration (one of the 8 in the 8-fold Path, according to the Buddha) which is a practical guide by an expert teacher. It means of course to gain a strong foundation in Shamatha or Mindfulness.

[@MoMagha]

Samadhi is a composite word consisting of two separate Sanskrit words Sama+Adhi. The word sama means equipoise and adhi means “ beginningless” or the original state. So your real nature is beginning less equipoise. You are right about the English word sameness which I suspect has its roots in the Sanskrit word sama which also means sameness when used colloquially. The original state which has always been, is obtained not by seeking it but by giving up all that is transient and not real. So it is what remains and what it has always been, one’s true state of being.

[@tonygiannetto8490]

@@MoMagha Thank you, that was very enlightening, also loved your last statement. Not seeking but giving up the unreal. This also gives me some incite of the meaning and how to pronounce Samaneri’s name.

[@imaginaryuniverse632]

Thanks for these thoughtful replies. They are very informative. 👍 🙏

[@SamaneriJayasara]

I'll let Padmasambhava answer this question for you! The Great Master said: "The samadhi of suchness is the vital point of all samadhis. Other samadhis change and do not last. The samadhi of suchness is dharmata, your true identity. It is the unmistaken, original nature as it is, the uncontrived, true identity. Simply to be this nature, the emptiness of the samadhi of suchness includes every other type of samadhi, without exception, as they are contained within this very state. Every possible type of dharma and every aspect of the awakened state, as countless as they may be, are, without exception, contained in the non-striving state of original emptiness, as it is. It is therefore known as having brought together all samadhis within a single vital point." Therefore, the samadhi of suchness is indeed the highest goal and the highest samadhi to settle into. Hope this helps clarify for you.

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