Worldwide Guru Yoga – 8 March 2021
Dear Sangha Family,
Homage to Ayu Khandro who was an important Teacher of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Rinpoche indicated to us many years ago that this Anniversary is one of the most important for coordinating a yearly global Vajra Dance Day.
Due to global limitations and circumstances, we will mainly dedicate our Vajra dance practice in the symbol of the essence of Dzogchen Teachings, integrating into the state of Guru Yoga with the Vajra Dance of Space of the Unborn of 12 A.
We continue to meet online on Full Moon and Anniversary and other special dates.
We connect to an open ongoing online “Practising Together Event” whenever we wish, according to our circumstances, at any time or place on our Earth.
In order for all practitioners to have a full day to join worldwide, a 36-hour Zoom link will be kept open from 9:00 pm 7 March 2021 until 9:00 am 9 March 2021 (Tenerife time).
Please check your local time on the https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/.
This practice is for those who already know how to do it and who have received transmission from Chögyal Namkhai Norbu.
For the link please contact and identify yourself with your local Vajra Dance Instructor. Please don’t share this link on social media, forums, or open mailing lists! It can compromise the function, possibly then being hacked.
The event is dedicated mainly to the practice of Bodhicitta in the Light of Guruyoga, integrating in the state of Contemplation with the Vajra Dance of Space of the Unborn of 12A.
If you are interested, please visit the Restricted section of “Retreats files” by following this link – http://webcast.dzogchen.net/index.php?id=restricted-files
You will find there an excerpt of Rinpoche’s teachings given during the Mandarava Drubchen in Dzamling Gar in 2015. In this audio file, Rinpoche is speaking about meeting and receiving teachings from Ayu Khandro which further connected with his discovering of the Mandarava Terma and practice in Maratika.
Rinpoche received all the Vajra Dances mainly during his personal retreats of Mandarava. A shorter excerpt transcription of this teaching can also be found in THE MIRROR #120 (link to Mirror #120, ссылка на версию на русском языке)
Link to the Biography and Life of Ayu Khandro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayu_Khandro
There is no one starting or ending or guiding a particular practice.
Before going online at whatever moment or time in the 36 hours global connecting practising stream we at least take a moment, settling and bringing awareness to our body and breath, generating an altruistic and gentle attitude in the knowledge of all beings inseparably interconnected, relaxing in the A, integrating whatever in the state of contemplation. If we feel agitated or whatever we just observe it, leaving it as it is, being gentle to ourselves, and just continuing and integrating that with our practice.
When we finish our session, we take a moment for dedication in our mind and can also empower it with the mantra.
Those with physical difficulty to dance can participate with Guruyoga, integrating with the simple or base movement of one Breath/A. Doing it one time or repeating several times: sitting or standing.
While participants need to be automatically muted, continuous audio musical support is provided to accompany and synch us together in this practice. The support is visually knowing that we are practicing together at that moment. Maybe we are just by ourselves, maybe there are many, maybe few, it does not matter.
We can also wear the Vajra Dance costume, if we wish and when our circumstances permit.
We are free, also we can lower the sound to integrate best with our own tune and voice of A and the natural sounds around us. Even if we are not perfectly synced physically, we are in the real sense.
Vajra Dance Team in partnership with The International Dzogchen Community and The International Atiyoga Foundation.
With the kind collaboration of Dzamling Gar doing their best to provide a continuous open Link.
Please donate freely and abundantly for whatever good benefiting cause and institutions you feel are close to your heart. Together we are many.
You can donate using the button below to support this event and other Vajra Dance projects with whatever even small amount indicating in the cause: “Vajra Dance Fundraising”.
Thank You!
Warm regards and all best wishes, from my home to yours,
Prima Mai
International Vajra Dance Teacher
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