Dzogchen Retreat - The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers by Düdjom Lingpa
D5S2 - The Training This Text Assumes
Lama Alan · 64 minutes · recorded June 12, 2025
Lama Alan explains why this teaching comes at the end of a long monastic training, after years on epistemology and on emptiness, four of them on Madhyamaka alone, and why skipping it leaves only the appearance of understanding. In the guided practice we return to observing thoughts arise and release in the space of the mind. He shows how the same technique becomes a different practice depending on its motivation, then turns to Nagarjuna's argument against inherent arising.
The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers
Emptiness Motivation and intention The nature of mind Dzogchen Shamatha (calm abiding) The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers