March 6, 2024

The Universe, the Dzogchen and Us 3

Fate

In this third episode of the video mini-series “The Universe, the Dzogchen and Us”, Mila Khyentse Rinpoche and Gregoire Langouet share with us the way mind and body function together, the crucial role of the vital winds, and how our belief in fate (and freewill) can be a source of suffering.

Host: Nils

This exceptional mini-series of Dzogchen Today! podcasts tackles the great fundamental questions of human beings and their action in the world. In this third episode, Mila Khyentse Rinpoche and Gregoire Langouet share with us the way mind and body function together, the crucial role of the vital winds, and how our belief in fate (and freewill) can be a source of suffering.

Notes

Dzogchen is a directly accessible tradition that can be practiced in a variety of ways in our daily lives, focusing on liberation from suffering and the means to achieve it.

Recap & Takeaways

“The Universe, the Dzogchen and Us” series, Episode 3: Fate.

Sequencing
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Guests presentation
01:50 Mind is the origin
06:06 The primordial mind and the ordinary one
9:23 Body, mind and speech are comprised in the same dimension
12:02 The vital winds are the in-between
17:00 The ground of all reality is emptiness and luminosity
21:45 The body, emotions, sensastions, thought are the path
23:40 There is no fate because there is no time
29:07 The big split -the root of a lot of suffering
31:10 Simple, but we have to train!
32:00 Conclusion