No, but he is a friend and brother. We just share the same name, teachings and many of the same interests.
On May 13, 2005, at 12:10 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > Vaj, is this you? > > > http://www.angelfire.com/vt/vajranatha/bondzog.htmlTHE BONPO > > TRADITIONS OF DZOGCHEN > by Vajranatha > > The Bonpo and Nyingmapa Traditions of Dzogchen > > In general, the Dzogchen teachings are found only in the old > unreformed Tibetan schools of the Buddhist Nyingmapas and the > non-Buddhist Bonpos. In both cases, these teachings are substantially > the same in meaning and terminology, and both traditions claim to have > an unbroken lineage coming down to the present time from the eighth > century and even before. Both of these schools assert that Dzogchen > did not originate in Tibet itself, but had a Central Asian origin and > was subsequently brought to Central Tibet by certain masters known as > Mahasiddhas or great adepts. There thus would appear to exist two > ancient and authentic lineages for the Dzogchen teachings, the > Buddhist and the Bonpo. As I have previously discussed the Nyingmapa > Buddhist tradition of the origin of Dzogchen in my book The Golden > Letters, here I shall present a preliminary survey of the Bonpo > tradition of Dzogchen known as the Zhang-zhung Nyan-gyud. This Bonpo > tradition is especially important for research into the historical > origins of Dzogchen because it claims to represent a continuous oral > tradition (snyan-rgyud) from the earliest times coming from > Zhang-zhung in Western Tibet. [1] > > > much more on link > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
