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Dzogchen Retreat - The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers by Düdjom Lingpa

D5S1 - Six Domains of Practice, and Why Mind Is Not the Brain

Lama Alan · 119 minutes · recorded June 12, 2025

Morning devotions and mantra lead into a guided practice in which we move through the six domains of experience, from sight and sound to the space of the mind alone. Lama Alan works through Dudjom Lingpa's dream teaching from Padmasambhava on the stages of realisation, using ice and water, night and day, to distinguish ordinary mind from pristine awareness, then argues that mental events are correlated with brain activity but never transform into it.

The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

Emptiness Sleep and rest The bodhisattva path The nature of mind Dzogchen Mantra Shamatha (calm abiding) The Foolish Dharma of an Idiot Clothed in Mud and Feathers

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