{"id":65,"date":"2012-06-05T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vajrayanabuddhism.wordpress.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2022-05-25T09:32:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:32:19","slug":"intermediate-meditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/intermediate-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Intermediate Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The intermediate sessions cater to students who have been empowered following the Nyingma tradition under the guidance of Master Tam (Dorje Jigdral). Master Tam \u00a0was a student of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rigpawiki.org\/index.php?title=Tam_Shek-Wing\">H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Students are assumed to have a background in seven-point posture \/ blue-sky meditation. Through the technique, possibilities open up, even when physical or mental challenges arise.<\/p>\n<p>The practice rests upon the view that all things good or bad, right or wrong, has a backdrop for it to play out, just like a movie requiring a screen to display. And yet, the mind can remain unencumbered like a wide open space (&#8220;blue sky&#8221;). Using the movie screen metaphor, the movie screen is neutral and does not prevent scenes from appearing.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-point posture is also called the meditation of Vairocana, or the meditation of the all-embracing Sun. The metaphor is wherever and whenever the light hit, darkness disappears.<\/p>\n<p>Students are taught techniques built upon the seven-point posture where the emphasis alternates between the &#8220;movie&#8221; and the &#8220;movie screen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A monthly group-offering meditation practice (Ocean of Wisdom) is also available for\u00a0empowered students. The group practice has a prayer component in part to pray for the world in these trying times.<\/p>\n<p>May the world be liberated from names of weapons and wars, disasters and illnesses! (\u9858\u5200\u5175\u707d\u75c5\u4e4b\u540d\u4ea6\u4e0d\u805e!)<\/p>\n<p>Updated: May 25, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intermediate sessions cater to students who have been empowered following the Nyingma tradition under the guidance of Master Tam (Dorje Jigdral). Master Tam \u00a0was a student of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. Students are assumed&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbatoronto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}