{"product_id":"drupchen-2001-teachings","title":"Drupchen 2001 Teachings","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003e© 2001 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche \u0026amp; Vajrayana Foundation, © 2026 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation \u0026amp; Heart Teachings by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in .3in;\"\u003eRecorded at Pema Ösel Ling, Collection of Seven Treasures (Terkha Dun D\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eü\u003c\/span\u003e) Drupchen, Corralitos, California; June 22-30, 2001\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in .3in;\"\u003eLanguage: Rinpoche teaches in English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003eAvailable Formats: 2 MP3 audio downloads\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003eRunning Times: Teaching 1: 54 min; Teaching 2: 51 min\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eStream for free on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/lamatharchinrinpoche\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SoundCloud LTR\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eSoundCloud\u003c\/a\u003e (Drupchen 2026).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: windowtext;\"\u003eLama Tharchin Rinpoche Teaching 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this talk, given during the 2001 Terkha Dun Dü (Collection of Seven Treasures) Drupchen retreat at Pema Ösel Ling, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche explains the view a practitioner is meant to hold before moving into mantra recitation. Using the image of gold hidden in ore, and a story about chickens too habituated to confinement to recognize their own freedom, he explains why deity practice is necessary: our nature is already enlightened, but habit keeps us from trusting it. He then gives a line-by-line commentary on four verses from the sadhana — the verses that introduce the mantra section — describing all appearance as the mandala of the lama and deities, present yet without inherent existence, like a moon reflected in water. He closes by emphasizing that what makes this practice effective is not philosophical understanding but genuine faith and devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“snang srid gzhal yas bla ma lha \/ thams cad phyag rgya'i dkyil 'khor che \/ dper na chu zla 'ja' tshon lhar \/ snang la rang bzhin me par bsgom The world of all possible phenomena is the immeasurable mansion, the lama and the deities - \/ everything is the supreme symbolic mandala; \/ meditate on this as being apparent yet lacking any inherent self-nature, \/ like the reflection of the moon in water or a rainbow.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-left: .3in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: windowtext;\"\u003eLama Tharchin Rinpoche Teaching 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis second talk, given during the 2001 Terkha Dun Dü (Collection of Seven Treasures) Drupchen retreat, is an open question-and-answer session rather than a structured teaching. Lama Tharchin Rinpoche spends most of the session unpacking a single couplet from the inner offering liturgy — \u003ci\u003e\"I offer the world of all possible phenomena as the four mudras. \/ Let these dissolve in nondual union.\"\u003c\/i\u003e — using it as a doorway into a wide-ranging explanation of how Vajrayana refuses to divide experience into pure and impure, and how the four kayas describe the structure of awakened mind itself. He closes by answering a student's question about how to recognize one's own connection to a particular deity, describing the signs — dreams, early familiarity, what he calls \"karmic glue\" and \"karmic wind\" — that point a practitioner toward their yidam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“snang srid phyag rgya bzhi ru mchod \/ gnyis su med par thim gyur cig \/ I offer the world of all possible phenomena as the four mudras. \/ Let these dissolve in nondual union.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HT \u0026 VF","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43499363893361,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/2987\/files\/Drupchen2001_T1_01square.jpg?v=1782089919","url":"https:\/\/www.heartteachings.com\/products\/drupchen-2001-teachings","provider":"Heart Teachings by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche","version":"1.0","type":"link"}