Fire Flame Meditation (Tummo) explained by Garchen Rinpoche
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- The Buddhist Tantric master Garchen Rinpoche explains an abbreviated version of inner flame meditation, as taught in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of master Jigten Sumgön (1143-1217).
*Notes from Garchen R's teachings*
Abiding in the ultimate meaning is abiding in true nature, buddha nature. However, discursive mind follows after thoughts, wind energies in body follow after karmic winds, so mind and winds separate. In the body there are five principal winds (the navel being like the “royal seat” of them all) and three principal subtle channels: left, right, central (the central channel is the principal one). Drawing wind and mind energies into the central channel at the navel is the practice method for “merging mind and wind energies into one point.”
A particular method for focusing on the energies at the navel is the Vajra Recitation: mentally reciting the syllables OM AH HUNG, together with focusing on the subtle wind energies. Bringing together the OM AH HUNG recitation with the in-and-out breath allows wind and mind to mingle, freeing us from obstacles that arise from the distraction of winds going where they will while consciousness wanders where it will.
Sitting with spine erect, visualize in the central channel, at the level of the navel, a ball of fire the size of a lentil. Breathing in through both nostrils together, mentally recite the syllable OM. The wind energies descend the right and left channels, entering the central channel just below the navel chakra. At this time, hold the breath briefly, mentally reciting the syllable AH. Imagine or visualize the winds lightly fanning the flame that sits at the navel so it burns hotter and brighter, as you rest in equipoise for a few moments. Then breathe out through both nostrils together, mentally reciting the syllable HUNG.
“Within this practice, look at the empty nature of mind itself,” says Rinpoche; this will help stabilize the practice of mahamudra. We are concentrating on the fire of awareness at the navel, not following the in-and-out breath with our minds. Again and again we return to the flame, liberating all mental, physical, emotional arisings through awareness.
With this practice, no need whatsoever to consider the gross physical body. The three channels are visualized, but it is unnecessary to be concerned with their exact locations since they are immaterial, cannot be found in the physical form. Eventually we can focus our attention completely on the central channel, from which the right and left channels arise. Other than this, no additional visualization is required.
As to holding the breath slightly with the syllable AH: we are holding the breath mixed with the wind energies at the level of the navel, fanning the flame. Hold the breath gently by binding the lower orifices, drawing the lower winds up while pressing the upper winds down. This is known as the “vase breath.” This is not a forceful training but a gentle one. (Do not distend the belly while holding the breath.)
With the wind energies abiding at the navel and the mind left in its natural, unfabricated state, warmth will arise at the navel. When habituated, there will be no need to hold the breath again and again, because the warmth will allow awareness to abide naturally at the navel.
Results will depend on effort. Best time to train in this practice is at daybreak. The experience of warmth may arise in a week, a month, six months, etc. Eventually the experience will require no meditation but will naturally abide as mind abides, and the cycle of OM AH HUNG will become continuous, pervading our awareness.
This method of causing the mind to abide on the basis of warmth and bliss is extremely beneficial. When it is stabilized mind will abide in stillness without effort, warmth will be stable in the body, awareness will be clear, afflictive emotions will be burnt by the fire, cold-based illnesses will disperse, and so forth. The experience of bliss is empty in its nature; it is a mental arising, no need to fixate on it.
These notes, from instructions given by Garchen Rinpoche (Tucson, 2005), were compiled by Barbara DuBois to fulfill the request of a devoted student to whom Rinpoche assigned this practice.
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Who else was watching casually then suddenly became completely gripped by the teachings . Powerful !
Great Hook of Compassion
His experience shines thru. Truly humbled today that I came across this . And how beautiful he as well learned something new right there at the end and shared that with us as well. To be one of his disciples (students) is a true treasure. This teaching is a precious gem . Many blessings on all our journeys back home.
Exactly so. Came casually, and was just taken. The way he embodies what he says is just complete.
Yes!❤️
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Garchen Rinpoche is absolutely one of the greatest mastering of our current times. Protect him at all cost!
“Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature. Think of your ordinary emotional, thought-ridden self as a block of ice or a slab of butter left out in the sun. If you are feeling hard and cold, let this aggression melt away in the sunlight of your meditation. Let peace work on you and enable you to gather your scattered mind into the mindfulness of Calm Abiding, and awaken in you the awareness and insight of Clear Seeing. And you will find all your negativity disarmed, your aggression dissolved, and your confusion evaporating slowly like mist into the vast and stainless sky of your absolute nature.”
― Sogyal Rinpoche, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
This video reconciles me with TH-cam, a place where you can find completely stupid and uninteresting things, and at the same time where there are teachings like this one, so deep and "secret" that you feel blessed and privileged to have stumbled upon them.
This Master exudes incredible energy, may he live a very long time and continue to transmit his wisdom-compassion.
Thank you so much.
You will get what you seek (anywhere and everywhere)... 😊
You are so right! Namo Guru
Agreed.
Is there a translation?
In my language icelandic, the word húm means pitch darkness, and also implies perfect stillness
And in my language (Spanish), "nada" or n̄ada as he says it, literally means nothing.
Polish on other hand has a letter Ą being the exact full sound Aum/Aom. I believe we do not have any word containing the calm soundless hum except the sound we do in winter when breathing on hands to heat them up ;-) and the name of this activity is huhać. But if to ignore the h as a soundless letter um is a basic root for words as umieć - knowing something after learning or have a skill state, umiejętnie - skillfully, umysł - mind, umyślnie - consciously, knowingly, purposely, in other version u is lost into "o" or "a" like pomysł = afterthought/idea, pamięć - memory. Somehow the root is related to word mięta - mint. Was inhaling mint helping not only in breathin but also thinking? There rest of words around thinking, memory, reason is around wiedza (snsk veda - knownledge, lead), powiedzieć to say is literally after-knowledge-ing.
IMO we are lucky to have so many branches of the our old lost PIE language - we can think pieces of lost meanings in irish/scot gaelic, nordic, germanic, italic, albanian, slavic, lithuanian, sanskrit, avestan/iranic. There is a bias & political agenda in reconstruction of the original words but if you are focused on the actual meanings tied together you easily find close words everywhere around north, south, west, east, far east. We are more lucky than Chinese who changed few times the way their words sound completely loosing the old context, meanings & learning their characters you feel as if words were made by a madman randomly adding completely unrelated words making the new words :-) Innovativeness in langauge destroys all remnants of own culture & understanding what it actually is. Variety in one big family is good, in different paths of evolution preserving different archaic forms and creating new but globalisation is like the chinese reforms, 1 big external language makes your langauge dirty, full of words that doesn't fit and basicaly is process of a cultural colonisation. Then you will loose the feel of your language and this process and process of starting thinking in other language will make your own native language feeling alien & not right - what will be the point of loosing own identity & crossing the line without going back.
Stillness is the basis of all activities. Large part of universe is darkness or nothingness.
ఎవరికైనా తెలుగు వచ్చిన వారు చూస్తే ట్రాన్స్లేట్ పెట్టండి
@@ebrelus7687 all languages arose from their origin SAMSKRITAM the original NADA internal source of all sound, SAMSKRITAM is not man made like other languages derived from it, SAMSKRITAM are the very sounds of the source of the manifestation of the Cosmos. Everything is cause and effect....the further we are removed from source the greater the darkness of ignorance..... Namaskar OM 🙏🏽🔥🕉️
Garchen Rinpoche from your teaching may the flame of inner peace open the heart minds of all sentient beings…🙏
Thank you, Garchen Rinpoche, you are one of the greatest gifts to humanity!
i am world building. awakening as a small child into this concept of reality/now, and slowly adding ideas, allows me to integrate more conceptual world into my mind, allowing more imaginations and combinations and ostensibly a bigger and bigger world. learning creates.
What a great teaching. Truthful. Really grateful for sharing this great wisdom. Thanks.
What a kind soul this man have..amazing thanks!
he is a great being indeed!
i have met him and been to his teachings. his presence and his humility are remarkable. his teachings are outstanding.
Man spent some 20+ yrs in a Chinese prison. Still doesn’t have hate for them. God bless
His voice sounds so powerful !
wish you long life Rinpoche and may all friends have courage to know as taught.
Gratitude to you Rinpoche for this precious gift. 🙏💖💞
Thank you for this H.E. Garchen Rinpoche 🙏🕉️☸️✌️❤️🌀
deep gratitude!!! THE GIFT! 💗💞💗
Emptiness, Clarity and Awareness are also the three subtle veil in the Kabbalah. These veils are the aspects of the Essential Awareness, the "self-illuminating flame". Such essence, that resides beyond thoughts are our Essence, who we really are, so to speak, or speaking in a way that is easy to understand. Constant focus on that, as mentioned in the video, will free yourself from the grasps of illusion, shape and so on. Understanding all that, you become aware of all the subtle forces in your body, thus manipulating them, you'll be capable of great things.
You are absolutely right. Hard to find such authentic seekers that understands what they are doing. Do you follow a school or teacher ? If not I would say definitely check out Drukama Teachings. My teacher has a background on Kabbalah as well as other authentic lineages like Vajrayana. Blessings
Wow. That is an amazing explanation of the realisation of emptiness. Thank you so so much 🙏
Thank you for your teachings may your health shine like the light of the flame
Beautiful. So many paths to the same goal.
Thank you 🙏 🕯️ 💎
share this so many people need clarity, i have clarity I know this man speaking the truth, get your selfawareness back from industrial noise
Bless this guy thank you for your wisdom
Garchen Rinpoche-La always reminds me of my precious lama sometimes sounds like him, and his compassion is clear 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙇🏽♂️
Thus is not tummo inner fire practice but to recognize emptiness, appearance and clarity are one.
Emptiness and bliss
@Dean Miller i am sure you don't expect to recieve the information you mentioned, in a youtube viedo. :)
the use tsa and lung is something the teacher personaly transmits to his student, when the time comes. the practice in this video, could be the very begining of that. however i assume, it is free, because it is simple enough for people to do and to benefit from, without getting into the complaxities (and dangers) of channels and tigle.
It is tummo, which is a method which aids in recognizing emptiness etc.
It is definitely a tummo, innerfire practice.
There are many ways of tummo practice, and this is a very direct one. We can do all sorts of visualizations and breath holding/stilling applications, and they all come to that place of awakened stillness / or not if missing the absorption into its purity.
Notice he is using the navel and warmth, the winds of hum, and analogy of the flame. There are many centers that can be used and many elements, or combinations of elements, each of which are more attractive to different individuals and abilities, that can bring the same resting into the sublime clarity; but they are not called tummo, whereas this is.
Million thanks, by thus you have provide the perfect link to help true seekers to attain calmness , to truly train the mind to experience emptiness, Om Ah Hung
thank you kindly dear Rinpoche
i really feel blessed this was fascinating. THank you so much Dear Master Rinpoche
Tashi delek
Thanks for uploading and the transcript! Trashi Delek!
If I failed to grasp this does that mean I'm doing it right? Jokes aside, my understanding increased because you took time to share your heart to the world, the world and me thanks you!
This is easily the most incredible thing have ever seen and Ive seen God
to be exactly clear: Jerry Garcia is God. He is. to me at least. He showed me the benefits of peace and love and set me on a path where I could find Garchen Rinpoche. Notice they are both GAR's. I love you all. You are me. and whatever good practice you do helps me so much! I don't get to see or hear Rinpoche very often and though he blesses my silly immature state of mind currently everyday, I am truly his worst student because I don't practice or make offerings. I do love though. And am very grateful to Garchen Rinpoche. Just wanted to mention Garcia. He was an immaculate being when incarnate! a very lovely being. A true wonder
Thank You so much for uploading and sharing this 🙏🙏🙏 What a Great loving and kind master he is, super clear guidance and great candle light/flame method
i wil definitely be adding this to my meditation, deep love and gratitude and appreciation to Rinpoche and you and Blessings to All 💖🌎🙏
Hu is a syllable that signifies Allah in sufism. Perhaps it is also the sound of the breath that we have been blown with, the only thing we burrowed. So understandable to see the same sounds in all of the holy pathways. He is so captivating sincere.
pure nectar from the Love Buddha!
Thank you so much rinpoche lak for imparting this knowledge. I will practice this everyday without wasting time. How much ever sutra we read without meditation it is impossible to experience the awareness 🙏🙏🙏
Prayer to the root lama.
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In the palace of the ogmin Dharmadhatu.
The essence of all the Buddha's of three times.
He who shows clearly the dharmakaya of my own.
We pray at the feet of the root guru.
Glorious root teacher, precious one.
Dwelling on the lotus seat on the crown of my head.
Hold me with your great kindness.
Bestow the accomplishments of body, speech and mind🙏🙏🙏
Read the power of now, it became completely clear to me after reading it.
TY for a wonderful teaching. It is very helpful.
Thank you so much for uploading this wonderful and priceless teaching. Namaste 🙏❤️
So nice! Thank you
WOW this is pointing out to deep practice !
Thank you very much
Need to practice Tummo for the winter.
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I feel so pressed to state that at the 8 trainings of the mind teaching HHDL gave in Boulder a couple years ago, was the most absolutely profound logical explanation of emptiness have ever heard. I wonder if it wasn't the greatest explanation ever given from a logician perspective and it was absolutely mind blowing. So much so that I nearly exploded out of my seat and many people cheered. It was also the longest talk without translation have ever heard from HHDL and do try to get a copy from The Tibetan association that put that event together. would be an outstanding pairing to this profound yogic, pith teaching
Jane Seamore 8 verses of training the mind of 8 trainings of the mind? There is a video entitled ‘8 verses of training the mind hhdl’ on TH-cam but I don’t know if it is the right one
@@gerardvisci1311 yep its from boulder. its halfway about. oh. thank you!
@@gerardvisci1311 : ) am sure any of the talks he gave anywhere on that topic was amazing. positive I just about flew when I heard his teaching translated on emptiness in Boulder. Spontaneous applause. We all never ever have done that before it seemed like---- I have never unless we are having a celebration or meeting or you know, not in the middle of a teaching : )
@@gerardvisci1311 Garchen Rinpoche-la was the minister to the Dalai Lama. you can read about it under Gar Minister search or whatever. Garchen Rinpoche would float HH plates of food. astonishing things. He went to China to bring the princess from there. She brought an enormous prayer wheel with her. Garchen Rinpoche brought that white Tara to Lhasa. That prayer wheel is truly huge and is at Gar Monastery in Eastern Kahm Tibet. It spun continuously except for during the takeover. No body to spin it. Miracle it stayed safe. Someone keeps it spinning always again. Rinpoche puts salve from the heart of that wheel--- the secretions of purest oil imaginable as thick salve. he puts it on disciples heads when he takes a bit of hair from the very crown. truly then puts some of that on his finger and touches that spot. and you know always where to head. you know? sorry long
thank-you very much. who is the correct protector of the practice in case needed some time ?
5:20 "It arises from the power of compassion for sentient beings or from the power of giving rise to faith in the Three Jewels".
Gracias, lo comparto con gusto!
Do you know if there is the Tibetan transcription of these instructions? Thank you for sharing this Wonderful teaching.
Rare Treasure, om mani padme hum
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I thought it's a breathing tech used by tibetan monks in the cold to keep warm and to dry those wet blankets with body heat. but I guess it's just a state of mind then. thanks for this upload, his teaching is appreciated
one day a friend of the Temple i gone to called me, and ask if i wanted to go with them to a dinner with some Monks. in Maryland usa.. go in the Car we drove like 4 hours. to a house full of monks, (my teachers also 2 old Geshe lamas) ... I got to Met Garchen Rinpoche their. he was just passing throw ,, no Teachings given, but still glad i met him,, met a 2nd time at a White Tara empowerment
You have wonderful merit to be able to meet Garchen Rinpoche in person. I rejoice in your merit! This video is the first time I have ever seen him speak. I had only seen photos of him previously but now hearing his voice I am completely blown away. Clearly a highly realised Mahayana master.
Is Samantabhadra Awareness, appearances, bliss, clarity, yab
and Samanthabadri emptiness, yum?
Wow we get to learn from Yoda himself 🙏
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Can I also do this meditation with “om ah hum” instead of only “hum”? Alternating the visualisation of syllables at the navel? That seems to work well for me.
How can we get real time trasnmission of these amazing teachings.
Garchen is really cool he still teaches many great techniques even online.. check out Garchen Buddhist Institute here on youtube!
World will never be devoid of teachers
Om a hung bendza guru pema siddhi hung
I listened and read some of the comments. Well. Life is suffering. I don't understand why it matters if one loses everything when it was never yours, anyway. Sometimes I meditate on being that little child that is abused and mercilessly murdered somewhere. Then I don't complain as much. Many are not allowed any practice. I don't understand what you are warning people about.❤🤙
Where do we look at? The flame? The black reflection on the wall or the bright spot on the wall?
You missed the whole point. It’s the visualization of the light
can I find this with Chinese subtitles anywhere?
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the video is profound but the title is completely wrong and misleading. tummo is inner heat which is first part of six yogas of naropa and has it's own philosophy and practices. the correct title for this would be "Nature of the mind and meditation explained by Garchen Rinpoche using candle analogy". I hope you fix it, thank you!
The title is fine. Tummo is a general term which just means inner heat, literally it means the "fierce woman" (Candali in Sanskrit). There are numerous tummo type practices, not just the yoga of Naropa but the tummo yoga of Niguma, various Dzogchen anuyoga practices, Kalacakra yoga, Lamdre, etc all work with the same principles of getting the winds to enter the central channel through inner heat elements (and they explain it in slightly different ways, with different visualizations etc). H.E. Garchen Rinpoche is known for teaching a lot of so called "secret" practices openly as well as for presenting more simplified methods. This Vajra recitation method is one of these simpler forms of tummo practice.
@@FearlessWisdom what you said is mostly right but I still believe the term tummo is misleading for this video. Here's the title of this video in a Buddhist website which I visited recently, "Buddhist Tantric master Garchen Rinpoche explains an abbreviated version of inner flame meditation, as taught in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of master Jigten Sumgön"
As you see they called it inner flame not tummo.
@@آموزههایاستادبهنام This is the same thing
Veda means knowledge, Widzenie - seeing. Vairya - Wiara ja means a river/stream/flow - belief self. Wiara/ Wie Ra - belief, Ra knows. Radość (enough/full/given of Ra) is happyness, Rada - means advice, literally Ra gives. Kraj/kraina means last place, borderzone, country, ending, final destination.
2022 I want to go back to the inner me
Emaho Rinpoche
No one can still explain what happened to me. I been waiting for years to hear someone has gone through the same experience that i did. Still not even the yogis man. Still waiting on someone else bro.
#NeverGiveUp #AlwaysStrong #ConnectTheDots
is this technique for digestion ?
Where to learn these practices in india
2:25 3:20 6:32
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If i haven't experienced it myself while i was in prison, i wasn't going to believe it
This is great but i dont wanna constantly hear om ah hung in my mind all the time
Yes it can be problem . Dalai Lama books can broaden understanding and relax.
All best.
where hum is visualized 9:27
Wat a sweetie (︶ω︶)
Thukje che
The video has nothing to do with the title. You should change the title
Evergrowing I bow to the teacher on this one. I was expecting some conventional explanation including breathing exercises but this was way better than my expectations. I assume it’s tummo as it involves a candle at the navel chakra. I’m still pretty glad to find this explanation of the realisation of emptiness.
Yes, not really Tummo practice but it's the most wonderful instruction I hve seen in some time.
tummo medetation is not a matter of joke very few person knew the true tummo yoga.
@@sumandas9487 Chill man. Nobody called it a joke.
Evergrowing did the video have a different title before?
ఎవరికైనా తెలుగు వచ్చిన వారు చూస్తే ట్రాన్స్లేట్ పెట్టండి
he sounds like yoda.. :)
Om a hung bendza guru pema siddhi hung
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