The famous Chögyal Namkhai Norbu is in Australia, and started his tour with a week-end “transmission” in Sydney – I won’t go into details here, but if you are interested they have an effective web presence. I’ve had a few of his books for many years, but this was the first time I saw him or took teachings. I’m impressed, both by himself and by the organization.
But one thing was quite bizarre, though entirely personal. If you had known him, you might see a certain resemblance, surprisingly enough, to my father. In the flesh, in the right light and at the right distance – I was sitting a little off-centre at a distance of perhaps twelve paces – the resemblance is uncanny. For about half the time it seemed like my father was up there, having somehow grown a grey pigtail, acquired the accent of a Mafioso and gained a profound knowledge of dzogchen which he was now imparting. I don’t want to suggest anything mystical by this – but it did feel weird!
I’m glad you’re interested in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Here’s a link to a Guide that covers this book and other books of the Oxford Tibetan Series.
http://www.samos-sanon.blogspot.com
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“Amos Anon” is a flake, fishing here for followers for his “gnostic interpretation” of this stuff. There he calls himself Samos Sanon. Good grief!
Amos Anon sent a long reply to this, posting it to a disconnected topic, so I have removed it from there.
In it he claims that he was not trying to post advertising, but says that he sent his message to no less than 150 blogs!
If anyone is that interested, I can forward them the text of AA’s message. The gist of it is that my comments are “cruel and baseless slander”. Judge for yourselves.
Can anyone mail me on rob@rcim.org and tell me if Namkhai Norbu is scheduled to visit Australia in 2010?