Zhije Troma Nagmo Empowerment, Lung and Tri

Within Vajrayana Buddhism, deity yoga, or yidam practice, is a special meditation technique within which practitioners focus on transforming the experience of body, speech and mind into that of an enlightened Buddha. This is done through specific techniques involving visualization, mantra recitation, and developing a sense of pure view that the essence of our mind is the same as that of all awakened buddhas. These types of meditation practice extend as far back as the 7th century and are essential to the tantric path.

This empowerment (initiation) for  the practice of the female tantric Buddhist yidam (meditational deity) known as Troma Nagmo – one of the most central and vitally important and powerful female yidams. Wrathful in nature, Troma Nagmo represents the unbridled flow of dynamic, passionate awakening often experienced as the sudden cut through discursive and conceptual thought.

In receiving the wang (empowerment) the practitioner receives the blessings for the manifestation of the three kayas of the deity. The subsequent receiving of the lung and tri for the practice of this female tantric Buddhist yidam (meditational deity) gives the practitioner everything needed to begin building a personal practice relationship to the yidam.

This lineage of Troma Nagmo practice and the transmission of the practice from the Zhije (Pacification of Suffering) tradition founded by the great 10th century South Indian Buddhist yogin, Padampa Sangye. It was Padampa Sangye who brought these teachings to Tibet. As far as Troma Nagmo transmission lineages go, it is most likely the case that this particular transmission lineage is the earliest transmission of lineage of Troma Nagmo practice brought from India to Tibet.

This is an excellent opportunity to delve deeply into the timeless heart of the tantric Buddhist path in a way that connects to the essence of a powerful, highly relevant lineage of practice in these times, with a teacher who is dedicated to the propagation of the wisdom available to us all in an embodied and individually authentic way.