Renee Ford
Aarhus Universitet, Anthropology, Post-Doc
This paper focuses on how Jigme Lingpa demonstrates the relationship between guru devotion and a practitioner's experience as a means for going beyond a dualistic subjective-objective interaction. One means of developing guru devotion is... more
This paper focuses on how Jigme Lingpa demonstrates the relationship between guru devotion and a practitioner's experience as a means for going beyond a dualistic subjective-objective interaction. One means of developing guru devotion is a practitioner's performance to go to refuge. Jigme Lingpa's (rig 'dzin 'jigs med gling pa, 1730-1798) refuge verse in his Sngon 'dro of the klong chen snying thig illustrates refuge in an unique way in that "to go to refuge" transcends duality while also incorporating various methods of going to refuge from Theravada through Dzogchen (dzogs chen) practices. By exploring Jigme Linga's refuge verse, we begin to understand more about guru devotion implies.
