In this episode I am once again joined by Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and executive director of Saraswati Bhawan Publications.

Khandro Kunzang reveals her experience as a spiritual consort to a Tibetan lama, and shares her understanding of this controversial practice.

Khandro Kunzang recalls how she became a consort, details her extensive preparations, and explains the coarse and subtle body yogas involved.

Khandro Kunzang also discusses the use of consort practice for life extension, how to respond if a guru suggests you become his consort, and why it is that she is now talking publicly about this hitherto secret practice.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep293-secrets-of-consort-practice-khandro-kunzang-dechen-chodron-3

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

00:48 - The graduated path

04:28 - The fruition of Dzogchen and Ati Yoga

05:41 - The effortless path

06:34 - Dzogchen mistakes

07:40 - Is a 3 year retreat necessary?

08:42 - Personalised retreat with guru

09:32 - Signs of accomplishment on retreat

14:31 - Secret training with Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche

16:03 - Jealousy of Tibetan students

17:33 - Pure Dzogchen vs gradual path

21:04 - How do I know my practice is working?

23:50 - The ultimate test of practice

25:30 - Lama Dawa’s terminal cancer and yogic death

31:17 - The practice of yogic dying

33:11 - Physiological signs of tukdam

34:07 - Death of Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche

35:42 - Miraculous behaviour of Lama Dawa’s relics

37:42 - Difficulties and challenges during Lama Dawa’s end of life

42:08 - Personal restoration during the pandemic

42:48 - The ultimate teaching

43:25 - Displacing grief to keep the show on the road

46:48 - When to begin consort practice?

50:37 - Authentic consort practice is very rare

52:01 - Classic consort stories

53:41 - Abusive lamas and gurus who claim expertise in consort practice

55:10 - The support role of a guru’s consort

56:50 - An “activity consort”

58:19 - Preparing to be Lama Dawa’s consort

59:13 - Using a consort to extend your life

01:00:59 - Using pipes to open the urethra

01:04:49 - Training to purify the lower chakras and draw in the essence fluid

01:06:49 - Working with the thigle drops

01:07:17 - Using eros to experience emptiness

01:08:20 - Consort practice is not romantic

01:08:49 - Extreme consort practice

01:10:06 - Unresolved traumas in consort practice

01:11:05 - Is vajrolī mudrā really possible?

01:13:22 - Jñānamudrā and self practice

1:17:06 - Test your lama if he suggests consort practice

01:20:48 - Why talk openly about secret consort practice?

01:21:24 - Disrobing as a nun to engage in tantric practice

01:23:17 - Seeing your teacher as a living Buddha

01:24:16 - Motives for marrying Lama Dawa

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Previous episodes with Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron:

- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=khandro%20kunzang

To find our more about Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron, visit:

- https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang/