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It doesn’t revolve around it, but the dream state is considered one of the bardos in Tibetan Buddhism and there are practices around it. It basically consists o
by mtalantikite 5y ago
It doesn’t revolve around it, but the dream state is considered one of the bardos in Tibetan Buddhism and there are practices around it. It basically consists of practices to become lucid during dreaming in order to practice yoga/meditation within the dream state. [1]
I had no idea it was a thing until once in a dream I was sitting for meditation for whatever reason and became lucid. I decided to keep sitting and practicing in that lucid state. When I woke up later I started doing some research and found out about that Tibetan practice. Maybe someday I’ll meet someone to teach it to me.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_yoga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_yoga
- Mezzie 5y agoHuh. Interesting. I've never done yoga in my dreams, but I do relax/meditate once in a while and have techniques for crafting and going to relaxation bubbles in the midst of whatever dream/dream timeline I'm in. It's funny to consider that as a spiritual practice people train for.
- mtalantikite 5y ago> It's funny to consider that as a spiritual practice people train for. Yeah, I think the thing to note is that in the Tibetan teachings there are various "bardos" [1], three in "ordinary" life and three around the time of death [2]. They also teach that the bardos of death are an opportunity for self-liberation. So if you can't bring awareness/lucidity to the dream state, how likely are you to be able to during the time of death? It's thought of as an opportunity to practice for those moments. So I think it's easiest to understand the "why" around the dream practice when you put it into that context. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol