That line expresses the correspondences of the phases of the four naljors semde ngondro with other yanas. That ngondro is not, itself, Dzogchen. And, the phases only correspond with the other yanas in a functional, metaphorical sense (that shine’s result is emptiness, etc).
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Reading back over this thread I see that
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Also I see I didn’t answer your actual question, which is what a path diagram would look like for other lineages that don’t have Dzogchen. Generally they have a highly sequential curriculum through tantra; the details depend on the sect.
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Also
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There’s a natural sequence from ‘lots of explanation/concept/description’ (sem-dé) through ‘less description/a bit cryptic/find it in the body’ (long-dé) to ‘just get it spontaneously’ (men-ngak-dé).
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More familiarity with the first helps access the next, and so on. Tho they each can be approached and practiced in their own right without the others too.
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Are there distinct ngöndro practices for longde as there are for semde and mengakde? I’ve never come across them if they exist, but wouldn’t surprise me
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Ah yes, there are extant Long-dé ngöndro, connected to familiarisation with form/emptiness aspects of rTsal, as you might expect! Afaik they are only taught within Long-dé gTér lineages, have never seen any publicly available.
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I have come across Long-dé lineages occasionally, mostly while staying in Bodha. They are like hidden gems, usually quite small, recently revealed and continued by a few dedicated practitioners.
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But I think Namkhai Norbu might have taught some?
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I was going to say that his personal terma had a de facto longde ngöndro (his vajra dance practice and yantra yoga). Afaik he didn’t describe these as a ngöndro though. It’s >20 years since I was exposed to these so my memory is super vague.
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