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.... , including all selves, not making nature an all Self. A Facebook conversation. Jaroslav Majer: Ah U M! 59 minutes ago · Like · 1 person Jaroslav Majer: According to Vajrayana Buddhism "Ah" which is interestingly enough a universal word for pleasure or the internal sensation of eureka...

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Because you have no capacity to understand the power and practice of Tantra, doesn't mean your subjective opinion holds light. Because you lack direct experience of tantras fruit, you poison your own mind with baseless assumptions. Looks like you're the one making baseless assumptions. It's quite h...

Sorry, I don't believe it. At best it's pure imagination. Nobody is sucking vaginal fluid in their peehole and sending it up to their head and back down to their heart. You might as well try to tell me that by force of will you can squeeze shit from your lower intestine out your nostrils. It's abou...

You are a dogmatist is all. There's nothing "dogmatic" about it. In comparison to the non-carnal joy (prīti) and pleasure (sukha) of meditative equipoise, even the most ecstatic sensual pleasure is gross -- a violent psychosomatic seizure. A yogī who's sufficiently developed the former ha...

Shin Buddhism views Amida Buddha as something or someone which can actually bestow wisdom and compassion to the individual. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This would have nothing to do with Abrahamic monotheism. Yes, through focus, meditation, and contemplation on Amitabas teachings. It's a 2 way ...

Meher Baba did not speak about Buddhahood, he spoke about the type of stuff that leads to higher rebirth in long lived god realms, but not Buddhahood. Is Nirvana the ultimate goal of Hinduism? They define the term differently, which is actually originally a Buddhist word. The Buddha was the first o...

Please stop accusing me of reading my own beliefs into Buddhism, when I am trying to make sense of Shin teaching, since the temple I've attended is Shin Buddhist. We can peacefully agree to disagree about particular doctrines, but please don't accuse me of simply making them up. The concept of &quo...

Meher Baba wasn't exclusively any religion, yet he was influenced by Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. What matters is whether or not he spoke the truth. Meher Baba was a Hindu, and Hinduism has the all subsuming dogma of an all mighty universal essence, which gives the delusion that all...

I know there are other quotes from the Suttas though, so if anyone else knows of any direct quotes, that'd be great! There was one I kind of remember about there not being a self either individual, nor universal.

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Gotcha... I was wondering, as I replied considering how informed your posts generally are. :twothumbsup: There is a more fundamental explanation about them too related to wisdom winds in the physical heart. I can't remember if that's a secret or not. I don't know, I've heard about that, read about ...

At some level, these "lights" are not light. They are appearances with a basis in the physical body. They are the radiance's of elements, they are the elements on formless levels. They arise at the same time as the formless levels of consciousness. They are not the same things you see whe...

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone can pull from the Suttas, neat little quotes that support the belief in Buddhism that there is no ultimate Self, or God of all. I used to have a collection of quotes, but I don't know where I put it and I need a new collection for my reference. Thanks scholar types ...

Read my signature It really is that simple. Does the interconnectedness of all things rule out there being a spiritual force to the universe? If the universe always existed, thus not needing a Creator God, that wouldn't rule out there being a cosmic Self. Everything is interconnected but empty of i...

At some level, these "lights" are not light. They are appearances with a basis in the physical body. They are the radiance's of elements, they are the elements on formless levels. They arise at the same time as the formless levels of consciousness. They are not the same things you see whe...

But isn't obvious he's taken controversial approaches to the teachings and broken with tradition? Nope, it is not obvious at all. I have been his student for 19 years. He is actually a pretty conservative teacher. His attitude toward Bon is no different than the attitude of Guru Chowang, the immedi...

First of all, Tulku Urgyen never spoke English in his life. When translators translate things in this way, they cause decades of confusion. There is no such thing as "re-enlightenment", not in Dzogchen, and not in any other Buddhist school. N Yes, I would think that more of a Subjective M...

Well, to have ChNNR confirmed by historical or older present Masters of high esteem is pretty good for faith I would think. For you it's a given, but for plenty of us new to the world of Vajrayana in this life, it's an excellent thing to know that... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatral_Rinpoche is...

I am just curious how do you know all those details? first hand informations or some Buddhists forums? What details? About Chatral Rinpoche being very conservative yet a guru of ChNNR who is one of the few living people to have a long life prayer by CR? These are all well known general facts in DC....