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by Berry
Wed Nov 02, 2022 7:20 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Are trees sentient?
Replies: 72
Views: 3536

Re: Are trees sentient?

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This book might be of interest:

"The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282 ... 20unaware.
by Berry
Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:09 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: "Past-life regression" in Tibetan Buddhism?
Replies: 57
Views: 4848

Re: "Past-life regression" in Tibetan Buddhism?

PeterC wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 6:50 am
Past life regression is generally a hoax.
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by Berry
Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Can someone explain to me the benefits of Phowa?
Replies: 4
Views: 714

Re: Can someone explain to me the benefits of Phowa?

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You shouldn't try to practice Phowa without having had the relevant oral instructions and empowerment.

This article might be helpful ( but I'm not actually recommending the Shambhala organisation itself.)

https://www.shambhala.com/snowlion_arti ... teachings/

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by Berry
Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:21 pm
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: For myself
Replies: 66
Views: 42228

Re: For myself

Dan74 wrote: Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:03 pm
Yay! Very happy for you. Stay well.

_/|\_
+ 1 :heart:
by Berry
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:10 pm
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: For myself
Replies: 66
Views: 42228

Re: For myself

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Hoping you get well soon, Kathy. _/|\_


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by Berry
Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:53 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Who can give Refuge?
Replies: 44
Views: 16928

Re: Who can give Refuge?

Here are some teachings about Taking Refuge, by H.E. Tai Situpa:

http://kagyu.org.za/teachings/on-taking ... ai-situpa/


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by Berry
Fri Dec 10, 2021 9:07 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Why don't Buddhists believe in Buddhist cosmology?
Replies: 140
Views: 56178

Re: Why don't Buddhists believe in Buddhist cosmology?

Your right of course chaps I'm not a "chap" I'm a woman. In the past I had the very good fortune to attend a month's Bardo retreat with a small group of other students and a high lama who gaves us all the necessary empowerments, teachings, practices etc. If you're interested in Vajrayana ...
by Berry
Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:39 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Why don't Buddhists believe in Buddhist cosmology?
Replies: 140
Views: 56178

Re: Why don't Buddhists believe in Buddhist cosmology?

Going out on a limb here... And sawing the branch off behind you. The book of the dead text which is read to the being after death could be thought of as talking someone through a bad dream or 'trip'. No. It has no function at all for someone who has not received the empowerment of the peaceful and...
by Berry
Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:33 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Buddhist ideas for the Non-Buddhist
Replies: 18
Views: 7800

Re: Buddhist ideas for the Non-Buddhist

Really qualified (and some less so, surely) people have already been doing this for many years. Better to just focus on your own practice, donate time at your center, etc. So there’s the basic ethical question- are you even qualified or educated enough to do this. Then there’s also the fact that ‘s...
by Berry
Sat Oct 30, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Fixing Samsara
Replies: 64
Views: 4493

Re: Fixing Samsara

Johnny Dangerous wrote: Fri Oct 29, 2021 9:46 pm
At any rate, the idea that providing conventional help is of no benefit ‘from a Buddhist perspective’ is simply incorrect.

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by Berry
Thu Oct 28, 2021 8:45 pm
Forum: Chan
Topic: If all is mind then how is Zen not monistic? II
Replies: 29
Views: 12365

Re: If all is mind then how is Zen not monistic? II

People who practice have of a chance of awakening, especially if they have good conditions, good teacher, good sangha, and something like a good practice and an element of good luck and timing. I'd say it's "incumbent" on each practitioner to awaken at least once, so we may see that we ha...
by Berry
Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is it permissable in Guru Yoga to choose an historical guru?
Replies: 96
Views: 6315

Re: Is it permissable in Guru Yoga to choose an historical guru?

These days however, people take it upon them themselves to just make up whatever doctrine feels good to them, disregarding the clear words of the sūtras and tantras about how to follow a virtuous mentor or a guru. They buy books and attempt to practice their contents without transmission. Such peop...
by Berry
Thu Oct 28, 2021 1:08 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Are Oysters Sentient? (Split from Giving up Masturbation)
Replies: 100
Views: 9126

Re: Are Oysters Sentient? (Split from Giving up Masturbation)

Malcolm wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:31 pm
Karma Dorje wrote: Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:32 pm I guess the bigger question is “Do vegans swallow?”
I don't see how they could, it's animal tissue, after all.

However, with a little shallot mignonette, you never know.
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by Berry
Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:53 pm
Forum: Chan
Topic: If all is mind then how is Zen not monistic? II
Replies: 29
Views: 12365

Re: If all is mind then how is Zen not monistic? II

People who practice have of a chance of awakening, especially if they have good conditions, good teacher, good sangha, and something like a good practice and an element of good luck and timing. I'd say it's "incumbent" on each practitioner to awaken at least once, so we may see that we ha...
by Berry
Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:28 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is it permissable in Guru Yoga to choose an historical guru?
Replies: 96
Views: 6315

Re: Is it permissable in Guru Yoga to choose an historical guru?

Hi FiveSkandhas,

It also might be helpful for you to read "Path to Buddhahood" -teachings on Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation, by Ringu Tulku.

https://www.shambhala.com/path-to-buddhahood.html


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by Berry
Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:11 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Emptiness practice off the cushion
Replies: 59
Views: 23499

Re: Emptiness practice off the cushion

Just letting go of concepts and learning to relax completely (flippy floppy) can be helpful ..... Thanks. :-) My snag with relaxing completely is that when I let/encourage this to happen, I tend to go into a kind of hypnagogic state, like a light trance. And not the spiritual kind! More like a happ...
by Berry
Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:29 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Emptiness practice off the cushion
Replies: 59
Views: 23499

Re: Emptiness practice off the cushion

Yes, time flies, perhaps, when a pandemic throws a monkey-wrench into our biological clocks! Anyway, what's a week or seven, or a year, among friends (in the Dharma). Thanks for your good simple tips for how to "keep empty." I find that with emptiness, dependent arising, the three marks, ...
by Berry
Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:50 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Human feces smell
Replies: 15
Views: 2121

Re: Human feces smell

Maybe someone's dog is doing its business nearby?


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by Berry
Sat Sep 19, 2020 9:17 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: This simply doesn't make any sense.....
Replies: 36
Views: 18949

Re: This simply doesn't make any sense.....

I really am not trying to be provocative, but I am finding the lack of a coherent and rationale explanation to this without ambiguity hugely frustrating, to the extent that I am on the verge of abandoning this practice altogether. Thanks for your time all clarification welcomed! :namaste: The probl...
by Berry
Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:39 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: This simply doesn't make any sense.....
Replies: 36
Views: 18949

Re: This simply doesn't make any sense.....

Hi Justmeagain,

You might also like to read "Everyday Zen" by Charlotte Joko Beck.


:namaste:

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