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by CapNCrunch
Sat Nov 11, 2017 8:39 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: The Light That Makes Things Clear
Replies: 2
Views: 1552

Re: The Light That Makes Things Clear

Tashi delek, Does anybody of you know this Sutra of prediction ? I never heard before of this prediction Sutra. =============================== The Light That Makes Things Clear: http://tibetanaltar.blogspot.nl/2015/07/tibetan-prophecy-one-decade-left.html I think it has been discussed somewhere be...
by CapNCrunch
Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Starring Grigoris at 1:39
Replies: 31
Views: 6330

Re: Starring Grigoris at 1:39

Very sad to hear that the conditions these refugees have to endure after having already fled and suffered so much. Very difficult for Greece & those who are pushed into action by the deluge of humanity too - there's absolutely no excuse for violence against these people, but when you get an out-...
by CapNCrunch
Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:37 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Starring Grigoris at 1:39
Replies: 31
Views: 6330

Re: Starring Grigoris at 1:39

Just saw this - wonderful you're there to help increase awareness of the plight of these folks, Greg.
by CapNCrunch
Wed Nov 08, 2017 7:01 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New Moderators: Virgo and Grigoris
Replies: 19
Views: 19804

Re: New Moderators: Virgo and Grigoris

dzogchungpa wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:37 pm
Admin_PC wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:51 amWe've been somewhat short-staffed for most of this year, so we're really happy to have the help.
I'm available. :smile:
Wouldn't that at very best be a conflict of interest, and at worst leave DW entirely bereft of your enthusiastic self-appointed service, Jiminy Cricket?
by CapNCrunch
Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:06 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: New Moderators: Virgo and Grigoris
Replies: 19
Views: 19804

Re: New Moderators: Virgo and Grigoris

Yeah - thanks for stepping up and doing what I'd imagine is mostly a thankless job. I also appreciate you guys for posting regularly too.
by CapNCrunch
Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:18 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Interview with Malcolm on Wisdom Podcast
Replies: 28
Views: 6622

Re: Interview with Malcolm on Wisdom Podcast

Industrial music? Didn't see that one coming. :smile: Awesome interview, and I too concur that M could do this weekly or probably bi-weekly in perpetuity and it wouldn't get old for me. Not from a polymath who's straight up forgotten more than I'll ever lean about so many topics I find fascinating &...
by CapNCrunch
Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:32 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Illuminating Quotes by Malcolm Namdrol-la
Replies: 264
Views: 97869

Re: Illuminating Quotes by Malcolm Namdrol-la

From "The DJKR topic"
...my teacher told me that his job, the job of a Dzogchen guru, is to make one free of the guru.
The polar opposite, btw, of a charlatan - who does everything possible to encourage sycophancy & dependence.
by CapNCrunch
Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?
Replies: 3
Views: 1200

Re: Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?

A sincere thanks to those who weighed in and equally to those who cultivated the quality of wood in response to this vanity project. To summarize results, a collective yawn, with respondents skewed overwhelmingly to the verdict of coincidence. :woohoo: I'd have liked to have a larger sample, but giv...
by CapNCrunch
Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:31 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?
Replies: 3
Views: 1200

Re: Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?

Thanks, sincerely, for taking time time to respond Jake. I'm pretty far from furious, more curious than anything how others perceive it. I also submit that it's one thing to take a quick perusal and compare the two, something else entirely to work on a project like this for a couple of weeks and int...
by CapNCrunch
Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:07 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?
Replies: 3
Views: 1200

Opinion please - is this a co-ink-a-dink? Or is Stephen Colbert running out of material?

So, here's a story for you. Wanted to get a wider sample of opinions, and as I'm not a really active internet gadfly, I don't have another place to do that - since Dharma wheel has this nifty sub-forum for media, allow me to ask : Here is video my brother in law shot for an ice-cream he was working ...
by CapNCrunch
Fri Nov 03, 2017 5:16 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Approaching political subjects from the wrong angle/Too much focus on politics(?)
Replies: 10
Views: 4286

Re: Approaching political subjects from the wrong angle/Too much focus on politics(?)

Maybe use dharmawheel to discuss dharma and go to a political forum to discuss your political views. There's a lot of pretty smart people that don't believe that politics and religion should be combined. Maybe do as you please, and I'll do the same. Participation either way isn't compulsory. I thin...
by CapNCrunch
Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:49 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Approaching political subjects from the wrong angle/Too much focus on politics(?)
Replies: 10
Views: 4286

Re: Approaching political subjects from the wrong angle/Too much focus on politics(?)

Hi Brunelleschi, I've seen the evolution of a few message boards, from cradle to grave (yes they all have a best by date and shelf life) and it's impossible to mandate the way discussion will evolve (or devolve in some cases). People participate at different times for different reasons. Active parti...
by CapNCrunch
Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:19 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Money, markets and power in different economic systems
Replies: 44
Views: 7196

Re: BOUND. TORTURED. KILLED.

Malcolm said: "No, it isn't." In response to: Canada is a socialist country and it works. free health care.. I missed that it was Malcolm who said this (consciously at least) prior to my long post about my experience living both in the US and Canada. I'm sure that this statement is 100% co...
by CapNCrunch
Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:08 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Money, markets and power in different economic systems
Replies: 44
Views: 7196

Re: BOUND. TORTURED. KILLED.

I'm beginning to think like the term Liberal you americans have a weird sense of what socialism is That's the thing with politics - you have the theory and reality. In reality, Canada does have both market and non-market socialist policies. Even though the two countries share a language and many ot...
by CapNCrunch
Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:09 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: L ron gardner
Replies: 29
Views: 8867

Re: L ron gardner

Well, apparently Ayn Rand woke him up, as he says (around 8' 43'' in the video.) I'd say: that says it all. In fairness, he said she woke him put to 'sociopolitics', he wasn't making a statement there waking up in the Buddhist sense, although as already demonstrated, he comes off like a deluded nar...
by CapNCrunch
Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:31 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Memorandum on Mahamudra and Dzogchen
Replies: 2
Views: 1382

Memorandum on Mahamudra and Dzogchen

I saw this translation by Adam Pearcy over at Lotsawa House and thought it was interesting given the oft occurring discussions on this forum about Dzogchen and it's application today, vis-a-vis the gradual yanas & how we discuss these as the fortunate (but relatively new in a cultural sense) rec...
by CapNCrunch
Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:46 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: enlightment in one life
Replies: 107
Views: 22306

Re: enlightment in one life

The Buddha recommended relinquishing all cravings, desire, becoming, attachment, to what we call 'our experience'. This also means relinquishing the desire for enlightenment and the belief in any satisfaction in things. Are you up for that? This is the Dzogchen forum. The comment was directed to a ...
by CapNCrunch
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:28 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: enlightment in one life
Replies: 107
Views: 22306

Re: enlightment in one life

You might do well to read Malcolm's translation.
http://www.wisdompubs.org/book/buddhahood-life
+1 !!!
by CapNCrunch
Tue Oct 24, 2017 9:11 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: enlightment in one life
Replies: 107
Views: 22306

Re: enlightment in one life

sometimes i think that "ilumination in one life" is pure bullshit, we hear "this one is emanation of this one, and that one is emanation of that one" This is completely at odds with the Dzogchen teachings, and flies in the face of the kindness of those few teachers who have the ...
by CapNCrunch
Tue Oct 24, 2017 8:58 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: L ron gardner
Replies: 29
Views: 8867

Re: L ron gardner

he likes the word 'grok' Well a Heinlein fan, even if he's a troll may yet have at least some redeeming qualities in there somewhere :) Seriously though, I've encountered his effluvia from time to time and he seems to be a standard attention whore, attacking and disagreeing with anything high profi...

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