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- Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:05 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5461
Re: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
Yes, I saw that interesting change. One would think that all NDE experiencers would come back claiming the correctness of Catholicism or Advaita or Islam or whatever, but they don't (with a few exceptions).
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:14 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5461
Re: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
I've read a truckload of NDE books over the last few months, and very of them seem to really fit in with traditional religious paradigms. There seems to be (in some) a period of judgment, but there seems to be an absence of a cosmic judge. People with less than stellar religious backgrounds and affi...
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:59 am
- Forum: Chod
- Topic: Historic Chod Conference July 12-16th
- Replies: 19
- Views: 29020
Re: Historic Chod Conference July 12-16th
Wow, that looks wonderful.
Thanks Malcolm, especially for the future updates also.
Thanks Malcolm, especially for the future updates also.
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:26 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Buddhahood in This Life
- Replies: 239
- Views: 65244
Re: Buddhahood in This Life
Given the fact that I live in the furthest corner of this flat earth I will have to stick to a Kindle copy.
Cant' wait though.
This is another great example of "Western" Buddhism finding its feet.
Cant' wait though.
This is another great example of "Western" Buddhism finding its feet.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:04 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Buddhism is medicine, not metaphysics
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4712
Re: Buddhism is medicine, not metaphysics
I think that losing metaphysics is impoverishing, and leaves us with a shell, a bottle of over the counter general purpose medicine (to torture the analogy even further), that is hardly better than good manners or, heaven forbid, secular Buddhism. I have to agree with David Brazier where, in "B...
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:23 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi all! New member from SA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5213
Re: Hi all! New member from SA
Hi mym, Fantastic. Where are you based? I'm in Johannesburg. Which tradition do you practice in? You can send me an email, I think there's a function for that somewhere here. I haven't explored much yet on this site but yes it does seem like a really great site. Very pure. Good to make contact :) H...
- Sun Nov 06, 2016 4:23 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hi all! New member from SA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5213
Re: Hi all! New member from SA
Hi All, Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a South African, I've been studying and practicing Buddhism in some form or another for about 6 years. My main practice is mindfulness meditation. I'm not a member of any particular group, I've visited the Gelug temple here (the only one on the entire Af...
- Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Our Pristine Mind - Orgyen Chowang's new book
- Replies: 78
- Views: 23367
Re: Our Pristine Mind - Orgyen Chowang's new book
I've just finished this book.
Light but inspiring. Recommended.
Light but inspiring. Recommended.
- Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:26 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhist forums and why you choose to be active on dharmawheel
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7598
Re: Buddhist forums and why you choose to be active on dharmawheel
No, you don't.The Cicada wrote:I'm here because I'm a religious fanatic who enjoys arguing with rich people.
- Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:38 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Article: Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1766
Re: Article: Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker
He's my all time favourite Bujew. Cohen's had a tough trot....what with his close, trusted assistant raiding his retirement fund and leaving the old man fleeced. Joshu Sasaki, his Zen teacher of many years exposed as a sexual predator showing his dark side and finally revealed to all at the age of ...
- Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:54 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Interesting story about DKR & TUR
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2230
Re: Interesting story about DKR & TUR
Thanks for the article, and btw, what a beautiful site that Levekunst website is. I've never visited it before, but it seems worth a regular look.dzogchungpa wrote:http://levekunst.com/a-matter-of-life-and-death/
- Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:26 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Anadi on the Flawed Perfection of Dzogchen
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7389
Re: Anadi on the Flawed Perfection of Dzogchen
treehuggingoctopus wrote:http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/
Press "reionize electrons" and see the truth of the light.
It worked!! Thank you.
- Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Emptiness: the reality beyond reality
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4977
Re: Emptiness: the reality beyond reality
Thanks, Malcolm.
That clarifies some of the presumably unintentional mixing of those concepts that have confused me in the past.
That clarifies some of the presumably unintentional mixing of those concepts that have confused me in the past.
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:11 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Political or silent....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2028
Re: Political or silent....
Kunga Lhadzom wrote:I HATE POLITICS
POLITICS DIVIDES
IT'S DUALITY
LOVE UNITES
PHUCK VIOLENCE
SORRY...
I'M PISSED AT POLITICAL SHIT THAT IS THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS VIOLENCE
Now that's energy we can use ...
- Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:08 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Political or silent....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2028
Re: Political or silent....
Dear Tom As I grow older, and the world seems to become a darker place, I find that I practice less and do more practical stuff. Like feeding people, helping them in my professional life without charging a fee, helping animals in need, even getting involved in "political" and "engaged...
- Tue May 03, 2016 11:07 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Why is karma fast growing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2190
Re: Why is karma fast growing?
Once we have an imprint of an action in our mind, it tends to be habit-forming. As is often said in wars for example, killing the first enemy is tough, but after a handful, one quickly loses count and it becomes "normal". As the Buddha taught: "Do not think a small sin will not retur...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:40 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17685
Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
I really believe that the moderators here can lighten up a bit, and that goes for language, for topics and for tough debates. The Dharma, and its practitioners, can handle more than what you seem to think. Open the windows, let the fresh air and sunlight stream in. Some of the rules here would plea...
- Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:14 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17685
Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
It is a general comment, an opinion, on a thread dedicated to such a discussion. No PM's necessary. I simply have in mind the practice whereby certain contentious discussions are terminated or discouraged long before there is any need for that. We are, in my view, too sensitive about language and th...
- Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:52 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17685
Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
I really believe that the moderators here can lighten up a bit, and that goes for language, for topics and for tough debates. The Dharma, and its practitioners, can handle more than what you seem to think. Open the windows, let the fresh air and sunlight stream in. Some of the rules here would pleas...
- Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:41 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New Book by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (Nov 2016)
- Replies: 59
- Views: 15048
Re: New Book by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (Nov 2016)
I was talking about many lifetimes.Sherab Dorje wrote:Or completely and utterly wrong.mindyourmind wrote:Which is maybe why we get so many chances to get it right