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by Inge
Fri May 19, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Euthanizing pets...
Replies: 29
Views: 3699

Re: Euthanizing pets...

I think this is the worst part. I just wanted to help someone who was in a horrible situation. And now I have to decide if they live or die?!?! I did not sign up for that.
by Inge
Thu May 18, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Euthanizing pets...
Replies: 29
Views: 3699

Re: Euthanizing pets...

On the other hand, I cannot imagine that it is possible to avoid hell by letting a pet suffer very long. The precept "not killing' will be fulfilled, but it's quite a deed without compassion. It's just following a rule without considering the circumstances. How ethical is that? Aren’t we all s...
by Inge
Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
Replies: 20
Views: 3035

Re: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)

curtstein wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:16 pm In a discussion forum dedicated to a 2500 year old spiritual tradition, it seems a bit odd to automatically raise alarm bells when someone posts in a thread that has been dormant for a year or three. Just sayin'.
I agree. It is a silly rule.
by Inge
Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:54 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: restricted texts
Replies: 64
Views: 25817

Re: restricted texts

If you, for instance, have received transmission and instructions for trekchod, is it OK to read other trekchod texts, or does one need lung for every text?
by Inge
Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Feeling Emotions
Replies: 59
Views: 7799

Re: Feeling Emotions

The feelings needs a little bit of attention.
by Inge
Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:24 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Introducing myself
Replies: 7
Views: 1516

Re: Introducing myself

ModernZen wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:20 pm Hi - I'm new to the forum but just wanted to say Hi! Introducing myself from here in the uK. :thumbsup:
Hi!
by Inge
Mon Jun 22, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: A Wonderful Letter.
Replies: 15
Views: 2176

Re: A Wonderful Letter.

:alien:
by Inge
Fri Dec 22, 2017 12:06 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

The OP. Because it was posted in the Dzogchen forum it is tempting to assume that Inge was making a particular case vis a vis Dzogchen. But the point you make is valid. Being a Vajrayana practitioner of any hue including Dzogchen does not imply uniformity on all points of ethical behaviour or in po...
by Inge
Thu Dec 21, 2017 10:55 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

Do you think is it immoral to own shares in a company that makes profits from its employees? The OP. Because it was posted in the Dzogchen forum it is tempting to assume that Inge was making a particular case vis a vis Dzogchen. But the point you make is valid. Being a Vajrayana practitioner of any...
by Inge
Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:59 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

Inge wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:35 pm Do you think is it immoral to own shares in a company that makes profits from its employees?
I suppose it is no worse than having money, as money is like having shares in the totality of the economy.
by Inge
Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:36 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

Grigoris wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:00 pm
Inge wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:35 pm Do you think is it immoral to own shares in a company that makes profits from its employees?
All companies make profit from their employees. I recommend Das Kapital for a more complete analysis about how they do it.
Not companies that looses money, or not for profit companies.
by Inge
Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:34 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

To be more specific - do I accumulate negative karma from owning shares in a company that generates a profit to shareholders? Regardless of the nature of the business of the company.
by Inge
Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Digging in the yard
Replies: 11
Views: 2397

Re: Digging in the yard

It is painful to be crushed.
by Inge
Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:19 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Re: Morality of stockholding

In my opinion it is in general immoral to profit from the work of other beings.
by Inge
Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Long term practice oppurtunity?
Replies: 9
Views: 2912

Re: Long term practice oppurtunity?

I am a college student in America currently practicing the Dudjom tersar ngondro. Beginning in the winter, I am planning on taking a leave of absence from school; I have no plans to return any time soon. For the time being, I would like to make Vajrayana practice the focus of my life. Does any one ...
by Inge
Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:35 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Morality of stockholding
Replies: 72
Views: 13964

Morality of stockholding

Do you think is it immoral to own shares in a company that makes profits from its employees?
by Inge
Thu Aug 17, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Successful empowerment and conferral of samaya?
Replies: 232
Views: 41616

Re: Successful empowerment and conferral of samaya?

What is the english word for samaya?
by Inge
Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Frogpocalypse Now
Replies: 6
Views: 1620

Re: Frogpocalypse Now

Grigoris wrote:
PuerAzaelis wrote:"Cane toads have almost no fear."

The end is nigh.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2167161/frogpocalypse-now
Cane Toads are not frogs, they are toads (as the name suggests)! ;)
Toads are frogs.
by Inge
Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:52 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Bliss
Replies: 44
Views: 10494

Re: Bliss

How? Whenever I have a positive experience I grasp it as if my life depended upon it. I don't know how to not do that. What tends to work for me is to contemplate the empty nature of the phenomenon I am grasping at. FOR ME (Don't try this at home kiddies :smile: ). For you: You will have to ask you...
by Inge
Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:41 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Bliss
Replies: 44
Views: 10494

Re: Bliss

It is not a matter of "need" or "want", it is like saying there is no need for heat to be hot. Bliss is a quality of Buddha Nature, love it or lump it. I seem to remember that Malcolm said it is beneficial to be in the jhanas while doing the positions of Dzogchen....? When I ask...

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