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by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

Since you'll probably ask, "but how...?" again, I will leave it to someone else to answer. I am not a scholar on the intricacies of interdependent origination or tendrel, so this is pretty much all I got lol. Maybe Tsele Natsok Rangdrol's text will be helpful. From memory (because I can't...
by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:14 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Replies: 0
Views: 50

Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Crazy Wisdom, the long rumored movie whose existence seemed to be mostly a vapor, although there was always a hint that something was being produced (as tantalizing clips were sometimes viewable), has finally (finally, how long really?) made it's public appearance. On YT in this case. Crazy Wisdom: ...
by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

And, in Nyingma and Kagyu, one is routinely allowed to start ngondro accumulations without having received an initiation. I can't speak for other Nyingma (even though I have Nyingma teachers from another lineage) but in Palyul empowerment is required before starting ngondro accumulations. The way t...
by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

And, in Nyingma and Kagyu, one is routinely allowed to start ngondro accumulations without having received an initiation. I can't speak for other Nyingma (even though I have Nyingma teachers from another lineage) but in Palyul empowerment is required before starting ngondro accumulations. The way t...
by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??
Replies: 15
Views: 278

Re: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??

There is a popular English "translation" of the famous four verse Diamond Sutra Gatha that goes like this: "So you should view this fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." According to...
by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:53 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Unveiling Bodhgaya : The Ultimate Destination For Meditation & Reflection
Replies: 0
Views: 20

Unveiling Bodhgaya : The Ultimate Destination For Meditation & Reflection

All in Tibetan but the video offers a different perspective on getting around Bodhgaya

by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:58 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??
Replies: 15
Views: 278

Re: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??

There is a popular English "translation" of the famous four verse Diamond Sutra Gatha that goes like this: "So you should view this fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." According to...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:27 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

It’s not universal, one public Sakya practices involves self-generation. I’m sure more stringent instructions exist for people without the empowerment in some instances, with some teachers but there is a large public practice involving a liturgy with self-generation. What exactly are you thinking o...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:13 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

It’s not universal, one public Sakya practices involves self-generation. I’m sure more stringent instructions exist for people without the empowerment in some instances, with some teachers but there is a large public practice involving a liturgy with self-generation. What exactly are you thinking o...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:46 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 415

Re: Don't know mind

Brad Warner on Seung Sahn Sunim's Don't Know Mind

by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:42 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Divination for better health
Replies: 2
Views: 191

Re: Divination for better health

As far as I can tell this is the only legitimate organization with a legitimate lama associated with them that offer Mo divination online: https://www.ripaladrang.org/donate/divinations/ Mahasiddha.org also offers extensive prayers but no Mo divination as far as I have seen. Having said that, you co...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5294
Views: 889044

Re: Music time

by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 50
Views: 3292

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

An overview and explanation of TB empowerment from Samye Institute: Empowerment There is no engagement in Vajrayana practice without empowerment. It is true that usually outer Vajrayana practices (Kriya/Upa/Yogatantra) are kind of permitted as long as one doesn't visualize oneself as the deity (one ...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:14 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 415

Re: Don't know mind

"Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left for the East", 1989

The non-dialog sections are cogent to the OP's question.

by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:09 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
Replies: 62
Views: 3691

Re: Dzogchen Historiography

Mutsuk, if you know Jean-Luc and he has any updated thoughts since his seminal 1999 work on the Śaiva-Dzogchen connections, I'd very much love to hear them! I corresponded with JLA on this last year, and he said that he has not been able to date the Saivite sources he used to suggest a connection w...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:09 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Modern, advanced books on Zen
Replies: 46
Views: 3108

Re: Modern, advanced books on Zen

Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening But it's a non-Zen, Zen book, so maybe it's not apropiate, it's more like a new deep approach to zen, I think it's an interesting read for people who already is clear about Zen, but who knows? The authors were students of Katagiri Roshi. The...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions
Replies: 1
Views: 173

Re: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions

This will also be celebrated at some Zen places, including non-Japanese Zen places, around the same time. April 8 has been recognized widely across many traditions as International Buddha Day. It is of course based on the Japanese Buddhist celebration of the Birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha, also known...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:48 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions
Replies: 1
Views: 173

Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions

Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Aloha kākou! April 8 is Buddha Day, when we commemorate the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini Garden. He became the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, and was the manifestation of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Wisdom and Compassion. Buddha Day services are held on Sundays near...

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