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Do you know this situations where you meet a new person, and they start creating a story of their self and who they are? What should you do in such situations? The same? Especially when they want to play the game of status, figuring out where they are on the imaginary social hierarchy. I never know...

As it is said in Dharmapada 14:183 "Do good, don't do evil, purify your mind." This is the Buddha's defitinion. I put my sign under it. Not blowing to the wind. :popcorn: Obviously you ignored or simply dismissed the fact I shared with you already, which is that this quote from the Dhamma...

Hi everyone, I've recently decided to begin practicing Ngondro. The closest Tibetan center to me has a resident tulku with a Sakya lineage background (having studied for over 10 years at the Sakya Trizin academy in Nepal). When I inquired about receiving the Ngondro lung from him, he mentioned find...

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...

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. The idea that there is some stri...

My Sakya teachers have thought it was fine for some people to attend pujas of some practices without empowerment, peaceful practices mostly, and simple Guru yogas. I think who the student is matters too. I'm sure there's no harm in sitting in a room while someone does a puja. But they can't do the ...

My Sakya teachers have thought it was fine for some people to attend pujas of some practices without empowerment, peaceful practices mostly, and simple Guru yogas. I think who the student is matters too. They all were emphatic that serious tantric practices began with and flows from empowerment thou...

Ah yes the “things are how I want them to be because emptiness” argument. A true staple of Buddhist forms.

Trying to practice Vajrayana or Dzogchen without empowerment is just playing games with a map, without introduction or empowerment you will never go anywhere, you don’t even have a compass.

master of puppets wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:07 pm Don't know mind

Anyone knows what is it like?

_/\_

Since no one knows it, I guess not.

Yes of course, however the relationship one has to a Guru is exceptional, in a way in Vajrayana and Dzogchen it is sort of everything, they are (hopefully) the relative exemplar of the highest spiritual qualities we can conceive of, however imperfectly. We are not in the relationship to scrutinize t...

The Dalai Lama wrote an entire book on this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Wisdom,_Modern_World It’s a relatively simple message, but you notice we haven’t really taken it on board, samsara and whatnot. Since you actually mentioned him by name, perhaps take look at the huge amount HHDL has...

Relative reality and judgements (such as beauty and ugliness) are not “non existent”, there is no such state as “non existent”…they are not inherently existent, and thus do not exist in the reflexive way they appear to us.

After having a number of conversations with a Khenpo and Geshe trying to clarify what actual sadhanas and practices were what classification of Tantra, I concluded that in terms of practice this classification is ad-hoc, and plenty of practices could be said to occupy multiple positions in the schem...

Artziebetter1 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:48 am is it because a permanent thing has to be unconditioned,and thus since it has no qualities,it cannot have knowledge or consciousness?

Because a thing which is not part of a chain of cause and effect is by definition cut off from everything else, and this inert.

Stop worrying about others perceptions so much, find what matters to you and do it. Take Dharma practice more seriously.

Tolerance is great for social cohesiveness in diverse groups I suppose, but does not necessarily make for good conversation on detailed Dharma subjects. So complaining about a lack of tolerance on this count does not make sense, the wheels are separated for the same reason we have separate forums he...

Thanks, interesting insights on Japanese culture, I’ve actually had a similar thought at times about the general emphasis on altruism, what’s perceived as “politeness”, etc. I believe there are a few Pali sources in the Kanjur, I remember talking to Malcolm about this and he gave a couple examples b...

I don't know if there is an equivalent pedagogical scheme in East Asian Mahayana (I've always sort of assumed there was), but in Tibetan traditions everyone starts with the sravakayana, albeit in a fairly abbreviated form. Sravakayana/Hinayana fits "within" the larger Mahayana scheme and ...

I think as Mahayanists, we sometimes have an allergy to going back to the basics and talking about Buddhism from the śrāvakayāna perspective (including a kind of narrative of the Buddha from a "historical" POV that could be built upon later), but actually, that's needed first for people t...

My personal hypothesis is the lack of practice. I'm really convinced that if someone has a meditation experience, one would be less willing to give up Buddhism. Although buddhist philosophy is much more logical, than that of other religions, but it seems more 'harsh'. The 4 noble truths are hard to...