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by KonchokZoepa
Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:19 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Can someone with schizophrenia practice?
Replies: 58
Views: 14013

Re: Can someone with schizophrenia practice?

what does that have to do with their buddha nature? if u say they cant reach liberation you are saying they dont have buddha nature. there are many mantras they can hear that will basically liberate them, long namgyalma mantra will guarantee a rebirth in a heavenly realm where they can practice dhar...
by KonchokZoepa
Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:02 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Can someone with schizophrenia practice?
Replies: 58
Views: 14013

Re: Can someone with schizophrenia practice?

As long as you have a mind and the ability to live you can reach freedom from All. The ultimate goal. Awakening. Erm, dogs and cats and whales and elephants have a mind and live, and they can't reach liberation and awakening. derp derp. oh so not all sentient beings can reach liberation? are you pl...
by KonchokZoepa
Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:44 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Egg protein powder
Replies: 36
Views: 13523

Re: Egg protein powder

i was too lazy to read the answers but if i remember correctly you can get enormous amount of protein from broccoli. if it was not broccoli it was some other green broccoli looking vegetable, which is a great source of protein. no need to take powders. Broccoli doesn't have much protein, about the ...
by KonchokZoepa
Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:23 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Egg protein powder
Replies: 36
Views: 13523

Re: Egg protein powder

i was too lazy to read the answers but if i remember correctly you can get enormous amount of protein from broccoli. if it was not broccoli it was some other green broccoli looking vegetable, which is a great source of protein. no need to take powders.
by KonchokZoepa
Fri May 16, 2014 10:02 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread

Be kind to yourself and make a friend of who you are rather than regretting who you cannot be.

-Tenzin Palmo
by KonchokZoepa
Mon May 12, 2014 12:15 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: What Constitutes Misconduct?
Replies: 18
Views: 5175

Re: What Constitutes Misconduct?

i think this topic has been discussed on this forum before already. just to give my two cents if anyone is really interested to find out a bout sexual conduct in tibetan buddhism, its history and development and how different masters have defined it in different shastras, check out these links. http...
by KonchokZoepa
Sat May 10, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Time for a universal morality?
Replies: 22
Views: 5991

Re: Time for a universal morality?

or for that matter go to any ghetto. Our Whole society has been built on deception, wish for power and lies. there is no basis for morality in our society. We are in kali yuga. You can dream about universal morality and live in that kinda dream box but if you look into our society you'll awaken to t...
by KonchokZoepa
Sat May 10, 2014 2:28 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Time for a universal morality?
Replies: 22
Views: 5991

Re: Time for a universal morality?

go watch some hardest gangs documentaries on youtube, youll realize its really not that simple.
by KonchokZoepa
Sat May 10, 2014 12:12 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Define Enlightenment
Replies: 11
Views: 2804

Re: Define Enlightenment

enlightenment is just a word.

There are many stages or spiritual development.
by KonchokZoepa
Fri May 09, 2014 1:55 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread


Compassion or altruism is not about being perfect or just doing good; It’s about this daring heart that cherishes others and life itself.

-Ponlop Rinpoche
by KonchokZoepa
Fri May 09, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Lineage question
Replies: 1
Views: 1027

Re: Lineage question

what usually connects you and the lineage is the refuge ceremony and an empowerment if we are talking about vajrayana. that is the initial connection you make with a lineage, after the empowerment you are authorized to do certain practice, form, specific to that lineage. but there is no initiation t...
by KonchokZoepa
Tue May 06, 2014 7:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread


Befriending Problems ~ Mingyur Rinpoche

Instead of rejecting the problems and emotions, or surrendering to them, we can befriend them, working through them to reach an enduring, authentic experience of our inherent wisdom, confidence, clarity, and joy.
by KonchokZoepa
Tue May 06, 2014 5:21 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: 84000 Translation Project Launches New Video
Replies: 2
Views: 1185

Re: 84000 Translation Project Launches New Video

find and share this video on Facebook, for each share 1 dollar will be donated to the translation fund.
by KonchokZoepa
Tue May 06, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread


A Profound Wish ~ Mingyur Rinpoche

When we recognize that others experience pain and unhappiness because they don’t recognize their real nature, we’re spontaneously moved by a profound wish for them to experience the same sense of peace and clarity that we’ve begun to know.
by KonchokZoepa
Sat May 03, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread

Living Fully ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

If one knows that everything is impermanent, one does not grasp, and if one does not grasp, one will not think in terms of having or lacking, and therefore one lives fully.
by KonchokZoepa
Fri May 02, 2014 3:48 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread

yeah me too, two very different translations. a third one could shed some more light...
by KonchokZoepa
Fri May 02, 2014 7:15 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread

do you understand that 99% of the users have no idea how to read and understand what you just wrote?
by KonchokZoepa
Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:12 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dharma Quotes Thread
Replies: 150
Views: 29655

Re: Dharma Quotes Thread

thanks david and karma jinpa for keeping this thread alive :) lets try to keep it alive so we can have a great Dharma quote everyday on the first page :jedi: The practice of religion, spirituality or dharma has to be a method that completely destroys all suffering, a method that brings about the com...
by KonchokZoepa
Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:21 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Funeral arrangements and body prep at death.
Replies: 3
Views: 1594

Re: Funeral arrangements and body prep at death.

this is not really funarel arrangement but Sur could be done for the 49 days to feed the deceased when he is in bardo..
by KonchokZoepa
Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:10 am
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Yes or No ...
Replies: 1039
Views: 245450

Re: Yes or No ...

yes, kinda.

do you watch anime?

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