Dharma Wheel

Sherab Dorje wrote:Well, I guess it depends on how you define a mudra really.

My guess is that he is making "the gesture" to make a point (even if the point is basically just to be "cheeky").

I see, thank you.

Hi I was reading the tread on Bentinho Massaro and i was wondering if people on here knew much of Peter Brown and his Dzogchen practice and qualifications?I can't find out much at all about him online.Here is a video of him discussing Dzogchen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUI79fZiZQI Did he train...

philji wrote:Both!!!!!!

But it is a mudra?i know u said it is but i have never seen it?can anyone tell me what it is called?

Can someone explain this picture to me?Is this some sort of mudra or is Trungpa Rinpoche giving someone the finger?Thanks

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how does practicing Ganapuja helps the dead animal that the meat belonged to if the animal has taken rebirth already?i do not know how long it takes for an animal to take rebirth but i'm wondering if it has already before a lot of the meat is eaten(maybe i am wrong i haven't practiced Ganapuja yet ...

Simon E. wrote:Are beings their bodies ?

Thank you for your answers.
Hi Simon,thats my point really, what is left behind, is it still connected to its previous inhabitant(inhabitant so to speak)?

how does practicing Ganapuja helps the dead animal that the meat belonged to if the animal has taken rebirth already?i do not know how long it takes for an animal to take rebirth but i'm wondering if it has already before a lot of the meat is eaten(maybe i am wrong i haven't practiced Ganapuja yet a...

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max123 wrote:If the 6 realms exist not just a psychological states but as realms so to speak, why can we only see the human and animal realms,why can we only see 2 of the 6?

I think we only "see" the human realm.

And the animal?

Thanks for the replies,interesting....it still seems strange to me that the animal and human realm are so tangible but the others are not, why two of the six are so clearly perceived,maybe because we were technically an animal in our evolution so that makes one could argue one realm clearly visible....

If the 6 realms exist not just a psychological states but as realms so to speak, why can we only see the human and animal realms,why can we only see 2 of the 6?

invisiblediamond wrote:It's that everything is a big dream.

So when one awakens in this life how are they still dreaming,they are awakened(not sleeping)

Is it that life is like a big dream or is it lost in thought that is the dream,and if u wake up out of that of thinking lost in past and future u are awake or awakened(out of the dream into reality)?