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- Sun May 17, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: Tendai
- Topic: Article on Kaihogyo
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6430
Re: Article on Kaihogyo
Thank you for pointing to this article! I put it into a pdf-file.
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Can Shikantaza be done "wrong", or is an attempt at it automatically successful?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 49243
Re: Can Shikantaza be done "wrong", or is an attempt at it automatically successful?
... it still seems paradoxical. Either everyone is Buddha nature, already enlightened, etc. Or they're not. Broadly speaking, from the Mahayana perspective, we can have statements like this that are considered true: ... In Zen, enlightenment is instantaneous and innate. Per Shen Hui practice doesn'...
- Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Tips on clearing nasal breathing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2085
Re: Tips on clearing nasal breathing
Buteyko Breathing Method - I consider that as helpful and beneficial.
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:17 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: On being fearful of Shikantaza
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9299
Re: On being fearful of Shikantaza
here is some food for thought - a quote from Jiyu Kennett Roshi:
maybe it helps one way or the other.If you're afraid of being grabbed by God,
dont' look at a wall.
Definitely don't sit still.
- Sun Nov 24, 2019 11:06 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Express your Zen in 10 words.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 20274
Re: Express your Zen in 10 words.
Masters of old
would hit you
for asking
dumb questions
would hit you
for asking
dumb questions
- Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:36 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: How important is forgiveness?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 5209
Re: How important is forgiveness?
listen to what Dharma Master Heng Sure says here
- Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:06 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Signing Off
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10920
Re: Signing Off
That's really bad news! This is a huge loss which is irreplaceable!
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:52 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1170
The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities
a newly translated sutra at 84000, The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities
Thank you to the Dharmachakra Translation Committee!Venerable Blessed One, those who want to reach the level of a bodhisattva, have a vision of a thus-gone one, be reborn in a buddha realm ...
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:12 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: How to face false accusation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3209
Re: How to face false accusation
Yes, lojong (mind-trainning) could be something for you to take into account for further investigation. Here is a taste of it from the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva , translated by Ken McLeod: 13 Even if you have done nothing wrong at all And someone still tries to take your head off, Spurred by com...
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:19 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: No end to samsara?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 13021
Re: No end to samsara?
no end ... there was not even a beginning.
- Sun Sep 16, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
- Replies: 8214
- Views: 1657007
Re: Dzogchen Community of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Thank you to one of the greatest teachers and Masters this age has seen!
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:10 pm
- Forum: Soto
- Topic: Shobogenzo Recommendations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5061
Re: Shobogenzo Recommendations
Hee-Jin Kim's translation Flowers of Emptiness - Selections from Dogen's Shobogenzo ". . . an incisive and penetrating analysis of Dogen's techniques of writing, demonstrating a superb mastery of Japanese Dogen scholarship. . . . a sensitive reading of the text that captures the `tantalizingly ...
- Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:01 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Self-Arisen Vidya Tantra and The Self-Liberated Vidya Tantra A Translation of the Rigpa Rang Shar and Rigpa Rangdrol
- Replies: 196
- Views: 51212
Re: The Self-Arisen Vidya Tantra and The Self-Liberated Vidya Tantra A Translation of the Rigpa Rang Shar and Rigpa Rang
Yes. see here Self-Arisen Vidya Tantra (vol 1) and Self-Liberated Vidya Tantra (vol 2)Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 5:22 pm Excuse my ignorance, are these the only 2 of the 17 tantras that have yet been translated into English?
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:48 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Shi Huifeng's An Annotated English Translation of Kumārajīva’s Xiaŏpĭn Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [8000 lines]
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1463
Re: Shi Huifeng's An Annotated English Translation of Kumārajīva’s Xiaŏpĭn Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra [8000 lines]
Our translation of the Xiăopĭn here is only of fascicle 1 and a small portion at the start of fascicle 2, out of 10 fascicles for the entire sūtra. ... an important translation, indeed! Thank you to Huifeng! ... A full English language translation of the entirety of the Xiaŏpĭn would naturally be i...
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:33 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6221
Re: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
That’s right. It is that easy. why do you practice then? You misunderstand. These are for making connections. The teachings on these things say folks who make contact with the above mentioned stuff will be meet the perfect lama and be liberated in X number of lives. OK, I understand! Thank you for ...
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:24 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6221
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 1:04 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6221
Re: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
You can’t really liberate people without them knowing, but you can connect them with auspicious conditions for their future. There are mantra that are known as liberation by hearing, and liberation by seeing can take the form of mantras, pictures, dance, etc. There are items that are liberation by ...
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 8:11 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: How to Liberate Others Without Them Knowing
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6221
- Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Dont follow a lineage (etc.), follow a teacher
- Replies: 105
- Views: 27568
Re: Dont follow a lineage (etc.), follow a teacher
Because without a teacher one must rely on one’s own faulty awareness as one’s guide. Unawareness will always interpret Dharma as something other than what it is. All practitioner must develop for oneself correct mindfulness (samyaksmrti) and wise attention (yonisomanaskara). But I think you mean r...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:38 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Dont follow a lineage (etc.), follow a teacher
- Replies: 105
- Views: 27568
Re: Dont follow a lineage (etc.), follow a teacher
so, there is a difference between reading instructions in a book and receiving instructions directly from a teacher, isn't it!? Is there a difference between writing and speaking? "Since they maintain they have no need of written words, they should not speak either, because written words are m...