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- Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:38 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Phowa by Ayang Rinpoche
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5462
Re: Phowa by Ayang Rinpoche
The following is from http://www.phowafoundation.org/training.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Anyen Rinpoche’s newly published book, Dying with Confidence, includes Rinpoche’s heart advice to support practitioners through the dying process. The Dying with Confidence tra...
- Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:37 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Tibetan Medicine subforum
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2277
Re: Tibetan Medicine subforum
Dear Friend om svasti You can always post here so that the moderators can see if there is enough interest. I would gladly participate. Do you have any specific topics you would like to discuss? Are you mostly interested in Tibetan (ethnic) medicine, or in Buddhist Healing? They are related, but not ...
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:47 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Kashag
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1545
Re: Kashag
Dear Friend om svasti The Jonang have never been interested in the exercise of political power. It is not consonant with our View, nor does it bode well for the Dharma, as experience shows. It is up to the Tibetan people how they wish to be governed. I am not Tibetan, and therefore will not offer an...
- Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:47 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Please pray!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2462
Re: Please pray!
Prayer for Birth in Dewachen EH MA HO In front sits the marvelous Amitabha, Buddha of Infinite Light On His right stands Chenrezig, Lord of Compassion And on His left stands Vajrapani, Lord of Powerful Means Surrounded by innumerable Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Limitless peace and happiness is Dewache...
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:30 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Signs of wrong practice.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6023
Re: Signs of wrong practice.
Without getting overly technical, it is important to recognize that there is no direct perception in ordinary consciousness. Let us take the sound of a bell as an example. From a western scientific standpoint (which is not too different from the Buddhist understanding, putting aside for now the ulti...
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:48 am
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Signs of wrong practice.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6023
Re: Signs of wrong practice.
One of my Teachers, when approached by some beginning meditators with excited reports of seeing lights and hearing sublime sounds, looked at them with profound compassion and said: "Keep meditating. These things will go away." Perhaps it is more helpful to focus on signs of proper post-med...
- Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:53 am
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Jonang photos
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9080
Re: Jonang photos
Dear Friend om svasti On the contrary, we hold His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the highest esteem. The present Dalai Lama has composed a prayer for the flourishing of the Great Middle Way ( dbu ma chenpo ) of Jonang, has gifted a monastery in India to the Kalkha Dampa, and has vowed that his successo...
- Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:48 am
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Jonang photos
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9080
Re: Jonang photos
Why do you place such a heavy emphasis on "New"? Is it really necessary? Is there anything wrong with the ancient Jonang lamas? I guess issues surrounding the NKT make my radar go up when I hear another group start to call itself the "new" version of another tradition. As long a...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Time in Kalachakra
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6707
Re: Time in Kalachakra
Dear Friends om svasti I was very happy to read of your interest in (and learned discussion of) the Kalachakra. Very briefly, the apparent contradiction between the Kalachakra cosmology and those of other tantras has been satisfactorily settled from various angles of vision. In essence, each tantra ...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:52 pm
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Jonang photos
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9080
Re: Jonang photos
Dear Friend, om svasti True. The yellow hat is not a distinguishing characteristic of the Gelukpas, as other lineages also wear them. The absence of the yellow hat, however, is a distinguishing characteristic of those Jonangpas who have remained faithful to the Great Middle Way ( dbu ma chenpo ) of ...
- Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:38 pm
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Kalachakra mantra pronunciation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9565
Re: Kalachakra mantra pronunciation
Dear Friends om svasti It is true that in general Jonangpas favor Sanskrit over Tibetan pronunciation, since the Lineage has always retained a close connection to the Indian sources of the teachings. However, a mantra is not a 'magical' formula --that is, it is not the sound itself (as is believed b...
- Thu Nov 04, 2010 3:17 pm
- Forum: Jonang
- Topic: Jonang photos
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9080
Re: Jonang photos
om svasti In the 17th century, the Gelukpas forcibly annexed Jonang monasteries, the 5th Dalai Lama declared that the (Geluk) Kalkha Dampa of Mongolia was the 'reincarnation' of Jetsun Taranatha, and the study of the Omniscient Dolpopa's teachings was suppressed. The use of the yellow hat among thos...