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by nirmal
Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:13 pm
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: The Poems
Replies: 96
Views: 30457

Re: The Poems

Buddhas Still Wait One day in late August A Buddhist flag was raised Joy you brought to father and mother Your birth was with Buddha's grace Friends and kinsmen opened their gates To welcome you with gay The Buddhas watched with tilted heads Our man will be enlightened one day This day you'll cut a...
by nirmal
Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
Replies: 27
Views: 9936

Re: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?

The ninth consciousness,emphasized in Tantra, contains all the virtues and potentialities of Buddhahood.When one is Fully Enlightened,this consciousness becomes the totality of wisdom WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. ) There is no Buddhist tantra which teaches a "ninth" consciousness. ...
by nirmal
Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:13 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
Replies: 27
Views: 9936

Re: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?

The first five consciousnesses are the eye-consciousness and that of the ear,nose tongue and body which are also known as our senses The sixth consciousness is equivalent to the scientific term "mind." In Theravada this is the main consciousness and contain the seventh and eighth.Thus The...
by nirmal
Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:11 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
Replies: 27
Views: 9936

Re: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?

The first five consciousnesses are the eye-consciousness and that of the ear,nose tongue and body which are also known as our senses The sixth consciousness is equivalent to the scientific term "mind." In Theravada this is the main consciousness and contain the seventh and eighth.Thus Ther...
by nirmal
Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:19 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
Replies: 27
Views: 9936

Re: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?

Yogi C M Chen among one of them
by nirmal
Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:10 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Kalu Rinpoche shocking news!
Replies: 129
Views: 33734

Re: Kalu Rinpoche shocking news!

We'll just be left standing when he splits the sea and walks across it.
by nirmal
Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:47 pm
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
Replies: 18
Views: 6525

Re: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati

So the Tibetan Buddhists also worship Saraswati? I thought such gods and goddesses were mythical and a result of Brahmins' colorful imaginations. If I tell the Hindus around me about it, they will again say that the Buddhists are stealing from the Hindus, as they always do. :D The six gurus were na...
by nirmal
Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:39 pm
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
Replies: 18
Views: 6525

Re: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati

So the Tibetan Buddhists also worship Saraswati? I thought such gods and goddesses were mythical and a result of Brahmins' colorful imaginations. If I tell the Hindus around me about it, they will again say that the Buddhists are stealing from the Hindus, as they always do. :D Buddha's eminate vari...
by nirmal
Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:34 pm
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
Replies: 18
Views: 6525

Re: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati

So the Tibetan Buddhists also worship Saraswati? I thought such gods and goddesses were mythical and a result of Brahmins' colorful imaginations. If I tell the Hindus around me about it, they will again say that the Buddhists are stealing from the Hindus, as they always do. :D It is only in human n...
by nirmal
Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Yogi Chen
Replies: 11
Views: 3932

Re: Yogi Chen

Dragon-King Sutra Stanzas CW30_No.58 The Buddhist Yogi C. M. Chen A Short Introduction This Dragon-King Sutra implies profound wisdom. In it Buddha settled the struggle between the Asuras and Gods and that between the Garudas and Dragons. Anyone who repeats it may become enlightened and get protecti...
by nirmal
Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Yes or No ...
Replies: 1039
Views: 245477

Re: Yes or No ...

Yes.
In Sanskrit, such a being is called a dakini, a term generally translated "space-goer," "celestial woman," or "cloud fairy."
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Do you at times kill ants or insects?
by nirmal
Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:12 pm
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: The Poems
Replies: 96
Views: 30457

Re: The Poems

Better Blow It


We know all about the trumpet
We do not blow it
No blowing
No music
Knowing becomes useless
Mere information
Imitation
The more we blow
The greater the inner strength
The nearer the goal
by nirmal
Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:52 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: What do you sit on during meditation?
Replies: 48
Views: 13880

Re: What do you sit on during meditation?

Sit on deer skin Protect your internal resources Insulate your seat From disruptive earth transmitted energies Could we benefit others If we ourselves Buffet back and forth Under shifting currents of worldly energies. (page 54 - 55) http://www.amazon.com/Images-Enlightenment-Tibetan-Art-Practice/dp/...
by nirmal
Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:40 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Swaying in meditation
Replies: 17
Views: 5454

Re: Swaying in meditation

Just tell your mind(or yourself) that you don't want to sway during meditation.Or just break the rhythm The swaying will stop.
by nirmal
Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:14 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: What do you sit on during meditation?
Replies: 48
Views: 13880

Re: What do you sit on during meditation?

This is a problem for me, Ive been messing around for six months trying to get it right. i seem to need to sit fairly high to stop me from slouching You could try this for a start.Hight can be adjusted for your comfort http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=5166" onclick="win...
by nirmal
Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:49 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Yogi Chen
Replies: 11
Views: 3932

Re: Yogi Chen

C.M. Chen's latest form
by nirmal
Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:57 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Yogi Chen
Replies: 11
Views: 3932

Re: Yogi Chen

In the Wikipedia article Ole Nydahl recalls that before coming to Kathmandu & Nepal Yogi Chen studied Dharma in China and in Tibet. Yogi Chen writes about his guru or his teachers in Tibet in the original pamphlets, (I don't how much of it is left in the new versions edited by YutangLin). He co...
by nirmal
Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:25 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Yogi Chen
Replies: 11
Views: 3932

Re: Yogi Chen

Great Yogi.He first appeared in the holy light of my meditation in 1993 in his traditional Chinese costume.Said nothing but just kept smiling.Then He waved goodbye and disappeared.I kept wondering who He was until I came across His book by chance with His photo in it.Some 10years ago,He appeared aga...
by nirmal
Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:39 pm
Forum: Asia/Pacific
Topic: Water Dragon Year Puja Jan 23 10pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1627

Re: Water Dragon Year Puja Jan 23 10pm

“OM JAMBHALA ZALEN DRAYE SOHA”
This time round, the Red Zambala would be sweeping across the earth exactly 4 hours from now in this part of the country.He would stop at houses with fresh milk and cheese on altars.Just sharing.
by nirmal
Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:59 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Titles used by Gurus
Replies: 0
Views: 713

Titles used by Gurus

Jina(Sanskrit). A title used of the Buddhas, meaning ‘victor’.

My Guru uses the title Jina.Could someone give me a link on titles used by Buddhist Gurus?

Thanks

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