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- Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:13 pm
- Forum: Creative Writing
- Topic: The Poems
- Replies: 96
- Views: 30518
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...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:28 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9976
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. ...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:13 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9976
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...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:11 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9976
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...
- Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:19 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9976
Re: Ninth-Consciousness: Who Teaches This?
Yogi C M Chen among one of them
- Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:10 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Kalu Rinpoche shocking news!
- Replies: 129
- Views: 33807
Re: Kalu Rinpoche shocking news!
We'll just be left standing when he splits the sea and walks across it.
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:47 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6530
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...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:39 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6530
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...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:34 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Tsongkhapas praise to Saraswati
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6530
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...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:07 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Yogi Chen
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3946
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...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 2:14 pm
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Yes or No ...
- Replies: 1039
- Views: 246530
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?
In Sanskrit, such a being is called a dakini, a term generally translated "space-goer," "celestial woman," or "cloud fairy."
http://www.khandro.net/dakini_khandro.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Do you at times kill ants or insects?
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:12 pm
- Forum: Creative Writing
- Topic: The Poems
- Replies: 96
- Views: 30518
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
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
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:52 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: What do you sit on during meditation?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 13937
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/...
- Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:40 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Swaying in meditation
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5465
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.
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:14 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: What do you sit on during meditation?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 13937
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...
- Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:49 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Yogi Chen
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3946
Re: Yogi Chen
C.M. Chen's latest form
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:57 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Yogi Chen
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3946
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...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:25 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Yogi Chen
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3946
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...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:39 pm
- Forum: Asia/Pacific
- Topic: Water Dragon Year Puja Jan 23 10pm
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1635
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.
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.
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:59 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Titles used by Gurus
- Replies: 0
- Views: 715
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
My Guru uses the title Jina.Could someone give me a link on titles used by Buddhist Gurus?
Thanks