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by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi
Replies: 33
Views: 5830

Re: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi

You should post a reference for this claim about Thogal. It is mentioned in a number of places, but specifically, it is discussed by Khenpo Ngachung in his thod rgal zin bris . Longchenpa says in either case there's no bardo, What he means is the srid pa'i bardo, the bardo of rebirth. There is stil...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

given that alayavijnana is not equal to the base (gzhi) it should logically not be qualified to be able to have an impact on making any difference whether marigpa or rigpa arises. This point is addressed in topic 3 in Buddhahood in this Life, i.e. there is a conscious aspect of the basis which does...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:33 pm
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Siddhartha's son and enlightenment...
Replies: 24
Views: 4474

Re: Siddhartha's son and enlightenment...

So, what you are saying is that Buddhism is based class privilege and white supremacy? Well, certainly class privilege. As you point out, Buddhas are either ksatriyas or brahmins. Either way, they're high caste. Was there a racial aspect to caste? Based on the records we have? Seems to be the case....
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: Jonang
Topic: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view
Replies: 20
Views: 3234

Re: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view

How is the relationship between the (not empty) Reality and the sunyata , defined in Karma Kagyu? According to Karma Kagyu, does the Paramartha perceive the (~borrowed) existence of the sunyata? No 'Namaste' emoticon here:) sorry Parmartha doe not perceive anything, it is the object of post-equipoi...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

given that alayavijnana is not equal to the base (gzhi) it should logically not be qualified to be able to have an impact on making any difference whether marigpa or rigpa arises. This point is addressed in topic 3 in Buddhahood in this Life, i.e. there is a conscious aspect of the basis which does...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: Jonang
Topic: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view
Replies: 20
Views: 3234

Re: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view

npr wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:21 pm Thank you Malcolm,

No other schools (in China, Japan, SE Asia, elsewhere) with the Extrinsic emptiness position?
(Buddhist schools with a position that there is Awareness which perceives the emptiness?
I don't know what you mean by "awareness."
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Doctrinal Perspective on Prayer
Replies: 30
Views: 3271

Re: Doctrinal Perspective on Prayer

I was curious to hear what people believe to be the doctrinal perspective on prayer. Specifically, for instance, hypothetically say that there is an individual who prays to the three jewels with a mind of faith and longing, and they pray, "If I have any wrong views, I pray that they be correct...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: Sakya
Topic: HH Sakya Trichen in the Dordogne, August 2023
Replies: 6
Views: 3464

Re: HH Sakya Trichen in the Dordogne, August 2023

The program for the three days of teaching/initiations has been sent out to participants: - Friday 4 August: Reception opens at 7.45am 9:30am: Arrival of His Holiness, welcome ceremony, blessing of Vajrakilaya Kago. 15:00 - 17:00: Teaching by Khenpo Tashi Sangpo -Saturday 5th August : 10:00 - 12:00...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Siddhartha's son and enlightenment...
Replies: 24
Views: 4474

Re: Siddhartha's son and enlightenment...

1. If Gautama was from a poor family, he never would have become the Buddha. Full stop. He would not have had the appearance of a remarkable person. Its said that before his enlightenment, a king spotted him walking through the city and immediately recognized him as a person of high birth due to ap...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Jonang
Topic: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view
Replies: 20
Views: 3234

Re: schools besides Jonang which hold the Emptiness-of-other view

npr wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 4:00 pm Could you please help me learn what Buddhist schools other than Jonang...
Extrinsic emptiness is the majority position of the modern Karma Kagyu school, and a minority position within Nyingma.
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Barbie
Replies: 59
Views: 4448

Re: Barbie

by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

The feeling that "we are missing something" was not given to us by anyone. 99.999 percent of sentient beings do not have this feeling. Well, it’s another way of saying dukkha . In that sense, 99.999% do feel they are missing something. Maybe it’s not in the sense of “woe is me, my life fe...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi
Replies: 33
Views: 5830

Re: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi

In that case, third empowerment is for ultimate luminosity and the fourth is for the union and lead to the thirteenth bhumi That luminosity is an apperception, it has no appearance, and so has nothing really to do with the subject at hand. Especially, since this account is based on the Pañcakrama o...
by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 2:56 am
Forum: Games & Humour
Topic: Daily Laugh Thread
Replies: 842
Views: 261825

Re: Daily Laugh Thread

by Malcolm
Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:25 am
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

I agree that we don’t and can’t know it for a fact, like seeing the sun is shining, if another person is realized. But do you merely “ like to think my main teachers were highly realized beings” or do you actually think your main teachers were realized beings? And if you actually think so, on what ...
by Malcolm
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

HePo wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:48 pm
This is what Dogen wrote in Yuibutsu yobutsu:
How then, can anyone reasonably expect an ordinary person to be able discern who is a realized person and who is not?
by Malcolm
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:53 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi
Replies: 33
Views: 5830

Re: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi

In that case, third empowerment is for ultimate luminosity and the fourth is for the union and lead to the thirteenth bhumi That luminosity is an apperception, it has no appearance, and so has nothing really to do with the subject at hand. Especially, since this account is based on the Pañcakrama o...
by Malcolm
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dissociation and Awareness
Replies: 137
Views: 15777

Re: Dissociation and Awareness

Bapho wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:12 pm The feeling that "we are missing something" was not given to us by anyone.
99.999 percent of sentient beings do not have this feeling.
by Malcolm
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: American Soto Zen
Replies: 293
Views: 18752

Re: American Soto Zen

Malcolm, I didn’t claim to ‘know’. As I asked PeterC, I’ll ask you. Based on your knowledge and wisdom and your direct experience of Buddhist teachers, including your teachers, have you been in the presence of Buddhist teachers whom you ‘inferred’ were realized? Or do you merely hope and blindly tr...
by Malcolm
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:30 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi
Replies: 33
Views: 5830

Re: Attaining rigpa and which bhumi

Jules 09 wrote: Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:59 pm
The "actual gnosis (path of seeing)", rigpa, is the 'beginning' of the so called 'path' in Dzogchen.
No, this is a key error in your understanding, Jules.

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