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It is weird that this thread about people demanding respect for their teacher has drawn out just that sort of posters. Pabongkha? No thanks, I'll pass. I'm not telling you to respect Pabongkha Rinpoche, I'm just letting you know that he is respected not only by those fringe Gelugpas, but mainstream...

Wealth is a disturbing subject in our current world. A few people own almost everything as a natural result of unrestrained capitalism and governments that make laws to favor the wealthy. All that is needed for a change is for people to boycott bad companies and exercise political power to break up ...

It is weird that this thread about people demanding respect for their teacher has drawn out just that sort of posters.

Pabongkha? No thanks, I'll pass.

Ever get the feeling someone is asking a question they already know the answer to?

Wrong views produce wrong intentions which produce unfortunate results immediately or through resultant karma.

The resultant karma is dependent on the wrong intention, which is variable.

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

― Bill Gates

The SGI people I've met are poor compared to me and I've never recited their prayers. My family is wealthy and my grandparents attribute it to keeping Buddha statues. If you ask me, it's because our clan supports each other and makes sure everyone is taken care of. If you want wealth you have to bui...

I made a new thread just for this. Re: Dalai Lama's daily practice - specific details Postby zPatrick » Thu Sep 24, 2015 2:16 am How can someone be so busy? Is it just that he formed the habit and now it's easy? As a lazy person who questions the necessity of putting away clothes, I have a hard time...

[ Note from Ayu This Post was moved from "Re: Dalai Lama's daily practice - specific details"] How can someone be so busy? Is it just that he formed the habit and now it's easy? As a lazy person who questions the necessity of putting away clothes, I have a hard time understanding people t...

I saw this tour in 2014. It was amazing to see so many rare relics in one place!

I want to say though, they had zero security and that is crazy because half the Chinese people here think Buddhism is magic and stolen relics like those could sell for hundreds of thousands RM.

It's weird that you're suggesting that text instead of another, because after all there are hundreds of Lam Rims in Geluk, a school I don't belong to. I'll hazard a guess that you already know Pabongkha, the "author", was responsible for persecuting Nyingmas and Kagyus, tried to establish ...

Seelion, this is a discussion. Are you asking me for my position on this? My position is apparent from my story. I don't acknowledge other people's teachers just because their students say they're so great or attained. Where I live groups of Chinese people make money by praising prop up lamas so peo...

Maybe this doesn't happen where you all live because of cultural differences, but where I live there are these lamas that tell their students to go around and harass people that don't "show respect" for their lama. 3 months ago some drab street urchins were trying to force me to take some ...

Hello! My name's Patrick, I'm from the wonderfully smokey and politicallly %^cked country of Malaysia. I'm avoiding coughing my brains out by staying indoors right now. Yeah, it's bad, it's real bad, I could burn toast in here and it would still be better than outside. And I'm a Buddhist, ish, Buddh...