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- Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:28 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Cold Showers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6457
Re: Cold Showers
Wim Hof claims it’s natural and healthy to subject ourselves to temperature variations, as we did through the vast majority of human evolution, because it kind of exercises the arteries when they expand and contract. I also generally follow this mindset. I always rinse off with cold water at the en...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:27 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Cold Showers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6457
Re: Cold Showers
I know in TCM and I assume Tibetan Medicine people are always talking about how terrible cold is for you. Actually, in Sowa Rigpa, cold water is great for the head and face. I've been told by a Menpa that they only use cold water on their head and face and are absolutely horrified by Americans usin...
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:50 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8755
Re: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
Asking for Three Root and Yidam sadhanas before finishing ngondro is inappropriate. That's up to the Lama's judgement that one is asking. Just my two cents. Even if it is inappropriate, it's not like the lama is going to punish you or something. Worst case, it will be a learning experience.
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:37 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8755
Re: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
Hi Thomas, What type of offering would be most appropriate? I was already planning on offering a khata, should there be a monetary offering as well; or maybe something else? A monetary offering is probably the safest option if you don't know the lama well and what the lama likes. Offering a khata i...
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:22 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8755
Re: Sit-down with Dudjom Lineage Lama
The Troma Nagmo cycle is considered to be very important within the Dudjom Tersar tradition. It's quite advanced and has its own ngondro that you typically wouldn't do until after completing a standard ngondro, but you might want to request something related to that, at least for an auspicious depen...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:56 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Tibetan mountain protector
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2747
Re: Tibetan mountain protector
From what I can make out of it, the Wylie would be "de wjin byed pa smra byed pa". Really unsure of what that means. "byed pa smra byed pa" doesn't like a name to me, but I don't know much Tibetan. That phrase looks like "do what you say you do" or maybe "does what...
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 1:04 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Saka Dawa 2019
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4978
Re: Saka Dawa 2019
Too late for what?javier.espinoza.t wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:14 pmit's too late when karma ripens.Johnny Dangerous wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:49 pm What to do when negative Karma ripens during Saka Dawa..just more practice?
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 8:18 pm
- Forum: Book Reviews
- Topic: Ocean of Reason by Mabja Bodhisattva
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6292
Re: Ocean of Reason by Mabja Bodhisattva
Yep this one's great. It was the recommended translation in my sangha when we went over Madhyamaka.
- Fri May 31, 2019 5:30 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: "I didn't ask to be born."
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5339
Re: "I didn't ask to be born."
Let's go there... How would a Buddhist deal with that view? Perhaps more seriously, this would be used as fuel for cultivating renunciation. And then that renunciation is a fuel for Dharma practice. Eventually, through Dharma, one abandons the eight worldly concerns, and then they are free. They ca...
- Fri May 31, 2019 1:49 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: "I didn't ask to be born."
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5339
Re: "I didn't ask to be born."
Perhaps more seriously, this would be used as fuel for cultivating renunciation. And then that renunciation is a fuel for Dharma practice. Eventually, through Dharma, one abandons the eight worldly concerns, and then they are free.
- Fri May 31, 2019 1:47 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: "I didn't ask to be born."
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5339
- Thu May 30, 2019 11:01 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)
- Replies: 168
- Views: 32656
Re: anti-"Hinayana" bias in Zen (and Mahayana in general)
That exactly the same thought that ran through my mind when I read the comment! Word for word.Wayfarer wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 10:37 pmThat's a feature, not a bug. You want centralised organisation, consider Roman Catholicism.AkashicBrother wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 7:34 pm dharmic religions suffer with severe decentralization and lack of organization.
- Thu May 30, 2019 7:09 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: "I didn't ask to be born."
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5339
Re: "I didn't ask to be born."
I hear this from people time to time. They're usually depressed, or prone to depression. Generally, they seem to think life is an imposition. It plays out in all kinds of sad and destructive ways. What's going on in the thoughts behind that statement? How does one get out of that view? You have to ...
- Thu May 23, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Vajrayana. It’s Simple.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9262
Re: Vajrayana. It’s Simple.
Find a teacher. Cross check their pedigree to ensure that they are lineage holders. Follow their instructions. Leave your beliefs and opinions outside the door. There ya go. It’s not easy. But it is simple. Here is the OP, Note ‘It’s NOT easy.’ Note ’check that their pedigree to ensure that they ar...
- Wed May 22, 2019 8:58 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: A Lesson.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4975
- Wed May 22, 2019 5:07 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Finding Your Guru
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9698
Re: Finding Your Guru
Here's my question on this subject: When one finds a teacher they feel a connection to and have gone through the whole examining the teacher process and have confidence, how does one ask them to be your teacher? Maybe it's not necessary to ask them in a formal way to be your teacher, but is it help...
- Tue May 21, 2019 10:34 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Tunes for Throma Nagmo "Intermediate" sadhana
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2340
Re: Tunes for Throma Nagmo "Intermediate" sadhana
That's on Spotify?!marcofromM wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 8:52 pm There is a good recording of the middle length practice by Chagdud Rinpoche:
- Mon May 20, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Hot Sauces
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2644
Re: Hot Sauces
My favorite generics are Taco Bell hot sauce packets and Tapatio
As for homemade, I really like salsa verde and hybrid verde/guac.
As for homemade, I really like salsa verde and hybrid verde/guac.
- Thu May 16, 2019 6:08 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Best Trek The Next Generation episodes?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4242
Re: Best Trek The Next Generation episodes?
Ok it's a guilty pleasure, but I was wanting to watch one. Do the community members have any recommendations? D or Voyager I would watch too. I will fight you on TNG being a guilty pleasure. Best is definitely S3E26 - S4E01 "The Best of Both Worlds Pt. 1 and 2", Followed by S4E02 "Fa...
- Thu May 16, 2019 7:06 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Best Trek The Next Generation episodes?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4242