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Yes, you are right! Institutional Buddhism will never be the same again. The death knell has sounded. All praise the new king! etc... ad nauseum...
"My religion is not deceiving myself."
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde
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That's what happens when you can't get a boy to stick his finger into a dyke.Simon E. wrote:That particular body of water will not be back as a discrete entity I suspect.
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I expect the dyke is relieved.
“You don’t know it. You just know about it. That is not the same thing.”
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
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LOLSimon E. wrote:I expect the dyke is relieved.
Karma Vipaka has no limits so who know where the flow may take us all?
Sometimes a pebble drops into the water and creates ripples of gentle movement, at other times there is a flood and millions of pebbles are washed to another place.
One or two pebbles here have caused a ripple, but you'd think it was a full blown tsunami.
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Um sorry to be a party pooper but...
Dzochenpa Census
Dzochenpa Census
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OK
Is there any evidence that any DW members who were Buddhists practising Dzogchen before the growth of the DC presence here, are now no longer Buddhists?
Is there any evidence that any DW members who were Buddhists practising Dzogchen before the growth of the DC presence here, are now no longer Buddhists?
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I was a long term Buddhist ...nearly thirty years.
I neither reject or accept that term for myself now.
I did not grow jaded. Just grew away. I do not urge anyone else to follow my example.
I neither reject or accept that term for myself now.
I did not grow jaded. Just grew away. I do not urge anyone else to follow my example.
“You don’t know it. You just know about it. That is not the same thing.”
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
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This discussion on being bouddhist or not when practicing dzogchen is nearly ridiculous ... for any reason some have exagerated the sense of it.
What one can say is that from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore buddhist or non buddhist is of no importance, but this is from the pov of our real nature.
Sönam
What one can say is that from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore buddhist or non buddhist is of no importance, but this is from the pov of our real nature.
Sönam
By understanding everything you perceive from the perspective of the view, you are freed from the constraints of philosophical beliefs.
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
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Simon E. wrote:I was a long term Buddhist ...nearly thirty years.
I neither reject or accept that term for myself now.
I did not grow jaded. Just grew away. I do not urge anyone else to follow my example.
I guess the fundamental change must be one of Refuge.
After all, we may fit the requirements of many faiths through meeting behavioural expectations, but ultimately it is Refuge which identifies our specific faith.
Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Is that a fair way to assess a change away from the label of 'Buddhist' ?
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I think it is fair to ask, as this thread is in the Lounge and so we don't have to view this from a Dzogchen or ChNNR perspective.Sönam wrote:This discussion on being bouddhist or not when practicing dzogchen is nearly ridiculous ... for any reason some have exagerated the sense of it.
What one can say is that from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore buddhist or non buddhist is of no importance, but this is from the pov of our real nature.
Sönam
The assertion you make that 'Buddhist or non Buddhist is of no importance' expresses precisely the view that Buddhists here may wish to adopt and drop their 'Buddhist' label. I'm curious to know how many have been affected by that view and have dropped their 'Buddhist' label and how many feel no need to do so.
I agree, there is no need to do so.
This is a Buddhist forum so there is no problem, surely, in asking others if they have changed from that view.
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I take refuge in my real nature. This goes beyond, "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist".Blue Garuda wrote: Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
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That's not the question I was posing. I wanted to know how many no longer consider themselves Buddhists. To answer that Dzogchen is beyond such distinctions has been aired here very often, but isn't what I was asking.Virgo wrote:I take refuge in my real nature. This goes beyond, "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist".Blue Garuda wrote: Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Kevin
It's a simple question, surely. The two answers could be paraphrased as:
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen, Buddhist afterwards.
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen teachings, no longer Buddhist.
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No one would really disagree with: "from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore Buddhist or non Buddhist is of no importance." It does not mean that one has to drop any Buddhist labelling. Nor it does not mean that one has to not practice Buddhism.Blue Garuda wrote:I think it is fair to ask, as this thread is in the Lounge and so we don't have to view this from a Dzogchen or ChNNR perspective.Sönam wrote:This discussion on being bouddhist or not when practicing dzogchen is nearly ridiculous ... for any reason some have exagerated the sense of it.
What one can say is that from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore buddhist or non buddhist is of no importance, but this is from the pov of our real nature.
Sönam
The assertion you make that 'Buddhist or non Buddhist is of no importance' expresses precisely the view that Buddhists here may wish to adopt and drop their 'Buddhist' label. I'm curious to know how many have been affected by that view and have dropped their 'Buddhist' label and how many feel no need to do so.
Sönam
By understanding everything you perceive from the perspective of the view, you are freed from the constraints of philosophical beliefs.
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
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You wanted to organize a pollBlue Garuda wrote:That's not the question I was posing. I wanted to know how many no longer consider themselves Buddhists. To answer that Dzogchen is beyond such distinctions has been aired here very often, but isn't what I was asking.Virgo wrote:I take refuge in my real nature. This goes beyond, "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist".Blue Garuda wrote: Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Kevin
It's a simple question, surely. The two answers could be paraphrased as:
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen, Buddhist afterwards.
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen teachings, no longer Buddhist.
Sönam
By understanding everything you perceive from the perspective of the view, you are freed from the constraints of philosophical beliefs.
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
By understanding that any and all mental activity is meditation, you are freed from arbitrary divisions between formal sessions and postmeditation activity.
- Longchen Rabjam -
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What is there to take Refuge from ? Its all just stuff..Blue Garuda wrote:Simon E. wrote:I was a long term Buddhist ...nearly thirty years.
I neither reject or accept that term for myself now.
I did not grow jaded. Just grew away. I do not urge anyone else to follow my example.
I guess the fundamental change must be one of Refuge.
After all, we may fit the requirements of many faiths through meeting behavioural expectations, but ultimately it is Refuge which identifies our specific faith.
Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Is that a fair way to assess a change away from the label of 'Buddhist' ?
And here I am blithely typing words that once would have had me reaching for the Gun Of Buddhist Righteousness that I kept to hand..
Just to make one thing clear I did not reach this position as a result of reading Malcolm's posts.
I had already reached that position. Reading Malcolm's posts resulted in my posting to this forum.
But I am gabbling.
“You don’t know it. You just know about it. That is not the same thing.”
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche to me.
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Sönam wrote:No one would really disagree with: "from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore Buddhist or non Buddhist is of no importance." It does not mean that one has to drop any Buddhist labelling. Nor it does not mean that one has to not practice Buddhism.Blue Garuda wrote:I think it is fair to ask, as this thread is in the Lounge and so we don't have to view this from a Dzogchen or ChNNR perspective.Sönam wrote:This discussion on being bouddhist or not when practicing dzogchen is nearly ridiculous ... for any reason some have exagerated the sense of it.
What one can say is that from the pov of our real nature, where you come from is of no importance ... therefore buddhist or non buddhist is of no importance, but this is from the pov of our real nature.
Sönam
The assertion you make that 'Buddhist or non Buddhist is of no importance' expresses precisely the view that Buddhists here may wish to adopt and drop their 'Buddhist' label. I'm curious to know how many have been affected by that view and have dropped their 'Buddhist' label and how many feel no need to do so.
Sönam
I asked whether people had abandoned the Buddhist label, not whether it was necessary.
Maybe I'm just not expressing myself clearly. I feel like I am asking if anyone changed their car lately and being answered by people pointing out that it is not necessary.
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Blue Garuda wrote:I asked whether people had abandoned the Buddhist label, not whether it was necessary.
Maybe I'm just not expressing myself clearly. I feel like I am asking if anyone changed their car lately and being answered by people pointing out that it is not necessary.
glad to see someone else is having um an interesting time trying to get a message across.
no I am not glad but I cannot help laughing out loud at the moment. ..... normal service (such as it is) will be resumed shortly.
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I don't wish to be contrarian, but I must point out that "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist" means different things to different people--that's perhaps the most obvious "take-away" for anyone who's ever spent any time here at DW.Virgo wrote:I take refuge in my real nature. This goes beyond, "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist".Blue Garuda wrote: Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Kevin
If one defines one's "Real Nature" as Buddha, then, perhaps, one is taking refuge in one's real nature when one is taking refuge in Buddha. I agree with My Cerulean Feathered Friend--how we define 'Buddha' makes a world of difference.
I don't think too many of us, for instance, take refuge in the organic remains of some Nepali-Prince-turned-Renunciate-turned-Awakened One who died 2500 years ago or so.....
དམ་པའི་དོན་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ཆེ་བ་དང་།
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
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Hi BG,Blue Garuda wrote:That's not the question I was posing. I wanted to know how many no longer consider themselves Buddhists. To answer that Dzogchen is beyond such distinctions has been aired here very often, but isn't what I was asking.Virgo wrote:I take refuge in my real nature. This goes beyond, "Buddhist" or "Non-Buddhist".Blue Garuda wrote: Followers of the Dharma may take Refuge in Dharma and Sangha but the main issue is how we define 'Buddha' as an object of Refuge.
Kevin
It's a simple question, surely. The two answers could be paraphrased as:
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen, Buddhist afterwards.
Buddhist before encountering Dzogchen teachings, no longer Buddhist.
I don't say "I am a Buddhist" nor do I say "I am not a Buddhist". I am not defined by those things.
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You mean venerating the relic Buddha finger I bought on eBay is pointless? Damn. LOLconebeckham wrote: I don't think too many of us, for instance, take refuge in the organic remains of some Nepali-Prince-turned-Renunciate-turned-Awakened One who died 2500 years ago or so.....
The devil is in the detail, for sure.
Guruyoga comes in many forms and you could almost start at the other end and say that people who are not seeking their true nature are not Buddhists.
That would make a great thread........................not.
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