Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Fanboys
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Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche Fanboys
The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
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Yes, this book changed my life. It's one of my favorites.
Kevin
Kevin
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It makes one extremely inspired by Rinpoche and teaches profound truths about Dzogchen as well.
Kevin
Kevin
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This^tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
- How foolish you are,
grasping the letter of the text and ignoring its intention!
- Vasubandhu
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I met someone awhile ago (at the ling I go to) who said their original introduction to the teachings happened when they were visiting Hawaii and were hiking through the jungle in the middle of nowhere and came upon a old broken down rusty car. They opened up the car and looked through it and nothing was inside so they popped the trunk and opened it up and the only thing inside was the "crystal and the way of light".... Wild.
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Could be that someone with clarity left it there. I remember walking in Thailand once and I happened to have some Enlgish Dharma books on me. Out of nowhere this really strong impulse to just leave on on a bench for whoever might find it came over me. I told myself it was a silly thing to think that someone who might actually be interested would find it there, but the feeling was soo strong! So I left it there. Who knows what happened...asunthatneversets wrote:I met someone awhile ago (at the ling I go to) who said their original introduction to the teachings happened when they were visiting Hawaii and were hiking through the jungle in the middle of nowhere and came upon a old broken down rusty car. They opened up the car and looked through it and nothing was inside so they popped the trunk and opened it up and the only thing inside was the "crystal and the way of light".... Wild.
Probably nothing but hey.
Kevin
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someone once stole a copy of Buber's "I and Thou" that I left on my airplane seat. when i came back it was gone, but they had left untouched Rist's book on Plotinus. I absolve them of their bad karma and hope the book blew their minds.
Thoroughly tame your own mind.
This is (possibly) the teaching of Buddha.
"I must finally conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind."
- Descartes, 2nd Meditation 25
This is (possibly) the teaching of Buddha.
"I must finally conclude that this proposition, I am, I exist, is necessarily true whenever it is put forward by me or conceived in my mind."
- Descartes, 2nd Meditation 25
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Yup.tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
Single best publicly available Dharma book in the English language in my opinion.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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I just wish all beings were as lucky to have interest as you are and others are.Nangwa wrote:Yup.tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
Single best publicly available Dharma book in the English language in my opinion.
Kev
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I just wish all beings were as lucky to have interest as you are and others here are.Nangwa wrote:Yup.tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
Single best publicly available Dharma book in the English language in my opinion.
Kev
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Since when are balls profound?tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
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Aren't they simple and naturally occurring?Tilopa wrote:Since when are balls profound?tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
Kevin
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Mine are.Tilopa wrote:Since when are balls profound?tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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So are amoeba.Virgo wrote:Aren't they simple and naturally occurringTilopa wrote:Since when are balls profound?tomamundsen wrote:The Crystal and the Way of Light is profound as balls.
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But amoeba are small.Tilopa wrote:So are amoeba.Aren't they simple and naturally occurringSince when are balls profound?
Kevin
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Makes me want to buy a few copies of crystal and the way of light and leave one of each in a random obscure place to be discovered by someone someday... Plant a few seeds. I'd feel like a low grade Guru Rinpoche hiding termas. They'd have to be some asinine weather proof spots, the kinda place where if someone found it they'd know it was left for the sole purpose of being discovered.
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That would be fun too. Get a few copies of Crystal, go into Starbucks and see who is reading. Wait for them to go to the restroom. Swap the book and leave.gad rgyangs wrote:someone once stole a copy of Buber's "I and Thou" that I left on my airplane seat. when i came back it was gone, but they had left untouched Rist's book on Plotinus. I absolve them of their bad karma and hope the book blew their minds.
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He means rum balls silly! Rums balls are profoundly yummy! Omnomnom... Have to admit though, even though I am not a groupie, The Crystal and the Way of Light blew my mind!!! It changed my opinion regarding Tibetan Buddhism completely.Tilopa wrote:Since when are balls profound?
"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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You sure he wasn't talking about Pete Shweddy's famous Schweddy balls?gregkavarnos wrote:He means rum balls silly! Rums balls are profoundly yummy! Omnomnom... Have to admit though, even though I am not a groupie, The Crystal and the Way of Light blew my mind!!! It changed my opinion regarding Tibetan Buddhism completely.Tilopa wrote:Since when are balls profound?
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Pema Rigdzin/Brian Pittman
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Given you are a dwarf, I fail to see how profound they could possibly be! Profoundly small?Nangwa wrote:Mine are.
"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