Dharma Wheel

You may want to make contact first with a lama in the US that has a connection to somewhere you want to study. Just showing up somewhere with no introduction or background in their lineage is a lot harder than being introduced by a lama of the same lineage who knows you. Sometimes you can just show...

You may want to make contact first with a lama in the US that has a connection to somewhere you want to study. Just showing up somewhere with no introduction or background in their lineage is a lot harder than being introduced by a lama of the same lineage who knows you. Sometimes you can just show...

If your mind and motivation aren't pure some days, the power of the Dharma you are reading out loud will purify you and everyone who hears it. It's a win-win situation. The only thing we stand to lose is our afflictions.

If your heart is in it, it will make a lot of merit for you and everyone who hears. Some people have a love of brush and ink, and their copying of sutras will be very meritorious. Some people have a love of sound and the voice, and their chanting and reciting of sutras will be very meritorious. Many...

There was a famous conversation (in the video below) between Meng-ts'an 夢參老和尚 and Nan Huai Chin 南懷瑾, where Nan Huai Chin was extolling the benefits of fasting for spiritual practice and Meng-ts'an said something along the lines of "That's very nice... but you should really read Avatamsaka Sutra. It ...

I adapted some of the Cleary translation and the Ven Cheng Chien translation after looking at the Chinese into a little quaint reflection piece: "If you see a river, pray that beings gain entrance into the stream and into the ocean of wisdom. If you see a reservoir, pray that beings swiftly taste t...

It's a classic among tibetans. Everyone seems to know about it and it's often quoted by teachers in every tradition.

Personally, I love this genre of worldly wisdom.

I attended Lotsawa's two year program in 2018. If you have questions, feel free to PM me.

He was trying to show people how to get out of the cycle by renouncing the world and following the path of Dharma. Ok, I can vote for this. So renouncing the world. Renouncing me. Renouncing my philosophy. Renouncing my liberation and enlightenment etc. Renouncing the story of me becoming this and ...

It seems that Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Program will be holding its course online this year, and modules can be done independently. It's a good price and the teacher Geshe Wangdak is a great language teacher. https://www.lrztp.org/online-tibetan-language-program/ They hope to start the long ...

Another thing to ponder on... Can possessions belong to a people, where karma is concerned? Can one steal from a people? And can we inherit the negative karma, the consequences of bad actions of our ancestors? Personally, I think karmic debt works through feelings of grievance. If someone feels aggr...

You know... I'm not sure Buddha was much concerned about rights in the way we understand the concept in the modern world. Buddha was concerned with karma and liberation. Morality was based on social conventions (eg. the Law) to encourage harmony with the existing order. But true morality in Buddhism...

Is morality a myth? I think private ownership is a myth... but a very strong one and most people seem to believe in it. It's the basis for such strong feelings of attachment to one's property and resentment if it is damaged or stolen. Maybe that's the basis of our strong karma surrounding possessio...

This problem sounds very artificial (construed). It's clear times changed and you cannot turn back the time of 200 years. Nevertheless the dept stays. Therefore the descendants of European immigrants should be aware of the fact they owe much. Therefore, they should treat the decendants of Native Am...

You're under a spell. But it's not "her" putting a spell on you... It is coming from your own mind. I was recently in a similar dynamic of being utterly in love. Love is like a magical spell. Once I remembered how I got into the situation in the first place, the moments when she said something that ...

From all the time I have spent so far on researching these issues I know already an idea that people doing what is called ghost-hunting could be dangerous. For example there are the Christian people who would say you are inviting demons/evil by exposing yourself to that. I have a sikh friend who do...

It would be good if I could find a Buddhist in the UK who had the ability to see spirits and how to deal with them. So if anyone knows anyone like that then I would be interested. Or even someone in Europe which might at least be a bit closer. I have however contacted a few different Buddhist group...

Well, if the ten worlds interpenetrate perfectly and even hell beings and hungry Ghosts partake of the Buddha world to some extent, the question becomes: Do Buddhas and advanced Bodhisattvas thus also partake in a kind of 'hell nature'? There is in "orthodox" Buddhist thought the idea of non-retrog...

Jee Loo Liu proposes what I consider an elegant (if slightly subtle and complex) solution to this issue in her paper, but before I make her argument for her I’d like to see if there are any members with thoughts or comments on the doctrinal controversy in general. My own impression (not based on ti...

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