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by GrapeLover
Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Mipham
Replies: 9
Views: 848

Re: Mipham

Lama Jigme Namgyal Rinpoche in Las Vegas is also very open to giving lungs. Sorry for being off topic, but is this the same Jigme Namgyal as this one?: https://www.tibetculture.lu/v2/lama ... if it's the same person, doesn't he live in Luxembourg anymore? A different lama of Padma Rigdzin Ling temple
by GrapeLover
Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Aphantasia & Dzogchen / tantric practices
Replies: 508
Views: 25896

Re: Aphantasia & Dzogchen / tantric practices

If you had a paper and pencil, could you draw a picture of an apple? Where I said I'm open to answer that kind of questions??? :rolling: Take what I said if it's useful for you, either you can skip to the next text. Thank you, It was a rhetorical question to show that you probably don’t really have...
by GrapeLover
Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:10 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Benefits of Reciting Guru mantra by Apang Terton
Replies: 4
Views: 1084

Re: Benefits of Reciting Guru mantra by Apang Terton

Tsewang88 wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 11:40 am Thank you for this, Kunsel. :namaste: I found the text that I lost too so all is good.
Can you share it for us? 😍
by GrapeLover
Sun Sep 04, 2022 12:35 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Manjushri Dice Mo
Replies: 13
Views: 1211

Re: Manjushri Dice Mo

We rejoice !!
by GrapeLover
Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:18 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is Kali Yuga a Buddhist teaching?
Replies: 42
Views: 2991

Re: Is Kali Yuga a Buddhist teaching?

That's all fair enough except that the Karandavyuha Sutra comes from the Tibetan tradition It comes from the Sanskrit original before Buddhism was formally transmitted to Tibet If you can show sources, please do. :namaste: Kim From its intro on 84000 https://read.84000.co/translation/toh116.html Th...
by GrapeLover
Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:30 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is Kali Yuga a Buddhist teaching?
Replies: 42
Views: 2991

Re: Is Kali Yuga a Buddhist teaching?

Kim O'Hara wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:47 am That's all fair enough except that the Karandavyuha Sutra comes from the Tibetan tradition
It comes from the Sanskrit original before Buddhism was formally transmitted to Tibet
by GrapeLover
Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:36 pm
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Current status of Rumtek.
Replies: 30
Views: 12806

Re: Current status of Rumtek.

conebeckham wrote: Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:38 pm So....

just a follow up on the current status, from my bird's eye view, having visited there a couple months ago.
Thank you so much ❤️
by GrapeLover
Mon May 23, 2022 12:48 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
Replies: 13
Views: 751

Re: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

Personally, I didn't experience things directly from worshipping Avalokiteśvara, but I believe the accounts I heard. I think it is better for me to write it down properly, or better yet, have the person who told me write it down so I can get the story right before sharing it. We will be most excite...
by GrapeLover
Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:23 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Revised Bardo Thodol
Replies: 5
Views: 910

Re: Revised Bardo Thodol

You know they’re terma revelations? We need to ask Guru Rinpoche for a revision
by GrapeLover
Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:10 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Transmission (lung) of Sengdongma, The Lion Faced Dakini
Replies: 22
Views: 2370

Re: Transmission (lung) of Sengdongma, The Lion Faced Dakini

Atiśa at times refused to give the bodhisattva vows if the offerings were inadequate. Actually, may I have a source please. Sounds very interesting. I just got it from this footnote in Treasury of Precious Qualities vol 1 😳 This accounts for the importance attached to the making of offerings at the...
by GrapeLover
Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:56 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Transmission (lung) of Sengdongma, The Lion Faced Dakini
Replies: 22
Views: 2370

Re: Transmission (lung) of Sengdongma, The Lion Faced Dakini

I think he does these in response to requests a lot of the time. I requested a transmission from him once and a private session was arranged with him and his translator. He proactively sent me more advice afterwards as well. There was literally not a single mention of money throughout the whole proc...
by GrapeLover
Thu Feb 24, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Achieving enlightment in 3 lifetimes by listening to a very powerful yogin recite the kuntuzangpo prayer
Replies: 19
Views: 6619

Re: Achieving enlightment in 3 lifetimes by listening to a very powerful yogin recite the kuntuzangpo prayer

Who wrote this prayer, when, and where? The link you were given states that it is from a terma tantra revealed by Rigdzin Godem On what authority can it be claimed to give Enlightenment within 3 lives? The quote in the OP image is from the prayer / tantra itself Whether we know it or not? Even peop...
by GrapeLover
Thu Feb 24, 2022 1:08 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Achieving enlightment in 3 lifetimes by listening to a very powerful yogin recite the kuntuzangpo prayer
Replies: 19
Views: 6619

Re: Achieving enlightment in 3 lifetimes by listening to a very powerful yogin recite the kuntuzangpo prayer

Inedible wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:59 pm Who wrote this prayer, when, and where?
The link you were given states that it is from a terma tantra revealed by Rigdzin Godem
On what authority can it be claimed to give Enlightenment within 3 lives?
The quote in the OP image is from the prayer / tantra itself
by GrapeLover
Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:24 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Sur Incense
Replies: 6
Views: 2120

Re: Sur Incense

I'd be inclined to offer just the smoke/scent of food before I used sang incense. You might happen to already have flour and at least some of the three whites & three sweets on hand Lama Zopa Rinpoche sez: When doing sur practice, you must have actual food to burn on the coals to offer it. Other...
by GrapeLover
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:31 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Persons whose hands have been cut off
Replies: 17
Views: 7102

Re: Persons whose hands have been cut off

It's mainly reputation management. The idea is that if anyone complains, the source of the complaint should be prohibited, regardless of the moral value of the act or person being prohibited. Vinaya, thus, is not moral censure, but mainly a reputation management manual. The person with no hands, et...
by GrapeLover
Wed Feb 02, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: In TB, is there a specific Pure Land we aim for (Sukhavati?) or you can aim for whatever you want?
Replies: 179
Views: 59078

Re: In TB, is there a specific Pure Land we aim for (Sukhavati?) or you can aim for whatever you want?

I will continue with Halkias' book. It was interesting so far and it is worthwhile considering all other perspectives. Perhaps you might also find interesting the commentary by Mipham Rinpoche available at the end of this Document: https://www.academia.edu/35095965/JU_MI_PHAM_ON_PURE_LAND_DOCTRINE_...
by GrapeLover
Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:07 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?
Replies: 53
Views: 21653

Re: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?

There is no such thing as this. If it’s a terma, it’s from GR. If it’s dag snang it could be from anyone but there are zero such texts claiming to be sutras. There are termas presented as sutras, eg https://www.saraswatipublications.org/product/khorlo-barwa-the-thirteen-chakra-sutra-from-the-northe...
by GrapeLover
Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:47 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?
Replies: 53
Views: 21653

Re: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?

…the work appears to be a mind terma of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö presented in the form of a Sutra. There is no such thing as this. If it’s a terma, it’s from GR. If it’s dag snang it could be from anyone but there are zero such texts claiming to be sutras. There are termas presented as sutras,...

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