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Hey all, I've been getting more into dzogchen, and now I'm coming across terms about the three kayas, as well as dang, tsal & rol pa. I'm trying figure out the relationship between these things because, since dzogchen is about achieving nondual awareness on reality, i figure that if all the dens...

Hey yall, i've been getting deep into my dream studies recently, and after some lucid practice last night, i started wondering: are beings who appear in your dreams considered samsaric beings with their own karma? Because in all my dreams, it really seems to be no different than waking life: in drea...

this might be a completely ignorant question but im gonna ask it anyway. im curious about the ways that solitary yogis have survived in the outdoors. im not looking for any specific type of answer that satisfies a particular bias or anything, because im definitely willing to believe it could be a mi...

is consciousness a material element in Tibetan Buddhism(among 4 other elements)?in wich way is it an element if it is not material?and in wich way is it material?how can matter give rise to subjective awareness?how can it interact with matter if it is not material? Consciousness, like space, is a d...

Hey again, so I recently finished reading ChNN's "The Crystal", and something i see alot in the book is the problem with "dualism." i see alot that basically, the mind has mistaken itself to be a "separate" entity &that it has a false sense of dualism. Now, this rem...

My question is: is dhyana a necessary prerequisite not to siddhis but to realization? The argument was that not all Buddha’s have siddhis because not all have dhyana. But to me it sounds very unlikely that someone entirely without any dhyana can ever reach full realization. After i did some more re...

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LOL! Good way of putting it

The siddhis depend on the attainment of dhyanas. It is possible that some people understand the nature of reality with minimal attainment of dhyanas. You can attain the dhyanas without attaining the wisdom of seeing the true nature of existence. Does this make sense to You? at first i half-understo...

First of all, the Dhammapada is a wonderful text: it's one my favorites. I'm glad you're studying it. The most popular one (and the one I'm assuming you're citing here) is not a Mahayana text. It's part of the Pali Canon, and it's studied in the Theravada tradition. There are Mahayana versions of t...

by concentrating on it hm...so simple and so effective. if i got what you're saying, you're basically saying enlightened beings dont necessarily need to focus on siddhis for awakening. they just need to realize the true nature of things for awakening. however, to develop siddhi, you have to actuall...

Hi, i read this verse in Dhammapada Verse 372: "There can be no concentration in one who lacks wisdom; there can be no wisdom in one who lacks concentration. He who has concentration as well as wisdom is, indeed, close to Nibbana." since im fairly new, ive heard from many people that just ...

Hi all, blessings, i was looking at a few discussions on the Buddhism subreddit about how different enlightened teachers have different attainments, and that some enlightened teachers actually can have no siddhis /rddhis at all, but somehow, people who are still plagued with samsaric ignorance can h...

SonamTashi wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:02 pm Lama Thupten Dorje Gyaltsen Rinpoche will be giving a Guru Rinpoche empowerment online this upcoming Sunday at 11:30 Mountain Time:

FINALLY SOMEBODY!
THANK YOU

Hey all, newbie here. hope you all are well.

im in the USA, and i was wondering if any genuine lamas you know of are giving Introduction to new people to fully engage in all the practices. Thank you!

Hope everybody's doing well! I've been reflecting alot on deconstructing the conventional Self, but something i cant get over is how we feel touch. If this body isnt truly "me", why do i "feel" it? Wouldnt i be able to detach from the sensations of the body at will if its not me?...

Find a teacher who can show you your real nature. who are great teachers accepting students at this time? Find a teacher that speaks to you and start examining their teachings, there are a number. I don't know you so it's hard to make a recommendation. These days, obviously Zoom and Youtube are pro...

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NateLeo wrote: ↑Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:40 am So i want to know: what exactly is the first, most fundamental concept i need to realize first if i atleast want to reach the first stage of awakening in this life?

Find a teacher who can show you your real nature.

who are great teachers accepting students at this time?

Thank you all!

Evening again, Since i recently got started in Buddhism, i been reading alot lately, but i just got the sudden need to slow down. I have a bad habit of jumping into things and trying to absorb so many of the advanced concepts first, and i need to stop that. That being said, i feel like I've overload...

Now considering jhana is a temporary state, that tells me obscurations can temporarily be overcome? There is a difference between latent habits or inclinations (anusaya) that are a condition for the emergence of hindrances (nivarana). So, as shown in the Mahamalunkya Sutta , even though a baby does...