No it's not. Don't die or anything like that. We all Love you. Is something going on?
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- Tue Jan 26, 2021 1:46 pm
- Forum: Dying and Death
- Topic: Stay conscious OR engage in kind thoughts during death?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 46
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:22 pm
- Forum: Dying and Death
- Topic: How to get a reals sense of reincarnation being true? / Fear of death questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 142
Re: How to get a reals sense of reincarnation being true?
Here is some information on the subject from a BDK book entitled Buddha-Dharma: The Way To Enlightenment (it is free to download on their website), with the Buddha speaking to a brahmin: (5) At one time, Janussoni came into the presence of the World-Honored One and said, “World-Honored One, is an of...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:46 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Music time
- Replies: 3353
- Views: 419491
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:48 pm
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Prajnaparamita, Lotus, Flower Garland: Where to read/Best way to read
- Replies: 2
- Views: 67
Re: Prajnaparamita, Lotus, Flower Garland: Where to read/Best way to read
Lotus Sutra goes: The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras can be read in browser for free. Translated by Burton Watson, used by SGI Nichiren Practitioners. It can be purchased here . Another Lotus Sutra Version by Burton Watson can be found here . BDK Version of the Lotus Sutra , can be p...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:30 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Question on rebirth of bodhisattvas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 206
Re: Question on rebirth of bodhisattvas
There is something called the state of no regression that even a Bodhisattva can reach. Buddhahood is the Highest non-regressive state. Also, it is possible to hide your own Enlightenment, even from yourself, but deep down inside you know it and are behaving in such a way that you are deeply Realiz...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:25 pm
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: After The Cult(the long road to Vajra Hell)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1806
Re: After The Cult(the long road to Vajra Hell)
I'm sorry this happened to you. Know it's not the fault of Buddhism and isn't your fault either. You're a victim and you need to heal. Please be kind to yourself. And also know that what transpired in the situation you described is not Buddhism, and so it wasn't the fault of the Vajrayana tradition,...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:49 am
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: Mind-made Body in the Kevaddah Sutra
- Replies: 1
- Views: 66
Re: Mind-made Body in the Kevaddah Sutra
In the Aganna Sutta: 10. ‘There comes a time, Vasettha, when, sooner or later after a long period, this world contracts.825 At a time of contraction, beings are mostly born in the Abhassara Brahma world. And there they dwell, mind-made , feeding on delight, self-luminous, moving through the air, glo...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:27 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Question on rebirth of bodhisattvas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 206
Re: Question on rebirth of bodhisattvas
There is something called the state of no regression that even a Bodhisattva can reach. Buddhahood is the Highest non-regressive state. Also, it is possible to hide your own Enlightenment, even from yourself, but deep down inside you know it and are behaving in such a way that you are deeply Realize...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:13 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: "evidence that consciousness continues after clinical death"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 162
Re: "evidence that consciousness continues after clinical death"
That's quite interesting. Does anyone know of any Buddhist accounts by which Buddhas or Bodhisattvas have brought people back from the dead/the other side, by means of a resurrection? I would be interested to hear of Buddhist accounts of this in History or on any Buddhist Scripture. As it is quite a...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:38 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Music time
- Replies: 3353
- Views: 419491
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:09 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: How long was your honey moon phase with Buddhism?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 318
Re: How long was your honey moon phase with Buddhism?
I honesty I don't separate Buddhism from me , and I feel like anything I have done to do so, is/was an Expedient Means of some sort. Buddhism is the most important thing in my life and the people that I Love are Buddhism. Buddhism is Love itself and is inseparable from my deepest ideals I have felt ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:19 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Dao of Politics and ideology
- Replies: 58
- Views: 933
Re: The Dao of Politics and ideology
Here are some "political passages" from the Tao De Ching : 61. Submission A nation is like a hierarchy, a marketplace, and a maiden. A maiden wins her husband by submitting to his advances; Submission is a means of union. So when a large country submits to a small country It will adopt the small cou...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: How Mentally Ill Prisoners are Treated in the United States
- Replies: 1
- Views: 188
Re: How Mentally Ill Prisoners are Treated in the United States
Prison is a tough place, and just like your cafeteria at school is unfair to you in this Saha world, so is by even more of a magnitude, multiplied by a large threshold, prison is unfair as well. It is not always the fault of the people there, in either place, but there comes a time when one just has...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:28 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: contest to show there's an afterlife
- Replies: 6
- Views: 221
Re: contest to show there's an afterlife
While he wants to understand what lies beyond this world....
....he's too busy concerning himself with money and his pile of money. Such is a hinderance.

Let us not do the same!
Om Mani Padme Hum.
....he's too busy concerning himself with money and his pile of money. Such is a hinderance.

Let us not do the same!
Om Mani Padme Hum.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:58 pm
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: Yes or No ...
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 148540
Re: Yes or No ...
Yes, I do all the time. I value them as human beings and often ask them if they want to cross over, chanting mantras for them and trying to bring them to find meaning in them. If you could do all of the things Shakyamuni did throughout His entire life, outlined throughout Buddhism and in the Lotus ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 4:32 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: TruthRising714
- Replies: 6
- Views: 228
Re: TruthRising714
Hello my Dear Friend. Hold steadfast to your compassion and care for others, and you will see immediate success in results of your Practice in Buddhism. Don't give up on the Path, and hold the Three Jewels dear, as protection under them will bring you to the other Shore. Namaste! Nam Myoho Renge Kyo...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:11 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: The Middle Way
- Replies: 1
- Views: 130
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:17 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Prayers for my dharma situation
- Replies: 12
- Views: 287
Re: Prayers for my dharma situation
Find in yourself the confidence that shines from your Bodhicitta, which has reached the other shore. Om Mani Padme Hum, I hope all goes well. 

- Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:06 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Music time
- Replies: 3353
- Views: 419491
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:03 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Avalokiteshvara Empowerment from HHDL online
- Replies: 8
- Views: 272
Re: Avalokiteshvara Empowerment from HHDL online
I recently took the online empowerment of 1000 armed Avalokiteshvara that His Holiness offered. If you haven’t watched the clips/received the empowerments I encourage you to do so. His Holiness’ wisdom is awe inspiring! He clarifies everything in the two clips. I had several aha moments. When it co...