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by Ayu
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:28 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 24
Views: 549

Re: Favourite Sports

Other: Ice figure scating and snooker.
by Ayu
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?
Replies: 2
Views: 276

Re: Is it Beneficial to Use Dharma Names in Daily Life?

I read somewhere here at DW that it is beneficial to call pets by Dharma names. In the case of human beings - in my opinion - it depends on the circumstances and people. If it's accepted by the people, if they even call you by the Dharma name with a positive attitude, I believe that would be very be...
by Ayu
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1111

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

One aspect is still not mentioned in this thread:

"Appearing ripe/unripe' to WHOM?
How I appear, often tells more about the perceiver than about myself. As long as I'm not obviously contravening ethical codes, people judge my appearance according to their expectations.
by Ayu
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: Book Reviews
Topic: Free books (officially) from Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Replies: 3
Views: 221

Re: Free books (officially) from Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

Maybe it needs to be mentioned that donations are welcome. In the West, the system of financial support for Dharmacenters is often being misunderstood as "You don't have to pay anything."
by Ayu
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:44 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?
Replies: 10
Views: 546

Re: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?

" It is better to do one’s own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another’s dharma, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a person does not incur sin." I love this quote, but it's hard for me to understand exactly what my dharma is since the world is different now ...
by Ayu
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 932

Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?

I have heard, that a higher female interest than male, is one of the sings of the Degenerate Age of Dharma. Does anyone have more information about this? I believe, it was written somewhere in the Palicanon that the Buddha said so. One of those weird quotes, I think, which make no sense without con...
by Ayu
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 932

Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?

In my real life community, at seminars, there are often 5 males amongst 20 females.
by Ayu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:41 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 465

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

Due to their negative experiences, women just like to appear as neutral. Yeah I can imagine why. But I actually did not know that the poll would reveal their identities. I do not have experience with polls here, but my assumption was that it would take their votes, not also reveal who voted what (I...
by Ayu
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 465

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

I think, it's no problem at all to just start such a topic in the Lounge. People could be surprised about the answers, because the idea is common, everybody was male. We simply still live in a man's world and this is tainting our perception and our assumptions. On the other hand, the poll most proba...
by Ayu
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:59 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”
Replies: 12
Views: 779

Re: My family worries that some Zen Buddhism feels like a “cult”

And the advantage of non-cult buddhism is: you don't have to proselytize like e. g. a Christian. You can really focus on yourself and your practice without bothering your family with it. There's nothing to promote outside. There's nothing to avoid except anger and selfishness. Nobody scolds you for ...
by Ayu
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 60
Views: 2629

Re: Personal account of Shine

jet.urgyen wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:13 pm
Ayu wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:24 pm I moved the topic from Dzogchen to Mahayana, because the topic is not specificly about Dzogchen
sorry my last post, i didn't noticed is on the Mahayana forum now.
No problem. Mahayana is the greatest umbrella for all.
by Ayu
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 60
Views: 2629

Re: Personal account of Shine

I moved the topic from Dzogchen to Mahayana, because the topic is not specificly about Dzogchen
by Ayu
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Words
Replies: 393
Views: 67379

Re: Words

master of puppets wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:43 pm Try to catch the story from somewhere. zen will help you to.
this is the end.
(my words)


[Mod note: It seems, this thread finally has run it's course.
Reference: https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.p ... 34#p682834]
by Ayu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:18 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Placement of Dzambhala House Blessing Card
Replies: 1
Views: 304

Re: Placement of Dzambhala House Blessing Card

mahabuddha wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:15 am I have a Dzambhala House Blessing card - where is the best/proper place to hang it?

Yours in the Dharma
Tingdzin
I believe, the best place is at the entry of the main room. Either above the door or besides it.
by Ayu
Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.
Replies: 26
Views: 972

Re: Silly but persistent pop-culture myths about Buddhism.

... Does anyone know if this myth has a particular origin? I read it years ago in a Palicanon-based discussion. I cannot figure out the source anymore. But the evidence was given due to one PC sutta, where the Buddha said neither Yes or No to the question, if God exists. (I think, that's the usual ...
by Ayu
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Negative energy
Replies: 32
Views: 1496

Re: Negative energy

"If you cannot help, at least do not harm", my teacher told me. So, if being with certain people harms me, if I cannot stay chilled, I leave. It's always the best solution. But: I don't believe in "negative energy" - it's only absence of positive energy. -20°C is no negative ener...
by Ayu
Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: please give me some advices
Replies: 6
Views: 596

Re: please give me some advices

The problem seems to be foreign to usual buddhist occurences. Can you please speak directly to someone who really knows this teacher? Our members must be overwhelmed with your question, because they neither know you nor the person you are complaining about. Please as well consider to consult profess...
by Ayu
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: How to respond to theistic/deistic arguments from a Madhyamaka point of view?
Replies: 24
Views: 1291

Re: How to respond to theistic/deistic arguments from a Madhyamaka point of view?

In addition, e.g. the Bodhisatva vows in Vajrayana recommend not to explain emptiness to people who are not ready for it.
And we can assume that people who are grounded in theism are definitely not ready for getting Madhyamaka.
by Ayu
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
Topic: Request for...practice support?
Replies: 11
Views: 1452

Re: Request for...practice support?

I was trying to establish a meditation routine all my life, since I was 20 years old. I more ore less failed all the decades. Seemed to me, I had an insurmountable obstacle in my inner laziness. Then, late at the age of 46, I met Buddhism and wanted to take a certain empowerment. I had to take refug...
by Ayu
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Losar Tashi Delek
Replies: 11
Views: 485

Re: Losar Tashi Delek

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