Dharma Wheel

The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha” https://read.84000.co/translation/toh504.html The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha centers on the figure commonly k...

84000 translation by Gregory Forgues. Saṃdhi­nirmocana Unraveling the Intent In Unraveling the Intent, the Buddha gives a systematic overview of his three great cycles of teachings, which he refers to in this text as the “three Dharma wheels” (tri­dharma­cakra). In the process of delineating the mea...

Taranatha's Essence of Ambrosia is the best introductory/foundational book on Buddhism imo; in how it lays out the path by setting up a series of contemplations, from the start of generating a virtuous worldy mind, to the progression of the Hinayana renunciation of samsara, and then finally to the M...

Compared to Sukhavati how hard is to be born in Guru Rinpoche's pure land? Is there some kind of 'list' or 'lists' for the needed qualifications to be born in Zangdokpalri? Is getting enlightened possible there? Questions of Guṇaratnasaṅkusumita “Guṇaratnasaṅkusumita, to the south of here is a worl...

Since this thread is already very interesting and helpful, i hope its OK when i ask if someone knows resources where one can learn more about Pure Land Teachings in Tibetan Buddhism? I really enjoyed "Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth: A Tibetan Buddhist Guidebook" by Tulku Thondup, but haven't found ...

There is only apparition birth there, and no human women, And, there is in fact no Vajrayana practice in this buddhafield, as opposed to say, Zandok Palri. There are Vajrayana initiations given there, for example the Nyingma/Drikung Great Phowa which was given directly from Amitabha there, and the ...

The Teaching of Akṣayamati Akṣayamatinirdeśa The bodhisatva Akṣayamati arrives in our world from the buddha field of the buddha Samantabhadra. In response to Śāriputra’s questions, Akṣayamati gives a discourse on the subject of imperishability. In all, Akṣayamati explains that there are eighty diffe...

84000 Translation The Dwelling Place of Mañjuśrī first presents a dialogue between Mañjuśrī and Śāriputra regarding the activity of “dwelling” (vihāra) during meditation, the nature of dharmas, and the “true nature” (tathatā). This opens into a conversation between Mañjuśrī and a large gathering of ...

明安 Myoan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:22 pmChapter 6 on the Perfection of Patience is very helpful for anger.

The Dalai Lama's book Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective is a very good commentary on that particular chapter.

floatingbubbles07 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:13 pmHow exactly do you do purification and penance?

Three Heaps Sutra and the 35 Confessional Buddhas is the standard Mahayana purification practice.

Heh, I was joking with the post, but that information is actually supremely useful;

I may even call on your help at some point

pemachophel wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:41 pmThat being said, I also think it's time for Western TB practitioners to learn to do these kinds of funerary practices for ourselves.

No plans to set up your own website to help Westerners (at a lower cost)?

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:15 pmThe hair empowerment is an add on. It’s not part of the main Troma empowerment.

Any history on why it was added?

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 3:00 pmSometimes I think I shouldn’t bother contributing to this discussion, even though I am the only person here who has actually received teachings on this text in its entirety.

Chin up, bro! Your Dharma posts are always appreciated, even if people don't express it enough!.

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:51 amThe funny thing is, the striped zen is strictly a Tibetan innovation. Ancient ngakpas during the Imperial period wore white, head to toe.

Why not blue?

Malcolm wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:34 pmEven a tenth stage bodhisattva does not have the omniscience of a samyaksambuddha.

They're still called omniscient though iirc? What's the difference between the omniscience of one and the other?