It’s a great film and one of Redford’s best performance but...didn’t the chronology bother you? The two immortal CIA agents that did the same job in every conflict from Vietnam to the 1990s?
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- Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:10 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Movies you have watched a lot of times.
- Replies: 141
- Views: 12359
Re: Movies you have watched a lot of times.
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:36 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Practicing without empowerment
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1439
Re: Practicing without empowerment
First, I have ZERO intention of practicing without an empowerment. I take that seriously. What happens if someone does, though? I've heard on one end of the spectrum that the practice is simply without fruit and on the other end of the spectrum that bad things will happen to you in this life. What ...
Re: The Dream
Ordinary karmic dream. Probably means nothing. If you want a meaning from it: keep practising.
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:13 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 2068
Re: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
that kind of attitude is a purist attitude and plays into some cultural notions about death, ugliness, and purity that I think are worth poking at. I see what you are getting at. But how far will we go with it? Natural aversions to bad smells and pain are there too. I guess we must start building t...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 2068
Re: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
Of course I have seen the opposite. At one ganapuja there was a fight and nastiness over the presence of meat and alcohol. People objected to meat and alcohol in a feast offering? How did that play out exactly? Did they know anything about the ritual they were performing, or the vows they had taken...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:38 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
- Replies: 113
- Views: 2068
Re: Does a Vegan Damaru exist anywhere?
Of course I have seen the opposite. At one ganapuja there was a fight and nastiness over the presence of meat and alcohol. People objected to meat and alcohol in a feast offering? How did that play out exactly? Did they know anything about the ritual they were performing, or the vows they had taken?
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:45 am
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Translation of Dharma Name
- Replies: 17
- Views: 348
Re: Translation of Dharma Name
Why did he give me the wrong name? Naming convention for Sheng Yan's students is that they follow the Linji lineage poem. Those receiving vows from Sheng Yan are called Guo X. Those receiving vows from Guo X are called Chang X. Those receiving vows from Chang X are called Yan X. Etc etc. I quoted t...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: All permeating Magnetic(Buddha?) Fields
- Replies: 6
- Views: 219
Re: All permeating Magnetic(Buddha?) Fields
Sorry, but no.
If you want to study the standard model, do that; if you want to study middle way, do that. But don’t mix them up, they’re not the same thing.
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:01 am
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Translation of Dharma Name
- Replies: 17
- Views: 348
Re: Translation of Dharma Name
No, actually. Guo Dong Zheng Jiao. Then strictly speaking, he gave you the wrong name Why did he give me the wrong name? Naming convention for Sheng Yan's students is that they follow the Linji lineage poem. Those receiving vows from Sheng Yan are called Guo X. Those receiving vows from Guo X are c...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:05 am
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Translation of Dharma Name
- Replies: 17
- Views: 348
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:58 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Translation of Dharma Name
- Replies: 17
- Views: 348
Re: Translation of Dharma Name
PvS: the context for "演" here is: "能仁圣果,常演宽宏". So probably best to emphasize qualities of awakening.PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:07 pm Yan 演 in this context means to display (the qualities of a Buddha).
Maybe this:
མངོན་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:49 pm
- Forum: Language
- Topic: Translation of Dharma Name
- Replies: 17
- Views: 348
Re: Translation of Dharma Name
I was hoping somebody could translate this dharma name into Tibetan for me. Thanks in advance. Note: Yes. I know this isn’t a normal thing. But explain to me how it’s a bad thing, and I’ll drop it. F57BFA13-BE54-46AE-BC3C-9270A8EF2419.jpeg I'm going to take a guess here and say that the Dharma name...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:39 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: I would like to learn more about Rime.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 190
Re: I would like to learn more about Rime.
Read the bios of Jamgon Kongtrul and Khyentse Wangpo. The rime movement was basically an effort by them, their associates and disciples to collect, preserve and transmit a lot of minor lineages that were at risk of dying off. The key figures were for the most part Sakya-trained Dzogchen practitioner...
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 3:20 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Buddhist Rock & Metal
- Replies: 19
- Views: 461
Re: Buddhist Rock & Metal
To be fair though, plenty of overtly Buddhist pop music is, to my ears, more offensive than this stuff. Sugary sweet mantra recitation, etc. tastes vary widely. I feel very conflicted with that stuff. I think it sounds horrible. But there are people who really enjoy it and find it meaningful and be...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:50 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Changchub Dorje Kalachakra
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1389
Re: Changchub Dorje Kalachakra
If I may offer an opinion. What Rinpoche is saying with the essence mantra is kalachakra over the centuries has accredited so much “over lay” and cultural expansion, it has become seriously complicated and takes months in preparation to disperse. The essence mantra cuts through all that... Be happy...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:08 am
- Forum: Games & Humour
- Topic: A must-have for your shrine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 212
Re: A must-have for your shrine
Even a Trump has Buddha nature
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Does the Tathagata reside in Dhyana?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 608
Re: Does the Tathagata reside in Dhyana?
You seem very invested in your ideas- which is definitely one of the things that can happen when attempting a DIY practice. Are you looking for a "yes, you're right- you have Zen all figured out"? I’m sorry I’ve given you that impression. No I’m not looking for someone to tell me, “Yes, you get it!...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 12:00 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Ox Herding
- Replies: 40
- Views: 672
Re: Ox Herding
Nobody really knows if this debate actually happened, if "the mahayana monk" (that's what he's basically referred to as) was a real person, a composite person or a strawman, or if the decision to affiliate with India was made on philosophical or political grounds. There are good arguments to think ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:46 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Ox Herding
- Replies: 40
- Views: 672
Re: Ox Herding
Nobody really knows if this debate actually happened, if "the mahayana monk" (that's what he's basically referred to as) was a real person, a composite person or a strawman, or if the decision to affiliate with India was made on philosophical or political grounds. There are good arguments to think ...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:39 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Ox Herding
- Replies: 40
- Views: 672
Re: Ox Herding
I don't have any basis to have an informed opinion about Zen, other than the way Chan is presented in Tibetan sources, some favorable, most not. In addition to the Gelugpisk version of the dispute in Samya, there is also the Chinese version, in which the dispute is presented differently than by the...