Dharma Wheel

I understand no lineage holder succeeds Namkhai Norbu. That means noone will be initiated into Rinpoche's teachings anymore, no Song of the Vajra, no Ganapuja, no nothing. It seems his son is giving transmission to new students https://www.tsegyalgar.org/tsegyalgar-east/newsletters/transmission-wit...

Probably begging people not to kill it for lunch.

As far as I know once you receive introduction to the nature of mind or empowerment that person automatically becomes your guru. Actually same for getting lung from someone although I guess to a lesser degree. Of course your relationship with various teachers and their influence on your practice wi...

If you received teachings from her she is already your guru. Not true and it's a bit sad to see this old trope still being peddled in the forum. Too many cults and too many scandals, surely people have learned by now. Take teachings, check their qualities and if you feel the teacher is legitimate t...

In the Tibetan buddhist tradition today celebrates Buddha's return from the Realm of 33 Gods after a 3 month sojourn teaching his mother who had been reborn there. Is this also acknowledged in the Theravadin world and celebrated as an auspicious event? Does anyone know the name of the Thai and Sri L...

Many years ago a renowned Yogi who lived in the forest above Dharamsala gave a teaching to a group of Western students. After the usual preliminary prayers he began by talking about the precious human rebirth.....and burst into tears. Sometimes it's the foundational teachings that move the mind the ...

How do you get around the whole "we eat meat, drink alcohol, have sex and engage in the kleshas still call this wisdom" practice thing without just discarding the classical Buddhist view of these matters altogether? Any answers accommodating that I come from a classical Mahayana position and have n...

I also don't see anybody getting all outraged about the alcohol and drugs, the consumption of which is actually a violation of a Buddhist precept. Most problems would be avoided if teachers and students kept the 5 precepts. It's surprising how so many people seem to disregard such a fundamental and...

This is good. There is a separate facility for people who want to do short retreats.

www.benchen.org/en/monastery-nepal/39.html

Also here:

http://shedrubfund.org/projects/asura-c ... at-center/

The identification marks him as perhaps the first tulku in any Tibetan religious tradition Yeah right, OK, sure, whatever..... :zzz: My apologies if anyone was offended by this post and Malcolm is right it was disrespectful. What I should have said is " maybe, who cares and does it really matter? "

Barbarians!



KILL THEM ALL

Phantom - Ghost Who Walks - Never Dies!

OMG he's back.

kalden yungdrung wrote:The identification marks him as perhaps the first tulku in any Tibetan religious tradition

Yeah right, OK, sure, whatever.....

Buddha taught extensively about karma. Good actions bring happiness, negative actions bring suffering.
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Some spirits channelled by Tibetan mediums are considered to give reliable advice: Tseringma, Yudolma, Nechung, to name a few and mediums in many cultures channel spirits in order to heal people, often with great success. It's wrong to presume they are all pathological liars. Aren't all these examp...

bunny wrote:Thank you all for your insightful replies. I understand now.

My question has been answered

Look at this: http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?o ... ew&id=1309" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Clairvoyance, in Buddhism, really refers to having vision of devas, pretas, etc. and other beings from other realms and dimensions......" Also past and future lives, the karmic causes for present and future circumstances, bardo beings plus many other things as well. And let's not forget the Buddha'...

Even within the New Age movement, channeled spirits were famously revealed to be psychopathic liars in " The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts " by Joe Fischer. Some spirits channelled by Tibetan mediums are considered to give reliable advice: Tseringma, Yudolma, Nechung, to name a few and mediums in man...

I will have to politely disagree. I don't see a problem with celibacy and monasticism. I don't consider that asceticism. You're right, it's not although a hedonist might see it otherwise. I consider starving yourself to the point where your only nourishment for weeks comes from boiling a yak bone a...