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- Sun Nov 15, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Namkhai Norbu lineage
- Replies: 155
- Views: 7632
Re: Namkhai Norbu lineage
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...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:04 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Pig kneels in front of a Buddhist temple in China
- Replies: 6
- Views: 422
Re: Pig kneels in front of a Buddhist temple in China
Probably begging people not to kill it for lunch. 

- Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:33 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Lama Lena Testimonies/Credentials
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4325
Re: Lama Lena Testimonies/Credentials
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...
- Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:52 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Lama Lena Testimonies/Credentials
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4325
Re: Lama Lena Testimonies/Credentials
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...
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:23 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Lhabab Duchen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 415
Lhabab Duchen
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...
- Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:10 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Precious Human Birth
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2252
Re: Precious Human Birth
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 ...
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:09 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: A request to explain Vajrayana to a common Mahayanika
- Replies: 102
- Views: 11703
Re: A request to explain Vajrayana to a common Mahayanika
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...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:19 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: CTR, polygamy, cocaine, etc: Discuss
- Replies: 174
- Views: 21696
Re: CTR, polygamy, cocaine, etc: Discuss
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...
- Tue Jun 26, 2018 10:14 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Looking for a retreat in Nepal
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1379
Re: Looking for a retreat in Nepal
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:
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www.benchen.org/en/monastery-nepal/39.html
Also here:
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- Sat Jul 22, 2017 2:01 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Very sad news: Letter to Sogyal Rinpoche / Abuse allegations
- Replies: 955
- Views: 140544
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Bonzhik Khyungnak the first Tibetan Tulku
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3677
Re: Bonzhik Khyungnak the first Tibetan Tulku
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? "
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddha & Shoes...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 785
Re: Buddha & Shoes...
Barbarians!

KILL THEM ALL

KILL THEM ALL
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 2:04 pm
- Forum: Dharma Events
- Topic: September Puja at Namdrolling Dzogchen Community
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2167
Re: September Puja at Namdrolling Dzogchen Community
Phantom - Ghost Who Walks - Never Dies!
OMG he's back.
OMG he's back.
- Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:46 am
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Bonzhik Khyungnak the first Tibetan Tulku
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3677
Re: Bonzhik Khyungnak the first Tibetan Tulku
Yeah right, OK, sure, whatever.....kalden yungdrung wrote:The identification marks him as perhaps the first tulku in any Tibetan religious tradition

- Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:13 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Karma and Energy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3217
Re: Karma and Energy
Buddha taught extensively about karma. Good actions bring happiness, negative actions bring suffering.
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- Tue Aug 28, 2012 2:31 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhism about spirit guides
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16698
Re: Buddhism about spirit guides
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...
- Sun Aug 26, 2012 9:25 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Anger directed towards oneself.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1754
Re: Anger directed towards oneself.
Look at this: http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?o ... ew&id=1309" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;bunny wrote:Thank you all for your insightful replies. I understand now.
My question has been answered
- Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:46 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhism about spirit guides
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16698
Re: Buddhism about spirit guides
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'...
- Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:39 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhism about spirit guides
- Replies: 66
- Views: 16698
Re: Buddhism about spirit guides
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...
- Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:35 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Asceticism in TB and "The Middle Way"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4045
Re: Asceticism in TB and "The Middle Way"
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...