Dharma Wheel

Simon E. wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 1:58 pm If these issues are given importance they will become important.
A certain well known Lama once said to me “ Do your practise. If the day is marked as inauspicious take a pen and cross it out. And write in what you would like it to be”... .

you may find this interesting: https://www.shambhala.com/videos/the-eight-practice-lineages-part-4-marpa-and-shangpa-kagyu/ https://www.shambhala.com/immersive-workshop-on-kongtruls-treasury-of-precious-instructions/?siteID=a1LgFw09t88-ZJVLUHhg7G8Pz6z6upQQ7Q The introduction of Callahan's Moonbeams ...

thanks for the update crazy-man!

FYI

http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle

do a search for the text,
e.g. gyud lama/Uttaratantra
http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle/course/se ... dha+Nature

http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle/course/se ... Middle+Way

Also: https://www.amazon.com/Ascertaining-Certainty-Khenpo-Tsultrim-Gyamtso/dp/1877294004/ref=sr_1_1 I read this many years ago but I remember that he nailed the Rangtong Shentong issues. Highly recommended. Also highly recommend the notebooks from his lectures at Tail of the Tiger if you can find ...

may not be useful depending on one's background, but here are:

a bit on moonbeam:

http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle/enrol/index.php?id=241

and a bit more on CNS:

http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle/enrol/index.php?id=106

and
http://ktgr.dscloud.me/moodle/course/in ... egoryid=34

just fyi

As you see there is quite a bit to choose from. FWIW my own recommendation would be the one first mentioned by kirtu, i.e. https://www.shambhala.com/buddha-nature.html . A huge amount of careful work went into its preparation. FYI: to go with the book, you may also find some of these talks useful. ...

Lingpupa wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:24 am As you see there is quite a bit to choose from. FWIW my own recommendation would be the one first mentioned by kirtu, i.e. https://www.shambhala.com/buddha-nature.html. A huge amount of careful work went into its preparation.

+1 for this

This whole thing is very discouraging to me. Sogyal doesn't hit as close to home but as a recent former-shambhalian my own experiences plus hearing about teachers like Sogyal makes it harder to trust the Dharma or teachers in general. A part of me knows that the dharma has so much truth and wisdom ...

I don't remember hearing anyone claiming Harvey Weinstein was displaying crazy wisdom.. his victims may have been silenced/stayed silent for various reasons but I doubt any of them felt his exploitation was a display of kindness for their benefit. That to me differentiates cult vs. not. (Of course c...

Hi Pema, He likely won't but readers should know that his comments have been removed from the Lion's Roar page where they originally appeared. Seems like he is unwilling to be debated. This exemplifies the kind of integrity which surrounds the Sakyong in his inner circle - Nick is a 'Kusung', or pe...

Hi Pema, He likely won't but readers should know that his comments have been removed from the Lion's Roar page where they originally appeared. Seems like he is unwilling to be debated. This exemplifies the kind of integrity which surrounds the Sakyong in his inner circle - Nick is a 'Kusung', or pe...

Karma Dorje wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:44 pm

gb9810 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 9:33 pm ...say, someone dressed like a pumpkin jumping up and down on the street corner proclaiming the apocalypse.

Shambala practitioners of all people shouldn't be making fun of the way other people dress.

seen on FB, just FYI (one of the comments under Lion's Roar's story) Posted by Nick Trautz A word of caution to those inclined to read the latest sunshine report: Some of the allegations are demonstrably, totally, and almost comically false. I have been an advocate of space and listening and belief ...

If that statement about Pema Chödrön is correct, that is very disappointing, though not surprising. Pema Chödrön has taught alongside Mipham and her silence about the scandal has IMHO been suspicious. *sigh* The statement is merely that Pema Chödrön dismissed a report of abuse out of hand. It is di...

My initial read of your response was that you were accusing me of being a Shambhala apologist of some sort, coming to his defense. ah, sorry if it offended.. it was more a light-hearted teasing than anything. don't disagree at all with your overall messages and understand the sentiment too. It was ...

nice try... given the 1st half of your thesis - that helpful teachings/ideas can come from flawed individuals, which to me is obvious but beside the point here, why do you need to "not want Lodro to be guilty"? Sure, in theory we too should wish that no one ever commits wrongdoings and therefore is...

nice try... given the 1st half of your thesis - that helpful teachings/ideas can come from flawed individuals, which to me is obvious but beside the point here, why do you need to "not want Lodro to be guilty"? Sure, in theory we too should wish that no one ever commits wrongdoings and therefore is ...

Yes. ... trying to retain equanimity through non-attachment to the self. I imagine it would be (will be?) difficult because clinging to life is a primary drive reinforced by roughly the last two billion years of evolution. All our ancestors (right back to the first multi-cellular life-forms) must h...