Dharma Wheel

Usually stream entry is code for Western--- usually men--- who work outside of Buddhist tradition and self-diagnose how enlightened they are. That's exactly what it is. It's a subreddit built around Daniel Ingram and the "Pragmatic Dharma" movement. It is right up there with r/zen as one of the wor...

It depends on intent I think. If the intent is to benefit self and others and to inspire people with enlightened art I don't see a problem. Assuming of course that it is not a restricted tantric image. KN I used to go to a monastery where they have some protector etc. images in their own cabinets. ...

:good: +1 on KN’s suggestion If you look carefully at the ngondro sadhana I would expect that this is in the common preliminaries. In any case the common preliminaries will contain most of what you need in this area. If you wanted to insert additional lojong practice, for instance the sending and re...

I don't suppose anyone has experience with both the Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo program, and with Rangjung Yeshe Institute? I'm interested in how the programs compare, specifically on the language side, I know RYI do a lot of other stuff too. I am also interested in anything anyone has to say about Rang...

1) What do people here in this Forum thing about the need or lack of initation (2) How many people here actually do Sur Offering and please do share your experiences!!! I'm not sure, if sur offering, sang offering and fire puja are the same thing. I attended big fire pujas at some occasions. They w...

For the life of me I can't comprehend how a Nichiren Buddhist could have such an obsession with "Early Buddhism." And that's not a knock on Nichiren Buddhism. It is just something you usually see with Secular Buddhists and some Western Theravada practitioners. A practitioner of a form of Buddhism or...

The laws of karma are very difficult to understand. However, karma is not a game of physics. There is also free will and also repentance. If you factor those things in you will realize what level of understanding there is needed to live life. I see you have great Wisdom in the basics of Buddhism, b...

My wife is a practising catholic and I've been practising Buddhism since before we met. Next august we've been married for 20 years. I go to mass with her at Christmas and Easter and she occasionally accompanies me to the Thai buddhist temple. Neither of us has ever been the recipient of any animos...

No. You could be a cultural or secular Jew, but that would be the only exception. The way I've been taught, you can be a Buddhist hanging out with the Christians/Muslims/etc. or you could be a Christian/etc. hanging out with the Buddhists, but you can't be both. Anyone can benefit from Buddhist prac...

Let me know if this resolved your questions While it is clear that Lama Jigme Namgyal Rinpoche is technically a legitimate teacher, it is still not clear to me that all of his claims are accurate, and Yagmort's comment gives me pause. At this point, unless more information comes to light, I do not ...

Well, it all works out for her in the end. this is so wrong on so many levels. this is not some netflix tale. At that time, the woman Confusion was full of happiness after listening to the Buddha Dharma. Her heart opened up, and became clear and pure. She understood deeply, and had an awakening to ...

Does it exist at all? In Buddhism it is a theory found only in Vajrayana, while outside it, within other Indian systems, it has been present in various forms even before the Buddha. It exists in popular (folk) Thai Buddhism, the practice known as Reusi Dat Ton is their equivalent to yoga. However, ...

I'm not sure that Javier is quite correct, though to be sure it varies a little. 108 is not just 100 plus a few for good measure, but is precisely a time-honoured sacred number. I heard somewhere that Sakyas often use 111 beads, construed as the "sacred" 108 plus 3 for good measure. Sakya followers...

I'm not a Shin Buddhist, but I did study it for a while, and read most of Shinran's and Rennyo's writings. Here is (imo) the issue with Rev. Cirlea: Doctrinally, he is probably one of the most accurate and truest to the teachings of Shinran. Too many Shin teachers today take a modernist and watered ...

Thich Nhat Hanh, in my opinion, is the opposite to the extreme of fundamentalism. His insistence that you can be a Christian or Muslim and a Buddhist is encouraging lack of focus, and he also teaches the Pure Land as being attained in this life. I think his writings have inspired lots of people so ...

That Lama knows very well. There’s nothing foolish about enquiring on a forum, it provides different view points, at best. It’s your choice to comment on my post. The Pali Canon is ONE of the foundations of Buddhism, and a very important one at that. The Pali canon was a set of teachings given to a...

I use one like this:

https://potalagate.com/collections/ince ... 1316122949

This is a better article on the subject: https://tibet.net/tibetan-geshe-in-rare-post-death-meditative-state-sparks-new-research-in-thukdam/ The one from tribuneindia.com has some mistakes, the biggest being: On examination, it revealed the blood pressure of the body to be at 86, quite close to a li...

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No. They've already been offered (ABO). They are no longer yours. Best to allow them to burn completely out on their own. there are several ways of doing this safely such as putting on top of glass, putting in a glass or metal coaster, putting in a shallow pan of water. If you can't do this safely,...