Dharma Wheel

Grigoris wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:48 am

Śāriputra: When he thus trains, which dharmas does a Bodhisattva train himself in?
The Lord: He does not train in any dharma at all.

Yup, that's me!

Haha!

Sounds to me like you are just where you should be. In my experience (and I am not being facetious) we still remain confused, but we are confused at a higher level. Heart to heart right here for a moment, Simon. I freaking love you. For real. For someone I have never seen or met, I have connected w...

Over the past couple of months I had a resentment towards buddhism in the west growing in the background of my mind. I kept it back there because I was too "spiritually superior", or too "spiritually healthy" to feel such a way or have such an attitude. Until, that is, about a week ago. I dropped al...

heart wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:44 pm So perhaps you just haven't been around long enough.

/magnus

I haven't been!

I am going to try my hardest to respond accordingly. I feel like there is quite a bit to unwrap here. I have really enjoyed reading what everyone has said so far, too. On the other hand, everyone has to start somewhere. Indeed. And, this brings me to another perspective. Should the best place to sta...

I am second guessing posting this, but I guess here it is, LONG POST: Through the years of studying, I have come across an amount of online forums, other Buddhists online and in person, and watched a couple of movies about Tibetan Buddhism and general Buddhist ideas. Buddhism itself is something I h...

AmidaB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:52 am So, who is the Dharmakaya aspect?

Whoever Mahamudra is.

The Dharma isn't in-built with all this baggage. Just find a Guru who is connected to a lineage and practice until you receive results, and then practice more. All sentient beings, in the hell realms, the animal realms, etc. are eagerly awaiting your Buddhahood. Imagine for a second, all of the bein...

In regards to Vajrapani, yes. With Samantabhadra, i dont know.

I'm not an extreme guy. I just like to enjoy some drinks and some a bit of ganja and I just want to know your opinion. Despite my party life I love to follow the Dharma the best I can Regards :) If by "follow" you mean actively practice, im sure you will find that both can become obstacles. Not bec...

I am fairly certain there are passages in the Dharma that suggest or even state that at the highest level, the three jewels are one anyway. Whether you accept this or not will probably depend on your views regarding the Dharmakaya, Buddha-nature, the identity of oneself (and other aspects of illuso...

Depends which text you have on your mind? The new Garchen Rinpoche's ngondro, or the blazing splendor (old one)? Where can I get a Drikung Kagyu Ngondro text, as well as lectures on the text? Thanks I would say try either of these. I am currently doing Ngondro using Garchen's Ngondro and i can easi...

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I like the little booklet called "Seven Verses of Supplication to Tara", page 15 specifically. You can find it here (to download) if you dont already have it. http://garchen.tw/English/Designed_by_Rinpoche/Booklets Both Tara and Padmasambhava are great for protection. I dont have advice about sponso...

Gnomic inscrutability is always a safe bet. People can imply realisation without stating anything overt. Simply habitually adopting the tone of teacher will often be sufficient in a public forum. I love Sherlock Holmes! :smile: Erm...Good for you? :shrug: tend to tremble a little whenever i see Sim...

Pretty much every single text will extol the magical power of the mantra or dharani it describes (the seeing/touching/copying ones are usually dharanis, not mantras) and how it is supreme over all other practices etc etc. That's what the texts say, so lamas repeat it when they give transmission, bu...

One just needs to recite Vajrayogini mantra to gain all siddhi, this is in the Chakrasamvara root tantra. This seems like a misrepresentation of Vajrayoginis mantra in relation to siddhis. See chapter 48 of the root tantra. To recite the mantra, you need empowerment (which can be a lot of detail, i...

One just needs to recite Vajrayogini mantra to gain all siddhi, this is in the Chakrasamvara root tantra. This seems like a misrepresentation of Vajrayoginis mantra in relation to siddhis. To recite the mantra, you need empowerment (which can be a lot of detail, in and of itself), you need lung, an...

I was reading the aspiration of Samantabhadra yesterday. In it it says that limitless emanations are sent out to tame whomever by whatever means. That really stuck out to me. Take from it what you will. That whole prayer becomes something new everytime its read. Whats really the difference between h...

I am afraid this thread is leading to more misconceptions about emptiness than an actual understanding of what Madhyamaka is and what it is for. Emptiness is not a view, it is not an object, nor is it a philosophy on some highest truth. Madhyamaka is an upaya, a method, for eliminating mental elabor...