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There is an overwhelming emphasis in this society to form opinions simply for the purpose of having an opinion. You see this in both broadcast and social media. One gets great satisfaction in forming opinions. It creates the sensation of actually doing something, but without actually helping to chan...

I’m looking for information / teachings / lineage / practice etc. regarding 11 head, 8 arm Chenrezig.
Thanks

I think (or rather, in my own experience) when you cannot change the things “outside of you”, the world around you, things that make you unhappy, then use this as an opportunity to focus on “Inside you”, meaning to examine the nature of your own need for things to be other than what they are, and at...

Is it correct to continue to give the rich person love and support, to spend according to his wishes leisure time with him- even if the Bodhisattva knows that to poor person suffers all the time. Of course being so stingy and having no empathy for others is a mental illness. How to act to people wh...

Memories are simply what they are. Some you want to hold onto, others you want to let go of. But the memories themselves, even if they in themselves are memories of joyful events, don’t trigger either happiness or sadness outside of the context of the present moment. A clear example of this is grief...

It is often said that just seeing Dharma now images brings benefit.
...even on zoom.

This isn’t a prayer, but... In preparation, it really helps if you take time to write down exactly what it is you need to discuss. This will not only help you cut through some of it yourself, and help you to focus your mind, but doing this will also help your teacher to understand your situation bet...

Yes, it is a good way to accumulate merit and even within many Sūtras themselves the Buddha states that there is great benefit to those who recite (meaning to share with others) even a few lines. I think it should be noted that merit-gaining activities really only provide an opportunity to acquire ...

Yes, it is a good way to accumulate merit and even within many Sūtras themselves the Buddha states that there is great benefit to those who recite (meaning to share with others) even a few lines. I think it should be noted that merit-gaining activities really only provide an opportunity to acquire m...

Interestingly enough, the need to move out of the parent’s house is something that only really became an issue after WW2, as the United States shifted more towards industrialization, the sprawling of new suburbs, and new highways. In Chinese culture, and many others, living with the parents is not r...

During different periods of the history of Tibet and China, it was always the position of one having to pay tribute to the other, alternately (in other words, sometime China bowed to Tibet and sometimes Tibet bowed to China). That tension always existed. During a the Q&A period of a teaching I was a...

The answers given are good.
I’m just curious about what you meant by
“job I can afford”.

Matt J wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:59 pm If Tibetan Buddhism has some of the highest teachings, advanced practitioners, etc. including powerful tantric practices, how do Tibetan sources account for the Chinese invasion and destruction of Tibet?

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army had more weapons.

Propagating Buddhism is like setting out a bowl of water for the cat or dog. If they are thirsty, they will come and drink from it. If not, they won’t. So, Buddhists try to make the Dharma available to everyone, even though most people have no thirst for it.

Most if not all of the Buddhists I know (Theravadins included) would probably strongly object to what you are saying, IMHO While it is true that enlightenment can’t come without love and compassion, lots of people have all sorts of love and compassion, and most of them are not Buddhists and are not...

The causes for suffering clearly come when people lack Love and compassion. Most if not all of the Buddhists I know (Theravadins included) would probably strongly object to what you are saying, IMHO While it is true that enlightenment can’t come without love and compassion, lots of people have all ...

It’s my understanding that while Buddhists make every effort to make Dharma teachings, study, and practice available to everyone, (building temples, publishing texts, creating websites, etc) and so on, that (with some notable exceptions) the reason why actively trying to convert others is avoided is...

Since there were Buddhists long before there were different traditions and lineages, the answer is certainly yes.

In this context there is also the question (or or problem) with solidifying notions of identity. What I mean is, yes, European invaders either killed or displaced the indigenous people from the land they were using (I won’t say “owned” because we haven’t established here the idea that one could “own...

NatureTalk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:47 amIs morality a myth? Ok, too sweeping a question. But not that unreasonable.

Define “myth”.
Outside of the human imagination, morality doesn’t exist.
Outside of the human imagination, myth doesn’t exist.
If you are looking for some kind of morality beyond what people imagine, you won’t find it.