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- Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:55 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Symptoms Before Vajra Hell
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10041
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:55 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Where do I go to learn Trekcho
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2087
Re: Where do I go to learn Trekcho
Marc's list is great. I'd also add Alan Wallace, James Low and Garchen Rinpoche.
- Thu May 24, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
- Replies: 443
- Views: 47437
Re: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
He's in good company when we look at what Buddhist tantrikas did from early on. No. Buddhist Vajrayāna, and even Mahāyāna, use of nonbuddhist figures was done in the context of conquest, domination and apppropiration, not fitting them pleasantly into a Buddhist scheme. The same applies to Tibetan c...
- Wed May 23, 2018 9:44 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Music time
- Replies: 3351
- Views: 419268
Re: Music time
Just about to post some Krishna Das. I've become a huge and evangelical fan over the years!
- Wed May 23, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Prajñāpāramitā and it's most influential commentaries.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2230
Re: Prajñāpāramitā and it's most influential commentaries.
Not certain if it's what you are looking for, but "Center of the Sunlit Sky" by Brunnholzl is an amazing book.
- Mon May 21, 2018 4:51 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: QUERY: Naljorpa--Information About?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1515
Re: QUERY: Naljorpa--Information About?
Maybe also Dudjom Rinpoche's Big Red Book, given the prevalence of lay yogis in the Nyingma tradition.
- Fri May 18, 2018 12:52 pm
- Forum: Bön
- Topic: Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
- Replies: 83
- Views: 24503
Re: Lopön Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche
KY, the posts you make of quotes from LTNR are very useful indeed. It's great to read this kind of upadesha from a real master. 
- Fri May 18, 2018 12:51 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
- Replies: 443
- Views: 47437
Re: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
Unlike Christianity, the integrity of the Buddhist teachings do not depend on the authenticity of these historical figures. I sometimes prefer to view Buddhism as some form of interactive, living mythology which has a soteriological function. More fun, if anything. And relying on the historical tru...
- Fri May 18, 2018 9:43 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
- Replies: 443
- Views: 47437
Re: Quote by ChNNR about Dzogchen and God - where is it from?
There is actually no evidence for the historical personality, Jesus of Nazareth, apart from Christian sources. Uh huh. And how many contemporaneous records do we have about Sakyamuni? Nāgārjuna? Padmasambhava? Milarepa? Unlike Christianity, the integrity of the Buddhist teachings do not depend on t...
- Wed May 16, 2018 10:48 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Trekchod/pointing out instructions
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5206
Re: Trekchod/pointing out instructions
Absolutely!madhusudan wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 9:21 am With a solid foundation in refuge, renunciation and non-harm ethics along with aspiration / action bodhicitta, pray to Guru Rinpoche to meet a suitable teacher.
I've heard this is impossible to fail.
- Wed May 16, 2018 6:20 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Trekchod/pointing out instructions
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5206
Re: Trekchod/pointing out instructions
This is not something you can get from a book, as you've found out. Once his health is back to normal, you can check out Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche's webcasts which will be a great place to get exactly what you are wanting.
- Sun May 13, 2018 6:54 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Did the 84 mahasiddhas authorize others to teach?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 8255
Re: Did the 84 mahasiddhas authorize others to teach?
And Virupa destroyed a shrine to Shiva and converted his followers to Buddhism. It's all a bit confusing if you try to keep to rigid rules, which might actually be the point.
- Sat May 12, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Did the 84 mahasiddhas authorize others to teach?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 8255
Re: Did the 84 mahasiddhas authorize others to teach?
Isn't this fascinating: Some Buddhist authors - we don't know much about them - writing about some mahasiddhas. Admitting that some of them actually were not Budhists. But then also stating that they did not attain mahasiddhi. Think about it for a moment. It implies - obviously - that these stories...
- Sat May 12, 2018 12:19 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Young people are loneliest?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6315
Re: Young people are loneliest?
Compassion and a guiding hand, I would hope. And then they would hopefully be able to claw their way out of the resentful pit which seems to be easier and easier to get stuck in these days.
- Wed May 09, 2018 10:56 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1399
Re: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
I am aware of this teaching. So if the mirror is not simply the realisation "i am Angry with me", but rather a "flavor" of anger without attachment (e.g. with discernment instead) then why the mirror Analogy? Is there at least some reflection involved? It's to do with the precision and clarity of a...
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:56 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1399
Re: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
Ordinary anger is obviously not good, but its nature is mirror like wisdom - the wisdom is the useful part, not anger per-se. There are techniques to recognise this wisdom in anger, but this means that the dualistic, samsaric anger collapses. Ah my Friend PSM....True that, the collapse. ....but rid...
- Tue May 08, 2018 9:36 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1399
Re: Angry mind does't go well with this blood
Ordinary anger is obviously not good, but its nature is mirror like wisdom - the wisdom is the useful part, not anger per-se. There are techniques to recognise this wisdom in anger, but this means that the dualistic, samsaric anger collapses.
- Thu May 03, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Young people are loneliest?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6315
Re: Young people are loneliest?
I've been researching into this topic a lot in the last year. I don't know about other people but I know I've watched a decline in my attention span since having a smart phone. There are lots of studies out there looking at the effects of 'media multitasking on the brain and on sustained voluntary ...
- Thu May 03, 2018 12:53 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Young people are loneliest?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6315
Re: Young people are loneliest?
Perhaps I am naive; but in my own way I want to help people, sometimes I go too far; definitely indulge in idiot compassion too much, and aside from my own issues which I think I try too hard to ignore by helping others; I just can't seem to find the right ways to go about doing the whole bodhisatt...
- Thu May 03, 2018 12:42 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Young people are loneliest?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 6315
Re: Young people are loneliest?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Z :namaste: From the Atlantic article: She told me she’d spent most of the summer hanging out alone in her room w...