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This is common. Push through resistance. It's the ego pushing back. When you push through you reach a blissful peace and you will be very glad you stuck with it. What do you mean by "push through"? Can you give me an example? I have been persisting in the practice but don't find my resistance lesse...

Hi everyone, I have just begun doing Ngondro practice, and am finding I have an enormous amount of resistance. I am doing the practice almost daily for the past month but don't feel the same kind of connection that I have to other practices that I have been doing, including calm abiding and Green Ta...

Get a copy of The Day of a Buddhist Practitioner by Bokar Rinpoche.

I have a copy of Torch of Certainty but have yet to start it. Sounds like I should give it a read!

Lise

I have been considering joining a Ngondro group at my center here in Ashland. My teacher says I am ready but I still feel as if meditation is a challenge for me. When does one decide to begin doing Ngondro, is there a "right" time to so?
Thanks for the insight.
Lise

CSEe, I'm going to merge this with the other topics you started. Best, Laura CSEe's messages all seem to say the same thing, over and over. :zzz: Sorry sir , but some still ask me much similiar question , thanks for reading it . One suggestion, please don't assume all of us are male. I don't like b...

Ngawang Drolma wrote:CSEe, I'm going to merge this with the other topics you started.

Best,
Laura

CSEe's messages all seem to say the same thing, over and over.

I would never join the military, but as a martial artist I have used my training, on the rare occasions that it was necessary, to cause the least harm to the fewest people, including an attacker, if I could not run. . It's important to realize that not everyone who joins the military does it to kil...

Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:Why not just let Jesus be Jesus and Buddha be Buddha?

I have to agree with this, The man was Jewish, not Buddhist. Just because there are some similarities in the teachings doesn't mean Jesus was Buddhist. I really don't see the point in this question.

Hi Jikan, I figured you didn't mean that without the precept against killing you would support the NRA, but I had to ask

The National Rifle Association or NRA is a fixture of American politics: it's extremely influential, and its influence is hotly debated to say the least. This is a recent comment from a colleague of mine (I've quoted him before here at dharmawheel...): it seems clear to me that the NRA, at the very...

I think the final decision is best left to the administrators.
Lise

I LOVE the colors! Bright, easy to read and very Buddhism-relevant!

Lise

Huseng wrote:I personally prefer dark colours. Simple black background (black like the inside of a coffin on a moonless night) with white text is nice.

I like dark colors for the text. I am having a bit of a strain seeing the light blue lettering.
Lise

Buddha-Dharma is for the Monk and is orientated towards the Mind. Sikh-Dharma is for the Family and orientated towards the Heart. Hi Lotus, If I understand this sentence correctly, you are discounting a great number of lay practitioners who practice Buddha-Dharma, as you call it. That includes most...

Hi Lotus, thanks for the info. I was just curious. Do you have any idea where the hubs of Sikh residents might live in the States (that's where I am)?
Lise

plwk wrote:And then there's the ....
100,000 prostrations, 100,000 water offerings, 100,000 of a chosen mantra, 100,000 of this and that...

My question about this is, how does one keep track of the number of mantras or whatever one does?
Use a notebook?

Lise

Hi Lotus, you may have already mention this but I am wondering, whereabouts are you located?
Lise

Luke, I think you misread Lotus's intention. I don't feel he is criticizing Buddhism or trying to convert us.

Lise

Hi everyone. My prayer flags are starting to fade dramatically and are looking a bit tired. When does one replace them with newer versions, how does one dispose of the old flags and is there a particular time of the year to do this?

Lise