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- Thu Nov 10, 2016 10:47 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Is the Awakening of all Buddha's identical?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2320
Re: Is the Awakening of all Buddha's identical?
Is the Awakening of Buddha's all identical? They share the same Dharmakāya, so I suspect the answer is yes. Here is my more controversial question. If the Awakening of all Buddhas are identical, than are all Buddhas, truthfully, actually the same Buddha? While the nature of the Dharmakaya may be th...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:18 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Ground/land consegration question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1307
Re: Ground/land consegration question
FPMT's Statues and Stupas - Part 2: Building and Blessing Holy Objects contains a translation of a Gelug version of the ritual you're looking for. I don't have it on hand at the moment, but if I remember correctly, Prithvi is involved, but she's not the only one. The ritual is somewhat complicated d...
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:56 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Taiwanese Drikung teacher split from Drikung Order?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3416
Re: Taiwanese Drikung teacher split from Drikung Order?
Drikung Kagyu have a strong presence in Taiwan. So there's no logistic problem. He could participate in everything they do there. He's in his own bc he is... Well as far as I can tell, he is still on good terms with HH Drikung Chetsang, so it's hard to say that he's an inauthentic lama. Plus, what ...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 2:56 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
- Replies: 281
- Views: 42201
Re: Shamanistic influence on Tibetan Buddhism
I'd say it's a bit of mischaracterization to call Tibetan Buddhism the Catholicism of the Buddhist world, it's more like the Catholicism of the Buddhism that you find outside of traditionally Buddhist countries. The influence of Bon on Tibetan Buddhism is no more than the influence of native culture...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:41 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3788
Re: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
I'm pretty sure ordinary inhabitants of mara's heaven aren't evil, it's mostly just mara who is considered anti-enlightenment. Thank you for the response, hearing what you said provided some relief, do you have any references on that? I had in the past rejoiced the good deeds others have done. In f...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 12:13 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Buddha's Son/Son of Buddha
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4488
Re: Buddha's Son/Son of Buddha
From the other responses here it looks like it might be more common in Tibetan Buddhism. The term itself is widely used in the major Mahayana sutras like the Avatamsaka, Lotus, etc. It is, as other users have mentioned, another title for bodhisattvas. However, I'm not quite sure it's neccesarily a ...
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:51 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Taiwanese Drikung teacher split from Drikung Order?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3416
Re: Taiwanese Drikung teacher split from Drikung Order?
As far as I can tell, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche is still on good terms with HH Drikung Chetsang, and has not left the Drinkung Kagyu order. I think the split is talking more about logistics, since Glorious Jewel appears to have been a major co-sponsor for Drikung events internationally. Now, I think t...
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3788
Re: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
So, Form and Formless realms require reaching the needed form/formless meditation states? What then are the conditions for one to be reborn into the 6th heaven realm? For those that do not do meditations, would purely doing good deeds (e.g. such as donating 95% of their assets for charity cause, et...
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:45 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Stages of Practice?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 958
Re: Stages of Practice?
I'd think Theravada is also concerned with progress towards the goal of becoming an arhat through the achievement of the four fruits (stream enterer, once returner, non-returner, arhat) though it might be considered a bit unrealistic. As for the Lam-Rim that is essentially what you have to do to rea...
- Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:08 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Why Shingon Buddhist believe in Chakras?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9976
Re: Why Shingon Buddhist believe in Chakras?
I was not actually interested to practice Tantras, I think its weird because Buddha hasn't made his teaching as a secret, but thats different topic, and I still don't know why they keep it secret, any way, The Taisho Tripitaka does not contain Highest Yoga Tantra...right? this is part of Tibetan Tr...
- Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:24 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Why Shingon Buddhist believe in Chakras?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9976
Re: Why Shingon Buddhist believe in Chakras?
ShineeSeoul, We've talked about similar issues before, but you really cannot rely on the internet as a proper source for tantra. The MeditationExpert page that you linked to shows that the person knows nothing about proper tantric practice. It's worth remembering that tantra is meant to be kept secr...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:39 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: On the importance of the white sangha...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3814
Re: On the importance of the white sangha...
In the latest transmission to Buddhadharma to new lands, it seems to me that it is the institution of monasticism that is struggling to survive.
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:28 am
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3788
Re: Confusion on cultivating of 10 good deeds
Mara's heaven is the highest of the desire realm heavens, but the form (including the Brahma heaven) and formless realm heavens are higher. Since mara has strong associations with sensuality, pleasure, and craving, it makes a lot of sense that he belongs in the heaven realm, and gathers beings aroun...
- Mon Oct 10, 2016 10:16 am
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Sound of the direct/profound view
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1304
Re: Sound of the direct/profound view
Are you looking for the original Tibetan?
- Thu Oct 06, 2016 1:16 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Vajrapani in sutric context
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3501
Re: Vajrapani in sutric context
Just a a guess: But wouldn't the being referred to in the Sutta be Indra? In Pali, Indra would typically be referred to as "Devānām Indra" and specifically be referenced as the king/lord of devas. With the Vajrapani section, we see that this being is not a deva, but a yaksha: 22. Tena kho...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Secrecy regarding the Mala
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1940
Re: Secrecy regarding the Mala
Keeping your practice mala hidden only really applies to people practising tantra, and doing it seriously at that. One reason in some classes of tantra is because your mala is not merely a mala, but also generated as the deity. Generally speaking, there are many restrictions and observances to be ke...
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:18 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Very large malas?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 750
Re: Very large malas?
The larger malas are, as you guessed, a status symbol more than a practical dharma implement as you can see from the oversize beads, ornamental marker beads, tassels, and elaborate decorative knots on the back. They are usually bestowed on individual monks and nuns during investiture or dharma trans...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:58 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Origins of Dzambhala ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1503
Re: Origins of Dzambhala ?
in Hindu mythology, Dzambhala is known as Kubera, the god-king of the semi-divine Yakshas. In Buddhism, he is known as Vaiśravaṇa (Sanskrit) or Vessavaṇa (Pali). Vessavaṇa is one of the Cātummahārājāno or "Four Great Kings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambhala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K...
- Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:09 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Why is Amitabha absent in American Zen and TB?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6760
Re: Why is Amitabha absent in American Zen and TB?
Does the Kagyu centre not include this prayer at the end of Chenrezig practice?
https://youtu.be/HSQqWWtBtiY
https://youtu.be/HSQqWWtBtiY
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:43 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Difference in attainments
- Replies: 256
- Views: 33972
Re: Difference in attainments
The aggregates of an arhat are not transformed because they have not realized dharmakāya. I thought it was the rupakaya they don't realize? They also do not realize the dharmakāya since they do not realize two fold emptiness, not to mention they do not realize emptiness free from all extremes. If I...