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by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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 ...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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 ...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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.
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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?
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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...
by jmlee369
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
by jmlee369
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...

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