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by PeterC
Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Mahayana teachings from the Dzogchen point of view
Replies: 6
Views: 691

Re: Mahayana teachings from the Dzogchen point of view

I know it's more complicated than that and from how I write it may seem that I have only a superficial understanding of these texts, but it's difficult for me to put it into words without knowing the technical terms most of you know. Can you help me clarifying some of these doubts? Unfortunately, n...
by PeterC
Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:31 am
Forum: Buddhist Tantra Talk
Topic: Ratna Lingpa Red Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara Guyhasamaja)
Replies: 0
Views: 728

Ratna Lingpa Red Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara Guyhasamaja)

If anyone is familiar with this practice I would appreciate it if you could message me. (I have the empowerment.)
by PeterC
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:48 am
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: The Physicalist
Replies: 3
Views: 492

Re: The Physicalist

This is a very curious strawman. I don't know anyone who describes themselves as a physicalist. But let's suppose someone does. Presumably this means that they only believe in what they can observe with their senses (or through instruments that can be observed with their senses). So they're not defi...
by PeterC
Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:41 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Avici hell karma
Replies: 8
Views: 1206

Re: Avici hell karma

The highlighted section is slightly mistranslated, what he says is actually more extreme: 如果你所表演的是負面的,你引導眾生造殺盜淫妄的,這是惡業,造作的是惡業,惡業你引導社會這麼多大眾,你的果報不是畜生、不是餓鬼,肯定是地獄。你就想到這個事情多麼可怕,這個世間行業這麼多,為什麼幹這行?佛家裡面講墮阿鼻地獄、墮無間地獄,這個行業的人最多。 If what you perform is negative, you lead sentient beings to commit acts like killin...
by PeterC
Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:46 am
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany
Replies: 55
Views: 3531

Re: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany

--along with Trungpa. Thread descends into chaos in 3...2...1... If it’s of any interest, Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche on Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche After the Twenty-fifth Rigden has ruled Shambhala and propagated the teachings for 97 years, there will come a time when it will be very difficult for...
by PeterC
Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:39 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Is Dharma Bhodi / aka Kol Martens a credible teacher?
Replies: 15
Views: 1472

Re: Is Dharma Bhodi / aka Kol Martens a credible teacher?

OP, what you should be looking for in a Dharma teacher (as a starting point, this alone isn't enough) should be the following: 1. Studied for a significant period with known and respected teachers 2. Was asked to teach by those teachers, and that relationship/request is verifiable 3. Teaches what he...
by PeterC
Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:29 am
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany
Replies: 55
Views: 3531

Re: new platform of ex-Diamondway found in Germany

conebeckham wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:12 pm --along with Trungpa.
Thread descends into chaos in 3...2...1...
by PeterC
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:11 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

The Buddha was very explicit that we cannot and should not try to understand the specific workings of Karma, because it is sufficiently complex that it would simply drive us mad. (Acintita Sutta, and I think a few others.) So, if we're trying to create tests that demonstrate reincarnation through th...
by PeterC
Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: “My mind isn’t like that”
Replies: 32
Views: 1739

Re: “My mind isn’t like that”

They aren’t unsolicited conversations. I am almost a “secret Buddhist” in fact, I hardly mention it to anyone, much less try to convince them of things. So the context is either family/friends that actively ask about things - usually meditation, or people I’ve worked with as a counselor. Funnily en...
by PeterC
Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:00 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Quote
Replies: 14
Views: 1111

Re: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Quote

If the quote is real, in order to understand it, you'll need to know from the Dzogchen 11 topics how sentient being have fallen into ignorance while Samantabhadra achieved liberation, etc. But circle jerking about such quotes in the absence of knowledge is what muppets who are into spirituality lik...
by PeterC
Wed Dec 06, 2023 7:52 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

Suppose some type of test is designed which prove via empirical data, Stevenson’s assumptions to be accurate. That’s what’s missing from the what is asserted above. Where is the replicable experiment? Until we have that, it’s not science, it’s interesting anecdotes. Interesting anecdotes play a rol...
by PeterC
Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:41 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

Suppose some type of test is designed which prove via empirical data, Stevenson’s assumptions to be accurate. That’s what’s missing from the what is asserted above. Where is the replicable experiment? Until we have that, it’s not science, it’s interesting anecdotes. Interesting anecdotes play a rol...
by PeterC
Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:49 pm
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

... Having trust in a person who has supranormal powers is not different from having faith and trust in the scientists who operate the Hadron collider. i had similar discussion with a travel acquaintance of mine several years back) i was saying that science is as a religion as other religions. it's...
by PeterC
Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

What kind of methodology would, in your opinion, lend credibility to the research on these cases of children who remember past lives? For a start he should have brought on board a co-researcher who thought the whole thing was BS and tried to disprove these cases. If he’s claiming to do science, tha...
by PeterC
Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:38 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

Stevenson collects stories. What kind of methodology would, in your opinion, lend credibility to the research on these cases of children who remember past lives? For a start he should have brought on board a co-researcher who thought the whole thing was BS and tried to disprove these cases. If he’s...
by PeterC
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

Ian Stevenson's reseach includes observable external evidence: birth marks and birth defects. You could apply this attitude for example to the Large Hadron Collider. How would you show that it's not possible that these stories of "particle collisions" could be explained by a combination o...
by PeterC
Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:06 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: What role do ritual implements play in Dzogchen?
Replies: 160
Views: 6646

Re: What role do ritual implements play in Dzogchen?

Well, I have no major objections to anything you said. I have a problem with using the term "tantra" as a term designating a single perspective, that of "transmutation" as opposed to that of "self-liberation". We all know that there are all kinds of literary works call...
by PeterC
Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

Again,nothing wrong with anecdotes, but it puts us in the territory of namthars and inspirational stories. my doctor recently asked me to describe back pain I had been having, and how often I was having it, and what sorts of activities I had been doing. and he laughed when I told him that I didn’t ...
by PeterC
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:34 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model
Replies: 230
Views: 13676

Re: Reincarnation cases not following the Buddhist model

No, it's absurd because it's not something that can be proved in that way. The sort of research he's doing produces interesting sociological anecdotes. It's not science. It's entirely likely that *no* research methodology could really *prove* anything in this area. How would you show that it's not ...
by PeterC
Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:53 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: What role do ritual implements play in Dzogchen?
Replies: 160
Views: 6646

Re: What role do ritual implements play in Dzogchen?

We're dangerously close to the 'no true scotsman' fallacy here. This is a much easier question if we distinguish between: 1. The view of Dzogchen, which is different from the views of the different classes of the vehicles of transformation (though some teachers will emphasize that the practices of o...

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