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by Charlie123
Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Crisis of a Faith, returning to dharma, and new directions.
Replies: 112
Views: 6915

Re: Crisis of a Faith, returning to dharma, and new directions.

Everybody who preaches compassion is forgiveness or whatever isn’t automatically a Bodhisattva. A Bodhisattva vows to liberate beings from samsara. That’s very specific. Hopefully, altruistic and virtuous attributes would be the norm. That’s the whole point of spreading that message, so that others...
by Charlie123
Sun Jun 12, 2022 7:12 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is it alright to receive initiation ot empowerment of certain deity practices from a different lineage than your own?
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Re: Is it alright to receive initiation ot empowerment of certain deity practices from a different lineage than your own

Nalanda wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:44 am Like me, Nyingma, getting a Kagyu Dzambala initiation.

Is that common, uncommon, bizarre?
It is normal.
by Charlie123
Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:42 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche online reading transmission of the 17 Dzogchen Tantras
Replies: 291
Views: 29703

Re: Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche online reading transmission of the 17 Dzogchen Tantras

yagmort wrote: Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:17 am anyone knows if 1,5 Gb of data will be sufficient for 5-6 hours of zoom meeting? can i turn off the video?
You can also dial in to zoom meetings using a phone number. I have heard that the connection is very stable when you join this way.
by Charlie123
Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: Soto
Topic: new translations by Kokyo Henkel
Replies: 2
Views: 2627

Re: new translations by Kokyo Henkel

Kokyo Henkel is an ordained Zen priest in the Shunryu Suzuki Roshi lineage of Soto Zen. He received Dharma Transmission from Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi. He’s also been practicing with Dzogchen teacher Tsokyni Rinpoche. He recently posted links to a few translations of previously untranslated writin...
by Charlie123
Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Buddha Nature of insentient thing.
Replies: 12
Views: 5462

Re: Buddha Nature of insentient thing.

FiveSkandhas wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:53 am Fabrio Rambelli wrote a good book about it.
That sounds very interesting. Could you post a link?
by Charlie123
Wed Feb 02, 2022 9:27 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: We Are All This Luminous Mind
Replies: 166
Views: 60331

Re: We Are All This Luminous Mind

Johnny Dangerous wrote: Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:49 am This has turned into a pretty interesting conversation, I’m lernin stuff.
:cheers:
by Charlie123
Wed Feb 02, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: In TB, is there a specific Pure Land we aim for (Sukhavati?) or you can aim for whatever you want?
Replies: 179
Views: 59083

Re: In TB, is there a specific Pure Land we aim for (Sukhavati?) or you can aim for whatever you want?

According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche https://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/recite-amitabha’s-name-every-day If you recite Amitabha's name every day, when you die you will go to the blissful realm of Amitabha like a rocket, without any obstacle. PRAYER: I prostrate to the Tathagata Infinite Light Buddha. I pr...
by Charlie123
Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:25 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: Seventeen Tantras Lung with Tulku Dakpa
Replies: 7
Views: 9206

Re: Seventeen Tantras Lung with Tulku Dakpa

Thank you, I am excited for this. Do you know who Tulku Dakpa received this transmission from?
by Charlie123
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?
Replies: 61
Views: 8996

Re: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?

Not sure how it is today in India and Nepal, but at monasteries in old Tibet you needed to pay for your own food. So, monks either came from a wealthy family who could foot their food bill or had some other sponsor.
by Charlie123
Wed Jan 12, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?
Replies: 61
Views: 8996

Re: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?

If the Mahasiddhas were not all monastics, and if Vajrayana is not a path of renunciation, and if great accomplishment in the path is open to lay Buddhists, then what is the motivation of young Tibetans to join the monkhood? if you look at the Indian commentaries of the Chakrasamvara tantra preserv...
by Charlie123
Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:55 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?
Replies: 61
Views: 8996

Re: What is the motivation for Tibetan Buddhists to join the monastics?

So we're back to it being not a path of renunciation, which is what I've always thought. That's simply wrong due to an incomplete and superficial view. Maybe you bother to read the explanation by a Nyingma Rinpoche: https://samyeinstitute.org/paths/vajrayana/renunciation-wake-up-call/ Renunciation ...
by Charlie123
Sun Jan 09, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: mostly Raw organic vegan diet for mental health?
Replies: 52
Views: 34400

Re: mostly Raw organic vegan diet for mental health?

Malcolm wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:23 pm
Artziebetter1 wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 1:58 pm I have had ocd since I was about 9 or 10 years old and it really makes my life hard and not fun.
Generally OCD is considered a seizure disorder.
Hi Acarya,

OCD as a seizure disorder sounds a little strange. Can you elaborate?
by Charlie123
Thu Jan 06, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Living Dzogchen Masters?
Replies: 91
Views: 42283

Re: Living Dzogchen Masters?

Karma Lhundup is taking initiations himself. Indeed - but how many genuine lamas consider themselves to be beyond the stage of taking teachings, empowerments and blessings? Not many, afaik. (I'm not sure if that was your implication.) I admire lamas who make an effort to continue receiving teaching...
by Charlie123
Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:28 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?
Replies: 53
Views: 21653

Re: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?

The Gregorian dates in the version you have posted are speculative. They appear to be bang on. Like any prophecy, you can't say until the time comes (unless you have supernatural insight into the future time) if the prophecy came true or not, so it will remain to be seen what occurs on those dates....
by Charlie123
Sat Jan 01, 2022 6:40 pm
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?
Replies: 53
Views: 21653

Re: Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö’s Prophecy of Things to Come?

The following is all self-explanatory and as stated, it explicity stressed that this prophecy must be shared as widely as possible to all sentient beings at this time to avert the disasters predicted. The Light That Makes Things Clear: A Prophecy of Things to Come⁠⁶ “The singular work entitled The ...
by Charlie123
Sun Dec 19, 2021 3:57 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: restricted texts
Replies: 64
Views: 25835

Re: restricted texts

Ideally, traditionally, these instructions would be granted to an individual or in a very small group of disciples who were personally well known to the teacher. In this way, the teacher could be sure that the student was ready to receive and seriously practice them. Is this actually true? For exam...
by Charlie123
Tue Dec 14, 2021 11:34 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace
Replies: 71
Views: 6307

Re: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace

Strange point to bring up when it says Tibetan Buddhist in the title of the topic which is also in the Tibetan Buddhism forum. :lol: Yeah, it's really odd that the person does only bother about Tibetan explicitly, and does not seem to bother about any other language spoken, read or written by Vajra...
by Charlie123
Tue Dec 14, 2021 11:09 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace
Replies: 71
Views: 6307

Re: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace

Gautama Buddha could not read Tibetan at all. Same is true for the majority of Buddhist masters of past and present. Strange point to bring up when it says Tibetan Buddhist in the title of the topic which is also in the Tibetan Buddhism forum. :lol: Yeah, it's really odd that the person does only b...
by Charlie123
Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:56 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace
Replies: 71
Views: 6307

Re: Western-Born (English) Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Like Alan Wallace

OP, you need to clarify what you mean. There are a handful of qualified, Western-born lamas who can read Tibetan. Actually, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a qualified lama who cannot read Tibetan at all. However, I don't think there is anyone else who really teaches like Alan Wallace. Some...
by Charlie123
Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:14 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Some Observation on the Guru-Chela Relationship by Tulku Sherdor
Replies: 94
Views: 17154

Re: Some Observation on the Guru-Chela Relationship by Tulku Sherdor

That's nice it doesn't apply to sociopaths, but this black and white thinking is problematic. Many abusive gurus do not appear outwardly to be abusive, or sociopaths. Some of them appear to have some degree of institutional authenticity and widely recognized for their realization (i.e. Trungpa, Sog...

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