Hi, all. I just found this great forum by accident--a good accident!
I have practiced Mahayana Buddhism for nearly ten years and have taken refuge in the Vajrayana path last October 2011. I am very excited to learn from this forum. May all beings in the present and future benefit from this forum's wisdom!
Peace,
Moon
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Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
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Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
by cataractmoon » Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:50 am
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Re: Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
by Punya » Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:42 am
cataractmoon wrote:Hi, all. I just found this great forum by accident--a good accident!
I have practiced Mahayana Buddhism for nearly ten years and have taken refuge in the Vajrayana path last October 2011. I am very excited to learn from this forum. May all beings in the present and future benefit from this forum's wisdom!
Peace,
Moon
Greetings Moon. It seems a bit silly to say welcome when I've only just arrived here myself!
I too am new to Vajrayana after following a Mahayana path for some years. What made you made you change direction?
Patrul Rinpoche's advice about following a spiritual friend:
Just as the trunk of an ordinary tree
Lying in the forest of the Malaya mountains
Absorbs the perfume of sandal from the moist leaves and branches
So you become to resemble whomever you follow.
Just as the trunk of an ordinary tree
Lying in the forest of the Malaya mountains
Absorbs the perfume of sandal from the moist leaves and branches
So you become to resemble whomever you follow.
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Re: Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
by kirtu » Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:51 am
Welcome Moon! 
Kirt
Kirt
"Set your heart on virtue: Virtue's outcome is delight".
Dharmapada 9:3
“All beings are Buddhas, but obscured by incidental stains. When those have been removed, there is Buddhahood.”
Hevajra Tantra
Dharmapada 9:3
“All beings are Buddhas, but obscured by incidental stains. When those have been removed, there is Buddhahood.”
Hevajra Tantra
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Re: Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
by cataractmoon » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:29 pm
Punya wrote:cataractmoon wrote:Hi, all. I just found this great forum by accident--a good accident!
I have practiced Mahayana Buddhism for nearly ten years and have taken refuge in the Vajrayana path last October 2011. I am very excited to learn from this forum. May all beings in the present and future benefit from this forum's wisdom!
Peace,
Moon
Greetings Moon. It seems a bit silly to say welcome when I've only just arrived here myself!
I too am new to Vajrayana after following a Mahayana path for some years. What made you made you change direction?
I'm not sure I changed directions. For me, the Vajrayana holds particular teachings and liturgies to approach two great aspects of Mahayana: bodhicitta and emptiness. Vajrayana is Mahayana.
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Re: Newbie Vajrayana Buddhist
by cataractmoon » Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:30 pm
plwk wrote:Ok...there's catmoon and cataractmoon
Ohai!
Ha! I see that now.
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