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by jmlee369
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: What empowerment did I receive?
Replies: 2
Views: 261

Re: What empowerment did I receive?

Hello, I have been practicing Nyingma teachings (kyerim, dzogrim, dzogchen) with Nyingma teachers for 15 years and this is completely dissimilar to anything I have received before -> hence my question on this awesome forum. 1) ABOUT THE SITUATION I know I should be the one to know what I have recei...
by jmlee369
Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Yeshe Tsogyal
Replies: 7
Views: 716

Re: Yeshe Tsogyal

Thanks for the responses. I had a look at Wikipedia, it says Nyingma and Kagyu accept her as a Buddha and Gelug and Sakya don’t. It’s a good practice I think. I feel that, like Tara, she is readily accessible For what it's worth, one of my lamas (Gelug tulku, although as one of 5th Dalai Lama's stu...
by jmlee369
Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:01 am
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: Any idea what this is?
Replies: 6
Views: 1726

Re: Any idea what this is?

Queequeg wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:07 pm https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/au ... 1104405550

Its a mandala, but looks like something one might wear as a necklace.
It's just tourist art, not a real mandala.
by jmlee369
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?
Replies: 24
Views: 1802

Re: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?

Know what Lord Tsongkhapa did right before His Thukdam? He called his attendants to bring him wine and used it (by taking several sips) to make inner amrita offering to his inner deities. And in term of maintaining pure conduct, there was no one in Tibet that can surpass Tsongkhapa. If I recall cor...
by jmlee369
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:32 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?
Replies: 24
Views: 1802

Re: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?

Know what Lord Tsongkhapa did right before His Thukdam? He called his attendants to bring him wine and used it (by taking several sips) to make inner amrita offering to his inner deities. And in term of maintaining pure conduct, there was no one in Tibet that can surpass Tsongkhapa. If I recall cor...
by jmlee369
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:17 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?
Replies: 24
Views: 1802

Re: Is there specific meat eating taboos in HYT?

I have found one, and don't know whether it is the original source or not, but somewhere Hayagriva and Vajra Haimu (Vajravarahi?) turn up in a teaching anecdote. The alleged author is Khenpo Sodargye. http://www.xuefo.net/nr/article10/103151.html Khenpo Sodargye is referencing two stories that I am...
by jmlee369
Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:13 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?
Replies: 24
Views: 1802

Re: Is there specific meat eating taboos in HYT?

The above mentioned list was a sort of compilation from various Mainland and Taiwanese forums and blogs. Fake lineages? Perhaps. Part of it was deduction, because the google translate not always able to deliver everything, e.g. I think the 'Horse head Vajra' is Hayagriva. My guess is that the heavy...
by jmlee369
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:51 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Is there specific meat eating taboo in HYT?
Replies: 24
Views: 1802

Re: Is there specific meat eating taboos in HYT?

It was something new for me but if my memory serves me right I have almost exclusively read about these claims in Chinese forums and blogs. I had never and nowhere heard or read such prohibitions before, especially from Lamas or (translated) western sources. I have to admit it was read by me with t...
by jmlee369
Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Book with biographies of protector deities
Replies: 2
Views: 1018

Re: Book with biographies of protector deities

What is that book called where a Lama from Namdrolling wrote down all the histories of protector deities? I think it was Namdrolling or mindrolling or the fifth lelungpa? I'm pretty sure you're referring to the 5th Lelung Rinpoche's Dam can bstan srung rgya mtsho’i rnam thar (The Liberation Stories...
by jmlee369
Tue Apr 25, 2023 4:42 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Buddhist missionaries in Africa
Replies: 51
Views: 2870

Re: Buddhist missionaries in Africa

I watched the beginning and shared your discomfort, and had some doubts of my own, then started looking into the story. DW does not say much about the 'school' at all but by searching on the title and "review" I found https://mwnation.com/made-from-malawibuddha-in-africa/ which took me to...
by jmlee369
Sun Apr 02, 2023 10:15 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Can Devas attain enlightenment?
Replies: 55
Views: 3794

Re: Can Devas attain enlightenment?

Vimokṣa is not bodhi. For example, here http://www.cttbusa.org/fas1/fas1p2_13.asp.html states that the devarāja Sakra attain vimokṣa, but everyone knows that Indra is just a mundane deity and is not included in the Mahāyāna Sangha refuge. Does that imply that he is part of the Hinayana sangha? In t...
by jmlee369
Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:48 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Chakrasamvara in the Krishnacharya Tradition
Replies: 8
Views: 1793

Re: Chakrasamvara in the Krishnacharya Tradition

Thank you I will emailing them asking if it acceptable to use the Luipa tradition sadhana as the Triple Purification Practice of Chakrasamvara text provided as a commitment on the live stream is from the Luipa tradition itself. I agree it is very good they revised the schedule as It must be very dr...
by jmlee369
Sat Feb 25, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Meat Eating Mantras
Replies: 114
Views: 6115

Re: Meat Eating Mantras

Since when is one who practices the two stages ever outside this context? In the context of this conversation, outside = when you're at a restaurant for the purpose of eating food for sustenance rather than when you're in a ganacakra and eating them for the sake of non-dual wisdom. I don't believe ...
by jmlee369
Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Quesion about Guru Yoga Commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Replies: 15
Views: 1642

Re: Quesion about Guru Yoga Commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche

First of all, if you didn't receive empowerment, he is not your guru. It may be worth noting that Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche's definition of the guru is a person from whom you have received teachings on even a few lines of dharma, even as little as an oral transmission. This accords with the traditional ...
by jmlee369
Sun Feb 19, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Quesion about Guru Yoga Commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Replies: 15
Views: 1642

Re: Quesion about Guru Yoga Commentary from Lama Zopa Rinpoche

For someone to actually be your Guru they have to have the qualities of a Guru and you need to at least take a major empowerment from them. You also need to feel full confidence in them. /magnus First of all, it only refers to your Vajra Gurus (the ones you have taken a full empowerment from). Also...
by jmlee369
Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: I feel hurt by my teacher's advice, not sure whether I am overreacting
Replies: 44
Views: 3768

Re: I feel hurt by my teacher's advice, not sure whether I am overreacting

The teachers position is quite traditional: that faith comes first and understanding follows. But the Western mind doesn't work that way. For Westerners, faith comes after we have something that we recognize to be true. In this case, I think it is a bit different. Tibetans don't recite things they ...
by jmlee369
Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:35 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Manjushri in China
Replies: 25
Views: 1553

Re: Manjushri in China

2. Who were the 4 emanated emperors Since Hong Taiji and his dad, Manchurian emperors generally see themselves as the living incarnations of Manjusri and chakravartins of the world. During Karma Chakme's lifetime, there were already four emperors that had reigned over Qing Dynasty. Noted. Thank you...
by jmlee369
Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:44 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: New potential buddist monk questions while living outside the temple
Replies: 27
Views: 1469

Re: New potential buddist monk questions while living outside the temple

Hi! My name is Anna im am 25 and from the US. [...] Hi Anna, I hope you don't mind me cutting to the chase, but as you said you have picked up a lot from reading online and it seems that you have some misunderstandings about the monastic rules and lifestyle in general (e.g. masturbation isn't prohi...
by jmlee369
Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:19 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: There is no business like religion business.
Replies: 123
Views: 5918

Re: There is no business like religion business.

I'm a bit with the OP on this. Not all the way. I like HHDL's approach - there is a big cost to big events that he holds, and attendees pay a fee. But at the end, the organisers read out a painstakingly boring balance sheet, and if there is any leftover, it is donated. Yes there is tendrel and this...
by jmlee369
Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:03 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Northern California - Huge Statue - Milarepa?
Replies: 5
Views: 630

Re: Northern California - Huge Statue - Milarepa?

Hello all, Anyone know of a large monastery(?) out in Northern California which has a walking path with stone carvings, on the steps of the walking path through the woods? It leads to these stupas. The area which the path starts has a beautiful pond area. not too far from the pond that has the enor...

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