Dharma Wheel

Continuing a theme from the OP... A monk asked, "Master, of what house is the tune you sing? To whose style of Chan do you succeed?" The master said, "When I was staying with Huangbo I questioned him three times and was hit three times." The monk hesitated. The master gave a shout and then struck hi...

Why is Ocean of Certainty restricted whereas Moonbeams of Mahāmudrā and Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance are not? I thought it might be because Ocean is written as a manual for masters, with scripted pointing-out instructions and teacher-student dialogue, but Clarifying the Natural State has th...

Does anyone know what's going on with the print version of As It Is, Vol 2? It seems to be out of stock or very expensive--and getting more expensive almost every day (currently on Amazon it's $134 USD). I'm guessing it's out of print. Hopefully a new printing is own the way. I sent email to Erik a ...

Usually in the empowerment there is a part where one takes a refuge and also creates the motivation to help all sentient beings. I am pretty sure it was present there as I myself have not seen an empowerment without this part. But Buddha knows. The only two things participants were asked to recite ...

Thanks you all for the responses so far, especially Sādhaka. (The dissolution ceremony this afternoon was beautiful. All present got a little bag of mandala sand afterward, then the monks took the remainer across the street to scatter it in the bay.) The Medicine Buddha empowerment was interesting b...

The monks from Gaden Shartse have been in my local town for several days of teaching and creating a Medicine Buddha sand mandala. It's been a lovely week of events. The mandala dissolution ceremony is this afternoon. Last night, a Medicine Buddha empowerment was given. It was open for anyone to atte...

How does some one get Elizabeth Callahans translation of ocean of certainty, I got it right after it was printed by going to Seattle and getting it , but. After if one wrote to the publisher they would just ignore any letters. It's a highly restricted text. There is very little mention of it on the...

Is it nicer than the Traleg version? I have that one. In my opinion, yes. I have all three versions now, and this will be my go-to translation moving forward. It has a lot of support material in the appendices, and it also has a modern translation of Dispelling the Darkness of Ignorance . Basically...

Indeed it is. I got my copy on the 12th. Haven't had a chance to spend any time with it yet, but from a quick perusal, it looks to be an instant classic, and will be considered the definitive translation for a long time to come.

For those who are data nerds ;) : https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace This entry presents an empirical perspective on war and peace. We also published a data visualization history of human violence here on OurWorldInData.org which presents empirical data showing that we are now living in the mo...

I got my copy from Gyaltsen Publications out of Singapore. You can request current availablity and pricing info from enquiry@gyaltsenpub.com.

No news either way on a Vol 2, but wanted to offer this video of Gerardo briefly discussing Vol 1.

... When Kamala Harris and Corey Booker and Kirsten Gillibrand start with their focus group tested lines at the debates... I just can't wait for all the vapid focus group tested lines designed to appeal to (or at least not offend) potential voters. :zzz: I watched Kamala Harris when she did her tow...

Queequeg wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 20, 2019 8:50 pm

For me, if it aint Bernie, its Pete Buttigieg.

I've seen Buttigieg interviewed a couple of times now, and I like what I've seen so far. I'd definitely vote for the guy.

Seems to me that they are synonyms. Possibly, but the two terms do seem to point to different aspects of a single process. At least from what I can understand regarding the root meanings of the words. In the context of yogacara and the alaya-vijana, there is this quote that seems to show the compli...

From the Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (I've added paragraph formatting), saṃskāra . (P. saṅkhāra; T. ’du by ed; C. xing; J. gy ō; K. haeng 行). In Sanskrit, a polysemous term that is variously translated as “formation,” “volition,” “volitional action,” “conditioned,” “conditioning factors.” In i...

From the Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (I've added paragraph formatting), saṃskāra . (P. saṅkhāra; T. ’du by ed; C. xing; J. gy ō; K. haeng 行). In Sanskrit, a polysemous term that is variously translated as “formation,” “volition,” “volitional action,” “conditioned,” “conditioning factors.” In it...

Is Zen Buddhism compatible with patriotism: after all, in the Buddhism context, patriotism is only a kind of affection? P.S. Did Zen Buddhists participate in the Second World War? One of the more interesting stories I know about Buddhism and patriotism comes from an introduction to the book, The Mi...