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by Konchog1
Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Sakya
Topic: Pure Vision and Renunciation
Replies: 6
Views: 738

Pure Vision and Renunciation

https://youtu.be/qmvRQ79OOwM?si=lQgzrWSP4XOsq9e8&t=1964 Sorry if this is a simple question but if Samsara is Nirvana and everything is pure then where is the place for Renunciation? We wouldn't have the strength of renunciation in Theravada right? What reason would we have to not be hedonists? B...
by Konchog1
Mon Jun 12, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dakini detection system?
Replies: 13
Views: 1424

Re: Dakini detection system?

Oh I've got a worldly-Dakini detection system alright :emb: In all seriousness, I think that Malcolm once posted here that there's no such thing as a 'worldly Dakini', not in the sense that most would think anyway. But for argument's sake, perhaps a female who has received Empowerment yet hasn't ye...
by Konchog1
Sun Jun 11, 2023 8:35 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Would Mahayana Buddhist ethics be too extreme?
Replies: 37
Views: 2986

Re: Would Mahayana Buddhist ethics be too extreme?

One point that I have always had difficulty accepting is the ethics that some Buddhist masters espouse, condemning people from engaging in negative actions even when it is necessary to preserve their own lives and the lives of their family. It seems to me that Theravada masters have a more lenient ...
by Konchog1
Tue Jun 06, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Yidam question for long-time practitioners
Replies: 12
Views: 1049

Re: Yidam question for long-time practitioners



According to Khenpo Tenzin, there are four ways to choose our yidam.
by Konchog1
Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Is this sexual misconduct?
Replies: 28
Views: 3280

Re: Is this sexual misconduct?

If you have to ask, then you know it is on some level.
by Konchog1
Wed May 10, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Masonry- compatible with Buddhist practice?
Replies: 29
Views: 3796

Re: Masonry- compatible with Buddhist practice?

:buddha1: A lot of freemasons I know are obssesed with power and they are ver y abusive corrupted people I prefer to stay away Masons were instrumental in the formation of liberal democracy in England, the Americas, and on the Continent. All British and Commonwealth masons in the United Grand Lodge...
by Konchog1
Fri May 05, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Is Lama Chopa a good beginner Gelug practice?
Replies: 5
Views: 1529

Re: Is Lama Chopa a good beginner Gelug practice?

The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land should be done. Lama Chopa is also excellent if you have an annuttarayoga tantra empowerment.
by Konchog1
Thu May 04, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: 48 vows of Amitabha Buddha
Replies: 34
Views: 2256

Re: 48 vows of Amitabha Buddha

The other day, I thought "isn't it just rejoicing?" If you rejoice in a Buddha's merit, you receive half. So chanting the name creates merit and a karmic connection with Amitabha.

I've never read this anywhere, it's just my thoughts.
by Konchog1
Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:13 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Ushnishavijaya dharani sutra
Replies: 14
Views: 963

Re: Ushnishavijaya dharani sutra

From the sutra "Ushnishavijaya dharani sutra": If birds, animals and other sentient beings hear this Dharani once, they will never again be reborn in these impure and gross body forms once their lives have ended.” Does it actualy mean that by listening to this dharani, I will never be reb...
by Konchog1
Sun Apr 16, 2023 10:50 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Lama Zopa Rinpoche has passed away.
Replies: 22
Views: 2408

Re: Lama Zopa Rinpoche has passed away.

Might be particularly relevant now, David Gonzalez wrote about a dream in his autobiography he had that HH Dalai Lama motioned David near and whispered like he was telling him a secret "Zopa Rinpoche is a Mahayana Arhat [fully Enlightened]".
by Konchog1
Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:39 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Lama Zopa Rinpoche has passed away.
Replies: 22
Views: 2408

Re: Lama Zopa Rinpoche has passed away.

I remember reading that Dr. Berzin said Serkong Rinpoche displayed impermanence to prevent obstacles to HH Dalai Lama's life. I wonder if this is the same situation.
by Konchog1
Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Atiyoga OR Anuttarayoga as the highest tantra or vehicle
Replies: 9
Views: 972

Re: Atiyoga OR Anuttarayoga as the highest tantra or vehicle

The Lower Tantras are often practiced for the activities and mundane siddhis.
by Konchog1
Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: William 'Bill' Bodri
Replies: 10
Views: 3391

Re: William 'Bill' Bodri

Welcome to the meditation lesson website that teaches you how to meditate correctly with a large variety of yoga meditation techniques from Zen, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity and other spiritual traditions. [...] You will finally stop flipping between endless meditation techniques and spiritual sc...
by Konchog1
Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Buddhist meme
Replies: 1
Views: 632

Buddhist meme

I found this on reddit and laughed
by Konchog1
Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: No email contact to HE Garchen Rinpoche
Replies: 40
Views: 3104

Re: HE Garchen Rinpoche

If you ask your lama for a few instructions in private, you are likely to get only a few words. Not only that, you might even get a harsh scolding. This is a characteristic of our real Dharma teachers. Kyabje Rinpoche said, "When the Dharma teacher is sitting on a throne, he will teach everyth...
by Konchog1
Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:17 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: HE Jhado Rinpoche teachings in CA
Replies: 51
Views: 21438

Re: HE Jhado Rinpoche teachings in CA

Does anyone have any more information on the Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogjni empowerments next month? I am considering attending, as I would really like to make an in-person connection with Jhado Rinpoche. Do these empowerments constitute a major empowerment or are they permission blessings? Do they ...
by Konchog1
Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Samaya protection
Replies: 13
Views: 880

Re: Samaya protection

Konchog Thogme Jampa wrote: Wed Mar 01, 2023 11:44 pm I have so many individual Samaya's from various Empowements that it is impossible to keep all of them all of the time.
Do you mean practice commitments?
by Konchog1
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Practice without a Guru
Replies: 6
Views: 586

Re: Practice without a Guru

Studying the so called preliminaries. Although there are many dharmas in general, to become a cause for liberation you must have renunciation, bodhichitta, and the view [of emptiness]. These days I don't see people with experience of these three, and even a proper understanding is quite rare. A comp...
by Konchog1
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:14 am
Forum: Kagyu
Topic: Reasons to take refuge in the three jewels
Replies: 19
Views: 1994

Re: Reasons to take refuge in the three jewels

There are four reasons why the Buddha is worthy to be a refuge. First, he has mastered himself and attained the sublime state of fearlessness. If he had not attained this, he would not be able to protect others from all fears, just as a person who has already fallen down cannot help up someone else...
by Konchog1
Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:59 pm
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

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 lam-rim teachings (which to be fair are geared towards preparing stude...

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