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by mindyourmind
Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:05 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
Replies: 20
Views: 5428

Re: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs

Yes, I saw that interesting change. One would think that all NDE experiencers would come back claiming the correctness of Catholicism or Advaita or Islam or whatever, but they don't (with a few exceptions).
by mindyourmind
Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs
Replies: 20
Views: 5428

Re: Hell Realms, Delogs, and NDEs

I've read a truckload of NDE books over the last few months, and very of them seem to really fit in with traditional religious paradigms. There seems to be (in some) a period of judgment, but there seems to be an absence of a cosmic judge. People with less than stellar religious backgrounds and affi...
by mindyourmind
Fri Nov 18, 2016 11:59 am
Forum: Chod
Topic: Historic Chod Conference July 12-16th
Replies: 19
Views: 28793

Re: Historic Chod Conference July 12-16th

Wow, that looks wonderful.

Thanks Malcolm, especially for the future updates also.
by mindyourmind
Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:26 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Buddhahood in This Life
Replies: 239
Views: 64431

Re: Buddhahood in This Life

Given the fact that I live in the furthest corner of this flat earth I will have to stick to a Kindle copy.

Cant' wait though.

This is another great example of "Western" Buddhism finding its feet.
by mindyourmind
Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:04 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Buddhism is medicine, not metaphysics
Replies: 22
Views: 4710

Re: Buddhism is medicine, not metaphysics

I think that losing metaphysics is impoverishing, and leaves us with a shell, a bottle of over the counter general purpose medicine (to torture the analogy even further), that is hardly better than good manners or, heaven forbid, secular Buddhism. I have to agree with David Brazier where, in "B...
by mindyourmind
Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:23 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi all! New member from SA
Replies: 12
Views: 5206

Re: Hi all! New member from SA

Hi mym, Fantastic. Where are you based? I'm in Johannesburg. Which tradition do you practice in? You can send me an email, I think there's a function for that somewhere here. I haven't explored much yet on this site but yes it does seem like a really great site. Very pure. Good to make contact :) H...
by mindyourmind
Sun Nov 06, 2016 4:23 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi all! New member from SA
Replies: 12
Views: 5206

Re: Hi all! New member from SA

Hi All, Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm a South African, I've been studying and practicing Buddhism in some form or another for about 6 years. My main practice is mindfulness meditation. I'm not a member of any particular group, I've visited the Gelug temple here (the only one on the entire Af...
by mindyourmind
Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:20 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Our Pristine Mind - Orgyen Chowang's new book
Replies: 78
Views: 23255

Re: Our Pristine Mind - Orgyen Chowang's new book

I've just finished this book.
Light but inspiring. Recommended.
by mindyourmind
Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Buddhist forums and why you choose to be active on dharmawheel
Replies: 36
Views: 7560

Re: Buddhist forums and why you choose to be active on dharmawheel

The Cicada wrote:I'm here because I'm a religious fanatic who enjoys arguing with rich people.

:jedi:
No, you don't.
by mindyourmind
Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:38 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Article: Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker
Replies: 5
Views: 1754

Re: Article: Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker

He's my all time favourite Bujew. Cohen's had a tough trot....what with his close, trusted assistant raiding his retirement fund and leaving the old man fleeced. Joshu Sasaki, his Zen teacher of many years exposed as a sexual predator showing his dark side and finally revealed to all at the age of ...
by mindyourmind
Sat Oct 15, 2016 9:54 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Interesting story about DKR & TUR
Replies: 5
Views: 2221

Re: Interesting story about DKR & TUR

Thanks for the article, and btw, what a beautiful site that Levekunst website is. I've never visited it before, but it seems worth a regular look.
by mindyourmind
Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:26 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Anadi on the Flawed Perfection of Dzogchen
Replies: 33
Views: 7319

Re: Anadi on the Flawed Perfection of Dzogchen

treehuggingoctopus wrote:http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/

Press "reionize electrons" and see the truth of the light.

It worked!! Thank you.
by mindyourmind
Tue Aug 30, 2016 5:03 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness: the reality beyond reality
Replies: 19
Views: 4929

Re: Emptiness: the reality beyond reality

Thanks, Malcolm.
That clarifies some of the presumably unintentional mixing of those concepts that have confused me in the past.
by mindyourmind
Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:11 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Political or silent....
Replies: 6
Views: 2019

Re: Political or silent....

Kunga Lhadzom wrote:I HATE POLITICS
POLITICS DIVIDES
IT'S DUALITY

LOVE UNITES

PHUCK VIOLENCE

SORRY...

I'M PISSED AT POLITICAL SHIT THAT IS THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS VIOLENCE

Now that's energy we can use ...
by mindyourmind
Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Political or silent....
Replies: 6
Views: 2019

Re: Political or silent....

Dear Tom As I grow older, and the world seems to become a darker place, I find that I practice less and do more practical stuff. Like feeding people, helping them in my professional life without charging a fee, helping animals in need, even getting involved in "political" and "engaged...
by mindyourmind
Tue May 03, 2016 11:07 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Why is karma fast growing?
Replies: 7
Views: 2184

Re: Why is karma fast growing?

Once we have an imprint of an action in our mind, it tends to be habit-forming. As is often said in wars for example, killing the first enemy is tough, but after a handful, one quickly loses count and it becomes "normal". As the Buddha taught: "Do not think a small sin will not retur...
by mindyourmind
Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:40 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
Replies: 64
Views: 17577

Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules

I really believe that the moderators here can lighten up a bit, and that goes for language, for topics and for tough debates. The Dharma, and its practitioners, can handle more than what you seem to think. Open the windows, let the fresh air and sunlight stream in. Some of the rules here would plea...
by mindyourmind
Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
Replies: 64
Views: 17577

Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules

It is a general comment, an opinion, on a thread dedicated to such a discussion. No PM's necessary. I simply have in mind the practice whereby certain contentious discussions are terminated or discouraged long before there is any need for that. We are, in my view, too sensitive about language and th...
by mindyourmind
Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:52 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules
Replies: 64
Views: 17577

Re: Please be more consistent with the enforcement of the rules

I really believe that the moderators here can lighten up a bit, and that goes for language, for topics and for tough debates. The Dharma, and its practitioners, can handle more than what you seem to think. Open the windows, let the fresh air and sunlight stream in. Some of the rules here would pleas...
by mindyourmind
Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: New Book by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (Nov 2016)
Replies: 59
Views: 14891

Re: New Book by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: The Guru Drinks Bourbon? (Nov 2016)

Sherab Dorje wrote:
mindyourmind wrote:Which is maybe why we get so many chances to get it right ;)
Or completely and utterly wrong.
I was talking about many lifetimes.

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