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by kirtu
Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:58 am
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??
Replies: 7
Views: 129

Re: Original source of "So you should view this fleeting world...." (Diamond Sutra Gatha)??

There is a popular English "translation" of the famous four verse Diamond Sutra Gatha that goes like this: "So you should view this fleeting world A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream A flash of lightning in a summer cloud A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream." According to...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:27 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2897

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

It’s not universal, one public Sakya practices involves self-generation. I’m sure more stringent instructions exist for people without the empowerment in some instances, with some teachers but there is a large public practice involving a liturgy with self-generation. What exactly are you thinking o...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:13 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2897

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

It’s not universal, one public Sakya practices involves self-generation. I’m sure more stringent instructions exist for people without the empowerment in some instances, with some teachers but there is a large public practice involving a liturgy with self-generation. What exactly are you thinking o...
by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:46 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 393

Re: Don't know mind

Brad Warner on Seung Sahn Sunim's Don't Know Mind

by kirtu
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:42 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Divination for better health
Replies: 2
Views: 171

Re: Divination for better health

As far as I can tell this is the only legitimate organization with a legitimate lama associated with them that offer Mo divination online: https://www.ripaladrang.org/donate/divinations/ Mahasiddha.org also offers extensive prayers but no Mo divination as far as I have seen. Having said that, you co...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:55 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5293
Views: 888951

Re: Music time

by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2897

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

An overview and explanation of TB empowerment from Samye Institute: Empowerment There is no engagement in Vajrayana practice without empowerment. It is true that usually outer Vajrayana practices (Kriya/Upa/Yogatantra) are kind of permitted as long as one doesn't visualize oneself as the deity (one ...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:14 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 393

Re: Don't know mind

"Why Has Bodhi Dharma Left for the East", 1989

The non-dialog sections are cogent to the OP's question.

by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:09 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
Replies: 62
Views: 3671

Re: Dzogchen Historiography

Mutsuk, if you know Jean-Luc and he has any updated thoughts since his seminal 1999 work on the Śaiva-Dzogchen connections, I'd very much love to hear them! I corresponded with JLA on this last year, and he said that he has not been able to date the Saivite sources he used to suggest a connection w...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:09 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Modern, advanced books on Zen
Replies: 46
Views: 3104

Re: Modern, advanced books on Zen

Tending the Fire: An Introspective Guide to Zen Awakening But it's a non-Zen, Zen book, so maybe it's not apropiate, it's more like a new deep approach to zen, I think it's an interesting read for people who already is clear about Zen, but who knows? The authors were students of Katagiri Roshi. The...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:53 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions
Replies: 1
Views: 161

Re: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions

This will also be celebrated at some Zen places, including non-Japanese Zen places, around the same time. April 8 has been recognized widely across many traditions as International Buddha Day. It is of course based on the Japanese Buddhist celebration of the Birthday of Shakyamuni Buddha, also known...
by kirtu
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:48 am
Forum: Dharma Events
Topic: Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions
Replies: 1
Views: 161

Buddha Day April 8 in Japanese Buddhist Traditions

Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Aloha kākou! April 8 is Buddha Day, when we commemorate the birth of Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini Garden. He became the historical Buddha, Sakyamuni, and was the manifestation of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Wisdom and Compassion. Buddha Day services are held on Sundays near...
by kirtu
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:02 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
Replies: 62
Views: 3671

Re: Dzogchen Historiography

There are certain points in Dzogchen mythology that, in my view, lack historical validity. .... Dzogchen is in fact ahistorical (meaning in this case beyond historical considerations, beyond the historical-non-historical dichotomy). The historicity of Dzogchen is unimportant. The practice of Dzogch...
by kirtu
Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:44 am
Forum: Tendai
Topic: Tendai and the Laity
Replies: 8
Views: 730

Re: Tendai and the Laity

I was recently asked if I wanted to participate in a refuge ceremony, which I have been considering for a bit now. From what I've heard, formally taking refuge isn't a requirement to "be" a Tendai Buddhist. I personally agree with all the comments here *BUT* would encourage you to take re...
by kirtu
Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:57 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 32
Views: 991

Re: Favourite Professional Sports

My favorite professional sports: Judo (since France created a professional Judo league last year) Track and Field (started and stopped at least 2-3 or more times in the US, and is now again a professional sport for some time now) Muay Thai Kickboxing (been watching it since I was 10 yrs old) Surfing...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 25
Views: 658

Re: Favourite Sports

I don't really do martial arts anymore, but I do like to workout with the Bas Rutten thai boxing workout (it's basically cardio-kickboxing, but a little more realistically oriented); I don't know if that counts as still doing martial arts or not (like, in my mind no, but also if I was still doing m...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Sports
Replies: 25
Views: 658

Re: Favourite Sports

Ayu wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:28 pm Other: Ice figure scating and snooker.
What is snooker?
by kirtu
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:21 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?
Replies: 10
Views: 563

Re: How do we know what our individual dharma is in the modern age?

"It is better to do one’s own dharma, even though imperfectly, than to do another’s dharma, even though perfectly. By doing one’s innate duties, a person does not incur sin." At a minimum our own dharma, at least wrt Buddhist teaching, means to cultivate love and kindness to all beings an...

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