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- Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:47 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Chakrasamvara Sadhana - Utter Illumination of the Innermost Essence
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3683
- Sat May 30, 2020 5:50 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Dharani to develop mental strength
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2639
Re: Dharani to develop mental strength
Mahāsthāmaprāpta. In some traditions he is also considered the non-wrathful manifestation of Vajrapāṇi (though in Tibetan Buddhism Vajrapāṇi is usually considered a wrathful manifestation of Vajrasattva) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasthamaprapta Hello Is there any Dharani’s of common Mahayana...
- Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:45 pm
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Ozer Chenma (21 taras)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5366
Re: Ozer Chenma (21 taras)
That's incredible. Thank you! Not sure if this is specific to Kagyu or Drikung Kagyu, but my last tara is not Marichi, she's listed as "Trinle Tamche Yongsu Dzogpar Jepei Drolma, She Who Completely Perfects All Enlightened Activities." She is white, radiates varicolored lights, holds a gr...
- Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:08 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: Introduction to Chinese Buddhism
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4063
Re: Introduction to Chinese Buddhism
I’d not heard that before. But I’m not surprised. It sounds like one of the “soups” I posted about earlier. The most famous would probably be the Cundi sadhana, which was at the core of Nan Huai Chin's teachings. Very popular because it doesn't have restrictions on eating meat and the like. 2 other...
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:19 pm
- Forum: Academic Discussion
- Topic: What are you looking for?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27634
Re: What are you looking for?
Hi Greg, I would love to have this too - please PM me. Thanks. To anyone interested in Dzogchen, I would recommend taking up yegyal on his kind offer. I haven't had a chance to look over the translation yet, but the 50 pg introduction is a highly stimulating survey of the literary history of the Dzo...
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:16 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Interesting excerpt from the (Hindu) Mahanirvana Tantra
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9061
Re: Interesting excerpt from the (Hindu) Mahanirvana Tantra
There is no tantra, per se, that recommends Śakyamuni Buddha as a yidam or Bhaisajyaguru as a Yidam, but indeed, we have kriya tantra practices of these figures, which can be practiced as self-generations by those who have received HYT initiations. The procedures for this are very clearly explained...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:47 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New terma and their continuation outside of a lineage.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8879
Re: empowerment for Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Ah. That explains the trip they made to China even within the first 49 days of his parinirvana. :thumbsup: I don't think so. This Khenpo is actually in Taiwan. I tried to enquire about more information about his background and his teachings and I am not sure if he really is teaching ChNN's teaching...
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:33 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New terma and their continuation outside of a lineage.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8879
Re: empowerment for Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Ah. That explains the trip they made to China even within the first 49 days of his parinirvana.
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New terma and their continuation outside of a lineage.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8879
Re: empowerment for Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
I see. Thanks. This is interesting: Also the work on the Dra Thalgyur Tantra is proceeding. Then that would be the Longsal Vol 3 book: http://shangshung.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=327 No, for some reason it isn't available there, you have to go here, and also make an ...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New terma and their continuation outside of a lineage.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8879
Re: empowerment for Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Then that would be the Longsal Vol 3 book: http://shangshung.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=327 Just to be clear, is it this book? http://shangshung.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74_75&products_id=332 This is the book to get "The Crucial Pr...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:15 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New terma and their continuation outside of a lineage.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8879
Re: empowerment for Dudjom Tersar Ngondro
Just to be clear, is it this book? http://shangshung.org/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74_75&products_id=332 And this is very excellent. However, JD's root guru is the late ChNN. There is no reason for him to practice other termas when he can practice the fresh termas of his m...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 11:29 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Difficulty doing Manjushri practices and prayers due to negative association
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5539
Re: Difficulty doing Manjushri practices and prayers due to negative association
Go meet HH Sakya Trizin, Mañjuśṛī in person, and receive Mañjuśṛī practice from him. Just to clarify, do you mean the now Sakya Trichen (41st HHST) or the current 42nd HHST? Sakya Trichen, old habits die hard. Fortunately for all of us, he is still actively teaching and seems to be in good health.
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Difficulty doing Manjushri practices and prayers due to negative association
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5539
Re: Difficulty doing Manjushri practices and prayers due to negative association
Just to clarify, do you mean the now Sakya Trichen (41st HHST) or the current 42nd HHST?
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 7:15 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: The Brahma Heavens vs the Bṛhatphalāḥ
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1785
Re: The Brahma Heavens vs the Bṛhatphalāḥ
Looking back into where I remembered reading this, I actually made a mistake, the Pāli dispensation has the ābhāsvarāḥ undestroyed. It is in the Aggaññasutta right at the end of the section called "Catuvaṇṇasuddhi". So that probably refers to a destruction by water. I don't have all the e...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 6:18 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: The Brahma Heavens vs the Bṛhatphalāḥ
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1785
Re: The Brahma Heavens vs the Bṛhatphalāḥ
According to the dispensation to the Pāli śrāvakāḥ, after the destruction of the kāmadhātu by the elements at the end of a kalpa, beings inhabit the Brahmāloka until they descend back into the kāmadhātu, beginning with Brahmā. According to the dispensation to the Sarvāstivāda śrāvakāḥ, the Brahma h...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:02 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17330
Re: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
you guys just judge here, and you are not supposed to judge as buddhist Oh you will be surprised. We do that all the time. so one of my main motivation of getting money is to get out of here and go other country where its possible for me to practice buddhism with teacher rather than just trying to ...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:55 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17330
Re: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
I honestly, don't see anything contradicting Buddhism by using herbs, oils etc..I just don't see it, and I think when Buddha said its low arts, he meant to describe what brahmin was doing, they sacrifice animals and do spells which involve spirits and harms other people like black magic I see spell...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 6:50 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 17330
Re: is doing spell is ok in Buddhism?
If someone performs divination or rituals for a specific purpose and they are not doing so within the context of Buddhist Refuge, but with an expectation of worldly benefit, then their karma will ripen as suffering. There is a world of difference between a Lama performing mirror divination using Yu...
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:58 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Levitation of objects by sound
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4217
Re: Levitation of objects by sound
Lies! They are worshipped in at least 48 other world systems.The Cicada wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:00 pm but what you didn't know is that housecats don't exist anywhere else in the universe. So there's that.
- Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:26 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Recommendations for Yogacara works?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6994
Re: Recommendations for Yogacara works?
Not quite - the Trikaya predated Maitreyanath as well. For example, in the Lankavatara, the Sambhogakaya is known as the Nisyandabuddha. What I said was, " the doctrine of three kāyas which was first systematized by Maitreyanatha." This systemization was his elaboration. There is no doubt...