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by Johnny Dangerous
Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Melong pendant
Replies: 2
Views: 60

Re: Melong pendant

Heruka85 wrote: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:23 pm This is where I got mine: https://shop.dzam.org/index.php?route=p ... duct_id=70
Bah, looks like they're out too for now, but I'll keep an eye out, thanks!
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Melong pendant
Replies: 2
Views: 60

Melong pendant

I had one from Dzamlingar which I recently lost, looks like Shang Shung US is sold out, anywhere to get one like my old one, with the Longsal symbol on it, etc.?
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Ok, no one has brought up specifics so I’m not sure this thread is doing anything but contributing to the contentious environment it is critiquing, so I think we’re done here for now.
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Is this going anywhere? Does someone have a specific and actionable request? So far the complaints in the thread have contained zero objective facts to address and are just subjective characterizations. I learned a long time ago that there is no point in responding to these, but I will point out th...
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

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by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

I’ve seen as much (more really, since we’ve had actual Nazi Buddhists etc.) venom from right wingers here, they’re just outnumbered demographically. Okay, sure, but imho the outnumbering does not justify spreading hatred without caring of the consequences, in particular on a Buddhist forum. Being m...
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Moderation, bias, etc.

Think of it as an opportunity to practice patience. You're right. Still I see unfairness and a total absence of compassion in some posts in lounge, ridiculing political people and ideas that do not fit the agenda of the woke doxa. It's sad for them because they are apparently so immersed in their b...
by Johnny Dangerous
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

It’s really best to deal with complaints like this individually and directly. We do, in fact, listen to criticism and debate how to approach things as a team. The perception above is based in spectacle though, and exclusively through the lens of a certain perspective - a right wing one, with some s...
by Johnny Dangerous
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
Replies: 61
Views: 770

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

Moderators and moderation aren't perfect, Sure, and that's not what most of us are asking here, rather leaving their political proliferations and priviledged statements at home would certainly make things less heated sometimes. Those “buddhists” who post to ridiculize other people's political belie...
by Johnny Dangerous
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Replies: 22
Views: 727

Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?

I understand that one is for Theravada and the other one is for Mahayana (including Vajrayana), that is clear to me. But why not have them as part of one forum, just separated into the sub-forums like here is done with Mahayana, East-asian buddhism, etc? Is it because some people from these 2 group...
by Johnny Dangerous
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Wall Gazing
Replies: 52
Views: 25257

Re: Wall Gazing

The purpose of this kind of meditation is look directly and nakedly, the wall is just an object used. There are lots of other things that can happen, that is exactly why it's best to have a consistent teaching, meditation, and system with common vocabulary, progression - a map, basically. Trying to ...
by Johnny Dangerous
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Wall Gazing
Replies: 52
Views: 25257

Re: Wall Gazing

You should seek out a teacher, lineage, etc. just randomly messing around with meditation techniques probably is not the best idea. Of course there are various books on Zen/Chan you could read. Getting to this point in meditation- where you struggle to find vocabulary for experiences, etc. - is the...
by Johnny Dangerous
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:40 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Wall Gazing
Replies: 52
Views: 25257

Re: Wall Gazing

There are experiences resembling “hallucinations” one can have in deep meditation. Generally the advice is to let them be. They are not a sought after thing, but often a sign of sorts about what is needed. However, this is one reason among many to seek out and develop a relationship of trust with a...
by Johnny Dangerous
Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Wall Gazing
Replies: 52
Views: 25257

Re: Wall Gazing

Hello! I bring forth this old discussion! For years, I've been practicing a meditation where I stare at the wall, but only today have I learned of this practice of "wall gazing". I don't know if what I'm doing qualifies as "wall gazing", but I'm also unsure of how to describe wh...
by Johnny Dangerous
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1140

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

It is not possible to judge others' minds, fully agree. Which is what Nagarjuna alludes to when saying that practitioners may look ripe but be unripe, or be unripe but look ripe, etc. You never know since you cannot see / perceive what is inside others' minds. It is however possible to judge onesel...
by Johnny Dangerous
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:26 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1140

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

Thank you, those are very wise and good points. How Khandro Rinpoche defined these categories (which I did not include because then not many people could vote) was: - Some appear ripe but are unripe -> One is supposedly doing everything that is good, seemingly ripe – shaved head, robes, prostrating...
by Johnny Dangerous
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1140

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

"Ripe" does not mean ethically unblemished nor particularly wise, it means the mindstream is conditioned and focused well enough through ethics and cognitive changes to progress with meditative practice and is sufficiently unburdened with worldly goals. It's similar to just being a "...
by Johnny Dangerous
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
Replies: 37
Views: 1140

Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?

"Ripe" does not mean ethically unblemished nor particularly wise, it means the mindstream is conditioned and focused well enough through ethics and cognitive changes to progress with meditative practice and is sufficiently unburdened with worldly goals. It's similar to just being a "h...
by Johnny Dangerous
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
Replies: 31
Views: 760

Re: Favourite Professional Sports

I don’t watch team or ball sports, I’ll generally watch martial arts competitions, I particularly like to watch Judo.
by Johnny Dangerous
Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
Replies: 152
Views: 5415

Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?

I can't imagine how mutually enjoying prolonged sexual union with another person could possibly be misuse of the Teachings when two consenting adults are involved. Not necessarily misuse but activities that generate strong attachment are, to say the least, somewhat antithetical to the goal of liber...

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