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- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Ten Bhumis in Mahavastu
- Replies: 3
- Views: 86
Re: Ten Bhumis in Mahavastu
Yes, thanks.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Rinzai
- Topic: Japanese translation of Huatou
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1480
Re: Japanese translation of Huatou
This site seems to require permissions.natusake wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:59 pm this Sino-Japanese to English Buddhist dictionary and find an exact match (with the entry in traditional Chinese characters): http://www.buddhism-dict.net/cgi-bin/xp ... D%E5%A4%B4
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2886
Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Johnny Dangerous wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:27 am Seeing empowerment as simply some kind of “permission” is completely wrong anyway, the experience and transformation of the mind stream conferred by empowerment is precisely what “empowers” a person to progress in practice.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:05 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3671
Re: Dzogchen Historiography
In fact Paul Repps had also conjectured a Saivite connection to Buddhist meditation in one of his books ("Zen Flesh, Zen Bones", if memory serves) although he may not have directly referenced Dzogchen (as the book was published relatively early on in the diffusion of Dzogchen in the West)...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:29 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...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:08 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3671
Re: Dzogchen Historiography
Can't forget about Vimalamitra too, also an Indian who brought Dzogchen to Tibet Vimalamitra, according to traditional accounts, learned his Dzogchen from Sri Simha in China, where the latter was born. And Vimalamitra was most likely himself a Kashmiri, which locale might be included in India out o...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3671
Re: Dzogchen Historiography
It's highly unlikely any of the later texts attributed to Śrī Siṃha were actually written by him. Why do you say this? This is actually the only part I was looking for clarification of. Which later texts are you talking about? And, while authorship of much or most Dzogchen material is questionable,...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:28 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shingon?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6488
Re: Shingon?
Yes, Dalton is what I was trying to remember. thank you.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:12 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shingon?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6488
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:28 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shingon?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6488
Re: Shingon?
After having a number of conversations with a Khenpo and Geshe trying to clarify what actual sadhanas and practices were what classification of Tantra, I concluded that in terms of practice this classification is ad-hoc, and plenty of practices could be said to occupy multiple positions in the sche...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:19 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 647
Re: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
More generally, the overwhelming ritual function of Ganeśa in Hinduism is towards the front end of pūjas, where you will have (in roughly this order): kalaśa sthāpanā (the establishment of a vase, which symbolizes many things like the body, deity, etc.), Can you suggest any sources on the historica...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Shingon?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6488
Re: Shingon?
Most of this info is false. Shingon is strictly Vajrayana or also called Mikkyo. Right. It's amazing how people go out of their way to bash a tradition they have no knowledge or exposure to. :shrug: Shingon has plenty of empowerment (I received it myself). Self-generation is also an essential part ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:30 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3671
Re: Dzogchen Historiography
tingdzin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:32 pm Why do you say this? Just as a quick caveat, because practice is more important than scholarship: if one believes heavily in the terma tradition and lacking certainty about the historicity of these texts negatively impacts their ability to practice, I don't...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Historiography
- Replies: 62
- Views: 3671
Re: Dzogchen Historiography
The scholarly research on the topic shows that even when we see the term "dzogchen" in early work, it did not refer to any sort of separate vehicle, but initially something that happened during the Guhyagarbha completion stage, and then over many iterations and centuries its meaning evolv...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:26 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 647
Re: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
First of all, as you may know, all elephant-headed deities are not Ganesha. Some esoteric schools use art in which their protectors trample gods with elephant heads, who are taken to personify bad inflluences. Buddhist schools that have formal transmitted practices involving elephant-headed deities ...
Bon Sarma
I am given to understand that New Bon is still a going concern in some places in Tibet. Does anyone know of places outside where it is a living authentic tradition?
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:35 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 154
- Views: 6388
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
I always wonder why this topic is so very attractive online, because these discussions are like if blind people are discussing colors. In the previous incarnation of Dharmawheel, the threads that had anything to do with sex were always the longest. Now, not so much -- I guess the average age here h...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:25 am
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Authentic Dzogchen teachers Europe
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1222
Re: Authentic Dzogchen teachers Europe
"pure" dzogchen without deity yoga etc has been taught recently by ChNN only. The idea that Dzogchen without "deity yoga, etc." is "pure" or "pristine" implies that such a thing is superior to other ways Dzogchen has been introduced, and that nothing is misse...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:41 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: How "Karmapa Chenno" saved my master's degree
- Replies: 1
- Views: 316
Re: How "Karmapa Chenno" saved my master's degree
Good story. This kind of thing can happen if you have pure motivation -- and no expectations.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:11 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Wrathful "Mahakala" with Phurba and Kapala?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6258
Re: Wrathful "Mahakala" with Phurba and Kapala?
though I wish there were some more specific info, at least I can gather that it's a form of Mahakala, indeed, from the Nyingma traditions. That's a great start, and may be enough...... If you have access to a sufficient selection of Palyul thangkas, you could compare the lineage figures above the f...