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by Grigoris
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
Replies: 6
Views: 230

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

Let us say that it was part of ganachakra, what does that mean to you?

Let us say that it was not part of ganachakra, what does that mean to you?
by Grigoris
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:58 am
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 68
Views: 2501

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

BUDDHISM AND ANARCHISM – REFLECTIONS ON THE ECO-ANARCHISM OF GARY SNYDER , Brian Morris, 2020-11-10 Again, not a recommendation or even a comment as I have not read completely through the article, but a possible discussion point. It is of interest that the words “anarchism” and “revolution” were bo...
by Grigoris
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

Imagine priding yourself on NOT reading books...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching
Replies: 126
Views: 5584

Re: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching

"Dharma is not just about getting Enlightened. It's about shaping and taming a place for dharma to endure." Excellent point. I was taught never to neglect promoting the Dharma or benefitting sentient beings. Compared to these two, benefitting oneself comes third. If we do not insure the c...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: My last will and testament
Replies: 16
Views: 611

Re: My last will and testament

Yep, time to rewrite it. The actuarial tables give me an expectancy of 12 more years. Now my wife is not a Buddhist, but is very sympathetic, and I trust her to deal with my dharma stuff responsibly. The statistical expectation is that she will outlast me. But I might outlast her, and I want to see...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching
Replies: 126
Views: 5584

Re: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching

Look people, let us not overestimate the efficacy of pilgrimage and offerings. These are beneficial practices, and/but they are not exclusively Buddhist practices. All religions have pilgrimage and offerings as part of their practice. According to some of the "logic" being bandied about ar...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 418

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

I do not know how value is measured in social sciences. But for me, value is simply in the fact that I am interested in that information. So the question is - am I allowed to be interested in that information, without being able to back-up my interest with some fancy-worded justification? Maybe the...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 418

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

I would like to compare my experience with real life dharma events with my perception on this forum. And what is the value of that? How is that helpful? I am not saying you have an agenda. I am saying that (in the social sciences) when we take a poll, we do it in order to extract information that w...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Poll idea - male / female / other
Replies: 19
Views: 418

Re: Poll idea - male / female / other

I dont know how about you, but I (a male) feel like other people are also males, but that is just my stupid assumption / preconception. I think, since I am male, I am more likely to assume the other person with unisex nickname is also a male. This assumption from my side is especially stupid since ...
by Grigoris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:01 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

natusake wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:30 pm...
Whatever floats your boat.

Just keep in mind that some of the things you say, may (needlessly) rock other peoples' boats.
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

...Nobody is saying termas can't mix practices of multiple vehicles, the point is to distinguish what one vehicle is from another. Because doing so is necessary to understand what practice of Dzogchen actually means. Because Dzogchen is all about making false distinctions based on relative truths, ...
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

jet.urgyen wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:31 pmThey are realized beings Greg. I don't expect them to "mumbling mantra, burning incense, chanting sadhana and throwing serkyem, " from the pov of the path.
Like I said: I did not expect an answer. You did not let down my expectation. :smile:
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

jet.urgyen wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:15 pmI do some of the conventional things because i want to. I was never requested nor conditioned to do any of them.
That does not answer my question, but I did not expect an answer, nor do I particularly want one. My question was largely rhetorical.
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching
Replies: 126
Views: 5584

Re: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching

Karma Dorje wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:02 pmIf one doesn’t have access to a guru in person to point out your hidden faults, get married. Your spouse will start pointing these out to you within two to three years. They may not have as much compassion however.
Two to three years? You lucky bastard! I wish it had taken that long! :tongue:
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

i can’t for the life of me understand Dzogchen adherents have so much gripes with so called “fabricated” state of mind? That is because some "Dzogchen adherents" have fallen prey to a cult like misunderstanding of what Dzogchen entails. As if the true nature of mind is somehow separate to...
by Grigoris
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

that doesn't make it atiyoga, that's the gradual way of doing things. Who told you that atiyoga cannot be embarked upon as a gradual approach? My root guru didn't taught me anything gradual. The ChNN didn't presented atiyoga as gradual. I have no proof for it to be gradual either. On the contrary i...
by Grigoris
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

jet.urgyen wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:36 pmthat doesn't make it atiyoga, that's the gradual way of doing things.
Who told you that atiyoga cannot be embarked upon as a gradual approach?
by Grigoris
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:31 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Personal account of Shine
Replies: 53
Views: 1949

Re: Personal account of Shine

PeterC wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:25 amBut Dzogchen is not shamatha.
Who said that Dzogchen/Mahamudra/Prajnaparamita is shamatha? :shrug:
by Grigoris
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching
Replies: 126
Views: 5584

Re: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching

For most so-called practitioners this fancy talk feels like a victory. Anyone can fake it online with chains of quotes. Devotion doesn't need a lot of verses. Most often this kind of talk is just masking a lazy practice. I am not saying that I am Saraha, I am merely comparing what the siddhas (the ...

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