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- Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:02 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Dorje Losang
- Replies: 10
- Views: 442
Re: Dorje Losang
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 7:58 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Fascinating documentary on Vietnamese Cham Muslims
- Replies: 1
- Views: 54
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 6:37 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The bardo and akanistha
- Replies: 9
- Views: 434
Re: The bardo and akanistha
Greg: the four or six bardos is a doctrine exclusive to Dzogchen Man ngag sde (that is, it is not found in sems sde or klong sde, or anu or mahāyoga). In the new schools, there is only one bardo. Fair enough. The OP did not post in a specific tradition's sub-forum so... I was also referring to the ...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:00 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The bardo and akanistha
- Replies: 9
- Views: 434
Re: The bardo and akanistha
Someone said that the Bardo is just another name for akanistha? is this true? i always thought that the Bardo was the transmigrassion realm and that akanistha was another different heavenly realm. Your understanding is largely correct. In reality there is not one bardo state but four or six states....
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:56 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Beginning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 196
Re: Beginning
Dear Mila,
There is no such thing as a pure Buddhist, if we were pure we would be Arhats and Buddhas, not Buddhists.
So, no use beating up on yourself. Just try to do your best. One step at a time.
There is no such thing as a pure Buddhist, if we were pure we would be Arhats and Buddhas, not Buddhists.
So, no use beating up on yourself. Just try to do your best. One step at a time.
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:11 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
- Replies: 45
- Views: 771
Re: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
No, basically. If your karma is to be born a wealthy family, you will never be able to take rebirth in the womb of a poor mother. Why? Just as a fruit tree cannot flourish in poor soil, but various kinds of other plants can easily grow, a poor mother lacks the conditions to support the karmic cause...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:32 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
- Replies: 45
- Views: 771
Re: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
Karma is the driving force behind where one is born in samsara. Yup, that is past karma. In the meantime though one is busy accruing vipaka with their current actions too. However, karma does not form ideologies and philosophies. If you believe this, then you will be forced accept the consequence o...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:53 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
- Replies: 45
- Views: 771
Re: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
Karma supersedes all political, social, and economic theories, rendering them all pretty meaningless, in fact. I think you will find that it is karma that is the driving force behind social systems and karma which forms ideologies and philosophies. ;) I would say it is karma that renders them meani...
Re: DNA TESTS
Since in the endless round of birth, death and rebirth all sentient beings have been my mother at some point in time, I guess that means I am directly related to all the sentient beings, on all of the six planes of existence. 

- Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Collective karma
- Replies: 139
- Views: 2060
Re: Collective karma
To me it seems to reconcile the points made in this thread. A Summary of Shared and Unshared Abodes there are no external objects to function as observed conditions aside from consciousness, nor are the external environment or other seemingly shared appearances anything more than the objective aspe...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 10:09 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
- Replies: 45
- Views: 771
Re: How do you know you're not just making karma worse??
I mean you go in every moment of your day, you PRACTICE a ton every way you know how, formally informally and everything in between, and then things get thicker, denser, more demons rise from the belly, and you go... Hey is all this practice actually gonna do someone any good besides me thinking it...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:53 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Nechung Kuten Recognizes Yeye Omileye
- Replies: 331
- Views: 6769
Re: Nechung Kuten Recognizes Yeye Omileye
Right, I think that is about enough discussion on this issue.
If anybody has anything intelligent to add to the discussion please message me.
Be warned: Any attempt to engage in meta-discussion about this topic elsewhere on the forum, will be dealt with swiftly and with extreme prejudice.
If anybody has anything intelligent to add to the discussion please message me.
Be warned: Any attempt to engage in meta-discussion about this topic elsewhere on the forum, will be dealt with swiftly and with extreme prejudice.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:06 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
- Replies: 14
- Views: 292
Re: LARGE BRONZE OFFERING THINGY
The saddest part is that 52 idiots gave their hard earned cash... My teacher always gave money to the people on the streets....you know, the ones holding up cardboard signs, asking for donations....i told him they'll just spend it on alcohol...he said something to the effect : It's their happiness....
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:00 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Nechung Kuten Recognizes Yeye Omileye
- Replies: 331
- Views: 6769
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:17 pm
- Forum: News & Current Events
- Topic: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
- Replies: 342
- Views: 4323
Re: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
Greg, the Greek economy stalled out in the 80's. You have to be careful of economic statistics when it comes to Greece, for two reasons: 1. The Greek (government) statistical service which provides the economic data was caught lying, a number of times. 2. A large section of the Greek economy works ...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Nechung Kuten Recognizes Yeye Omileye
- Replies: 331
- Views: 6769
Re: Nechung Kuten Recognizes Yeye Omileye
I'm not trying to make a name as a hijacker, so pardon this slight deviation from the thread's current course, but what about Greek deities? They were already integrated (we might even say "converted") in ancient Buddhist Gandhara. No hijacking here, just curious. Honest. And Ancient Greek religion...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:25 pm
- Forum: News & Current Events
- Topic: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
- Replies: 342
- Views: 4323
Re: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
Yes, but it will just get worse under a socialist government. No. And then you would end up exactly like Venezuela, which has centrally controlled pricing. We used to have centrally controlled pricing in Greece during the 80's, and it worked just fine. Actually, the 80's were a peak period for Gree...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: News & Current Events
- Topic: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
- Replies: 342
- Views: 4323
Re: US and Allies Launch Strikes on Syria
Sure, if you want the UK to wind up like Venezuela, go for it. Oh wait, you live in Greece, you are already well on the way. Yes, well... If you think Greece ended up in it's current mess because of socialist policies you are sadly mistaken. It wasn't the socialist policies, it was because of corru...
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 12:38 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: To be somebody, or to be nobody
- Replies: 17
- Views: 389
Re: To be somebody, or to be nobody
Well, you just identified yourself as a somebody: as a secret yogi.Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:27 amA nobody ofcourse. I don't own a single thing that identifies me as a buddhist. Secret yogi indeed.