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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 762
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Rugby vs American Football is like bare-knuckle vs gloved boxing. Without gloves, you can't hit too hard: you'll break your hand. American Football allows players to use their helmet-covered heads as weapons, while in Rugby, trying to use your helmetless head in that way would quickly get you throw...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:11 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Moderation, bias, etc.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 796
Re: Why are DharmaWheel and DhammaWheel separated?
Also, losing Malcom was truly a substantial loss, but there are 16,000 people here. Isn't it enough minds to keep the forum active and figure out each topic being asked? Maybe... However not all these people post and Malcolm's knowledge was beyond compare. Btw I hope you mutsuk change your mind and...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:01 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 762
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Do you see the same rate of CTE in rugby? One of the criticisms of gridiron football is that the helmet incentivizes the use of the head as a weapon. This leads to a ton of subconcussive head injuries, which seem to add up to long-term brain damage. The NFL has tried to reduce hits to (headhunting)...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Professional Sports
- Replies: 31
- Views: 762
Re: Favourite Professional Sports
Cons: Injuries. NFL football is perhaps the most dangerous team sport with numerous injuries. I take it you haven't watched much Rugby! That's right, I haven't watched much rugby. I have seen a few matches (on tv) and it looks pretty interesting; very different from NFL but in some ways it's simila...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Wrathful "Mahakala" with Phurba and Kapala?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6105
Re: Wrathful "Mahakala" with Phurba and Kapala?
Well-I don’t recall. My original post was last century.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Favourite Sports
- Replies: 25
- Views: 616
Re: Favourite Sports
I've developed an interest in Rugby.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle
- Replies: 134
- Views: 7345
Re: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle
... from my imperfect understanding, is a pretty extensive and complete cycle--it is not merely a Sadhana for KyeRim of Drollo, but has extensive sections --and instructions--for progressively completing the recitations of "approach" for the various deities. The whole thing is also a body...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:54 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: 1144
Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
I think many people here would disagree with you, respectfully :anjali: This is precisely my point, eh? I am afraid you may have misunderstood me: 1. You said "I am unripe" 2. I said "many people would disagree" - meaning that many people on this forum would see you as ripe (inc...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle
- Replies: 134
- Views: 7345
Re: Dzogchen practice in Dorje Drolo cycle
In this 5 root practice what would mean enlightened activity of Dakini Mandarava? She is usually connected to longevity practices, would it same be here? i don't know. that would highly likely be the case, but if we only do accomplishment for Dorje Drolö and we don't do accomplishment for each of t...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: Mahamudra
- Topic: Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche and Jamgon Kongtrul
- Replies: 2
- Views: 161
Re: Khenpo Tsultrim Rinpoche and Jamgon Kongtrul
I would have to review, but I believe it would be based on the volume in SheJa Dzo known in English as "Frameworks of Buddhist Philosophy."
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:40 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: 1144
Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
I am unripe I think many people here would disagree with you, respectfully :anjali: This is precisely my point, eh? But you are right, most of us (me especially) are unripe. I just defined it for the purpose of the poll in a way that allow people to vote "ripe", in the least strict way po...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:49 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: 1144
Re: POLL: What type of mango-practitioner are you (as per "Letter to a friend" verse 20)?
How can I know how I appear to others? Sometimes, at Dharma Centers, maybe I wear Shamgyur and zen, and seem to know what I am doing in rituals, etc. Sometimes I sit there and say nothing, wearing regular clothes…. I am unripe, as are we all. Yakking about advanced practices on the internet…..we’re ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:47 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 152
- Views: 5420
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
Anyway, I think there is a mixing up between yoga of passion and karmamudra in some of earlier discussions. The former is a post meditation and less formal practice for tantric couple in a solid relationship while the latter requires a great deal of preparation and in some cases, permission from on...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 638
Re: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
Just to be clear, the post above is a condensation from Kongtrul’s writing. I have not been taught these systems and do not practice them, so I am not claiming any special knowledge. But there is some overlap, of course, with the methods of other Sarma systems of Dzogrim—so you can have a General un...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:27 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 638
Re: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
The "three isolations" originated from Arya commentarial tradition of guhyasamaja by Nagarjuna, it's doxography of completion stage and the five paths unique to Gelug. And there were attempts from gelug to synchronise and mapped onto other cycles of practices. For more information, you ca...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 638
Re: Three isolations of body, speech, mind - what are those?
The "three isolations" originated from Arya commentarial tradition of guhyasamaja by Nagarjuna, it's doxography of completion stage and the five paths unique to Gelug. And there were attempts from gelug to synchronise and mapped onto other cycles of practices. For more information, you ca...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Is Nyingma much more spread than Sarma (in Europe)?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 568
Re: Is Nyingma much more spread than Sarma (in Europe)?
...are normaly Annutara Yoga Tantra practice (HYT) ... In Tibet, these teachings and practices were not taught publicly and not to normal people... Alright I get the point that those are high-level practices, but what I received were practices of mahayoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga. These are more or le...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 152
- Views: 5420
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
Forgetting about actual Karma mudra as part of a Tsok practice, the Secret Offering is similar to the comments you've made from the sadhana--even aside from Tsok practice or KarmaMudra completion stage. I mean, it's actually part of empowerment. I don't want to get into more detail, though. There ha...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: LONG POST: Started in 2007, first recognized nature in 2013, trekcho since then
- Replies: 6
- Views: 472
Re: LONG POST: Started in 2007, first recognized nature in 2013, trekcho since then
There are actually 2 things: 1. In the very first moment one awakes one should recognize (transform into) one's yidam (if one has this instruction of course) 2. Then the Awakening yoga verses are a short visualization and recitation that reminds oneself what is important for the new day. For exampl...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: LONG POST: Started in 2007, first recognized nature in 2013, trekcho since then
- Replies: 6
- Views: 472