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by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:05 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Vivid Awareness.
Replies: 10
Views: 3126

Re: Vivid Awareness.

i find very little teaching on Vivid awareness, becoming 'very' awake, though this is a state i have at times experienced and have a friend who is in this state all the time. he says that he is just 'very awake', as if everyone else were a sleep walker. what is the teaching on vivid awareness, vivi...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: Jonang
Topic: Kalachakra mantra pronunciation
Replies: 8
Views: 9547

Re: Kalachakra mantra pronunciation

It should pronounced: " Om Hamkshmlvrya svaha "! Look at the home page of Alexander Berzin, in the section on Kalachakra, and you'll find it there, the explanation of the pronounciation. but that's Sanskrit, not the actual Tibetan pronunciation. For example look here :http://www.kalacakra...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:42 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Vivid Awareness.
Replies: 10
Views: 3126

Re: Vivid Awareness.

i find very little teaching on Vivid awareness, becoming 'very' awake, though this is a state i have at times experienced and have a friend who is in this state all the time. he says that he is just 'very awake', as if everyone else were a sleep walker. what is the teaching on vivid awareness, vivi...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:08 am
Forum: Jonang
Topic: Kalachakra mantra pronunciation
Replies: 8
Views: 9547

Kalachakra mantra pronunciation

I have heard different pronunciations of the Kalachakra heart mantra. Some lamas pronounce the nasal sound after "ha", others lamas pronounce it after "ya", and apparently there are also lamas that don't pronounce the nasal sound neither after "ha" neither after "y...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:22 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: George Ivanovich Gurdjieff's "Self-Remembering" and Dzogchen
Replies: 20
Views: 9398

Re: George Ivanovich Gurdjieff's "Self-Remembering" and Dzogchen

Self-remembering is probably better understood simply as a kind of mindfulness practice. Ever read Gurdjieff's novel? It's hilarious, very much worth the read. This article seems interesting:http://www.chronicleproject.com/stories_15.html Gurdjieff spent three and a half years in Tibet. He wrote in...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: A question regarding direct introduction to one's own nature
Replies: 15
Views: 5039

A question regarding direct introduction to one's own nature

My question is, does every student of Dzogchen experiment the "natural state" (rigpa) when the Dozgchen master give the direct transmission?

ZC
by Zhaxi Cairang
Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:46 pm
Forum: Dharma Stories
Topic: Pramodavajra
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

Re: Pramodavajra

Historical translations. http://www.ogyenling.org/Lineage.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Divine" is in understanding Dharma. My understanding is a simple one: No entity anyway. Our purified nature itself. without "OBSCURATIONS". Buddha need not to...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:36 pm
Forum: Dharma Stories
Topic: Pramodavajra
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

Re: Pramodavajra

The Hevajra Tantra seems to look beyond the divisions among religions. For example: sarvam vijnanarupam ca purusah purana isvarah/ atma jivam ca sattvam ca kalah pudgala eva ca/ sarvabhavasvabhavo 'sau mayarupi ca samsthitah// The concepts of other traditions such as 'everything is consciousness in ...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:33 pm
Forum: Dharma Stories
Topic: Pramodavajra
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

Re: Pramodavajra

Why do you use the word "God" ? Please explain ?! Do you then mean Jehowah or Jahwe when you use it? Do you mean Allah with it ? Or do you mean Brahma perhaps ? I was wondering the same thing :\ Well, it's not me to use the word "God" but the guy who wrote the article for dharma...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: Dharma Stories
Topic: Pramodavajra
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

Pramodavajra

http://www.dharmafellowship.org/biographies/historicalsaints/pramodavajra.htm Great Enlightenment Aa monk, Acarya Pramodavajra lived a purely monastic, disciplined life for many years. His discipline as a monk prepared him for the contemplative life. With time he more and more turned away from scho...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:10 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Eating Meat vs. Drinking Alcohol--Which is worse?
Replies: 90
Views: 24201

Re: Eating Meat vs. Drinking Alcohol--Which is worse?

Dear hungryghost pali canon and mahayana sutras side with your view. Purchasing meat in the 21st century having plenty of alternatives in our western societies is unwholesome conduct. Kind regards The Ganden Tripa in an interview expounds different points of view: "Q: Is vegetarianism compulso...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:34 am
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: George Ivanovich Gurdjieff's "Self-Remembering" and Dzogchen
Replies: 20
Views: 9398

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff's "Self-Remembering" and Dzogchen

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Way" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Division of Attention - (Preliminary exercise to Self-Remembering) Gurdjieff encouraged his students to cultivate the ability to divide their attention, that is, the ability to remain fully fo...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:01 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Silk in Vajrayana, and the bodhisattva practice.
Replies: 15
Views: 4454

Re: Silk in Vajrayana, and the bodhisattva practice.

Hi. Can someone explain to me how the use of silk (kataks etc.) in Vajrayana buddhism is compatible with the bodhisattva practice. For instance in regards to statments as: "Make every effort not to kill any living creature, Birds, fish, deer, cattle and even tiny insects, And strive instead to...
by Zhaxi Cairang
Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:06 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi everybody
Replies: 1
Views: 1075

Hi everybody

Hi everybody, I am Italian, 35 years old. I have been a Buddhist for 4 years now, Tibetan tradition. I still have a lot to learn, I hope I can learn more things on this forum.

Zhaxi Cairang

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