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by Losal Samten
Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:28 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Re: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants

Do you have a Youtube or vocaroo of jñ being pronounced?
by Losal Samten
Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:37 am
Forum: Meditation
Topic: How to meditate to help with pain.
Replies: 8
Views: 2638

Re: How to meditate to help with pain.

Yes, that's one of the prescribed ways of saying dharanis.
by Losal Samten
Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:04 am
Forum: Meditation
Topic: How to meditate to help with pain.
Replies: 8
Views: 2638

Re: How to meditate to help with pain.

The Buddha used to do shamatha meditation to relieve his back pain. I recall there being at least one dharani that used to help with tooth pain but I don't recall exactly where it was from unfortunately. There is also the general Medicine Buddha dharani, which is best to be received via transmission...
by Losal Samten
Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:56 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: anyone do HEMA? (Historical European Martial Arts)
Replies: 17
Views: 1488

Re: anyone do HEMA? (Historical European Martial Arts)

Nice historically accurate choreography messer duel short film as recommended by Skallagrim.

by Losal Samten
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:07 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: anyone do HEMA? (Historical European Martial Arts)
Replies: 17
Views: 1488

Re: anyone do HEMA? (Historical European Martial Arts)

Not a practitioner, but a big fan of the Matt Easton and Tod Cutler channels.


by Losal Samten
Fri May 12, 2023 8:35 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: 48 vows of Amitabha Buddha
Replies: 34
Views: 2256

Re: 48 vows of Amitabha Buddha

The same way that aspiring to be reborn in the deva realm doesn't require any input from the devas, just one's own merit plus aspiration.
by Losal Samten
Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:57 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Shitro for the deceased
Replies: 21
Views: 1261

Re: Shitro for the deceased

ratna wrote: Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:57 am After checking I have to correct myself, turns out I've misremembered -- the texts just describe Dongtruk as "unifying all families" (rigs kun 'dus pa) but without specific visualization of the body mandala.
Sweet, good to know.
by Losal Samten
Thu Nov 17, 2022 2:03 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5271
Views: 879553

Re: Music time

by Losal Samten
Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:25 am
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Anger
Replies: 6
Views: 498

Re: Anger

whether unknowingly or knowingly. here intention(volition) is karma. But if he does so unknowingly through anger. Does this have karma? Creation of karma requires: 1. Intention 2. Action 3. Satisfaction If all three is present, then it creates new karma, if only one or two of these is present, then...
by Losal Samten
Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:42 pm
Forum: Sakya
Topic: If one gives alcohol to another, one will be born 500 times as a cripple?
Replies: 11
Views: 1784

Re: If one gives alcohol to another, one will be born 500 times as a cripple?

https://read.84000.co/translation/toh287.html "Yet, in terms of the karmic effects that accord with the negative acts of drinking and distributing alcohol, their minds will suffer from delusions, they will be poor, they may become vendors at highways or crossroads, and they will be the laughing...
by Losal Samten
Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5271
Views: 879553

Re: Music time

by Losal Samten
Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5271
Views: 879553

Re: Music time

by Losal Samten
Tue Oct 04, 2022 2:13 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Buddhism and drumming
Replies: 7
Views: 368

Re: Buddhism and drumming


by Losal Samten
Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:27 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is Frank Yang an arhat?
Replies: 33
Views: 2425

Re: Is Frank Yang an arhat?

Sounds more like a dissociative/derealisation episode more than arhatship, especially considering his history of mental health.

Always enjoyed his works back in the day when I was lifting.

by Losal Samten
Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:53 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5271
Views: 879553

Re: Music time

RIP.

by Losal Samten
Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:17 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Advice on Buddhist centres in London
Replies: 8
Views: 638

Re: Advice on Buddhist centres in London

If you are interested in Tibetan Buddhism, you should visit the London Samye Dzong centre in the old Bermondsey Public Library building in Spa Road in Bermondsey. It's a branch of Samye Ling. https://london.samye.org They also have a Tibetan Medicine doctor who visits from Scotland every so often w...
by Losal Samten
Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:18 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Hip regimen for fixing meditation ouchies
Replies: 11
Views: 1266

Re: Hip regimen for fixing meditation ouchies

Giovanni wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 9:33 am
Johnny Dangerous wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:13 am
Losal Samten wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:50 am Tried a hip foam rolling regimen?
I have a roller, not sure it would help but it’s worth trying.
Tell us more about this? I am experiencing a lot of hip stiffness.
https://blog.paleohacks.com/foam-roller ... exercises/

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