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I did a Goenka retreat in 2011. The plus side obviously is that it is for free. And their teachers are quite accessible. If you wanted you could have an interview with one of them at least every second day. I've never seen anything like that at another place. I was accustomed to getting an interview...

Elfin, what you write in your letter , is very common, from laypeople. I feel sad for that monk, he is probably constantly in the public eye , being watched, and every fault is noticed. As i said this a hazard for monks allover , not just Western ones here , but i here abou this all the time with A...

I feel there are a lot of issues why Westerners are kind of reluctant to ordinate. The obstacle of insufficient funding was already mentioned. As well that Tibetan Buddhism to this day is run by Tibetan monks. In addition to that I believe it is not attractive for Western women to ordain in that tra...

And it's still not working properly for me.

I also get the message, that this website cannot be found.

Yes, I did.

Welcome, great to have you back.

Hi Gyaltsen,

What kind of vows are you talking about?

Best wishes,
elfin

Catmoon,

I was thinking along the same lines.

Tara, after all, is one form of enlightened energy and for me it is her beauty and the delicate features of her face that are very inspiring to me and make me want to emulate her and do my practice.

Best wishes,
elfin

Hi guys, I finally decided to put up an altar and I am not sure on which buddha figure to decide. It's usually said that a Buddha Shakyamuni figure needs to go on the altar. Unfortunately I don't find a nice one. I would find Taras and Vajradharas I like, though. Although I don't practice Tara, woul...

Luke (young Skywalker, is it? ) and FBS,

Thanks for the warm welcome.
Looking forward to your posts.

Best wishes,
elfin

Hi everyone, Although I didn't post that much some might remember me from e-sangha where my nick was Tara_10. I am glad to have found this new forum and I am looking foward to interesting and inspiring threads. As I learned a lot about buddhism in general, practices etc. on e-sangha I wondered wheth...