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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. No, this is not even remotely true. However, the bardo is not a "transgression realm." It is just the ...

Are you telling us you have dysentery? :lol: But seriously, folks, as interesting as the results of DNA testing might be, I would under no circumstances willingly submit such personal information to a faceless corporation which can be counted on to use it in deleterious ways in the future. People t...

Quotes compiled from collective karma thread But dependent origination, when reduced to its essential components, simply means: where there is affliction, there is a cause for action; where there is action there is a cause for suffering; and where there is suffering, there is a condition for furthe...

chimechodra wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:00 am

Malcolm wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:47 pm

Also, the doctrine around Akaniṣṭha is complicated since it is understood differently in sūtra, tantra, and the Great Perfection.

Thank you for the illuminating knowledge as always, Malcolm. Could you expand on how Akaniṣṭha is understood in the Great Perfection? Thank you!

the dharmadhātu.

He was a nutjob: ".... Samael Aun Weor is my true name as a Boddhisattwa. Samael is the name of my Monad! I am perfectly cognizant of the dawn of life in this Solar System! I saw the dawning of Creation! I am here with this humanity, from the very first moment, since the heart of this solar system s...

If we are beginners, then our smrti is weak, and will get distracted by thoughts. Samprajnya is the caitasika dharma which "guards" our smrti, as we progress through the nine stages of shamatha, our samprajnya develops and helps redirect our mind-vijnana to the object whenever it wanders more and m...

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. No, this is not even remotely true. However, the bardo is not a "transgression realm." It is just the ...

We talk about karma in principle, and I am fixed (determined) on understanding it in its correct view. But not to just understand and talk about it. I want this to be done already. I'm fed up with being ignorant. Since you read French, you can get Valle-Poussin's original translation of the Abhidha...

It shows how we're all inter-connected genetically and that there is no pure race. Recently read an article describing the hand wringing among alt right boobs who discover heritage they've avowed to hate. You can imagine, it really hurts when they find out they're Jewish or black. Idiots. Yes, I've...

We talk about karma in principle, and I am fixed (determined) on understanding it in its correct view. But not to just understand and talk about it. I want this to be done already. I'm fed up with being ignorant. Since you read French, you can get Valle-Poussin's original translation of the Abhidha...

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...

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...

Mantrik wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 pm

Malcolm wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:37 pm

Mantrik wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 pm

Which test shows that Neanderthal element up?

Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.

Was it a separate test, or in there with the data on geographical origins? Some companies seem to go into far more detail than others.

I did the Geno thing like Cone.

Mantrik wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:30 pm

Malcolm wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:55 pm

MiphamFan wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:44 pm

How much Neanderthal DNA do you all have?

1.3 percent. People call me "blond," but I am really a redhead.

Which test shows that Neanderthal element up?

Actually, it is higher, 1.5. I guess the max is 5%.

I am related to all Native American men on both continents. My late paternal grandmother, like many Anglo-Americans, claimed to be part Native American. Cherokee, IIRC. Claims of Native American ancestry are fairly common in the States by people of whatever stock. ...When it comes to bragging about...

The Cicada wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:03 pm

It seems that we live in interesting times.

Well, I just want to make sure no one intrudes on my white, anglo, imperialist privilege.

I assume by everything you mean the realization of emptiness. If so, yes, below the path of seeing the ultimate truth of things is an inferential ultimate only. This also applies to Dzogchen and has been discussed by Khenpo Ngachung among others. yes, that was sloppily put, I am typing in a rush I ...

I am interested in your perspective vis a vis a thread I was just reading regarding dzogchen. Maybe I can take up that thread later, but in brief it seems you accept that everything below path of seeing is conceptual, an inference. I assume by everything you mean the realization of emptiness. If so...

"The cognition in which there is no conceptual construction is perception." (Dignaga: Pratyaksapariccheda, in Dignaga on Perception, p 25, tr Hattori) can you clarify please: what is this "conceptual construction?" all conceptual, ie non-direct perceptions must have them, is there there a conceptua...

How much Neanderthal DNA do you all have? 1.3 percent. People call me "blond," but I am really a redhead. Was your red always lighter or was it particularly redder when you were younger? I was a towhead when little. Then my hair shifted red. If my mother is any example, I won't go grey until my lat...