Things not going your way, eh?mint wrote:And still no answers.
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- Wed Nov 09, 2011 12:10 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
But...its fun playing in the mud... .Dechen Norbu wrote: Let's not turn this thread in a mud hole, please.
- Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:42 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
my 2c on this thread.... We should ask the questions, but perhaps not in a public forum (esp on the interwebs...). The guru relationship is a pretty personal one. One can glean bits and pieces of info from hearsay, but in the end, its just that, hearsay. At some point, one has to meet the guru in qu...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:32 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
I've met Lama Lobsang too, so i will say I probably see him more as a friend than as a guru. He did help me a lot learning the Tibetan alphabet. So from my perspective, he's never had a bad word to say about anyone, and can really kick my butt in a yoga class. This I see as a positive thing. He's a ...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:02 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Monks & Lay, Money & Dharma.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2170
Re: Monks & Lay, Money & Dharma.
I happen to be decent with computers, and its amazing how many people expect me to 'fix their computer's problems' for free. My brother in law the car mechanic has the same sorta stories. In other words, this is not a problem related to the dharma, and dharma teachers! Westerners are lazy and want f...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:23 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
yet it appears that you implied that this sort of begging thing would be suitable for them, or perhaps by extension, any spiritual teacher... with this i strongly disagree.Heruka wrote:yes i know thanks.gnegirl wrote:They are not monks.Heruka wrote:
an alms bowl helped for thousand years. No one went without.
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:10 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
They are not monks.Heruka wrote:an alms bowl helped for thousand years. No one went without.Karma Dondrup Tashi wrote:They gotta eat.
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:52 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
If one is sincere in the desire to benefit all beings and practise dharma, and expresses this to whomever one is trying to get teachings from, doors may open that appear at first glance, to be closed.Heruka wrote:ronnewmexico wrote: Well I say charge...even more.
Hi ron,
what if one does not have the capacity to pay?
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:12 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
remember now we are discussing vipasyana and shamatha meditation, not rituals. No we're not, from the website 'Lama Lobsang Palden offers private instruction in Tibetan Buddhist Meditation by appointment.' In my book, this could be anything from shamatha to how to set up the shrine for Green Tara o...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:25 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
Would you expect a doctor to patch you up for free? They might do it out of a Hippocratic responsibility, but in general, its expected that we would pay them.Heruka wrote: even better if you can keep a $20 in your pocket too.
How is this any different?
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:22 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
Why not charge? How else do we attach value to something if not with a price tag in this culture? why should you pay someone else for you to just sit and do nothing? :rolling: If you dont know how to do that, and you cannot find peace, a moment of instruction showing you your mind's nature is price...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:17 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
Does anyone here have any experience as a student of Lama Lobsang Palden? I've contacted him regarding one-on-one meditation instruction, which he charges $125.00 for 6 sessions. Seems kind of odd. ok, but it breaks down to about $20 a session, i dont think one should charge for meditation instruct...
- Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:59 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Lama Lobsang Palden
- Replies: 98
- Views: 21996
Re: Lama Lobsang Palden
WHy are you suspicious?Pero wrote:I looked at his site and got a bit suspicious for some reason... Does anyone know of this lama? Is he legit?
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:36 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: A question of...clothing?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9633
Re: A question of...clothing?
In an odd way, this thread maybe answers the OP in the best way possible. People have so many trips about the clothing that maybe it is best not worrying about. On the other hand, one of the posters on this thread opined that lay Tibetans don't tend to wear zens. While this may be true, they also d...
- Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:16 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: So this forum is comprised mostly of former New-Age hippies?
- Replies: 141
- Views: 24182
Re: So this forum is comprised mostly of former New-Age hippies?
Not an ex-hippie.
Ex-wicca. Go figure that one....
Ex-wicca. Go figure that one....
- Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:05 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Ngondro
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1965
Re: Ngondro
1) Find someone qualified who will give you teachings on it.
2) get the transmission for it
3) do it.
2) get the transmission for it
3) do it.
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:03 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Prostrations= Punishment?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9530
Re: Prostrations= Punishment?
Which leads me to ask where all this opinion originates anyways?heart wrote:Not at all, they are just very opinionated and not very dedicated.xylem wrote:OK. i get it now. this thread is a joke. right?
/magnus
- Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:50 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Prostrations= Punishment?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9530
Re: Prostrations= Punishment?
Pass the diet coke, ok?
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:27 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Prostrations= Punishment?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 9530
Re: Prostrations= Punishment?
Some people would find the number of miles i run in a week to be 'punishment', however, i do not. They have a purpose, to train me up for running a marathon. They do hurt sometimes, they are hard to finish sometimes. So too with prostrations, they don't have to be 'punishment', this is not to negate...
- Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:21 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Creation Stage and the attainment of Bhumis
- Replies: 182
- Views: 33050
Re: Creation Stage and the attainment of Bhumis
Like this: "Norbu Rinpoche introduces the paths of the three yanas. He explains how Sutra views form as our problem, and how all Sutric practice aims at emptiness. The Tantric practitioner, having arrived at emptiness, takes this realisation into the phenomenal world and transforms all experie...