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My experience in Theravada is that people love to split hairs about the nuances involved in meditation techniques, definitions, etc. So there isn't a "Theravada view" on Satipatthana or Mindfulness of breathing, beyond the basic backbone offered in places like MN 118 and MN 10 -- and even ...

Thank you, all, for your comments! It sounds like, if nothing else, he's ethical and qualified. I look forward to listening to him on Zoom.

Hi, everyone, I want to get started with Dzogchen, and I'm trying to find a teacher. I was thinking about checking out Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, since he's based near where I live and he seems to have some beginner-level teachings. Does anyone have any experience with/thoughts on him or his org (the ...

Hi Pema, He likely won't but readers should know that his comments have been removed from the Lion's Roar page where they originally appeared. Seems like he is unwilling to be debated. This exemplifies the kind of integrity which surrounds the Sakyong in his inner circle - Nick is a 'Kusung', or pe...

seen on FB, just FYI (one of the comments under Lion's Roar's story) Posted by Nick Trautz A word of caution to those inclined to read the latest sunshine report: Some of the allegations are demonstrably, totally, and almost comically false. I have been an advocate of space and listening and belief...

I suspect what prompted the change in tactics was the report explicitly naming members of the cabal, rather than just pointing the finger at Mukpo - I.e. it finally sunk in that they may face liability too, and hence the pretence of ‘peace and reconciliation’ was dropped. Yeah, this is what I'm wha...

If that statement about Pema Chödrön is correct, that is very disappointing, though not surprising. Pema Chödrön has taught alongside Mipham and her silence about the scandal has IMHO been suspicious. *sigh* The statement is merely that Pema Chödrön dismissed a report of abuse out of hand. It is di...

If that statement about Pema Chödrön is correct, that is very disappointing, though not surprising. Pema Chödrön has taught alongside Mipham and her silence about the scandal has IMHO been suspicious. *sigh*

I've just finished reading through the Dirgha Agama and one thing this recension of the EBTs keeps hammering on is that arhatship always results in the recollection of past lives. I don't recall offhand (it's been over ten years) if the Pali Nikayas are as adamant about it, but I don't believe so. ...

I too used to think the whole idea of the "rainbow body" was rather superfluous, just like I didn't quite get the point to the resurrection of the dead in the Abrahamic traditions. However, the more and more I become involved in meditation, the more and more aware I become of the importanc...

I should probably clarify that I wasn't consciously attracted to Nichiren Buddhism because I consciously thought it was similar to Catholicism. Here is what attracted me to Nichiren Buddhism: The idea that I could get what I want by chanting for it, which is most definitely NOT taught in Catholicis...

When I first read about Dzogchen, I was struck by the similarities to Christian gnostic cosmology, especially Valentinianism (which some scholars don't really consider gnosticism proper as it isn't really quite as radically dualistic or world-denying). Then again, I was also struck by the similariti...

I've had nightmares my entire life, but earlier this year they got *REALY* bad, and seemed to coincide with irritating bodily malaise during waking hours. I then got some weird sleep paralysis state where I had this weird intuitive feeling that I was burning bad karma off....but anyway I'm cutting b...

Dear all, I would like to know about the traditional accounts of the origin of Mahāyāna sūtras. The traditional account is that they were compiled by Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara on a mountain in south India in a bodhisattvas council. Which Sutras does this include? It doesn't seem like there is a s...

well I'd say the secular therapy that dsaly and others secularists are looking for, negates the grand vision of Mahayana: the state of becoming a bodhisattva and a Buddha. I think also the neglect of deities, Jizo, Kannon, leads them to focus on themselves solely and forget ideas of interconnectedn...

I sometimes read accounts (non-Buddhist) of ppl who practice astral projection and are supposedly able to help people get out of hells/ghost-like states by providing them with love and talking them out of their unwholesome belief systems. I suppose astral projection is considered a Siddhi?

There is difference to reincarnations and emanations. Malcolm pointed out that emanations are conscious through the entire process of rebirth while reincarnations are not. Is this the only difference between the two? What are the other differences? To me this sounds like the difference between full...

Not being a Chan practitioner, I hope folks will excuse my conjecture on this thread, but I find a lot of value in some of the works of Ven Hsuan Hua. Unfortunately, as many people in the US have to understand, Ven Hsuan Hua was a product of his generation. It's hard to contextualize the fact that ...

' Well known ' to whom ? Well I know that you will not consider Master Hua to be a master based on other people's opinion of him, but since you asked. There are the thousands upon thousands of people who support the 20 or so monasteries associated with the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, the peo...

Mentioning that this is the Chan section of the forum, since when has Chan come to mean diet? "In India, the twenty-seven patriarchs only transmitted the imprint of the mind. And the only reason I've come to China is to transmit the instantaneous teaching of the Mahayana: This mind is the budd...