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by MiphamFan
Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Living Nyingma Ngakpa Masters
Replies: 2
Views: 585

Re: Living Nyingma Ngakpa Masters

There are many.

Tulku Sangngag Rinpoche
Dr Nida Chenagtsang
Many others
by MiphamFan
Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Love in the time of degeneration
Replies: 30
Views: 2208

Re: Love in the time of degeneration

It's not moralizing or slut-shaming. I am fine if promiscuous people of whatever gender go on and do their thing. I think it is stupid, irresponsible advice, not based on personal experience, if you tell someone who might not be okay with promiscuity in a partner that you're being judgemental, it do...
by MiphamFan
Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Love in the time of degeneration
Replies: 30
Views: 2208

Re: Love in the time of degeneration

It is really up to you and her, whether you feel like you can trust her. Maybe it's something you just have to talk to her about. In my experience as a male, I had relationships with women who were promiscuous before, they never turned out well. Just my experience. Also in my experience, men who are...
by MiphamFan
Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:42 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: anyone do HEMA? (Historical European Martial Arts)
Replies: 17
Views: 1488

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

Losal Samten wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:36 am
I read that as "butthurt" at first :P
by MiphamFan
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Gemstones and planets in Buddhism
Replies: 25
Views: 1220

Re: Gemstones and planets in Buddhism

Some people (including Buddhist teachers etc) believe that astrology describes some causal relationships, why do you feel the need to mock it?

The materialist arguments you give might as well be used to refute karma and reincarnation.
by MiphamFan
Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:46 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Re: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants

Losal Samten wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:28 am Do you have a Youtube or vocaroo of jñ being pronounced?
It's basically like how ChNN pronounced it when he said Jñāna.
by MiphamFan
Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:58 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Re: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants

I don't want to argue with you because you have 0 linguistics knowledge. The stuff you mentioned is completely irrelevant. I already know Alexander went to India and the Indo-Greek kingdoms had a cultural exchange. "Gnosis" is not a loanword, it's been with the Greeks since they first inva...
by MiphamFan
Sun Sep 03, 2023 2:51 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Re: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants

Thanks! I have listened to one of their videos. By the way, as I have heard it the pronunciation of jñ as gñ is quite ancient, because we have, for example, jña -> gnosis, gnostic, etc. Gnosis is a Greek word. Greek is not Sanskrit. It underwent completely separate phonological and linguistic chang...
by MiphamFan
Sat Sep 02, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Active Dzogchen Teachers 2023
Replies: 193
Views: 12195

Re: Active Dzogchen Teachers 2023

"Pure Dzogchen" is some kind of rhetorical strawman no teacher actually teaches, but people use as a rhetorical gimmick.

I think it is better you just find a teacher you can see yourself learning from and then going by his/her teachings.
by MiphamFan
Sat Sep 02, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: Language
Topic: LearnSanskrit.org
Replies: 1
Views: 478

Re: LearnSanskrit.org

They outline their approach here: https://en.amarahasa.com/about/ I really like it, it treats Sanskrit as a communicative language, not just to be chanted, but read and spoken. I also like the Assimil Course. This forum post also has a good list of resources: Copy-pasting here for reference: I’m by ...
by MiphamFan
Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:25 am
Forum: Language
Topic: LearnSanskrit.org
Replies: 1
Views: 478

LearnSanskrit.org

Came across this.

https://www.learnsanskrit.org/resources/#acquiring

A lot of useful links and resources for learning Sanskrit. In particular, this site: https://en.amarahasa.com/ has a lot of Sanskrit stories for beginners. There is even a Buddhist series.
by MiphamFan
Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants
Replies: 7
Views: 690

Saugata Buddhist Sanskrit chants

I came across this randomly:


https://www.youtube.com/@saugatamsanskr ... 7208/about

https://saugatam.org/

They record Sanskrit Buddhist chants and also have courses and study groups. Quite cool, although they pronounce Sanskrit the modern way with echoing visarga, jñ as /gñ/ etc.
by MiphamFan
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:50 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Oppurtunities to be nyingma retreat yogi?
Replies: 44
Views: 2990

Re: Oppurtunities to be nyingma retreat yogi?

It is still not very clear from your post what you mean, can you give an example of how you imagine life as you describe might look like? Patrul Rinpoche lived in a context with very strong support from the institutions in his society; he actually taught at different monasteries for extended periods...
by MiphamFan
Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:45 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What are you watching? Any good?
Replies: 235
Views: 21346

Re: What are you watching? Any good?

I enjoyed Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

Best Trek for a long time, better than Picard.
by MiphamFan
Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: As a Theravadan this "Tulku" tradition it seems to me very political
Replies: 125
Views: 10896

Re: As a Theravadan this "Tulku" tradition it seems to me very political

Probably not. 😎 “From an inconceivable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on. A being who has not been your mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter at one time in the...
by MiphamFan
Tue Jul 25, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Magicians...
Replies: 98
Views: 6093

Re: Magicians...

Aemilius, I think this interview will be interesting for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUw5DTN5Lfg He compares a typical Vajrayana sadhana with a Western esoteric ritual. It seems that he actually never seriously engaged with Western esotericism though, just got to know some people in the sce...
by MiphamFan
Thu Jul 13, 2023 4:56 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Visarga pronunciation
Replies: 2
Views: 696

Re: Visarga pronunciation

If you read and recite hindu stotras, the visarga actually fits into the meter. there are methods of reciting the visarga. if in front of a p, (for ex: rāmaḥ punaḥ punah) it becomes an F sound: rāmaf punaf punaḥ if in front of a sibilant (s, ṣ, ś), it is dropped entirely (for ex: sarvalakṣaṇa saṃpu...
by MiphamFan
Wed Jul 12, 2023 7:11 am
Forum: Language
Topic: Visarga pronunciation
Replies: 2
Views: 696

Visarga pronunciation

I dislike the "echoing" pronunciation of visarga common in most Sanskrit pronunciations, it actually ruins the poetic metre and is not historically accurate. Visarga is a reflex of inherited Indo-European r/s. This is a good native Indian explanation of the right pronunciation: https://www...
by MiphamFan
Sun Jul 09, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Buddhist approach to parenting
Replies: 10
Views: 1868

Re: Buddhist approach to parenting

PS. I am wary of homeschooling for reasons beyond the weird Christian scene. My sister home schools and I worry about how those children will function in society that demands we function within institutions in social circumstances where we don't control who we meet. I don't see how homsechooling pr...
by MiphamFan
Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Buddhist approach to parenting
Replies: 10
Views: 1868

Buddhist approach to parenting

Over the last year I got married. My wife is culturally Buddhist but not practising, I am just making books available to her and not forcing her, but if there are some teachings by good teachers that happen in our area soon I would like to attend with her. Anyway, she is pregnant, we are expecting t...

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