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- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 152
- Views: 5412
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
simply obsessed with sex. thats because of contraception. remove all the pills, condoms etc from the market and sex will become what it is pretty soon - procreation. I'd not say that. Plenty of people without need for contraception or protection were/are still obsessed with it. For example pre-AIDS...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
- Replies: 152
- Views: 5412
Re: Was karmamudra part of ganachakra in the ancient India?
This isn’t about “sacred sexuality” whatever that means. Karmamudra is yoga. Why can’t people just get laid without turning it into some spiritual trip? Sex is no big deal as long as one is loving, focused on the partner’s needs and wants, keeping ahimsa in mind. Sex is entertainment. Karmamudra is...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3075
Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
What has the AntiFa movement achieved? Well, for one czech AntiFa movement made streets safer in tge 90s when neonazi groups decided to attack roma people, lgbtq+ people and etc. Tgey also veryoften protected pride parades from violent atracks from neonazis etc. And it was thanks to their vigilance...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 3075
Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
I'd sa this isagood spot to start https://noselvesnomasters.com/
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:24 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1368
Re: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission
Transmission of lung is needed for vajrasattva. But since you are not even tantrika probably, then 35 Buddhas conglfession practice should do the trick.
Also devrloping relative bodhicitta is a great purification, or reciting mani mantra.
Also devrloping relative bodhicitta is a great purification, or reciting mani mantra.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Politics in dharma center - article
- Replies: 202
- Views: 8163
Politics in dharma center - article
A very good article on Tricycle. Just sharing as it ought to be read widely. https://tricycle.org/magazine/western-buddhism-individualism/?utm_content=buffer49657&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer&fbclid=IwAR309T_NJymJJ5vJVG_hGbnwbDM2q1DiqcM4_T2Mwg88U3maJU...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1774
Re: When are you teaching dzogchen?
https://melong.com/santi-maha-sangha-level-one-training/ “Many of you don’t know what Santi Maha Sangha is. Why do many people want to do Santi Maha Sangha? Many people say it is because they want to be a teacher. Some people have this idea, but Santi Maha Sangha training or learning is not for bec...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation: The Samten Migdron by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, a 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist Text
- Replies: 9
- Views: 876
Re: The Lamp for the Eye of Contemplation: The Samten Migdron by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, a 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist T
Did I misremember the story? Hi Arnoud, I don’t think so. And I think that I’ve heard that story (probably on this forum); yet had forgotten about it. Anyway, I personally don’t like it when people abbreviate Lama’s names, unless they spell their name out at least once in a thread, before they star...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1774
Re: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Advice or experience from peers is in a different category than advice from teachers. If that’s not understood by the person receiving the advice, that is indeed a problem. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with peer advice in Dzogchen per se, with the caveats that 1) DW is not the best place to...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1774
Re: When are you teaching dzogchen?
I doubt most practitioners come to this forum seeking genuine teachers or teachings on Dzogchen. So from the perspective of the person you would be giving advice, you are unlikely to be considered a teacher, and your advice or comments therefore unlikely to be taken as teachings. From your side of ...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1774
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1774
When are you teaching dzogchen?
Hello, Lately I've been wondering. When somebody comes here with their experience of meditation or rigpa, is giving them advice teaching them? I am not talking about regular advice as in go to your teacher, or find this text. But really from personal experience telling them how to do it or what to d...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen Practice and the Nada Sound Current
- Replies: 11
- Views: 919
Re: Dzogchen Practice and the Nada Sound Current
When I sit down to meditate I usually have Cher playing in my head. My dharmata has the rainbow playlist.
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Do you know living mahasiddhas performing miracles
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2126
Re: Do you know living mahasiddhas performing miracles
I can touch my nose with my tongue. So ... I am a bit of a mahasiddha myself, I reckon.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
- Replies: 109
- Views: 7443
Re: Dzogchen and thoughts
All that can be said.
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Not to make statue of a living teacher
- Replies: 7
- Views: 699
Re: Not to make statue of a living teacher
Yeah, I've heard the same. That creating a statue of your teacher is inauspicious. I think it is a cultural thing as making a statue of ones teacher is usualy done after the passing of the teacher. Sort of like why Japanese don't stap their chopstics into their food as it reminds them of offerings f...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Lung oral transmission
- Replies: 82
- Views: 5153
Re: Lung oral transmission
Not according to ChNN, who claimed that you need to have practised these practises and git signs first. @OP. No one in the DC has been officially authorised to transmit lungs, Yeshi (who is yet to transmit a single lung) included. within the DC, afaik Ms. Robinson, Yungchen, at least can; some have...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Can the Nembutsu cure boredom and depression?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 784
Re: Can the Nembutsu cure boredom and depression?
Concerning the question of whether one can purify karma or not generally it is taught that through the 4 oponnent powers one can purify any karma when they are present. The 4 powers are: regret, reliance, remedy and resolve. So you regret your deeds, you rely on the three jewels, you perform a pract...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:46 am
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct? (continued)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2618
Re: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct? (continued)
But then, what constitutes sexual misconduct? Generally the answer is simply to look to local community standards. Or, use a criteria based directly on standard Mahayana criteria: “Does this activity (or will this activity potentially) cause beings to suffer?” Then if you want to go beyond that: “D...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: La Santa Muerte and Buddhism
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1008
Re: La Santa Muerte and Buddhism
There is an old thread about this on the forum, but that's all I remember. A site search would probably find it. :coffee: Kim Honestly, I’m not sure what my middle school brain was thinking or on at the time :| :lol: Though I highly doubt there are any such practitioners here in the forum. I certai...