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by Könchok Thrinley
Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 68
Views: 2510

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 68
Views: 2510

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

I'd sa this isagood spot to start https://noselvesnomasters.com/
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission
Replies: 26
Views: 1279

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.
by Könchok Thrinley
Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Politics in dharma center - article
Replies: 202
Views: 7703

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Replies: 29
Views: 1719

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
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: 863

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Replies: 29
Views: 1719

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:56 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Replies: 29
Views: 1719

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 ...
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:55 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Replies: 29
Views: 1719

Re: When are you teaching dzogchen?

Kai lord wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:12 pm Tell them to consult their own gurus is still the best approach.
Oh absolutely. But if nevertheless someone advices on points of dzogchen view, meditation and conduct do they teach dzogchen?
by Könchok Thrinley
Mon Feb 05, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: When are you teaching dzogchen?
Replies: 29
Views: 1719

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen Practice and the Nada Sound Current
Replies: 11
Views: 897

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.
by Könchok Thrinley
Sun Feb 04, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Do you know living mahasiddhas performing miracles
Replies: 24
Views: 2074

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.
by Könchok Thrinley
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Dzogchen and thoughts
Replies: 109
Views: 7218

Re: Dzogchen and thoughts

:good:

All that can be said.
by Könchok Thrinley
Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Not to make statue of a living teacher
Replies: 7
Views: 689

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Lung oral transmission
Replies: 82
Views: 4981

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: Pure Land
Topic: Can the Nembutsu cure boredom and depression?
Replies: 10
Views: 752

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
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: 2567

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: La Santa Muerte and Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 985

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...
by Könchok Thrinley
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Differentiating Nature of Mind from Calm State
Replies: 96
Views: 3563

Re: Differentiating Nature of Mind from Calm State

To expand on why I think examining ones practice on deeper levels on forums is silly if not insane I would like to say this. First of all one never knows who is sitting behind the keyboard. The words might be well written but a communication is more than just nice words. It is also the context and t...
by Könchok Thrinley
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct? (continued)
Replies: 33
Views: 2567

Re: Which of the following activities do you consider sexual misconduct? (continued)

mod narwhal90 split from previous older thread https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?p=675326#p675326 This is a question strictly for the laity. The rules for monastics are clear. The lay precept is deliberately vague: just don't commit sexual misconduct. But then, what constitutes sexual misco...

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