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by humble.student
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Kipling
Replies: 42
Views: 1602

Re: Kipling

That said, is "Peaks and Lamas" worth going through? Or is it just another iteration of the perennialist spiel? It's a nice read. I forgot who said about Pallis - perhaps John Blofeld? - that the Tibetans called him "Mr Tradition" behind his back and found his attitude quite biz...
by humble.student
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Is there a chinese tripitaka in english?
Replies: 19
Views: 6711

Re: Is there a chinese tripitaka in english?

Marcus Bingenheimer's bibliography is useful, but it is not complete and even old translations are sometimes missing. Also, even though it says last updated 2022-01-10, there is a lot that isn't included and it isn't clear what criteria are used for inclusion. There are some BDK translations missin...
by humble.student
Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:55 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Buddhist Music - Theory and Practice, sources?
Replies: 10
Views: 553

Re: Buddhist Music - Theory and Practice, sources?

A topic as broad as this would need to be further fsubdivided along historical and cultural lines, I suppose. Offhand, there are a couple of academic books on Chinese Buddhist music, such as: https://www.areditions.com/chinese-buddhist-monastic-chants-ot008.html https://www.routledge.com/The-Instrum...
by humble.student
Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:08 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Resources to learn how to listen & support others
Replies: 5
Views: 585

Re: Resources to learn how to listen & support others

"How To Listen" by Katie Colombus is a very good book in this regard.
by humble.student
Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:38 pm
Forum: East Asian Buddhism
Topic: The Practice of Huayan Buddhism
Replies: 16
Views: 2232

Re: The Practice of Huayan Buddhism

As I have understood it, these texts were and are called 'sutras' in chinese buddhism. It is misleading to call them "tantras" in the context of chinese Dharma. The development or of buddhist tradition has been significantly different in China. We have for example: "Buddha Pronounces...
by humble.student
Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Index of existing translations?
Replies: 2
Views: 257

Re: Index of existing translations?

There is such a database for translations of Chinese Buddhist texts : https://mbingenheimer.net/tools/bibls/transbibl.html
and I have also wondered if there wasn't one of Tibetan texts as well, or how feasible that would be?
by humble.student
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: William 'Bill' Bodri
Replies: 10
Views: 3392

Re: William 'Bill' Bodri

has anyone read william bodri's website meditationexpert or his books? is he legit? i'm trying to find people's review of this guy as a teacher but can't find anything current.... has anyone found his techniques to work for them? Longjie's long post in the original thread hits the nail on the head ...
by humble.student
Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Nyingma
Topic: Sucking sickness from Phurba
Replies: 29
Views: 2744

Re: Sucking sickness from Phurba

At the risk of being accused of making a sweeping generalization, I will suggest that much of the propagation of Buddhism in Culturally Chinese countries relies on belief in miracles and magic. I personally would attribute this to the influence of esoteric Taoism, which sets the bar for “legitimacy...
by humble.student
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What are you watching? Any good?
Replies: 235
Views: 21353

Re: What are you watching? Any good?

Actually now you mention it, I did watch it - the Mahershala Ali one? That at least had an interesting premise (unreliability of memory, story happening simultaneously in three times, dementia, etc.), though the execution was poor. S1 was one of the best things on TV that year. S2 was entirely with...
by humble.student
Fri Mar 17, 2023 12:23 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Natural thogal?
Replies: 155
Views: 13024

Re: Natural thogal?

Returning to the thrust of the original post of this topic for a moment. Non-Buddhist authors have speculated on this and related topics for some time now. One of the earliest such authors was the French physician Lefebure, in his books on so-called phosphenism, which may well be based on scraps pro...
by humble.student
Mon Jan 23, 2023 9:04 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Masonry- compatible with Buddhist practice?
Replies: 29
Views: 3796

Re: Masonry- compatible with Buddhist practice?

Wikipedia says the dominant form of Freemasonry in Mexico is the Anglo-Saxon variety, therefore supreme being in, women out. That said, this is not the position of so-called Continental Masonry, which does not require belief in a supreme being, nor are women excluded. Not being a Mason, I cannot com...
by humble.student
Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Chundi Mantra in Tibetan Buddhism
Replies: 3
Views: 570

Re: Chundi Mantra in Tibetan Buddhism

The transmission and practice is still extant among a number of schools; e.g. Nyingma, Jonang, and probably the others too. But it is not as common or well-known as it seems to be in Chinese Buddhism at any rate. Miranda Shaw's book has a chapter on Cundi which has some details on the various relate...
by humble.student
Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:06 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Hasagarbha
Replies: 2
Views: 369

Re: Hasagarbha

Toenail wrote: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:47 pm What deity is this?
Akashagarbha possibly?
by humble.student
Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:06 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Mind associates with the zygote?
Replies: 7
Views: 691

Re: Mind associates with the zygote?

The process is detailed in the Garbhavakrantisutra, which is available in translation in English.
by humble.student
Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:02 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis
Replies: 6
Views: 576

Re: Sūtra Cordis Magnae Sapientiae Transcendentis

My latin is quite limited, but Cordis looks and sounds impressive. There is also a latin translation Dhammapada by Viggo Fausböll, published in 1855, but it seems to be extremely difficult to get hold of. One starts to suspect a conspiracy against it. Dhammapadam. Ex tribus codicibus Hauniensibus P...
by humble.student
Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: Commentaries on the Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra, the Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and the Susiddhikara Sutra
Replies: 7
Views: 808

Re: Commentaries on the Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra, the Adamantine Pinnacle Sutra and the Susiddhikara Sutra

As Q says, there is Steophen Hodge's translation, which includes a Tibetan commentary. Wayman & Tajima's edition also contains material from both the Tibetan and Chinese commentaries, and there is Giebel's translation for the BDK as well, which ought to be useful. Obviously, the above-mentioned ...
by humble.student
Sun May 22, 2022 1:52 pm
Forum: Academic Discussion
Topic: Gendun Chophel and his witnessing of Indian Chakrasamvara
Replies: 2
Views: 523

Re: Gendun Chophel and his witnessing of Indian Chakrasamvara

I haven't got the books to hand, but it could either be his Guide to India, or Grains of Gold.
by humble.student
Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Persons whose hands have been cut off
Replies: 17
Views: 7098

Re: Persons whose hands have been cut off

In french, for example, the "b" couldn't (cannot ?) become monk or priest or take part in freemasonry: bancal (wobbly), bâtard (bastard), bègue (stammerer), bigle (cross-eyed), boiteux (lame), borgne (one-eyed), bossu (hunchbacked), bougre (debauched). I would definitely like to learn mor...
by humble.student
Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:36 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: the Zen promise is empty
Replies: 128
Views: 65994

Re: the Zen promise is empty

ok found it. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E8%B0%B7%E5%B9%BD%E5%85%B0#%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC there were 5 prints between 2001 and 2010 one in Taiwan in more classical Chinese, 4 prints in simplified Chinese. But they do not say about the number of copies. anyway 250 thousand sounds possible f...
by humble.student
Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: the Zen promise is empty
Replies: 128
Views: 65994

Re: the Zen promise is empty

ok found it. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%BA%E8%B0%B7%E5%B9%BD%E5%85%B0#%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC there were 5 prints between 2001 and 2010 one in Taiwan in more classical Chinese, 4 prints in simplified Chinese. But they do not say about the number of copies. anyway 250 thousand sounds possible f...

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