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by Bristollad
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?
Replies: 19
Views: 793

Re: Poll (ANONYMOUS): Are you Male / Female / Other?

serenitykv wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:09 pm “Does not apply” would be more respectful wording than “Other”, at least.
Would it? To me, both are equally neutral in tone. In what way do you find other less respectful?
by Bristollad
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:29 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Amitabha Phowa and faith
Replies: 9
Views: 459

Re: Amitabha Phowa and faith

Hello, I have a question regarding Amitabha Phowa (that Phowa practice which goal is a rebirth in Amitabha's Pure Land). How do faith and vow to be reborn in Amitabha's Pure Land, affect rebirth using Phowa? In Tibetan Buddhism, teachings on Sukhavati and Buddha Amitabha don't speak much about fait...
by Bristollad
Wed Feb 21, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Politics in dharma center - article
Replies: 202
Views: 7703

Re: Politics in dharma center - article

This reminds me of my first year at University: my friends who were studying with the Geography faculty were told, "Everything is Geography!" my friends who were studying with the Physics faculty were told, "Everything is Physics!" my friends who were studying with the Chemistry ...
by Bristollad
Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Please tell me how a meditator is supposed to sleep
Replies: 15
Views: 2024

Re: Please tell me how a meditator is supposed to sleep

When I can’t sleep, I drink a cup of espresso coffee and then I can sleep. Obviously this is not a remedy for most people. Hah! Me too. I quickly learned at University, trying to complete essays due the next morning, that coffee acts like sleeping tablets to me! If I need to stay awake, I'm far bet...
by Bristollad
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Relationship Between Mahayana Sutras And Abhidharma
Replies: 19
Views: 1725

Re: Relationship Between Mahayana Sutras And Abhidharma

It's clear that Madhyamaka and Yogacara are reactionary responses to Abhidharma. okay, so it's your idea. What is strange is that some Mahayana monks adopt Abhidharma concepts. I just saw a Tibetan monk using the Abhidharma to explain karma. It's only strange if you think Madhyamika and Yogacara ar...
by Bristollad
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Relationship Between Mahayana Sutras And Abhidharma
Replies: 19
Views: 1725

Re: Relationship Between Mahayana Sutras And Abhidharma

Mahayana was a counteraction to the doctrines of the Abhidharma scriptures. Is this your own idea or one you have read? From a scholarly point of view, there are several competing theories about the origin of the Mahayana but as yet, no definitive evidence. Most experts suggest that rather than bei...
by Bristollad
Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:46 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)

First they cite Buddha who was rather vague and thus they are vague. Or they cite shastras and especially Gampopa and Tsongkhapa who enjoyed the topic a bit too much and forbid orificies, times of day, etc etc. Or they ignore that its even a question thus evading controvers but not helping the dial...
by Bristollad
Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: Dying and Death
Topic: tombstones
Replies: 4
Views: 543

Re: tombstones

Perhaps, rather than leaving a virtual flower online somewhere, you can sponsor some prayers for their good rebirth with a temple you know and trust.
:namaste:
When my mother and father both died, I asked Kopan Monastery for prayers on their behalf.
by Bristollad
Fri Jan 12, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Where do ETs/NHI fit into Tibetan Buddhist cosmology?
Replies: 12
Views: 777

Re: Where do ETs/NHI fit into Tibetan Buddhist cosmology?

Whatever this UAP/USO phenomena are, Pentagon whistleblowers, if accurate/honest, say these things are interacting with humans regularly in observable and tangible ways. It might make them more relevant to us than some of the beings regularly discussed in Buddhist cosmology. If such beings are not ...
by Bristollad
Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Luminosity and Reflexive Awareness in Ratnākaraśānti’s Teachings
Replies: 17
Views: 1221

Re: Luminosity and Reflexive Awareness in Ratnākaraśānti’s Teachings

In dependence on “mind only,” External objects become unintelligible. Having focused on suchness, One should also pass beyond “mind only.” Having passed beyond “mere mind,” One should pass into non-appearance. The yogi who abides in non-appearance Sees the Great Vehicle. from Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra Can ...
by Bristollad
Thu Jan 04, 2024 6:19 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Luminosity and Reflexive Awareness in Ratnākaraśānti’s Teachings
Replies: 17
Views: 1221

Re: Luminosity and Reflexive Awareness in Ratnākaraśānti’s Teachings

Vajrasvapna wrote: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:36 pm If there are dharmas that are originated dependently, therefore empty of inherent existence, it makes sense that their opposite exists.
In what way does it make sense to you? In what way would dharmas originate independently and, therefore, inherently exist?
by Bristollad
Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Exercise - Rucking
Replies: 13
Views: 873

Re: Exercise - Rucking

This does just sound like doing any hike or hill walk properly, i.e. carrying the proper safety supplies and appropriate spare clothing with maybe a camera and a couple of lenses. I guess it's a way of easing those who only walk in city parks or on treadmills into going somewhere more strenuous. The...
by Bristollad
Sat Dec 23, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Logical refutations of a permanent self
Replies: 75
Views: 3251

Re: Logical refutations of a permanent self

what about a monad which eternally generates(as a natural consequence of it's undivided one act of being) the world of conditioned things and composites,that indeed does not interact with things,it is unchanging, How can something eternally generate the world of conditioned things AND be unchanging...
by Bristollad
Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Gelug
Topic: Appearing and Empty and a million knowers!
Replies: 4
Views: 941

Re: Appearing and Empty and a million knowers!

I think you might find it's not as unfamiliar as it seems - just new phraseology/translation choice. I think this is mostly referring to the seven types of awareness from lorig: THE SEVEN TYPES OF AWARENESS – these are: 1. direct perceivers 2. inferential cognizers 3. subsequent cognizers 4. correct...
by Bristollad
Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Source of the Test the Dharma like a Goldsmith quote
Replies: 6
Views: 529

Re: Source of the Test the Dharma like a Goldsmith quote

I seem to remember it comes up in the Abhisamayalamkara. I think it's a paraphrase or extension of ideas common in the teachings based on passages like: “That’s the way it is, Kassapa. When beings are degenerating and the true Dhamma is disappearing, there are more training rules and yet fewer monks...
by Bristollad
Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Does anyone know why the monastic shirt (for paṇḍitas?) is often blue in thangka depictions?
Replies: 7
Views: 691

Re: Does anyone know why the monastic shirt (for paṇḍitas?) is often blue in thangka depictions?

Just to add - the namjar is only worn by gelongs (fully ordained), the chogu only by getsuls (novices) and gelongs, and the zhen by rabjung (those who have left home but not yet ordained), getsuls and gelongs. Most namjars are not made of silk but of simple cotton or polycotton. When I've seen His H...
by Bristollad
Wed Nov 29, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: is there any relationship between secular law, the precepts and karma?
Replies: 16
Views: 1508

Re: is there any relationship between secular law, the precepts and karma?

One of the groups of people who are unable to hold ordination vows is traditionally said to be those from the Northern Continent. The explanation given is that they have no concept of personal property. Since there is no property which is theirs, they never form the intention to steal. Since they n...
by Bristollad
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)
Replies: 2
Views: 440

Re: stream winner in Tibetan (རྒྱུན་དུ་ཞུགས་པ། rgyun du zhugs pa)

Try using this tool https://www.thlib.org/reference/transliteration/phconverter.php gyün du zhuk pa : THL simplified gyündu shyukpa : Rigpa (English, Spanish and German) gyündou shyoukpa : Rigpa (French) gyüntu zhukpa : Padmakara (English) It's not guaranteed to be 100% accurate but it's often close...
by Bristollad
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: is there any relationship between secular law, the precepts and karma?
Replies: 16
Views: 1508

Re: is there any relationship between secular law, the precepts and karma?

Could secular law or local customs directly or indirectly have influence on the working of the karma? could breaking the secular law by itself cause bad karma? One of the groups of people who are unable to hold ordination vows is traditionally said to be those from the Northern Continent. The expla...
by Bristollad
Fri Nov 17, 2023 7:28 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Anātman, the Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self
Replies: 171
Views: 6420

Re: Anātman, the Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self

The actual realization of the unconditioned is the sole intent of the buddhadharma. ...and you have this actual realisation ? Just because you're hearing the same story, if it doesn't match what the Buddha said, it doesn't make a bit of difference. The only story I've heard that doesn't match what ...

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