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oṃ āḥ hūṃ vajra guru padma siddhi hūṃ

KTL spoke there last week, so I assume that is what is being referred to. Ah! I had no idea... I would have loved to attend that. He's been up in my neck of the woods for the past week and I've seen him speak several times, including just last night at Anam Thubten's place in Point Richmond. You ca...

dzogchungpa wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:26 pm

Thomas Amundsen wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 7:07 pm

Fortyeightvows wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:23 pm

Thomas Amundsen, were you at claremont?

Nope. For what?

KTL spoke there last week, so I assume that is what is being referred to.

Ah! I had no idea... I would have loved to attend that.

Fortyeightvows wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:23 pm

Thomas Amundsen, were you at claremont?

Nope. For what?

You can read his thesis here: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geog_gradetds/27/ if you are interested. Are you saying that this was written by Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro? No, I am saying that it was written by the person who wrote the article, Gaerrang (Kabzung). Oh, so the original article I linked was no...

Miroku wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 11, 2018 9:50 am

dzogchungpa wrote: ↑

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Miroku wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:16 pm

Nice article.

You can read his thesis here: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geog_gradetds/27/ if you are interested.

Looks interesting thanks. I will take a look at it once I sort out my relationship with meat.

dzogchungpa wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:14 am

Miroku wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:16 pm

Nice article.

You can read his thesis here: https://scholar.colorado.edu/geog_gradetds/27/ if you are interested.

Are you saying that this was written by Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro?

I would be surprised if it had been translated. After looking at this article's bibliography: https://journals.openedition.org/emscat/2755 I think the title in Tibetan is: "sha’i kha zas gnag bkag gi bslab bya blang bor gsal ba’i me long" Ah, I suspected that might be the case. Thanks, Dzogchungpa!

Why Vegetarian?

Khenpo Tsultrim Lodro wrote:Years ago, I wrote a book about the merit of being vegetarian and the faults of eating meat or being non-vegetarian.

Does anyone know where I can find this book (in English)?

krodha wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 22, 2018 4:39 am

Who else is planning to go to Santa Fe? I am.

I'm planning to arrive sometime late on Friday night, unfortunately after the intro teaching, and attend the teachings on Saturay and Sunday.

Humans are not "naturally" anything when it comes to diet. Our diet is based on availability and ability. I would never say to somebody living in an environment where there is a lack of vegetables for consumption, or have health problems that require eating meat, to stop eating meat and/or other an...

you birth and you don't die, wht can i make of that :s Basically the rainbow body of great transference is not a karmic body. It's not like it violates the law of cause and effect, it just goes completely beyond it. In general, the teachings in various yanas don't contradict each other. There's a n...

yeah, it defies the law of karma :S What makes you say that? you birth and you don't die, wht can i make of that :s Basically the rainbow body of great transference is not a karmic body. It's not like it violates the law of cause and effect, it just goes completely beyond it. In general, the teachi...

javier.espinoza.t wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:35 pm

Fa Dao wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:34 pm

javier.espinoza.t wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:05 pm

Yeah ty, the only difference is that you mentioned?

There are probably more differences but the fact that one is before actual death of the body and the other is after the death of the body seems significant

yeah, it defies the law of karma :S

What makes you say that?

boda wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:30 pm

I recall reading some research about how people generally perform better when in the company of others, and that this finding extends to other species. They say even ants have an extra spring in their step when around other ants. So there's that.

I do remember seeing that before. Good point.

Individual retreats are usually like finishing school. Most of the lamas did not start with individual retreat. Ah, I see. This definitely makes sense. Thanks! If you can't do serious group retreat then do individual retreat. I don't have the time to do serious group or individual retreat any time,...

Deeper experiences of concentration generally occur in group settings rather than individual settings (although this is not always the case either). Outside of enlightenment, saving life or outstanding dharma teaching, sesshin is an unparalleled practice. For some reason I thought the original post...

I am really curious about those who establish some kind of close relationship with a lama living near them -- did you go to all the regular pujas and so on before they started to accept you and teach you? No but... My teacher started guiding me closely just because I was showing up to his ngondro c...

So another confirmation ..every valley a Lama. Every Lama a dharma. :smile: Which figures. Do we expect uniformity? I'm not sure if it's such a sharp contrast in opinions between Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche on this topic. My impression from your quote from Trungpa Rinpoche ...

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Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:34 pm

Of course there are alway group retreats available. The longest I've done with a groups (Zen) has been only one day. I forget what they call a one day retreat.

I think what I usually hear is"Zazenkai". Although that could be a few days, but it's shorter than a sesshin.