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Meditation and yoga thus seem to reverse the pro-inflammatory gene expression pattern associated with stress and thereby reduce the risk of inflammation-related diseases. So, meditation and yoga effectively "de-program" or remove the unhealthy habits from our minds/bodies? These activitie...

Malcolm wrote:Since we live in Kali Yuga, if it says 100, you now have to do 400.

No, people need to do however many their guru tells them...

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Johnny Dangerous wrote:I have to conclude that western Vajrayana practitioners have some serious baggage regarding ngondro...

My man DJKR puts it well here.

In Rinpoche's typical humorous style no less. Great teaching!

From what I was told, it's basically the same practice, they just have different origins. Namchak Putri was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa, I believe as an Earth Treasure. Putri Rekpung was revealed by Dudjom Rinpoche as a Mind Terma. You can read about the story of Dudjom Rinpoche's revelation of the te...

Hi Malcolm 17th is a Saturday... Will it be Saturday 17th or Sunday 18th ? Will it be streamed ? Thx It will be streamed, and it looks like the 18th, my bad. Now I'm confused. I read on another forum that it was rescheduled for September. :shrug: either way I'm looking forward to it Bump.

smcj wrote:I'm not at all impressed by Rigdzin Shikpo's presence and appearance

Is this a reliable way to examine a guru? Serious question.

What does that mean in the first place?

Norwegian wrote:In terms of rainbow body and the attainment of that, according to the late Lama Akhyuk who himself attained rainbow body, it takes at least 50 years of strict retreat on Dzogchen practice. So it's not so easy.

I'm so glad Dzogchen isn't path of renunciation

Don't believe everything you read. Academics and historians are not Buddhists and they have a different (ordinary) view of things. It's best to rely upon the Three Jewels, especially in the form of a qualified Guru and then you won't go wrong. I prefer to not tell others if they're Buddhist or not,...

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Were the Prajñāpāramitā sutras the most influential sutras in explaining the Bodhisattva path? They are able to be confirmed by perspectives rooted in modern science and history to be the oldest sūtras that expound bodhisattvayāna, although this perspective only takes into account the material hist...

Sweating = bad for vajrayana Hi Crazywisdom   I had never heard or read about this...   Could you please develop ?   Thx Yes. Vajra yoga is based on the no leaky pot analogy. Sweating, tears, salivating, ejaculating, etc, is categorized as "losing essence." This ruins the bliss effect of ...

The reality is that since the body culture of India and Tibet was only come to us in fragments and dribs and drabs, quite often people overlook the vast literature on physical cultural, health, and illness that exists in these traditions, or because of biomedical prejudice, ignore it. The Importanc...

Thanks gentlemen!

Does anyone know of a legitimate source for this quote, attributed to Saraha on some places on the internet?

Saraha wrote:People who think that things are real, are as stupid as a cow; People who think things are not real, are even more stupid.

That's... incredible!

I was a fan of Soundgarden and Audioslave. Down on the Upside is one of my favorite albums ever. This was really sad news.

Dharma Flower wrote:Given the repetitive nature of the Pali scriptures, I'm worried that I'd get too easily bored with it.

I found that makes it easier to speed-read them

One time my teacher said that the shentong/rangtong distinction was "word games". So, I think maybe neither of them are a wrong view?