Dharma Wheel

Asking for Three Root and Yidam sadhanas before finishing ngondro is inappropriate. That's up to the Lama's judgement that one is asking. Just my two cents. Even if it is inappropriate, it's not like the lama is going to punish you or something. Worst case, it will be a learning experience.

Hi Thomas, What type of offering would be most appropriate? I was already planning on offering a khata, should there be a monetary offering as well; or maybe something else? A monetary offering is probably the safest option if you don't know the lama well and what the lama likes. Offering a khata i...

The Troma Nagmo cycle is considered to be very important within the Dudjom Tersar tradition. It's quite advanced and has its own ngondro that you typically wouldn't do until after completing a standard ngondro, but you might want to request something related to that, at least for an auspicious depen...

From what I can make out of it, the Wylie would be "de wjin byed pa smra byed pa". Really unsure of what that means. "byed pa smra byed pa" doesn't like a name to me, but I don't know much Tibetan. That phrase looks like "do what you say you do" or maybe "does what it says it does" (i.e. "does what ...

javier.espinoza.t wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 05, 2019 11:14 pm

Johnny Dangerous wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:49 pm

What to do when negative Karma ripens during Saka Dawa..just more practice?

it's too late when karma ripens.

Too late for what?

Yep this one's great. It was the recommended translation in my sangha when we went over Madhyamaka.

Let's go there... How would a Buddhist deal with that view? Perhaps more seriously, this would be used as fuel for cultivating renunciation. And then that renunciation is a fuel for Dharma practice. Eventually, through Dharma, one abandons the eight worldly concerns, and then they are free. They ca...

Queequeg wrote: ↑

Fri May 31, 2019 1:38 am

Let's go there... How would a Buddhist deal with that view?

Perhaps more seriously, this would be used as fuel for cultivating renunciation. And then that renunciation is a fuel for Dharma practice. Eventually, through Dharma, one abandons the eight worldly concerns, and then they are free.

Queequeg wrote: ↑

Fri May 31, 2019 1:38 am

Let's go there... How would a Buddhist deal with that view?

If they are a Mahayanist, they might have a cup of alcohol

Wayfarer wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2019 10:37 pm

AkashicBrother wrote: ↑

Thu May 30, 2019 7:34 pm

dharmic religions suffer with severe decentralization and lack of organization.

That's a feature, not a bug. You want centralised organisation, consider Roman Catholicism.

That exactly the same thought that ran through my mind when I read the comment! Word for word.

I hear this from people time to time. They're usually depressed, or prone to depression. Generally, they seem to think life is an imposition. It plays out in all kinds of sad and destructive ways. What's going on in the thoughts behind that statement? How does one get out of that view? You have to ...

Find a teacher. Cross check their pedigree to ensure that they are lineage holders. Follow their instructions. Leave your beliefs and opinions outside the door. There ya go. It’s not easy. But it is simple. Here is the OP, Note ‘It’s NOT easy.’ Note ’check that their pedigree to ensure that they ar...

Here's my question on this subject: When one finds a teacher they feel a connection to and have gone through the whole examining the teacher process and have confidence, how does one ask them to be your teacher? Maybe it's not necessary to ask them in a formal way to be your teacher, but is it help...

marcofromM wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2019 8:52 pm

There is a good recording of the middle length practice by Chagdud Rinpoche:

That's on Spotify?!

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As for homemade, I really like salsa verde and hybrid verde/guac.

Ok it's a guilty pleasure, but I was wanting to watch one. Do the community members have any recommendations? D or Voyager I would watch too. I will fight you on TNG being a guilty pleasure. Best is definitely S3E26 - S4E01 "The Best of Both Worlds Pt. 1 and 2", Followed by S4E02 "Family" as a refl...

Yavana wrote: ↑

Thu May 16, 2019 3:46 am

Q's line from STNG "All Good Things" about the "unexplored possibilities of existence" stuck with me as a kid.

Oh, yes, Q! Every episode with Q in it is worth watching.

Yesterday's Enterprise and Ship in a Bottle are great. TNG has too many good episodes for me to recall. DS9 is great too, but that's best enjoyed by watching every episode start to finish...

Diet and exercise don’t work either. I know. I’ve tried that dozens of times. Work for what though? This guy just wants a better samsara... 10 times out of 10 when someone tells me that Buddhism or meditation doesn't work, I find out they have some kind of motivation connected to the eight worldly ...