Dharma Wheel

Palzang Jangchub wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:45 am

Uuuuummmm... *Raises hand awkwardly*

What would you all suggest I do when you start dating a Himalayan dakini?

Take it slowly and enjoy the ride

It is not rare with many teachers, some of which Pema Chopel listed. One of those teachers is my own whom I would say I had a somewhat close relationship with for about 7 years before moving out of state recently. And I've heard even with some higher profile lamas, it's possible to get closer to the...

To be more specific, some time ago I received some Düdjom Tersar empowerments, but either I didn’t know enough back then to recognize the lung being given as well, or maybe it wasn’t? Years later I received the Düdjom Tersar poti wang, so I’m wondering if this is equivalent functionally to receivin...

krodha wrote: ↑

Wed May 23, 2018 5:46 am

Ah yes, another www. jesuswheel .net moment.

In my younger and naively idealistic days, I deeply sympathized with the approach of Earth First! I don't agree with their fundamental philosophical position anymore - more or less the misanthropic view that humanity is a cancer. I did and continue to admire some of their direct actions - tree sitt...

Maybe I need to go back and listen again. I seem to remember the gist of it being that stable shamata is important for further practice (I believe this is true) and that often people tend to skip shamata in order to jump straight to more "exciting" and "higher" practices (I also believe this is tru...

Wisdom Posdcast has 2 episodes with Alan Wallace where he spends a great deal of time discussing shamatha. I think you may find them helpful. PS. There is also one with some guy named Malcolm... Alan Wallace's view on shamatha and its relationship with the rest of practice is kind of insane, IMO. M...

Wisdom Posdcast has 2 episodes with Alan Wallace where he spends a great deal of time discussing shamatha. I think you may find them helpful. PS. There is also one with some guy named Malcolm... Alan Wallace's view on shamatha and its relationship with the rest of practice is kind of insane, IMO.

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: ↑

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.

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...