it’s not matter but the mind
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- Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:22 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: This life is so precious
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4022
Re: This life is so precious
it’s not matter but the mind
- Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:08 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Dakini Day
- Replies: 2
- Views: 812
Re: Dakini Day
may the mighty dakas and dakinis
Who dwell in the twenty-four Heruka grounds
Care for us in every time and situation
As a mother watches over her only child
from a song by Seventh Dalai Lama

Who dwell in the twenty-four Heruka grounds
Care for us in every time and situation
As a mother watches over her only child
from a song by Seventh Dalai Lama

- Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:50 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: This life is so precious
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4022
Re: This life is so precious
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/1042277359_14f0c274a6.jpg?v=0 "When you begin to attend to facets of reality uncovered by discursive meditation, when you notice, for example, that your opportunity for realizing your innate human potential is very rare and precious, the practice of Dharma begins...
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:50 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Ethics of Dharma Distribution
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1198
Re: The Ethics of Dharma Distribution
As for dharma teachings being given free of charge - This group for example, http://www.thubtenchodron.org/ They offer a load of free audio, transcript and video dharma teachings that anyone can download, listen to or read on- line. Venerable Thubten Chodron also writes books. One comes with an MP3 ...
- Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:12 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: The Ethics of Dharma Distribution
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1198
Re: The Ethics of Dharma Distribution
Hi Retro, I can only speak for myself. Personally, unless something has been given freely, I will not knowingly take advantage of its “free distribution”. I have many personal ideas about how I think things should or should not be, none of which have anything to do with the way things are. If someth...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:08 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Pronouncing THE PERFECT NAME!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1469
Re: Pronouncing THE PERFECT NAME!

Namo Buddhaya!

- Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:24 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Special Days
- Replies: 79
- Views: 33783
Re: Special Days
Happy Saka Dawa! The full moon day of Saka Dawa commemorates Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. As cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic, virtuous actions done on this day are multiplied one hundred million times. :heart: :buddha1: :heart: ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:24 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Tibetan Calendar
- Replies: 144
- Views: 22263
Re: Special Days
Happy Saka Dawa! The full moon day of Saka Dawa commemorates Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana. As cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic, virtuous actions done on this day are multiplied one hundred million times. :heart: :buddha1: :heart: ...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:41 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The nature of attachment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1150
Re: The nature of attachment
Thoughts on Non-attachment: "In the Buddhist sense, non-attachment means having a balanced attitude, free from clinging. When we are free from attachment, we won't have unrealistic expectations of others, nor will we cling to them out of fear of being miserable when they aren't there. Non-attachment...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The nature of attachment
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1150
Re: The nature of attachment
Okay, my understanding is that there are both gross and subtle levels of attachment, and that just because someone doesn't display the more obviously negative types of gross attachment, it doesn't mean that they don't possess the more subtle types of attachment (what you might call "seeds of attach...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:32 pm
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Dharma Poems - wasan, haiku, whatever....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4930
Re: Dharma Poems - wasan, haiku, whatever....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2719589521_c45627fa06.jpg?v=0 Desires can be either negative or positive. If I desire to acquire something for myself--let's say I desire good health when I am ill, or a bowl of rice when I am hungry--such a desire is perfectly justified. The same applies to self...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:26 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6463
Re: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
If I may, I don't see you clinging to your school, Luke. If you did you would not wish everyone success with the traditions of their choice, you would insist that your school was the one, the best, the only, and then generally just go around annoying people and making a nuisance of yourself. :rolli...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:27 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: The Buddhist View Toward Other Religions
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4571
Re: The Buddhist View Toward Other Religions
I think Urgyen Trinely Dorje should improve his English if he wants to be like the current Dalai Lama and speak to the world about Tibetan issues. Trinley Thaye Dorje, while somewhat more reserved, already speaks excellent, fluent English. I don't mean this in a venomous way; I'm just making an obs...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:22 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6463
Re: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
I cling to my school because its methods have worked for hundreds of years and I can benefit from them. I wish everyone success with the methods of their Buddhist traditions. If I may, I don't see you clinging to your school, Luke. If you did you would not wish everyone success with the traditions ...
- Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: News & Current Events
- Topic: Dalai Lama Offers $100,000 to University Religion Department
- Replies: 2
- Views: 771
Re: Dalai Lama Offers $100,000 to University Religion Department

"In our deeply interconnected world, understanding and appreciation of diversity of religions is critical in fostering a culture of genuine tolerance and peaceful coexistence"

- Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:54 pm
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Dharma Poems - wasan, haiku, whatever....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4930
Re: Dharma Poems - wasan, haiku, whatever....
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3237/2605059153_58560098d8.jpg?v=0 "I could walk on the clouds!" says a child. But if he reached the clouds, he would find nowhere to place his foot. Likewise, if one does not examine thoughts, they present a solid appearance; but if one examines them, there is nothin...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:57 pm
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: The Importance of Respecting all Traditions - HH Dalai Lama
- Replies: 1
- Views: 893
The Importance of Respecting all Traditions - HH Dalai Lama
nachtwey_lama_04.jpg Question: As self-cherishing and ego-holding are forces which have been active since beginingless time, is it possible to set out upon a spiritual path without developing a negative egoism toward it, leading to sectarianism? His Holiness the Dalai Lama : "To avoid that it is ne...
- Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:33 pm
- Forum: News & Current Events
- Topic: Athiest Nations Are More Peaceful
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1594
Re: Athiest Nations Are More Peaceful
Atheist countries are, in fact more peaceful. Simple examples: Have we forgotten the former USSR and Eastern Europe? (before the Communist curtain fell) Have we forgotten China, what the Cultural Revolution was for? And even today? Let's not confuse countries whose Constitutions were secular with c...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:56 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6463
Re: Boy chosen by Dalai Lama turns back on Buddhist order
Thanks Drolma for that link. I have an account at Wikipedia, so I have already updated the page on Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_%C3%96sel_Rinpoche" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Hopefully no one will change my edits, but I included the important informat...
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Shantideva
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1148
Re: Shantideva
:heart: May all beings everywhere, Plagued by sufferings of body and mind, Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits. May no living creature suffer, Commit evil or ever fall ill. May no one be afraid or belittled, With a mind weighed down by depression. May the blind see forms, And...