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by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 393

Re: Don't know mind

master of puppets wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:44 am I don't understand why he needs donate..
he says it’s how he makes his living
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2890

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

Empowerments align the dependent origination of a practitioner's body speech and mind to the path. They also introduce the nature of mind. Thank you, but that doesn’t really do it, because now you have to explain what “align” and “introduce” mean. They clear out the gunk from your body speech and m...
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2890

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

stoneinfocus wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:50 pm Empowerments align the dependent origination of a practitioner's body speech and mind to the path. They also introduce the nature of mind.
Thank you, but that doesn’t really do it, because now you have to explain what “align” and “introduce” mean.
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Vajrayana practice without empowerment
Replies: 38
Views: 2890

Re: Vajrayana practice without empowerment

What I find curious about practice empowerments is that although people say they are absolutely necessary, I have yet to meet someone who can explain precisely what they are. People say things such as “blessing of the lineage” or “transmission of mind” of simply “point of continuation” but the answe...
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:10 am
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Enlightenment
Replies: 38
Views: 6798

Re: Enlightenment

By being a Bodhisattva, and waiting for everyone else to attain Enlightenment first . :shrug: https://www.lionsroar.com/the-bodhisattva/ That's an insult. Say your sorry and apologize :jawdrop: I believe I have an understanding of the truth non egotistical enough to understand that compassionate en...
by PadmaVonSamba
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

:tongue: Dharma is nobody’s property. True, but you are still paying for internet to access online stuff. Instead of paying FPMT, you are paying Apple or Verizon or whoever. Your choice. The only difference is digital and paper. Otherwise you argue that when accessing Dharma material, your phone or ...
by PadmaVonSamba
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

Throughout the history of Buddhadharma, copying of sacred texts was viewed as a meritorious activity. It was a far more common than having texts produced by large printings at places like Derge. That activity doesn’t cease to be meritorious because business interests have convinced governments over...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

“no part of this book may be reproduced for any reason by any means" In Buddhist legalese, this would be what is known as a ‘provisional teaching’. In other words, the meaning behind holds more significance than the actual wording. Even ordinary copyrights worded this way allow for some reprod...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:41 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 393

Re: Don't know mind

master of puppets wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:07 pm Don't know mind

Anyone knows what is it like?

_/\_
“Only don’t know” was the dharma teaching of the Korean Zen master Seung Sahn
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seungsahn

I laughed because although you can understand what it is about, by definition you can’t “know” what if “is”.
by PadmaVonSamba
Sun Apr 07, 2024 1:25 am
Forum: Zen
Topic: Don't know mind
Replies: 15
Views: 393

Re: Don't know mind

master of puppets wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:07 pm Don't know mind
Anyone knows
what is it like?
:rolling:
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

stealing back things we bought years ago ???? There have been a number of notable cases lately where companies completely remove people's access to their legitimate digital purchases; Ubisoft is one example, removing some older Assassin's Creed games from digital stores entirely and disabling peopl...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

It'sYa1UPBoy wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:05 pm stealing back things we bought years ago
????
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Ethical Conduct
Topic: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?
Replies: 21
Views: 540

Re: Printing out Buddhist practice texts with 'no reproduction' copyright notice?

Does this mean we can't print out the text to use in our practice, or is this just boilerplate legalese that we can ignore? Not even sure why it's there in the first place - I've seen Buddhist books with notices in the same place stating that they can be freely distributed but not sold. The publish...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: The concept of a root guru
Replies: 19
Views: 797

Re: The concept of a root guru

I would it not make more sense to see all masters as equal and not place any above? Including avoiding attachment to the Guru as an object? Would not the ultimate Guru be the Dharmakaya? “Would not the ultimate Guru be the Dharmakaya?” Yes, of course. But this needs to be seen as a sort of poetic r...
by PadmaVonSamba
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:04 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: The concept of a root guru
Replies: 19
Views: 797

Re: The concept of a root guru

I have been researching the concept of a root guru and whether it even makes sense. . . . . The issue I see is that this concept seems to only serve to generate attachment and afflictions. I think you need to look at not only the concept, but the context as well. Otherwise, your speculations concer...
by PadmaVonSamba
Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: 21 st century
Replies: 7
Views: 303

Re: 21 st century

Any thoughts welcome My thought is that the same things that cause beings to be stuck in samsara are the things that prevent such a dream from becoming a reality. People have had this dream for a long time. Particularly right after the end of WW1 when most of the planet had been conquered by the mo...
by PadmaVonSamba
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:24 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Points about Karma and Causality in Buddhism
Replies: 1
Views: 127

Re: Points about Karma and Causality in Buddhism

Vajrasvapna wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:47 pm I have been studying the phenomenon of Buddhist Karma and Causality.
I think you will get a lot from this podcast teaching:
https://urbandharmancpodcast.wordpress. ... it-part-1/
by PadmaVonSamba
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:36 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 647

Re: Worship of Ganesha in Buddhism

I get a lot of Hindu resources, which take a different approach than Buddhism, because they ultimately see Ganesha as a form of a capital-G God and Buddhism sees Ganesha as a deva being and dharma protector. Conversely, many Hindus regard the Buddha as a manifestation of Shiva and keep Buddha image...
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: What did Indian Buddhists call themselves?
Replies: 15
Views: 733

Re: What did Indian Buddhists call themselves?

“भारतीय” (bharati) it means someone from India. भारतीय would be bhāratīya, which is someone from India. भारती is bhāratī, which can have different meanings. It could be something like a female descendant of Bhārat (if we take Bhārat to refer to the historical Indian king), or Mother India (if we ta...
by PadmaVonSamba
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:22 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"
Replies: 66
Views: 2087

Re: Emptiness as "insignificance" and as "spatial vacuity"

I'm not trying to emphasise some sort of vague similarity between different religious teachings on the ultimate nature of reality while blatantly ignoring the obvious, stark differences. What I try to emphasise is that regardless of the content of any formulation, it is drawn from/in response to ex...

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