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Hi At the age of 13 I started having a restless, burning and itching sensation in the chest. It is located at around four cm above the lower tip of the chestbone. It strenthens and weakens in waves, and at times it is so intense it is driving me mad, especially at night (it often begins in the afte...

No, I am certainly no teacher. I have certain empowerments but don't by any means feel confident enough to teach anyone. Do a personal ceremony of sorts.....perhaps I could do that with them, if no teaching is available....so if that is what you mean.... :smile: yes with no responses for a teaching...

Thanks..I have recommended a mantra to her, and provided certain things to hang around her home of a protective nature. My mantra of choice was KIli Kilaya. I will also recommend those particular mantras as suggested and thank you for your offers of suggestion, and elicit more suggestions of that n...

No sorry, but maybe you can recommend Guru Rinpoche's mantra until he finds something.

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good people are still rewarded with pleasures whereas bad people suffer. The whole of Samsara can be regarded as "hell", since it is the world of suffering and dissatisfaction. Even the pleasures in Samsara are not without some degree of suffering. So I don't think that's a significant difference. ...

Dude, get off the internet and keep practising! I thought one has to practice this without saying any other words? Otherwise one has to start again. That includes writing I would think, no? I don't think so. Writing is allowed in Nyungnay if I remember correctly. However, sustained non-Dharmic thou...

they believe that if one does not embrace God and become a Christian (through baptism) that one will burn in hell forever. This is regardless of whether the individual is good or bad or has even ever come into contact with the notion of God. There are many Buddhists who believe that unless a person...

Let's take Baptist (and even Christian Orthodox) logic, for example. Baptists and Christian Orthodox do not believe in Purgatory (like the Catholics) they believe that if one does not embrace God and become a Christian (through baptism) that one will burn in hell forever. This is regardless of whet...

Clarence wrote:Very nice. It might be good to cite your sources though.

It's a sadhana written by Garchen Rinpoche and "At the request of Dorzin Döndrup this sadhana was translated by Ina Bieler and edited by Kay Candler."

http://www.garchen.net/resources/Amitab ... 0FINAL.pdf

Hello everyone, I've been doing a prayer called "Summoning Good Fortune" from a White Zhambala Sadhana. In the very beginning it says: "Wave the silk-arrow and chant while meditating". Is a silk arrow the same as a Dather arrow? Also, would the arrow shown below work for wealth practices? http://www...