Dharma Wheel

Are you looking for a community in Asia or in a Western country? Do you speak Tibetan or want to access a program in English? Do you see yourself more inclined to study, retreat or service? All these points might help people better direct you to potential communities and teachers. After meeting sev...

Wisdom, --Who is your Guru, and where is your ideal place to reside? It seems to me there may be many varieties of opportunities for you, but it would help to know more details of specific lineage and your preferences, etc. My Guru is HH Katok Getse Rinpoche, but I have yet to hear if he will accep...

kirtu wrote:

wisdom wrote:As a result of a number of things, I've decided to ordain into the Nyingma tradition as a monk.

Clearly your lama will be able to clear everything but I can PM you a contact with a Nyingma monk who just celebrated his ~20th year in robes.

Kirt

Thanks!

As a result of a number of things, I've decided to ordain into the Nyingma tradition as a monk. I know all the ramifications, and all the things that are said about ordination, and so forth, and I'm not concerned in the slightest. I have made the offering of body, speech and mind to the Guru who tur...

If you have tremendous compassion for others Without seeing their motivations How wonderful! Now you won't think poorly of others By seeing hidden faults And can express only love for them In any way you are able. If you are unable to identify with people socially What a blessing! Now you won't get ...

shel wrote:Actually, ultimate and relative truth are separate, cuz relative is always relative to ultimate.

If relative truth is separate from ultimate truth, then where does relative truth come from, where does it abide, and where will it pass away?

View Buddhism for now as a science of the mind. It has been said by many modern teachers of the tradition that the techniques in Buddhism can be of benefit to anyone if they are applied with sincere intent. You don't have to convert to any religion or adopt any belief in a religious authority in ord...

Oushi appears to be talking about "Sealing the view with the object of emptiness". This means that once a person has realized the truth of emptiness, rather than abiding within that emptiness without any conceptualization about it, they start labeling everything as "empty". This...

Oushi appears to be talking about "Sealing the view with the object of emptiness". This means that once a person has realized the truth of emptiness, rather than abiding within that emptiness without any conceptualization about it, they start labeling everything as "empty". This ...

Its just my opinion, although one shared by many others, that ultimately those who are really serious about the path will seek to *eventually* become chaste in thought, word and deed at least for a period of time in order to overcome sexual desire and lust. The benefits of this are recorded in many ...

Hi! When Kundalini reaches over the crown chakra do we then become aware of our light body? What is the body of light? Is it a soul we travel in then? Thanks This depends on what you mean by Light Body. You can Astrally Project (for example) prior to any kind of Kundalini or Energy awakening. Some ...

Drug companies make a killing off prescription medication. The knee jerk reaction of many therapists is to put people on drugs for whatever their problems are. Its a huge problem in my opinion, and a sad state of affairs. Our biology is largely affected by our diet and mental/emotional state. If we ...

In my opinion, mindfulness is like tying your mind to a leash so that it cannot run too far from you. If you let your dog loose, it will run amok. Instead, the dog has some freedom. This freedom is why he is saying not to try to be aware of every phenomena. Not only would that increase suffering, bu...

wisdom, Thanks for your very interesting contribution but I'm not sure I entirely agree with the following statement 'All the child abuse that happens in the church is the result of sexual energies becoming twisted' I don't believe celibacy has caused the priests to become twisted rather they gravi...

These same people turn around and blindly believe whatever scientists tell them without verifying it for themselves or understanding the research behind whatever statement they read in a newspaper. People tout the big bang as universal truth when there are many theories out there and none of them ar...

Where does consuming pornography fit in? That's up in the air. Someone get me an umbrella then! In all seriousness though porn sucks. Its a huge problem. In excess it reconditions your mind to not respond to physical intimacy, resulting in ED. Its relatively easy to recondition yourself, but it tak...

You can try to chant a mantra and get that stuck in your head. At least that might accumulate some merit for you! I know the Vajrasattva Ngondro I was taught in the Dudjom Tersar has its own melody, and after chanting it sometimes it will get "stuck in my head" for periods of the day. I al...

Dharma as the order of the universe, from my deluded viewpoint, is the teaching on the inseparability of the Buddha nature from all appearances, seeing all phenomena as the direct transmission of the mind of Samantabhadra. Dharma practice on the other hand, is taking refuge in the Buddha and cultiva...

This is false because Buddhist leads a person to experience the pinnacle and essence of life, giving meaning to all things and every moment beyond description.

Another way to view non-attachment is to consider that non-attachment happens when we learn to let go. Its not that we are "trying" to do some "thing" called "non attachment". Rather, we learn the art of letting go. In this way we are not rejecting anything, not pushing...