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And if this is the case, then what to we do with so-called Buddhas who get permanently kicked out of the SZBA? Or other teachers, who have received inka, and are consistently involved in scandals decade after decade? It is one of those systemic contradictions mostly left untouched. Yes, because the...

In trekcho, there is no corresponding map to the paths and stages of lower yānas. Is it problematic to connect trekcho to Mahamudra where such correspondence is well known? Although there the example wisdom is the third empowerment, while the fourth is the actual (e.g. Treasury of Knowledge, vol 6,...

This is first of all a question of affinity. Actually disciple should meet the requirements of particulat teacher/lineage/school. Soto school does not make requierments concerning realization, as far as I know. The idea of dharma transmission in Zen, Soto included, is the recognition of the discipl...

Malcolm, I didn’t claim to ‘know’. As I asked PeterC, I’ll ask you. Based on your knowledge and wisdom and your direct experience of Buddhist teachers, including your teachers, have you been in the presence of Buddhist teachers whom you ‘inferred’ were realized? Or do you merely hope and blindly tr...

The occurrence or otherwise of the example luminosity is the criterion that determines whether one is on the path of joining or not.[/i] This isn't really when one recognizes rig pa. Rig pa is the cognizant aspect of the basis , aka vidyā. This passage you refer to is talking about the visions, and...

naljor wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:56 pm In many practices like guruyogas the main part is recitation for visualization and main invocation and mantra recitation, so my question is can we
do the visualization just in mind instead reading the words either in english or tibetan?

Yes.

PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:55 pm

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:36 pm We actually have no idea we are "separated from our true nature."

…except for the fact that we know we are trying to rediscover it.

That's only because someone told us we were missing something. Otherwise, bupkis.

reiun wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:21 pm
And he is apparently looking to try to keep it.

The vicissitudes of neoliberalism, trying to keep one's job as a cog the machine in the march to profitability.

So, bodhisattvas on the stages, lacking Vajrayana empowerment, have no knowledge of rigpa? And, not even Buddhas until after the 10th bhumi since those are Vajrayana stages anyway? Bodhisattvas on the stages have realized emptiness. So, they don't need rigpa pointed out to them. Rigpa is the exampl...

ItaloPiva wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:48 pm I believe the most likely location to be the island of socotra in yemen.

A requirement is that it was inhabited by cannibals.

And a review of the history of the Island pretty much eliminates it from the running.

Bapho wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:17 pm We all have some degree of dissociation and fragmentation while we feel separated from our "true nature"

We actually have no idea we are "separated from our true nature." We don't know we have lost it until we have found it.

You all realize this post was just to drive clicks to this NYT article. The user has not been back since he made the post, hence no interest in engagement. :good: The NYT just shuttered its Sports Desk. Thirty-five journalists and editors have lost their jobs. Some others may have noticed. Patrick ...

Lingpupa wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:19 pm

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:40 pm In other words, there is no method to introduce rig pa outside Vajrayāna.

I wonder if that's true. Hang on, I'll just pop out for a minute and check...

Sure, take your time.

PeterC wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 3:33 pm They shouldn’t really be compared.

True, however, teacher misconduct in Zen has created a lot of havoc as well.

OP might be asking if one isn’t introduced from the beginning, then at what point is it encountered on the gradual path (?) Its specific to Vajrayāna, specifically, highest yoga tantra. So, only during introduction, during the fourth empowerment. In other words, there is no method to introduce rig ...

discussionbuddhist wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:37 am Are there buddhas below 16th bhumi/yeshe lama that attain rigpa? Or is rigpa attained at the 16th bhumi/yeshe lama?

You do not have to be a Buddha to recognize rigpa, or even a bodhisattva on the first stage.

I for one do not agree with this nor does any student with a desire for realization. You mean you think ordinary people can infer who is realized? How, what is the 💨 a realized person gives off to let someone know there is 🔥 on that ⛰️? And how is it that you believe a common person can’t know if a...

And if that is so, then all this talk of “Is any living Soto Zen teacher realized?” is an utter waste of time. Revise that to, “all of this talk about any living Buddhist teacher being realized” is an utter waste of time. We do our best, follow the dharma that appeals to us, and ignore the dharma t...

"You mean you think ordinary people can infer who is realized? How, what is the 💨 a realized person gives off to let someone know there is 🔥 on that ⛰️?" A kind of wind that doesnt discriminate between enlightenment or delusion, ordinary or holy people, samsara or nirvana. :anjali: Ummm, ...