Dharma Wheel

My devil's advocate answer was going to be that procreative sex can generate the possibility of creating more dharma practitioners, as well as facilitating precious human births. Taken to extremes, this idea that procreative sex facilitates precious human births wherein there exists the possibility...

No it does not.. There are plenty of "ngakpas" and "chodpas" roaming around Boudhnath, it doesn't mean much.. as Machik lapdron's prophecy says there will be people who wear the robes and have the implements of chodpas in the degenerate times but who are not real chodpas. There ...

https://scontent.fopo1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/38252543_569344533480665_1780606205840850944_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4390603f11f598c263f21a06e7e1a62a&oe=5BEF6362 She is close to this Chodpa. Does this give her some legitimation? Btw that is the Chodpa that did...

Grigoris wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:40 am

Tiago Simões wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:35 amI mean Sogyal advertised that he was jamyang khyentse chökyi lodrös disciple, did that give him legitimacy?

As a teacher or as a sex offender?

My point being that advertising ones teachers publicly doesn't make one an authentic guru.

It is not cyber bullying to ask a teacher for their credentials. Not in the slightest. Although I agree, I also wonder if it is necessarily a requirement for teachers to go around publicly advertising their gurus? I mean Sogyal advertised that he was jamyang khyentse chökyi lodrös disciple, did tha...

https://scontent.fopo1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/38252543_569344533480665_1780606205840850944_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4390603f11f598c263f21a06e7e1a62a&oe=5BEF6362 She is close to this Chodpa. Does this give her some legitimation? Btw that is the Chodpa that did...

1) The teachings of the historical Buddha, in my point of view, are based on the observation of the phenomena of humanity, consciousness, nature manifestations, where they are illustrative and rich in parables and analogies. Logical in this sense, observable and evident in form and context; Buddhis...

"if you can not prove, in the light of limited knowledge, then why give it importance and seek to profess and defend something you do not know? If we do not know, something, if something may not be coherent or significant to give relevance to it, should we give focus to it? Why would we questi...

jota wrote: ↑Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:34 am more "logical"

Whose logic?

I really enjoy this Youtube channel. It is a channel dedicated to educating people on religion in a non-biased and thoughtful way. Although the author studies mainly abrahamic religions and the late classical era (good quality videos about them as well), he also posts videos about religion in genera...

Separating Dharma and politics is a good way to ensure its survival for a while longer in the age of kali yuga.

A good example:

Chatral Rinpoche shunned institutional and political involvement his whole life, choosing instead to live the life of a wandering yogin.

Here is a little moment between Trump and our Portuguese president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

pael wrote: ↑Wed Jun 27, 2018 6:06 pm Doesn't lama need to be monk?

No.

Simon E. wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:12 am European and Asian medieval world views are medieval world views.
None are superior to any other.
There is nothing racist or condescending about that.

To be fair, the lunar calendar is far much older then the medieval era.

Hi, everyone, Moreover, since there isn't a buddhist community near where I live (São Paulo, Brazil), I think this might be the closest thing to Sangha that I can experience nowadays. Nice to meet you all. Olá :hi: There isn't a buddhist community in São Paulo? A quick google search comes up with m...

Simon E. wrote: ↑Sat Jun 23, 2018 4:51 pm I use a calendar I bought online because I like the pictures.
I stopped being a pretend Tibetan about the same time that I reverted to my birth name.
Its all just more stuff to clear away.

Using the Tibetan lunar calendar is "pretending to be tibetan"?

So what is the logic behind auspicious and inauspicious hair cutting days? How many of you follow them?

Kali Yuga... Getting outraged about this accomplishes nothing.

Josef wrote: ↑Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:15 pm

Sennin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:07 pm http://www.bodhisvara.com/?cat=4

Recitation in Sanskrit using correct prosody.

This is beautiful.

Too bad that site doesn't have english translations...