Dharma Wheel

This is a classic misunderstanding. Stick your hand into a fire and you will find out that there is a big difference between an intellectual grasp of the concept of non-substantiality and the reality you experience. Anyway, Buddhism has never said that life IS an illusion (compared to what?), but r...

You (all) might like to think about where anyone in Central or South America could go to get away from starvation, death squads, etc. Starvation in Central and South America: The UN claims that approx. 1/3rd of the population suffers from food insecurity. ~43.2 M people suffer from hunger (much of ...

You (all) might like to think about where anyone in Central or South America could go to get away from starvation, death squads, etc. Starvation and death squads are much less common in Central or South America than they were in the 80's and before. I don't have immediate statistics but for example...

Maybe Buddhists should warn the millions of people risking everything trying to move here (to the United States) before it’s too late. Because their own homelands have been plundered, exploited and destabilized to the point of utter squalor by the US-centralized empire? Ah yes, that certainly speak...

The Shorter Devatā Sūtra , ལྷའི་མདོ་ཉུང་ངུ། (lha’i mdo nyung ngu), Alpadevatāsūtra Summary While staying in Śrāvastī, the Buddha is approached by an unnamed “divine being,” who inquires as to what behavior merits rebirth in the higher realms. In response, the Buddha explains, in a series of concise...

This Play Bug Vacuum is a good option. I used it to completely remove a sudden infestation although it took days. It is best for little flying creatures - not great for ants though although it gets some of them.

This is wonderful! It seems to be a condensed version of Machig's Last Instructions. As it happens, I was just reading that text earlier today in the Jérôme Edou book Machig Labdrön and the Foundations of Chöd . Yes, that is correct although I have no idea where I got a condensed version from. For ...

I've been really interested in public benefit corporations and other similar enterprises for a while, and studied up on them. If some people came to me and said they wanted to do something like that, I'd help them set it up pro bono and do what I could to help them secure financing. I feel like ent...

Hi I would like to finally engage with dzogchen, with the sangha, find a teacher. I am suffering tremendously and I would like to purify my karma and I think it's for time a change, to make that step. Before I go and find a teacher, or master, is it possible or beneficial to practice this mantra? T...

Green anarchism is a form of anarchism that brings together "green" politics - environmental beliefs such as animal rights - with anarchism, meaning that this form of anarchism is tinged by an environmental feeling. Does this exist or no? Is this a viable option, as both a lifestyle and a...

And it was an identity trip for all the green anarchists I hung out with. Almost as much of an identity trip as vegans today. Must be difficult being the only one "keeping it real" in a landscape littered with posers. :roll: What did Occupy Wall Street accomplish? The reaction to it demon...

I would like some guidance on where to go from here. I have been on the spiritual “path” for 10-years, reading every book I can get my hands on (I know this is not as effective as direct experience.) But I feel that many of these teachers and authors are not “awake.” .... Are there any teachers or ...

It seems better to me that those who portend to educate others on the Dharma maintain a delineation between conventional teaching and personally held political conviction, so as not to muddle or confuse one or the other. ... I see no contradiction between being strongly committed to one's political...

Kindness and compassion are those inherent human characteristics (although in truth they are the characteristics of all sentient beings), first chapter, "Jewel Ornament of Liberation", Gampopa. I will have to disagree with Gampopa on this point. I do not believe that any human characteris...

Sang Chö for example requires empowerment and instructions. I have never heard of a specific empowerment associated with Sang Cho. The mantra is not associated with any specific deity. I would be interested to hear if you have. My teacher takes a Dzogchen approach to Sang Cho. I’ve only ever heard ...

Sang Chö for example requires empowerment and instructions. I have never heard of a specific empowerment associated with Sang Cho. The mantra is not associated with any specific deity. I would be interested to hear if you have. I was mistaken. HH Penor RInpoche gave students at least a lung and ins...

In closing: we tend to think that there is a basic level of human decency, but there is no inherent human characteristic of this nature. Kindness and compassion are those inherent human characteristics (although in truth they are the characteristics of all sentient beings), first chapter, "Jew...

Contrary to this, an emergent “awakened” society would need to embody compassion, kindness, and desire for social justice in a politically viable and collective form. This was exactly the Social Democrat/Democracy objective of northern, western and partly central Europe in the mid-late 1800's and r...

Hello, I stopped meditation one year ago because of difficulties and problems. I restarted gently and do no more than 1/2h per day. 4 days ago, I was just thinking about dhamma and just not clinging, then my mind started again to arose with sukha and energy and is concentrated by itself even the ni...

My dream yoga guru suggested taking short naps and practicing dream yoga at those times. I was able to make some headway doing that. This was challenging for me because I don't like to take naps. Also doing this requires actually setting a specific time aside to do this rather than just attempting ...