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by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity
Replies: 17
Views: 3583

Re: A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity

I'm really tired of "the progressive left" being equated with a bunch of twitter identity politics crusaders. This article is silly, it's easy to argue against someone else's ideology when you just make it up and caricature it. What I would be interested in is whether you agree with the a...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity
Replies: 17
Views: 3583

Re: A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity

The reason I like the essay is that it is certainly centrism, but it is not tepid. Between the "ludicrous choices" of Postmodern Utopia and the lost Golden Age what else is there except a growing realization, that is perhaps tragic, that all we can do is merely do our best with the cards w...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:44 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity
Replies: 17
Views: 3583

A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity

“Modernity” is the name for the profound cultural transformation which saw the rise of representative democracy, the age of science, the supersedence of reason over superstition, and the establishment of individual liberties to live according to one’s own values. At its core, it values empowering t...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:18 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Desert island book
Replies: 45
Views: 8199

Re: Desert island book

Mahamudra: The Moonlight, Dakpo Tashi Namgyal.
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:55 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: An abundance of pictures and video clips
Replies: 11
Views: 4427

Re: An abundance of pictures and video clips

We live in a meme culture, like it or not.
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:54 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Working with anger
Replies: 23
Views: 6395

Re: Working with anger

Johnny Dangerous wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:38 pm age
Yes lol the older I get, the tireder I get, the less energy I have for getting angry. Must indeed have something to do with the
Johnny Dangerous wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:38 pm kids
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Thu Jan 02, 2020 5:31 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Working with anger
Replies: 23
Views: 6395

Re: Working with anger

Ayu wrote: Wed Jan 01, 2020 1:57 pm ... nip it in bud, stop it as long as it is small.
Yes. but not easy to do. The more I practice the better it gets but it is still a problem.
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Question about Meditation
Replies: 4
Views: 2201

Re: Question about Meditation

It is explained in this way: "While there isn't even as much as an atom to cultivate by meditating, you shouldn't be distracted for even as long as an instant." Phrased in another way, undistracted ordinary mind means to keep the way your mind naturally is without being distracted. Dakpo ...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Tue Dec 31, 2019 7:33 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Working with anger
Replies: 23
Views: 6395

Working with anger

The treasure revelations of Ratna Lingpa contain this quotation: "The essence of your angry mind is clear awareness; bright and empty the moment you recognize it." Thrangu Rinpoche, Crystal Clear, p.67. I find working with anger to be very difficult. Does anyone have any tips or tricks fo...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:53 am
Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
Topic: Origin of mahayana
Replies: 36
Views: 5987

Re: Origin of mahayana

tobes wrote: Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:37 pm The Mahayana attitude is exactly that: an attitude - one that is rather open and vast. Who really cares about human historical specificity when you have the vastness of the Mahayana cosmology? And for that matter, countless Buddhas.....
:twothumbsup:
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:39 pm
Forum: Meditation
Topic: Question about Meditation
Replies: 4
Views: 2201

Re: Question about Meditation

My meditation is not to meditate and never be distracted.
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:00 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Inexpressibility and Precious Word Empowerment
Replies: 3
Views: 1650

Inexpressibility and Precious Word Empowerment

In terms of its meaning, as it cannot be pointed out by words, it is inexpressible; as it cannot be known with ordinary modes of consciousness, it is inconceivable; and as it is does not fall into any extreme, it is the great freedom from elaboration. In the end, it is beyond all expressions, such ...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:16 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: How to Deal w/ Constant Nagging?
Replies: 7
Views: 1995

Re: How to Deal w/ Constant Nagging?

hkvanx wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:26 am How does one practice dharma in this environment?
Skillfully - experience it like a bump on a log.

:meditate:
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:46 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Synthesis and expansion
Replies: 2
Views: 596

Synthesis and expansion

The modernistic searcher after meaning may be likened to a man furiously beating the earth and imagining that the finer he pulverizes it, the nearer he will get to the riddle of existence. But no synthesizing truths lie in that direction. It is in the opposite direction that the path must be follow...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:15 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: It is supposed to be simple and easy
Replies: 5
Views: 1963

It is supposed to be simple and easy

No matter what the mind might be thinking, it is enough simply to relax directly in whatever arises, without trying to alter or adjust anything, and then to sustain that experience without becoming distracted. This makes everything very simple and easy. To feel that practising the Dharma is difficu...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:13 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Karmic Gain
Replies: 43
Views: 6155

Re: Karmic Gain

PSM wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:17 pm Absolutely. It's almost the fundamental problem and is especially bad in the West.
Fortunately Mahayana Buddhism is simple.

(Sarcasm).
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: question on distingushing mind from it's nature
Replies: 174
Views: 28909

Re: question on distingushing mind from it's nature

You're not dangerous.

Kidding, I'm kidding ...
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Without politics this forum has become a little dull
Replies: 4
Views: 1134

Re: Without politics this forum has become a little dull

Grigoris wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2019 10:57 pm Where do people get these ideas from?
Oh, ok. My bad. :alien:
by Karma Dondrup Tashi
Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Without politics this forum has become a little dull
Replies: 4
Views: 1134

Without politics this forum has become a little dull

Is no-one allowed to start a good old-fashioned political scrum around here any more even in the Lounge? What happened?

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