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by kirtu
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: 84000.co The Chapter Teaching the Purification of Boundless Gateways
Replies: 0
Views: 48

84000.co The Chapter Teaching the Purification of Boundless Gateways

The Chapter Teaching the Purification of Boundless Gateways , Ananta­mukhapariśo­dhana­nirdeśaparivarta, སྒོ་མཐའ་ཡས་པ་རྣམ་པར་སྦྱོང་བ་བསྟན་པའི་ལེའུ། , sgo mtha’ yas pa rnam par sbyong ba bstan pa’i le’u 1.1 Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas. 1.­2 Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was...
by kirtu
Sun Mar 17, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Enlightenment
Replies: 34
Views: 6500

Re: Enlightenment

By gathering the collections of merit and wisdom (punya sambhara and jñana sambhara) for innumerable lifetimes and for several or many kalpas (world cycles). This is how you attain enlightenment - however you also purify the mind and purify karma as Shakyamuni Buddha did over three kalpas. So a bri...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:54 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Avalokitesvara Boddhisatva mahasatva
Replies: 5
Views: 326

Re: Avalokitesvara Boddhisatva mahasatva

Hi everyone, I would just like to ask if you believe in Avalokitesvara bodisattva ... but I never got help from him. How do you know? Because things didn't go your way? Well, there is karma and it can't be reasoned with or begged or whatever. It can however be purified and accumulated ("good&q...
by kirtu
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Music time
Replies: 5280
Views: 883223

Re: Music time

by kirtu
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching
Replies: 126
Views: 5973

Re: Stagnant sanghas, teachers not teaching

Regarding pilgrimage, it largely depends on individuals I guess. On one side of the spectrum, there are individuals who argue that since according to higher teaching like anuyoga and hyt, taught that all biological equivalences of the holy sities are constantly present in our vajra body, why is eve...
by kirtu
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:45 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: My last will and testament
Replies: 20
Views: 1002

Re: My last will and testament

Yep, time to rewrite it. The actuarial tables give me an expectancy of 12 more years. So you never know of course but you probably have a good deal more time, although Yama always appears unexpectedly. Now my wife is not a Buddhist, but is very sympathetic, and I trust her to deal with my dharma st...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission
Replies: 26
Views: 1358

Re: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission

It would be better to purify strictly using. TB sutric method for now like practicing the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas. On Lama Yeshe's website, he advises, before doing the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas, to recite this mantra and do prostrations (prostrations I don't really know how to do yet) ...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:38 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is life a illusion?
Replies: 22
Views: 806

Re: Is life a illusion?

No. He says its a dream, an illusion, a mirage. A long time ago my first question to my main Zen teacher concerned this exact quote: "Is life a dream." Daido Roshi responded with "No, life is like a dream" and then expanded upon this with what was in effect a concise teaching on...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: Mahamudra
Topic: Machig Labdron Wisdom from an Old Lady
Replies: 10
Views: 6690

Re: Machig Labdron Wisdom from an Old Lady

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 ...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:18 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Is life a illusion?
Replies: 22
Views: 806

Re: Is life a illusion?

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...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:08 am
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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 ...
by kirtu
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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...
by kirtu
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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...
by kirtu
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:08 am
Forum: Sūtra Studies
Topic: The Shorter Devata Sutra, 84000.co
Replies: 1
Views: 254

The Shorter Devata Sutra, 84000.co

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...
by kirtu
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:01 am
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: What are options for an insect infestation?
Replies: 12
Views: 1027

Re: What are options for an insect infestation?

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.
by kirtu
Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:35 am
Forum: Mahamudra
Topic: Machig Labdron Wisdom from an Old Lady
Replies: 10
Views: 6690

Re: Machig Labdron Wisdom from an Old Lady

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 ...
by kirtu
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:53 pm
Forum: Dzogchen
Topic: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission
Replies: 26
Views: 1358

Re: Is it ok to practice Vajrasattva mantra meditation without oral transmission

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...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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...
by kirtu
Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Engaged Buddhism
Topic: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?
Replies: 69
Views: 3006

Re: Buddhism Green Anarchism: Opinions?

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...

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