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Bapho wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:28 pm In Advaita Vedanta, Atman is indicated as similar to a film screen where the movie that appears does not alter the screen at all.

That metaphor certainly is a neo-advaita vedanta one. Before the 19th century there were no movie theaters in India.

Täpa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:19 am Thank you for your answer. I watched your short movie on advaita/dzogchen at wisdom publications long time ago and rewatched it now.

I assume you're referring to this video:

It is unfortunately very common among both vedantins and buddhists to first misrepresent each others' views, then criticize the misrepresented views, and ultimately "refute" them. Whereas they just "refuted" a strawman representation of the others' viewpoint. (Same is also not t...

Whereas Shaivites who are Advaita Vedantan's believe that that they merge with Lord Shiva. That's quite a gross misrepresentation, if not simply wrong. There is theistic vedanta and non-theistic advaita vedanta. Then there are quite a few sub-schools that don't really agree with each others' points...

Laurence Khantipalo Mills is your guru? I am not debating, you are! Anatman is fine for me. Stop acting silly, I referenced the Sutta Nipata. It's part of the Therevadin Pali Canon, so it deserves some respect even from Tibetan Buddhists. Laurence Khantipalo Mills wrote the Therevadin Pali Canon? I...

Not at all convinced by one American Bhikkhu's idea, anatman is fine for me. Good luck with your soul journey. But you keep on debating and thus ignoring Gautama Buddha's own advise? Here's what - not a random American bloke but - Gautama Buddha said about having such debates: https://suttacentral....

Not at all convinced by one American Bhikkhu's idea, anatman is fine for me. Good luck with your soul journey. But you keep on debating and thus ignoring Gautama Buddha's own advise? Here's what - not a random American bloke but - Gautama Buddha said about having such debates: https://suttacentral....

Moksha in Vedanta and Buddhism are distinctly different, ignoring that crucial difference while diverting attention to superficial similarities are simply academic dishonesty. That's a claim. But where is the proof (other than you just relying on some philosophical arguments like: "Buddhists c...

Thats modern day Neo Vedanta which is a hybrid consists of many practices. The original Vedanta founded or unified by Adi Shankara, spoken of three yogas for moksha, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti yoga and Karma yoga, kuṇḍalinī yoga was viewed as secondary practices at best. The exact same argument comes up ag...

We don't have a self in Buddhism, you don't know that? Actually, if you study what Gautama Buddha said, there are some passages where he did not explicitly reject the idea of a self, but rather the question whether there is or is not a self based on the argument that the whole discussion around the...

That is what the tantras and commentaries state in theory, in that regard its rather similar to Vajrayogini teachings. But practically speaking, only a few are really that fast. Some masters took decades as stated in their biographies. Majority of us, well, bardo.... Maybe there is more to that &qu...

Tenma wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:55 am or for atheists

Phowa is never "secular" as it assumes a non-material, after-death existence - which is by definition a religious idea.

The question whether one should or should not do phowa for people who completely reject such an idea is an interesting one.

SuryaMitra wrote: ↑Sat Oct 15, 2022 11:17 am This retreat is soon starting again in Germany. Kunzang Dechen Chodron offers retreats again.

In case anyone is looking for more info: https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/vajra ... ra-course/

Aryjna wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 11:13 amit would be extremely good for everyone if the mind stopped at death.

This really does not sound like neither the view of Vajrayana nor Atiyoga.

There are two kinds of problems: my problem and not my problem. Which is this for you? For me, this is not my problem at all. Life is short. Don't waste it on nonessentials. Now I had a good laugh, sometimes I get too caught up in the dynamics of sanghas out there. Thanks for the advice, and namaste.

Except that Vajrayana doesn’t claim gurus are infallible, or that they have some special sauce. Of course Vajrayana makes the claim that teachers must have a special sauce, the special sauce being "realization". No, actually, the whole system of Vajrayāna is based on ordinary people being...

Malcolm wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:19 pm Except that Vajrayana doesn’t claim gurus are infallible, or that they have some special sauce.

Of course Vajrayana makes the claim that teachers must have a special sauce, the special sauce being "realization".

If it were differently, everyone could do DI or pointing out.

I keep repeating my claim: Yes, there IS something very specific about Vajrayana that directly plays into continuation of abusive teacher/student relationships. It is the practice of guru yoga in the widest sense, including seeing the guru with pure perception. This does not exist as a practice in a...

And, by the way, don't trust teachers or translators! I have poor memory, but this has to be one of the oddest things I have read on this forum. And it makes me sad that you feel this way. Well, yeah, I am holding some unusual views about Tibetan Buddhism and Vajrayana. To be frank, I believe in it...

That's not a correct characterization of the vajrayana. You will find many respected teachers, including HHDL, who say publicly that a student can and should leave an abusive teacher, and abusive teachers should be held responsible for their actions. There are various rationales for this, I'll prov...