Yep, the positive message is the the third and fourth noble truths, that suffering can end and that there is a path to end it.dharmagoat wrote:For those that already recognise the hopelessness of saṃsāra and are suffering, might a degree of positivity in the message be encouraging?Malcolm wrote:No, I am saying it is already there. If you are not recognizing it, it is because you have not really understood what suffering is.dharmagoat wrote:You seem to be saying that misery needs to be instilled in us before we can practice the Dharma. Is that correct?
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Sachen Kunga Nyingpo says:dharmagoat wrote:For those that already recognise the hopelessness of saṃsāra and are suffering, might a degree of positivity in the message be encouraging?Malcolm wrote:No, I am saying it is already there. If you are not recognizing it, it is because you have not really understood what suffering is.dharmagoat wrote:You seem to be saying that misery needs to be instilled in us before we can practice the Dharma. Is that correct?
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Yep, the positive message is the the third and fourth noble truths, that suffering can end and that there is a path to end it.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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How does the stamp meets the wax? Isn't it through the five outer senses?Malcolm wrote:No, that is never the case, it is more like a stamp and its impression. A recorded empowerment can never be a stamp, it can only be an impression. In this case, an inert impression. A student, who receives an empowerment, is an animate living person upon whom an impression has been made, and when they have realized the meaning, they too can make impressions on others.
This is essentially why, for all who reading, the idea that one can receive an empowerment from a recording is a corrupt idea that will destroy lineages if people take it seriously.
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
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Of course, who ever said it was otherwise?Astus wrote:How does the stamp meets the wax? Isn't it through the five outer senses?Malcolm wrote:No, that is never the case, it is more like a stamp and its impression. A recorded empowerment can never be a stamp, it can only be an impression. In this case, an inert impression. A student, who receives an empowerment, is an animate living person upon whom an impression has been made, and when they have realized the meaning, they too can make impressions on others.
This is essentially why, for all who reading, the idea that one can receive an empowerment from a recording is a corrupt idea that will destroy lineages if people take it seriously.
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Well, I'm not an expert on either Shambhala or Ray, but from what I understand this is not the Shambhala view, and if I am not mistaken, for Ray the Shambhala view is fundamental.Malcolm wrote:Dharma is about how things are, and how things are is sarvadukkham.
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What is "Shambhala view"?dzogchungpa wrote:Well, I'm not an expert on either Shambhala or Ray, but from what I understand this is not the Shambhala view, and if I am not mistaken, for Ray the Shambhala view is fundamental.Malcolm wrote:Dharma is about how things are, and how things are is sarvadukkham.
BTW, Ray has distanced himself from both the traditional Karma Kagyu as well as Trungpa's organization. That could be a good thing, or it could be a bad thing. But in any case I don't think the Shambhala=R. Ray association is currently correct.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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As I said, I am not an expert, but as Dilgo Khyentse was quoted in that radiofreeshambhala faq:smcj wrote:What is "Shambhala view"?dzogchungpa wrote:Well, I'm not an expert on either Shambhala or Ray, but from what I understand this is not the Shambhala view, and if I am not mistaken, for Ray the Shambhala view is fundamental.Malcolm wrote:Dharma is about how things are, and how things are is sarvadukkham.
BTW, Ray has distanced himself from both the traditional Karma Kagyu as well as Trungpa's organization. That could be a good thing, or it could be a bad thing. But in any case I don't think the Shambhala=R. Ray association is currently correct.
Examples of things to look into, if you are actually interested, would be the notions of "basic goodness" and "enlightened society".“Shambhala Training is a complete path to enlightenment–it has view, meditation, action.”
As far as Ray is concerned, I believe I heard him say in an interview that for him and his teaching the view is Shambhala, not that he is currently associated with the organization of that name.
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Then there is no difference between a live broadcast and a recording in terms of visual and auditory impressions. Maybe even mass empowerments are similar as well.Malcolm wrote:Of course, who ever said it was otherwise?
1 Myriad dharmas are only mind.
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
Mind is unobtainable.
What is there to seek?
2 If the Buddha-Nature is seen,
there will be no seeing of a nature in any thing.
3 Neither cultivation nor seated meditation —
this is the pure Chan of Tathagata.
4 With sudden enlightenment to Tathagata Chan,
the six paramitas and myriad means
are complete within that essence.
1 Huangbo, T2012Ap381c1 2 Nirvana Sutra, T374p521b3; tr. Yamamoto 3 Mazu, X1321p3b23; tr. J. Jia 4 Yongjia, T2014p395c14; tr. from "The Sword of Wisdom"
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It's been a while since i've read any of the Shambhala stuff, but I don't remember it diverging from basic Buddhist teaching much, what I remember is basically Buddhism 101, with nomenclature and explanations that are paired down for westerners. I believe though there is also a Shambhala program that is not public beyond that, and always assumed it was basically Vajrayana.. can anyone confirm?
"Basic Goodness" is obviously a pseudonym for Buddha nature, and the use of it was/is a "secular" way of explaining the concept. You can find "secular" talks by HHDL that do something really similar, use secular language to communicate something which at heart, is really not a very "secular" concept.
"Basic Goodness" is obviously a pseudonym for Buddha nature, and the use of it was/is a "secular" way of explaining the concept. You can find "secular" talks by HHDL that do something really similar, use secular language to communicate something which at heart, is really not a very "secular" concept.
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"Basic goodness" can be read as a take on Buddha Nature. "Enlightened society" is a bit of an oxymoron, in that society is always the common/group/unaware/samsaric mind. I've always understood the term to mean that we (Westerners) are so crazy that we need to change our culture before we will be able to make progress in formal Dharma practice, but that's just my ill-informed impression.dzogchungpa wrote: As I said, I am not an expert, but as Dilgo Khyentse was quoted in that radiofreeshambhala faq:Examples of things to look into, if you are actually interested, would be the notions of "basic goodness" and "enlightened society".“Shambhala Training is a complete path to enlightenment–it has view, meditation, action.”
As far as Ray is concerned, I believe I heard him say in an interview that for him and his teaching the view is Shambhala, not that he is currently associated with the organization of that name.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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smcj wrote:"Basic goodness" can be read as a take on Buddha Nature. "Enlightened society" is a bit of an oxymoron, in that society is always the common/group/unaware/samsaric mind. I've always understood the term to mean that we (Westerners) are so crazy that we need to change our culture before we will be able to make progress in formal Dharma practice, but that's just my ill-informed impression.dzogchungpa wrote: As I said, I am not an expert, but as Dilgo Khyentse was quoted in that radiofreeshambhala faq:Examples of things to look into, if you are actually interested, would be the notions of "basic goodness" and "enlightened society".“Shambhala Training is a complete path to enlightenment–it has view, meditation, action.”
As far as Ray is concerned, I believe I heard him say in an interview that for him and his teaching the view is Shambhala, not that he is currently associated with the organization of that name.
Yeah I found that one odd, but then i've read lots of prayers about transforming the world into a pureland too..and that doesn't seem too different.
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Well, I have to run, but here's a quote from "Great Eastern Sun":
We should feel that it is wonderful to be in this world: How wonderful it is to see red and yellow, blue and green, purple and black All of these colors are provided to us. We feel hot and cold. We deserve these things; we have them. Basic goodness is what we have, what we are provided with, the natural situation that everybody has earned from their childhood up to now. Fundamentally speaking, it is not good in the ordinary sense of good, good, goody, good. Neither is it particularly bad. It is unconditional.
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This is not so different from the practice of viewing the world as a pureland or mandala....In fact, I always assumed this is the sort of idea he was going for when he said stuff like this, since if you measure statements like these they fit in (in some sense) with a Vajrayana view, but not so much with Mahayana or Hinayana views.dzogchungpa wrote:Well, I have to run, but here's a quote from "Great Eastern Sun":We should feel that it is wonderful to be in this world: How wonderful it is to see red and yellow, blue and green, purple and black All of these colors are provided to us. We feel hot and cold. We deserve these things; we have them. Basic goodness is what we have, what we are provided with, the natural situation that everybody has earned from their childhood up to now. Fundamentally speaking, it is not good in the ordinary sense of good, good, goody, good. Neither is it particularly bad. It is unconditional.
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Moved talk on online empowerments etc. to a new thread, if possible I think we should keep on the subject of Reggie Ray, and related.
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=19445
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=19445
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A promise of happiness underlies all successful marketing.dzogchungpa wrote:Well, I'm not an expert on either Shambhala or Ray, but from what I understand this is not the Shambhala view, and if I am not mistaken, for Ray the Shambhala view is fundamental.Malcolm wrote:Dharma is about how things are, and how things are is sarvadukkham.
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Probably everybody are different. I have always thought that many people believe that ending of this life is not the end of everything (i.e rebirth) and that situations be changed throught practise (i.e karma) are both positive messages.
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OH SNAP!Malcolm wrote:A promise of happiness underlies all successful marketing.dzogchungpa wrote:Well, I'm not an expert on either Shambhala or Ray, but from what I understand this is not the Shambhala view, and if I am not mistaken, for Ray the Shambhala view is fundamental.Malcolm wrote:Dharma is about how things are, and how things are is sarvadukkham.
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dzogchungpa wrote:OH SNAP!Malcolm wrote:
A promise of happiness underlies all successful marketing.
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