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heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:30 pmI think he really cares about Vajrayana in the West, rather than Rigpa, he also have a bunch of students here. There been a very black feeling spreading over social media giving many, me included, a feeling Vajrayana is really threatened as a backlash of the SR scandal. I think people are not giving DJKR credit for the enormous courage it takes to actually stand up for Vajrayana in a time like this. I also think DJKR shouldn't answer for what SR have done, I think SR should do that himself. DJKR can hardly be expected to "fix" Rigpa.

/magnus


:good:


Honestly, I can't even imagine any other contemporary lama being willing to get up on stage for hours and hours fielding difficult questions about an issue like this.
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For what it's worth I am of the view that the best thing he can do both for Rigpa and for Vajrayana in the west is shut the frack up about the issue. He has made things worse..I don't doubt the fact that this was not his intention.
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Simon E. wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:50 pm For what it's worth I am of the view that the best thing he can do both for Rigpa and for Vajrayana in the west is shut the frack up about the issue. He has made things worse..I don't doubt the fact that this was not his intention.
I don't agree Simon, I am very grateful for his input. I don't think it is getting worse either, it is just people are diverting their outrage from SR to DJKR.

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Which is having the effect of unwittingly sustaining the rage Magnus.
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Simon E. wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm Which is having the effect of unwittingly sustaining the rage Magnus.
I see how you could think like that, but I actually think it would be a lot worse if he didn't speak up. I don't see any other lama in this world that ever would accept questions like the ones he been getting during these talks. I listened to all of the talks.

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heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:29 pm
Simon E. wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm Which is having the effect of unwittingly sustaining the rage Magnus.
I see how you could think like that, but I actually think it would be a lot worse if he didn't speak up. I don't see any other lama in this world that ever would accept questions like the ones he been getting during these talks. I listened to all of the talks.

/magnus

Yes, I agree. I've only listened to the Paris talk, which I thought was pretty good, and I'm halfway through the London talks which I think are really very good. I think not having to use a translator allows for more directness and spontaneity.
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dzogchungpa wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:47 pm
heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:29 pm
Simon E. wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:20 pm Which is having the effect of unwittingly sustaining the rage Magnus.
I see how you could think like that, but I actually think it would be a lot worse if he didn't speak up. I don't see any other lama in this world that ever would accept questions like the ones he been getting during these talks. I listened to all of the talks.

/magnus

Yes, I agree. I've only listened to the Paris talk, which I thought was pretty good, and I'm halfway through the London talks which I think are really very good. I think not having to use a translator allows for more directness and spontaneity.
Paris and London where the best I think.

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heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:50 pm
dzogchungpa wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:47 pm
heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:29 pm

I see how you could think like that, but I actually think it would be a lot worse if he didn't speak up. I don't see any other lama in this world that ever would accept questions like the ones he been getting during these talks. I listened to all of the talks.

/magnus

Yes, I agree. I've only listened to the Paris talk, which I thought was pretty good, and I'm halfway through the London talks which I think are really very good. I think not having to use a translator allows for more directness and spontaneity.
Paris and London where the best I think.

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The most fascinating thing is understanding that the things DJKR is saying in those videos is almost the same Malcolm as been saying here all along.
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Tiago Simões wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:41 pm
heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:50 pm
dzogchungpa wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:47 pm


Yes, I agree. I've only listened to the Paris talk, which I thought was pretty good, and I'm halfway through the London talks which I think are really very good. I think not having to use a translator allows for more directness and spontaneity.
Paris and London where the best I think.

/magnus
The most fascinating thing is understanding that the things DJKR is saying in those videos is almost the same Malcolm as been saying here all along.
Yes, there are similarities I agree.

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Maybe it’s simply the case that Vajrayana is not compatible with western values
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heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:55 pm
Tiago Simões wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:41 pm
heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:50 pm

Paris and London where the best I think.

/magnus
The most fascinating thing is understanding that the things DJKR is saying in those videos is almost the same Malcolm as been saying here all along.
Yes, there are similarities I agree.

/magnus
It is not surprising, we both were educated in Sakya. :smile:
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Some of those Sakya-Nyingma guys are alright.
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Malcolm wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:54 pm
heart wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:55 pm
Tiago Simões wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:41 pm

The most fascinating thing is understanding that the things DJKR is saying in those videos is almost the same Malcolm as been saying here all along.
Yes, there are similarities I agree.

/magnus
It is not surprising, we both were educated in Sakya. :smile:
Right, he say that Sakya Trizin is one of his most important teachers, that he make him nervous. But he also say that major empowerments are a kindergarten stuff, that the highest empowerment you can get is direct introduction. So he mirrors you on Dzogchen as well. :smile:

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heart wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:39 amRight, he say that Sakya Trizin is one of his most important teachers, that he make him nervous.

Yes, I remember that, he was talking about the importance of having living teachers. He mentioned two others, Alak Zenkar and something like "a certain woman in China". Does anyone know who that might be? I thought he might be referring to Dakini Muntso, but I don't know.
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dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:22 pm Alak Zenkar...
Is an amazing person. I had the opportunity to meet him briefly at the translation conference, and all I could really say was "Thank you for your dictionary."
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Malcolm wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:02 pm
dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:22 pm Alak Zenkar...
Is an amazing person. I had the opportunity to meet him briefly at the translation conference, and all I could really say was "Thank you for your dictionary."


Nice. DJKR seems to think very highly of him.
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dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:08 pm
Malcolm wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:02 pm
dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:22 pm Alak Zenkar...
Is an amazing person. I had the opportunity to meet him briefly at the translation conference, and all I could really say was "Thank you for your dictionary."


Nice. DJKR seems to think very highly of him.
Everyone does. He is one of the most important lama alive today.
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dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:08 pm
Malcolm wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 6:02 pm
dzogchungpa wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:22 pm Alak Zenkar...
Is an amazing person. I had the opportunity to meet him briefly at the translation conference, and all I could really say was "Thank you for your dictionary."


Nice. DJKR seems to think very highly of him.
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kirtu wrote: Wed Mar 14, 2018 1:30 pm No, not by just being in the room. But if they had a correct intention and then had some minimal comprehension and focus during the empowerment then they got the empowerment (the seeds were planted/ripened a little).
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Well, that's not the point. If people are pulled down there's not much I can do, though it's not my intention. Maybe not a bad thing for everyone to look inward about what kind of mind nature they actually 'realise', or if it really has happened (if the lama was not qualified to 'transmit' the realisation at first place), but still not the point here. My intention was simply to ask where the samaya of this so-called 'highest initiation' establish. People can have all sort of different levels of understanding/seeds planting, but if you have samaya with certain person, you have it. Where is the line? In conventional empowerments, it's rather clear (not saying totally clear) since we do have rituals and there are commentaries on this issue. In mind-pointing out one,.. well.
Planting seed can happen any time, when your guru looks at you, shouts at you, making a joke, or actually through books from passed masters (there are examples from high lama, eg. Khenpo Jigme Phuntsog, he said he got the most important mind instruction when reading Mipham's work, therefore he actually consider Ju Mipham his root guru)... That's extremely personal and unconventional, probably rightly so. And isn't it self-evidence that which guru gave you the chance to recognise your mind nature? It always puzzles me that, how come people who actually received mind instruction and 'got it' ever possible to stand up against that certain guru, as DJKR said 'you owe him the world for it'? Does that supposedly greatest moment so insignificant for some people, that they think when they find out the certain guru behaved badly, they don't owe that guru that favour anymore? Or actually it's so insignificant, because it was given in a wrong way, therefore insignificant for students?

When we need to seriously talk about samaya based on text and commentaries, including unconventional pointing-out instruction really make defining samaya establishing and breakage quite difficult. Maybe not so much a problem when Dzogchen mind point out/rigpa tsal wang was so rarely given, so secret, and so strict in both guru and student's qualification, while nowadays.....
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narraboth wrote: Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:07 pm It always puzzles me that, how come people who actually received mind instruction and 'got it' ever possible to stand up against that certain guru, as DJKR said 'you owe him the world for it'? Does that supposedly greatest moment so insignificant for some people, that they think when they find out the certain guru behaved badly, they don't owe that guru that favour anymore? Or actually it's so insignificant, because it was given in a wrong way, therefore insignificant for students?
This puzzles me as well.

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