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I see him as the perfect expression of the Trikaya. So human, profound presence.
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Garab Dorje.
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The longer I am on this path the more and more I see the self-deception in my practice and view. And it wasn't clear in the beginning. I was just trying to grasp for some air. But once you have space, once you have a good breath of okayness. The…
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It also can be viewed as selecting "gifted" children and giving them the title of tulku and this and that reincarnation. Hence the teachings and schools can go on, spread, etc. So it may not even have any real basis, other than spreading the dharma…
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The secret is that we are all tulkus. =] also no scriptural evidence to back up this claim. and tulku is a institutional label. also one must ascribe to rebirth and nirmanakaya emanations. also people are born with different circumstances and c…
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I don't know where the source is. But according to Rob Burbea the became enlightened when he was investigating the 12 links of dependent origination. He was down to what is the condition for consciousness? Name and form. And then he asked what is t…
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Emptiness.
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Bimala is a consumable, but I'm not sure if it interact with your medication. I am currently taking some because I have rlung issues and sleeping problems.
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You could have rlung problems. Go see a Tibetan doctor. You could take some bimala/vimala. Also pain is a great object of shamatha as we are naturally focused on it. Look for the essence.
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It all depends on what we mean by enlightenment. What context? What model? What abstract hierarchy? Because from the Fundamental Vehicle there is a significant change. No more suffering, Arhatship, no rebirth. Even entering the stream equates to …
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As you soon as you call it boring, you are missing it. Because what exactly is boring? By just saying its boring we are just dismissing it as "boring". But what really is going on without placing ideas onto the moment? What is this? Even restless…
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About Dogens being-time. We are being-time. Each instant is being-time. Hence no being-time as an idea, or solid thing. This is the full understanding of impermanence with no things, which is full on flux = no thing changing. in regards to know…
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If truth is truth then the ultimate truth is the same for everyone , no matter who you are or what you practice?? So another question always arises to me; if buddhism (or any practice for that matter) is stating 'theirs' is the ultimate Truth, the…
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Whats negated in Buddhadharma is the exaggeration of the self, which forms the basis of the afflictions that cause suffering. That exaggeration is the inherent existence given to "self". One spends a long time recognizing and clarifying what exactl…
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Basically you have to have to realization the Buddha had. Lol sit zazen and expect nothing. Then when mind/body drops into suchness you will actualize the compassionate activity of the Buddhas.
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@taiyaki: thanks for your reply. but since there is no Buddhist monastry near my home, nor i am aware of any Buddhist monk near-by who is a teacher, neither i have time to search for a Buddhist monastry or a Buddhist monk teacher, so unfortunately g…
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The quote is from Padmasambhava and he speaking about the state of Dzogchen, state of self-liberation. Here are my thoughts about this: You are not going to find adequate knowledge on this that will help you other than a whole load of varying view…
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Learn to step over yourself. Give space to yourself and others. Your reactions are your teacher. Examine and do not react. Learn to respond. It really helps to holder a higher point of view. Such as people are suffering because of conditions. En…
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When it comes to non duality that is only possible when groundlessness is recognized experientially. Then both negativity and positivity hold no basis yet are fully expressed. So in that sense infinite suffering and infinite wisdom. But generally…
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om in my practices is the beginning of mantras. om also represents the head or the wraithful mandala of movement. white in color, seated on the forehead. i always here that om is the alpha sound. but then there is AH. Maybe it has to do with aff…
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Here is a great way I use anger for my practice and study which benefits others/self. I bring it back to the body. Stop seeing the person or situation as the problem. Just bring it back to the somatic experience of anger. Then relax. Think about …
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@Nevermind What are you proposing in response to OP? Is Nihilism what the Buddha pointed to in your opinion? And is Nihilism the Buddha's emptiness? How do we relate that with the teachings of Dependent Origination or Buddhist causality? I'd l…
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One truly understands emptiness as causality and freedom from views. Intellectually it allows for a wider point of view. Experientially it opens the being so that there is room for love and compassionate action. You seemed to agree that causality or…
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Then learn dependent origination, dependent arising. Emptiness negates a specific thing, which is inherent existence. It doesn't negate everything into oblivion, just inherent existence. And in emptiness teachings causality is a reality. Convent…
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Both arise dependent upon conditions, parts, and imputation. Thus there is no true point or arrival, abiding, or ending. Just causes/conditions. The chicken depends on a mind/body to project onto various colors which makes shapes and a collection …
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The wisdom of emptiness and the compassion of no separation are one and the same--which is a far cry from nihilism. The problem here seems to be that ignorance and cruelty are also empty. OOPS! :o Yes, thus they function. If they weren't empty th…
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Then learn dependent origination, dependent arising. Emptiness negates a specific thing, which is inherent existence. It doesn't negate everything into oblivion, just inherent existence. And in emptiness teachings causality is a reality. Convent…
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Then learn dependent origination, dependent arising. Emptiness negates a specific thing, which is inherent existence. It doesn't negate everything into oblivion, just inherent existence. And in emptiness teachings causality is a reality. Convent…
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You can do both. In the case of noting concepts are used to orientate the mind and keep focus. This is done super fast, etc. There is also a time when the breath energy can expand and that is more somatic. When we tend to be focused as the body th…
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Okay its simple. There is absolute truth and relative truth. Absolute truth deals with the unconditioned and a whole load of existential realizations that make life just simply amazing. Relative truth is the practical day to day living. Both sho…
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@lobster Its an existential meditative attainment. Where the subject fuses into the object via the apprehension of consciousness as everything. This can happen as The Watcher (dualistic mindfulness, or contraction behind eyes + grasping at non-co…