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Re: A Criticism of tulku selection process in tb?
@davidpham19 said:
Hi guys, i was wondering coming from a perspective of a skeptic/agnostic, what problems lies behind close doors for the tulku selection process that may not get talked about a lot? Thanks
What problems lie behind selecting a new Pope, behind closed doors? Or a new Ayatollah? is there a secret involving weighing all the facts up with thumbs on the scales? I
'm sure these elections are run by those with agendas and ulterior motives. Like Political elections (I mean to say, look at the absolutely farcical fracas in British Politics!) You think that the apparent nobility of any religion exempts those in authority from being manipulative?
Think again.
Point not one finger at a single incident. Rather, mourn the absence of integrity and honesty, that pervades all the upper strata of all institutions, with a vacancy for a "respected" Leader.
"Power, corrupts.
Absolute power, corrupts absolutely."
federica
Re: Shall we foregather in the Garden....?
Grazie mile.It also hates hard water, or tap water. Rain water is optimal. If that's a hard thing to come by, collect some tap water and leave it standing in the sun for 24 hours.
federica
Re: How to Teach?
@Lionduck said:
Anyone can share facts and knowledge.
Even a little bit of dhamma goes a long way. Once introduced to the questions of happiness and suffering, it becomes a key to the understanding of one’s life that inevitably leads to the rest of the dhamma. The real problem is ignorance.
The western world is focussing on meditation and mindfulness, and the ‘benefits’ thereof, but the real questions are larger and existential. It will be interesting to see what form this will take in the west, the whole self-help industry has a hint of buddhist thought about it.
Jeroen
Re: What happens to the world when everybody attains Buddhahood?
Perspective may change, but the world will not cease to exist.
Lionduck
Re: What happens to the world when everybody attains Buddhahood?
As long as there is the world aka samsara, this world will never be having a lack of unenlightened beings. So there is no need to worry about what happens when everyone becomes a Buddha.
Re: Why I’m not keen on the bodhisattva vow
@lobster
The imagery of a mountain, a hill or a plateau is for the touchstone of the mind. in the physical reality, a Buddha may be standing or sitting next to you as may be a Bodhisattva, a good friend or a bad friend. When one "rises to a higher level", has he or she physically elevated? Of course not. You may perceive the signs of such mental elevation or not. When you are upon the trail and emerge from the fog, you are still upon the trail. You are just now able to see clearly what was vague or hidden by the fog. Perhaps it is better to see enlightenment (Buddha) as emerging from the fog.
Peace to all
Lionduck