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Would it be possible to organize Q & A sessions

zidanguszidangus Veteran
edited March 2011 in General Banter
I was thinking the other day how wonderful it would be If I and other members of the site could be able to ask questions to highly respected Buddhist teachers through this forum in some sort of question and answer session that would last a hour or so.
So I'm just wondering if Lincoln, or any other person on the site could organise this with highly respected Buddhist teachers, for example the Dali Lama. I don't know the logistics or feasibility of such a task, but I know it is done on other websites with politicians and so on, so it would be great if it could be done on this site.


Metta to all sentient beings

Comments

  • SherabDorjeSherabDorje
    How would these highly respected teachers be made available for these sessions?
  • hermitwinhermitwin Veteran
    I suggest we choose highly respected teachers from our members.
    I offer myself as a moderately highly respected teacher.
  • zidanguszidangus Veteran
    How would these highly respected teachers be made available for these sessions?
    Well I'm sure that there is a way to contact well known Buddhist teachers, either directly or through a representative. Just a guess here, but I'm sure someone like the Dali Lama would be open to such a thing. If it is too hard to do live, then it does not have to be live, by that I mean, we could get a representative from the site, to contact the person and then ask questions what the members have selected, and then post the replies.
    It was just a thought anyways.

    Metta to all sentient beings
  • LincLinc Site owner Detroit Moderator
    The day I have to pick which of you are the "real" teachers is the day I turn off the site. :p
  • compassionate_warriorcompassionate_warrior Veteran
    edited March 2011
    I think we have a pretty good group of members here overall, but in the past, I've noticed that the few who considered themselves "advanced practitioners" have tended to be the most combative. I don't think we need teachers like that. I'm sure we could find a teacher somewhere who would be willing to check in maybe a few times/week to answer questions, but this service should be rewarded with, perhaps, a donation to the teacher's sangha. Also, the question arises: what tradition do we choose? There will undoubtedly be Theravadan questions, Mahayana and Vajrayana questions. So how many teachers would we need? It begins to get complicated.
  • hermitwinhermitwin Veteran
    The day I have to pick which of you are the "real" teachers is the day I turn off the site. :p
    I will still be offering my services with or without you lincoln.
    The darma must go on........

  • DakiniDakini Veteran
    OK, hermitwin, go for it! Join us on the tummo thread, and tell us if the bliss state caused by raising the inner fire in tantric practice is the Enlightened mind.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    I like this idea.
    Let the site get a bit bigger and maybe someone will come on their own free will...
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