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Re: Trust Me I'm Buddha AKA "Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels"
My Tibetan Buddhist teacher in the Kagyu and Nyingma* tradition says that even the Lam Rim text we use which is the Jewel Ornament of Liberation says that you can take refuge by yourself. That text l… (View Post)
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Re: Insight for the day
My teacher says that guru just means 'teacher' or even 'spiritual friend'. I do suppose that there are some cultural differences between Tibetan culture and western culture that you can find Buddhism… (View Post)
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Re: Grasping and rejecting
CONTROL OVER APPEARANCES Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamsto Rinpoche . "Student: Why does it seem like everybody's somewhat under the control of appearances, instead of controlling the appearances? . KTGR:… (View Post)2 -
Re: Grasping and rejecting
So on the question with the chair. Are you asking if naming things and going by conventional names is an example of grasping? Like everything has a name: chair or table and so forth? I don't think so… (View Post)1 -
Re: Is it this simple?
There might be more to it like short term or long term. Like 1 beer makes a peaceful feeling but it can make it more likely to drink 6 beers and wake up feeling ill. So the first beer lead to peace b… (View Post)
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