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The only Buddhist chaplains I have ever heard of was a Tibetan monk who first got his 20-year Geshe degree from the Dalai Lama and were assigned to act as chaplain to a Tibetan regiment in the Indian army. The only comment the made was that the tent he lived in was very very hot.
In the Buddhist tradition, it takes years of learning how to do the practicings, mastering our mind, under the guidance of a teacher. And it is considered wrong to teach until our teacher has assessed us as being ready TO teach. Teaching before we have developes some firm ego-mastery only increases our ego and we create negative karma for ourselves. And it is considered negative karma to teach before we have the inner wisdom TO teach. Buddhism is learning from doing the practices, and this takes decades ... no book or spoken words will teach us Buddhism, because is about inner insight and experience, and words are merely intellectual concepts that cannot convey experience adequately.
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Re: Impact!
My mother was a student of Paramahansa Yogananda, from the time she met him as a young woman back in 1930 until she died in 1997. Yoga is similar to, but not the same as, Buddhism (yoga is goal-orien… (View Post)
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Re: Letting Go?
How to deal with them? It is their problem. Not mine. I cannot make them let go. The only thing I can do is monitor my own internal response and relax into whatever I am experiencing. As for guilt. I… (View Post)
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Re: How did you quit smoking?
I went for a 4-day drive with a friend who didn't smoke ... drove through the Rocky mountains, stopping only for necessary reasons. Took oranges (smoking depletes Vitamin C) and a pop-top water bottl… (View Post)
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Re: The 5th Precept
I agree with namarupa . that the Precepts are guidelines rather than rules. More than that, I have been taught that they are self-teaching tools. For example, when we have the urge to steal something… (View Post)
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Re: Not Sure What's Happening
A few sentences that stand out that I would like to comment on. I do not know if they will ring true for you or be useful: You say you are having issues with faith. OBSERVE this. Be mindful. Faith is… (View Post)2