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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: Breath during meditation
Most likely you are falling asleep, and that explains the experiences you think you are having. My teacher tells us to be more attentive during our meditation and if we start drifting off, to get up … (View Post)
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Re: Non-Buddhist Meditation
My mother was a personal student of Paramahansa Yogananda back in the 1930's, and we children ended up taking on the teachings too. So I am familiar with some of the yogic forms of meditation. Simila… (View Post)
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Re: Lies, love, and relationships
For starters, you stop trying to change him. This is psychologically impossible, and in terms of Buddhism, it is the wrong focus. Buddhism is not about changing your world. It is about learning how t… (View Post)
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Re: Anybody else feel they aren't really a theist or an atheist?
The longer I practice Buddhism (12 years, now), the less I know if I am a theist or atheist. And the less I know if I want to be either of them. And the less I care whether I make up my mind about it… (View Post)
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Re: Did the Buddha miss the mark?
Disagree. Based on my own personal experience of long-term Buddhist practices and qualified personal guidance. Buddha knew exactly what he was talking about, and it is the practices that produce the … (View Post)
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