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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: How to meet the precious Dhamma in the next life
Our Lama tells us that rebirth is automatically directed by our predominant imprints (karmas), and that the more we DO our practice now, the more likely we will be automatically drawn to a situation … (View Post)
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Re: Fear Not...
Buddhists typically do not deliberately engage in fear, since fear is about the future, and no one knows what the future will hold. Yes, you prepare for possibilities, but the Buddhist focus is on wh… (View Post)
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Re: Moving from acknowledgment of impermanence to acceptance of it
This is a deep question that you ask, and I do not know if I can answer in any helpful way. I can only answer in terms of how I try to work with it. Impermanence ... last night I was in the bathroom … (View Post)
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Re: The use of rituals
I have a degree in psychology, so I tend to see Buddhism from the standpoint of a cognitive-behavioral discipline. What we do becomes what we believe (marriage counselors help rekindle love between a… (View Post)
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Re: Perfectly Imperfect
(Quote) Godspeed, as they say. May your path be smooth and without barriers. (View Post)1