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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: 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)
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Re: The 5 Precepts
The purpose of the Five Precepts Vows is as a self-teaching vow. Let's take the one about not stealing. Say you see something and you feel your desire welling up inside of you .. then automatically y… (View Post)
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Re: Laughter
I am always impressed by how easily the older monks laugh. But it is never the frenetic fitful laughter of someone who has not found inner peace. Their laughter is like a rippling brook sparkling in … (View Post)2 -
Re: Meditating After Trauma
The goal of mindfulness is to open TO whatever you are experience at the moment .. and to RELAX into it. No, this doesn't come overnight. Not even over decades. But with persistence, there is progres… (View Post)
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Re: Do they really believe their own hype?
Everyone has to believe SOMETHING, I guess. Read the psychology of attitudes, of cognitive dissociation, etc. One of the most uncomfortable things we can do is question what we believe. (that's why I… (View Post)1