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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: A minor point about rebirth
According to Buddhism, all that passes on to the next life is our imprints/karmas. Not our personality, and therefore not the memory of this particular life. Only out state of existing and the imprin… (View Post)
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Re: Knowing the goal of the dhamma
The Buddhist path is one of self-discovery and is based on your first-hand experience. Your teachers and the writings are only guides, but they cannot walk our path for us. And because Buddhism is ba… (View Post)
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Re: You are alone?
There is a difference between being lonely and being alone. Being alone is restorative and allows us time to assimilate what we have taken in ... and to meditate. But as long as we have a sense of ou… (View Post)
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Re: Do all spiritual paths lead to the same ultimate goal?
Until we have reached our goal, I do not know if it is possible to answer your question. If all goals lead to Rome (so to speak), then we will recognize that if we get to Rome. (View Post)
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Re: Is there room for the supernatural in western Buddhism?
The Lama/Geshe who teaches us, told us that supernatural experiences and ecstasy are both a common by-produce of meditation. But that we should ignore them, as they do not lead us to enlightenment an… (View Post)
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