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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: Wanting to take vows to become a Buddhist...
The whole idea of refuge stems from YOU having learned over time that the techniques of Buddhism DO change you. Excluding the initial temporary "honeymoon" excitement which always dies out,… (View Post)
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Re: Which book are you reading?
An older book that has been sitting on my shelf for some time .. a long-ago Xmas gift (published in 2007, so probably a lot more info since then): "Train your Mind, Change Your Brain: A groundbr… (View Post)1 -
Re: Happy Vesak
Yes thank you. May you generate much merit today! And today being a Lunar Eclipse, it is even more auspicious than most Vesaks. I was up early enough to see the setting moon just AS it was in its ful… (View Post)
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Re: New beginning . Thanks for everything
Just remember that words, concepts and ideas are not what Buddhism is about. It is the practices, and it takes years to even start to grasp what the Buddha was talking about. Personal first-hand expe… (View Post)
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Re: Life tips
At the start of the pandemic in my city, when churches and temples closed their doors, our Lama started giving lessons and holding pujas over Zoom. One of the things he said, while talking about copi… (View Post)1