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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: What exactly is Buddhist practice?
Buddhism is about developing self-awareness, and from that starting to clearly see how we operate and how we are/not. This gradually produces inner change so that wof can understand that there is onl… (View Post)
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Re: Spiritual maturity
I have adopted the Buddhist concept of spiritual maturity. That it is not about what comes in from outside (not what you hear), but what comes from inside. What is slowly nurtured, developed, and cha… (View Post)
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Re: What music are you listening to?
Sorry If I'm stepping on people's toes. I am only passing on what my teacher (a senior Tibetan Lama) is teaching us. You are, of course, free to reject it. And, in fact, since Buddhism is about what … (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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