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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 do you regain the Beginner's Mind?
I think that most Buddhists have gone through what you have experienced .. that heady excitement at the beginning. It usually lasts up at as long as the first 5 years, and is the same mechanism as fa… (View Post)
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Re: Have you made peace with death?
I have not totally made peace with death. When I try to envision my death, I notice that inwardly there is a resistance, a tensing-up. Almost like a sharp intake of breath followed by tension ... on … (View Post)
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Re: Question: Dhamma name and robes
Interesting tradition of lay people wearing robes. In 17 years of active Buddhism (within dharma communities) I have not encountered this before. One piece of advice .. neither the robes nor a dharma… (View Post)
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Re: Is Buddhism just like the others?
Don't worry about Nirvana or enlightenment. We are taught that until we have becomed enlightened, we cannot conceive of what it is like. Also, as a Buddhist, don't be "goal-oriented" (focus… (View Post)
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Re: Karma and video games
Karma is not a belief system. It is a fact of imprints within ourselves, created by our actions, emotions and thoughts. We ARE our imprints, the habits of mind and emotion that we have created, and w… (View Post)
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