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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: Mala beads.
The words do not matter. They have no special power. What matters are the visualizations you do while you are reciting the mantras, and the intentions you are setting in your mind. Find a teacher if … (View Post)
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Re: What is mind in Buddhism?
A quote I wrote down from a book about Tibetan Buddhism (source not written down): "Mind is a completely formless continuum that is an entity in itself, but quite separate and distinct from body… (View Post)
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Re: Emptiness / sunnatha
You cannot explain it in English, nor in the words of any language. The words are here primarily to confirm what you have already seen/experienced within yourself. Not to substitute for your insight.… (View Post)
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Re: How Do I Know If I'm Enlightened ?
When you wake up in the morning, how you do know you have woken up? You just know. Things are NOT the same as they were when you were dreaming. But this cannot be put into words. Try explaining to so… (View Post)
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Re: how to join a monastery?
Enlightenment is a state of mind. Therefore, it is achieved WITHIN your mind, and the outer circumstances do not create it. Monastic life has hard labour, material discomfort, and social factions/bac… (View Post)
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