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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: Buddhism = Death of Hobbies?
No. It is not the death of hobbies. It is the death of: * needing hobbies * relying on your hobbies to make THIS moment rich and full * being upset if you cannot pursue your hobbies * being enchained… (View Post)
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Re: Craving and aversion
“Everything is always changing. If you relax into this truth, that is Enlightenment. If you resist, this is samsara (suffering).” Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, “What Makes You (Not) a Buddhist” Pema Cho… (View Post)
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Re: Looking for a mp3 meditation on Emptiness for a beginner...
Emptiness if gained from meditative experience. Words will not convey the experience. The best way to approach Buddhism is with your eyes wide open (so to speak), and just see what you see. Don't wor… (View Post)
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Re: dealing with thieves/robbery
Use your anger as a learning tool To see better how our attachments and aversions are the true cause of our unhappiness. As for this guy who ran off, well now you no longer owe him that karmic debt. … (View Post)
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Re: You need to find yourself before you can lose yourself...
No you don't need to. This is a Western misunderstanding. It's sort of like the Western concept of getting over angry by BEING angry ... all you do when you beat up a pillow is strengthen the anger i… (View Post)
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