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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 to control lust? Please suggest
How to control lust? You don't control lust. But you DO control your actions. As for the lust itself .. it is one more desire of ever so many. You work with your desires by allowing them to be there,… (View Post)
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Re: Meditation Sick Days
If you can, then it is good to meditate while you are ill. In Tibetan Buddhism, they suggest that you learn to discipline the mind, as an aware observant mind in the state of mindfulness is of great … (View Post)
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Re: Meal prayer
That is an excellent prayer, and has the added benefit of not offending any Christians at your table! I use this one, but I would never say it out loud as grace at a table with non-Buddhists. Unlike … (View Post)
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Re: Emptiness
Emptiness is understood two ways. One way is by experiencing it, seeing it on a non-verbal, experiential level. One way is intellectually, through reading and figuring it out ... which is like readin… (View Post)
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Re: Zen v Tibetan Buddhism
I would also like to comment that it is just FINE to be "torn". Observe your tornness .. Buddhism is all about observing, particularly observing fully openly and without judging. Enjoy. See… (View Post)
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