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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: Worrying
My Lama says: "It makes no sense to worry about things you CAN change. And it makes no sense to worry about things you CANNOT change. You have to have compassion for yourself, as well as for oth… (View Post)
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Re: People who claim to be enlightened...
Those who claim to be enlightened ... are not. The very state of enlightenment entails not focusing on ourselves, and that includes not trying to impress others. By focusing ON others, there is no wa… (View Post)
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Re: Truthfulness
Although J.Krishnamurti was not a Buddhist, I have always remember his written comment: "Always tell the truth, but never tell an unkind truth". The Lamas never correct or chastise someone.… (View Post)
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Re: Why I do Not Believe in Hell Realms
Oh, Hell exists ... for some people it is right here, right now! And in Tibetan Buddhism, some Lamas teach the 6 realms as actual rebirths, some teach it only as a metaphor, and some teach it as both… (View Post)
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Re: A minor point about rebirth
According to Buddhism, all that passes on to the next life is our imprints/karmas. Not our personality, and therefore not the memory of this particular life. Only out state of existing and the imprin… (View Post)
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