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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 not hate a Hitler or people who rape young children
As the Dalai Lama says, "From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering." The difference between the Dalai Lama and Hitler is that the Dalai Lama KN… (View Post)
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Re: Extra practices
The practice is suppose to be 24/7. But I keep on getting distracted and forget to do it. (View Post)1 -
Re: Musings on life as a western buddhist
I think it is important to have a teacher and a sangha to interact with. The things you learn from a teacher, you learn on a subliminal level that you cannot get any other way. And if your teacher is… (View Post)
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Re: Thinking styles
What is there besides logic? Being. Just Being. That is what meditation cultivates. It is essentially experiential/right-brain, as opposed to logic/cognitive/ego-based left-brain. Research has found … (View Post)2 -
Re: Does anyone know of a good sangha that video broadcasts services on the Internet?
You can check out this website. I have never accessed it (nor Gelek Rimpoche) since I we have a Geshe teaching in my own city. But my sister, living elsewhere, was introduced to Tibetan Buddhism by G… (View Post)
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