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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: Query regarding Dharma Transmission
Transmission of teachings, transmission of power, transmission of the lineage ... you find this in just about all religions. Certainly in Buddhism, Hinduism/yoga, Judaism and Catholicism. Can the tea… (View Post)
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Re: Curiouser and curiouser!
It is both. Curiosity is defined as a state of not-knowing accompanied by a drive TO know. The need to know is a direct contradiction of the state of enlightenment .. which is an openness to whatever… (View Post)1 -
Re: My god I just have to moan about this
Yeah, I moan over things too! My response is MY problem to work with. Whether you take a Buddhist or a Cognitive-Behavioral psychological approach ... we are what we think, and our responses come fro… (View Post)4 -
Re: Right speech, awkward conversations and fitting in
You are not being a coward by not speaking up. My teacher (a Vajrayana monk/Geshe born in Tibet, living & teaching in our city) never argues with others. And if someone tries to argue with him, h… (View Post)2 -
Re: Meditation with eyes open or closed?
I have never meditated with the Dalai Lama, so I cannot say. BUT ... generally beginners are taught to close their eyes. With the development of great skill in focus and concentrating, eyes can be sl… (View Post)
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