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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, The Path or just more BS?
The link is to a piece written by someone who really doesn't have a clue about Buddhism. But that's normal ... understanding Buddhism comes from inside, as the natural result of your meditations and … (View Post)
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Re: Silly little sorrows
(Quote) Ah, but you are AWARE of this sorrow. Until we achieve enlightenment, we WILL be like this. Unenlightened, that is. We don't become enlightened by decision, but by slow unfolding. It opens as… (View Post)
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Re: Police: 27 killed at Conn. school; 1 other dead
It's not that we, as Buddhists, are not deeply moved by this killing in Connecticut. It is that we live, every day, in full awareness of all the suffering that goes on in the world. Not just the suff… (View Post)
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Re: Do you find this pessimistic?
In Western cultures, it is considered depressing to consider the truth of the human lifespan. Rather like sticking one's head up their *** and saying everything smells wonderful. I find the Buddha's … (View Post)
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Re: Did the Buddha teach how one can fully know that he or she has a clear understanding of the 4nt?
Understanding the 4 nt's with our mind is only intellectual understanding. In Buddhim, true understanding far exceeds that of intellectual understanding. In psychology, they say that learning means a… (View Post)
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