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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: The 5th Precept
I agree with namarupa . that the Precepts are guidelines rather than rules. More than that, I have been taught that they are self-teaching tools. For example, when we have the urge to steal something… (View Post)
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Re: Wot-not-Enlightened?
Very nice quotes. I think the most important one is that enlightenment is not a concept. We in the West are so addicted to thinking, and waste a lot of time trying to "think" Buddhism, inst… (View Post)
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Re: Query on rebirth
My teacher, who is a dyed-in-the-wool Tibetan lama (actually born IN Tibet) tells us that the more we do our Practice, the more we set imprints that will propel us towards a human life where we CAN c… (View Post)
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Re: Craving for...
“Everything is always changing. If you relax into this truth, that is Enlightenment. If you resist, this is samsara (suffering).” Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, “What Makes You (Not) a Buddhist” (the pla… (View Post)
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Re: Not Sure What's Happening
A few sentences that stand out that I would like to comment on. I do not know if they will ring true for you or be useful: You say you are having issues with faith. OBSERVE this. Be mindful. Faith is… (View Post)2