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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: Ever known someone...
That is difficult to wrap your head around, indeed. Perhaps it is helpful to remember that all harmful actions arise from internal unhappiness. The truly happy are compassionate. And to remember that… (View Post)
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Re: Real-eyes-ing we are all ready the buddha
Yes, we are already Buddhas, each of us. But our habits and habitual responses are definitely non-Buddhist in nature. It takes years/decades/lifestimes of self-training and practice to modify how we … (View Post)
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Re: Thoughts vs Emotions
In Tibetan Buddhism, we work on "body, speech and mind". And "mind" is regarded as being both thoughts and emotions. The two are regarded as being the same. Techie (here) said tha… (View Post)2 -
Re: Karma In Jobs
Karma has to do with the imprints we make within ourselves. Imprints made by every action, spoken word, and by those thoughts and feelings that we dwell upon and feed within ourselves. Even accidenta… (View Post)
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Re: How do you regain the Beginner's Mind?
I think that most Buddhists have gone through what you have experienced .. that heady excitement at the beginning. It usually lasts up at as long as the first 5 years, and is the same mechanism as fa… (View Post)
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