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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: Change is Inevitable ...(Levels of) Suffering Optional
It is our desire for happiness and permanency that IS the major cause or our discontent. Buddhism is not about becoming "happy" but about learning to relax and accept life AS it IS. And the… (View Post)
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Re: Does reading about spirituality make any sense?
Reading about spirituality does not produce sprituality. Spirituality is NOT an intellectual, cognitive, nor verbal activity. It is an activity that arises from mindful awareness of THIS moment, Here… (View Post)
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Re: An online approach
ALL insight, ALL growth, ALL movement towards enlightenment comes from training your mind, through meditation, TO become and reside in open awareness. That is just the start. “You have to do your own… (View Post)
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Re: Buddhist quotes
“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” (View Post)1 -
Re: A Desperate Plea
The thing about Buddhism is that it is not understood with words. No matter how much we Westerners worship intellect, wisdom is found in the silence between the words. A state of mind that is develop… (View Post)
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