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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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Our local Tibetan Lama says that there is no enlightenment without developing both wisdom and compassion. And both of these come from developing an ongoing state of awareness/mindfulness. As we becom… (View Post)
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Re: Is it better to believe in one life or in many?
I'm not sure it matters. Yes, if you are afraid of creating negative karmic imprints within yourself which might cause a bad rebirth, it might matter. But fear is not a very good motivator when it co… (View Post)
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Re: Being a light unto yourself
All spiritual knowledge comes from building and retaining ongoing self-awareness. Meditation is only the tool to learn HOW to be self-aware. “You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only … (View Post)
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Re: About Thangka
(Quote) Yes, you are right. And you are also right that naturally we ALL hope some higher/outside power can fix our life for us so that we can be "happy". This IS human nature. But not our … (View Post)
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Re: About Thangka
The thing about Thangkas is that each is a visual metaphor representing the qualities we hope to develop as we progress to enlightenment. For instance, the qualities of Chenrezig represent compassion… (View Post)4