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Re: Tibetan Prayer Flags
According to researcher Dian Barker, India developed very early--maybe even in Shakyamuni's time, according to Robert Beer--a tradition of printing sutras on cloth banners. Atisha brought this tradit… (View Post)
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The Great Song to Mani
In their edition of The Gnostic Bible, editors Barnstone an Meyer give the following intro: "The Great Song to Mani is a late piece of Manichaean poetry, probably composed in the thirteenth or f… (View Post)
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Re: Difficult Question About Rebirth
We should also consider that dying is not the worst thing - a life of horrific poverty, for example, or living to late adulthood with a debilitating painful disease, could be more painful - the infan… (View Post)
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Re: Afraid of rebirth
One thing that helps me is to think that in a previous life I no doubt would've been afraid of the next life, and now that I'm in that next life it's not terrifying. In fact I'm so attached to this o… (View Post)1 -
Re: What are the minimum items for a Vajrayana Altar?
From Yowangdu, and ss @caz mentioned: (Image) *Statue of the Buddha Shakyamuni to represent the Buddha. You may also have other important Buddhist figures, like Tara, Manjushri, or Avalokiteshvara. I… (View Post)
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