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It's possible. The thing about being Buddhist is, when you get rather deep into your personal practice, you'll begin to have realizations or insights into your mind and the concepts that reside there… (View Post)
The Shambhala Vow, as already mentioned, is specific to the tradition. If you've read any of the literature associated with Shambhala, you've no doubt come across the term "Basic Goodness".… (View Post)
Yeah, I think it is comparable to stage fright. I've been working on directing my meditation towards the alleviation of this anxiety, and trying to remember how I dealt with it as a child. I'm thinki… (View Post)
Shambhala is basically a branch of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages that has been secularized to a degree. In fact, my teacher calls it "Secularized Tibetan Buddhism". Within the community, S… (View Post)
Samatha develops the concentration required to progress into vipassana. If you have no samadhi, then you can still do vipassana. The only problem will be that you're insight will be diluted because o… (View Post)