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There are four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism - Gelug, Kagyu, Nyingma and Sakya. My understanding is that Dzogchen teachings come within the Nyingma school. There seems to be no debate that the Ge… (View Post)
Excerpts from an article on the nine contemplations on death by Joan Halifax Roshi (she said it is based on the teachings of Atisha, an eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist scholar) 1. All of Us Will Di… (View Post)
Yes,@Jeffrey, but I think what TNH points to is that not everyone is capable of moderate consumption. You yourself might be able to stop at your limit of XXX amount of alcohol, but someone else who t… (View Post)
I think Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fifth precept in For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts gives good perspectives related to certain issues brought up in s… (View Post)
Basically, even if psychedelics has caused some people to take an interest in Buddhism, drug use is not something that most Buddhists would advocate simply because there are a number of better ways t… (View Post)