Sunday, July 31, 2016
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, from “What Makes You Not a Buddhist”
Pride and pity are closely related. Believing that your life is harder
and sadder than everyone else’s is simply a manifestation of clinging to
self. When the self develops self-pity, it eliminates any space that
others have to feel compassionate.
— Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, from “What Makes You Not a Buddhist”
— Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, from “What Makes You Not a Buddhist”
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Phakchok Rinpoche video July 28 2016 auspicious rainbowws
https://www.facebook.com/phakchokrinpoche/videos/1105684129506190/
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Chögyam Trungpa, from “Padmasambhava and Spiritual Materialism”, in “CRAZY WISDOM SEMINAR I, Jackson Hole, 1972”
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This should give us some understanding of spiritual materialism. The danger of spiritual materialism is that under its influence we make all kinds of assumptions. First, there are the domestic or personal-level assumptions, which we make because we want to be happy. Second, there are the spiritual assumptions that are made because that transcendental, gigantic, greater discovery is left mysterious. This brings further great assumptions: we do not know what we are actually going to achieve by achieving that unknown thing, but nevertheless, we give it some vague description, such as “being absorbed into the cosmos.” And since nobody has yet gone that far, if anybody questions this discovery of “absorption into the cosmos,” then we just make up further logic or look for reinforcement from the scriptures or other authorities. The result of all this is that we end up confirming ourselves and confirming that the experience we are proclaiming is a true experience. Nobody can question it. At some stage, there’s no room left for questioning at all. Our whole outlook becomes completely established with no room left at all for questioning. This is what we could call achieving egohood, as opposed to achieving enlightenment.
— Chögyam Trungpa, from “Padmasambhava and Spiritual Materialism”, in “CRAZY WISDOM SEMINAR I, Jackson Hole, 1972”
This should give us some understanding of spiritual materialism. The danger of spiritual materialism is that under its influence we make all kinds of assumptions. First, there are the domestic or personal-level assumptions, which we make because we want to be happy. Second, there are the spiritual assumptions that are made because that transcendental, gigantic, greater discovery is left mysterious. This brings further great assumptions: we do not know what we are actually going to achieve by achieving that unknown thing, but nevertheless, we give it some vague description, such as “being absorbed into the cosmos.” And since nobody has yet gone that far, if anybody questions this discovery of “absorption into the cosmos,” then we just make up further logic or look for reinforcement from the scriptures or other authorities. The result of all this is that we end up confirming ourselves and confirming that the experience we are proclaiming is a true experience. Nobody can question it. At some stage, there’s no room left for questioning at all. Our whole outlook becomes completely established with no room left at all for questioning. This is what we could call achieving egohood, as opposed to achieving enlightenment.
— Chögyam Trungpa, from “Padmasambhava and Spiritual Materialism”, in “CRAZY WISDOM SEMINAR I, Jackson Hole, 1972”
Monday, July 18, 2016
During this degenerate age via Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche
During
this degenerate age in the outer world, there are many natural
disasters due to the upsetting of the four elements. Also, demonic
forces come with their many weapons to incite the fighting of wars. All
of those forces have caused the world to come to ruin and led all to
tremble - so terrified that their hair stands up on end. Still, the
demonic forces find it necessary to come up with new types
of weapons. If we were called on to confront them, there is no way we
Dharma practitioners could defeat them. That is why we make supplication
prayers to the three jewels, do the aspiration prayers, the offering
prayers and the prayers of invocation. We are responsible for those
activities. This is what I urge you to do.Chatral Rinpoche
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Nagarjuna
It
is said that the life span of Nagarjuna was attached to the King
Udayibhadra. This king had a son, Kumara Shaktiman and he wanted to be
the king. The king's wife, Kumara's mother, had instructed Kumara that
in order to become king, he would need to cut Nagarjuna's head off. The
mother also said that since Nagarjuna is such a compassionate man that
surely he would agree. Amazingly, Nagarjuna agreed. However Kumara
couldn't cut off his head with a sword. Nagarjuna said that in a
previous life he had killed an ant while cutting grass. Therefore, due
to karma, only the blade of kusha grass could cut Nagarjuna. Kumara did
this and was able to behead Nagarjuna. Strangely enough upon his
supposed death, the blood coming from the severed head turned into milk
and the head spoke, " Now, I will go to Sukhavati but I will enter this
body once again." Sukhavati is the western pure land of the Buddha
Amitabha. Sukhavati translates to mean, "Land of Bliss" Upon this
revelation from the talking head, Kumara separated the head from the
body as far as possible. However, legend states that every year the head
and body become closer and closer to each other. When the head joins
with the body, it is said that Nagarjuna will return to this world to
walk again.
— Dennis Waller, in the introduction to “Nagarjuna's Tree of Wisdom”
There's another (similar) version of the story here: https://buddhiststories.wordpress.com/…/how-did-nagarjuna-…/
— Dennis Waller, in the introduction to “Nagarjuna's Tree of Wisdom”
There's another (similar) version of the story here: https://buddhiststories.wordpress.com/…/how-did-nagarjuna-…/
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Today is Guru Rinpoche day which is a special day for accumulating merit. https://www.facebook.com/sogyal.rinpoche/photos/ms.c.eJxNyrENADAIA7CPKgIEwv~_PVVUXVsswkKauIKFIHnxJyjGxBD5MrdNSjcU7FwL3Dlc~-.bps.a.485061908344.252790.30766398344/10155087635518345/?type=3&theater
Today
is Guru Rinpoche day which is a special day for accumulating merit. On
the tenth day of the fifth month, the sheep month, when the tirthikas
of Southern India are causing great harm to the teaching of Buddha,
through a vast display of magical power, Guru Rinpoche smashes them to
dust with their gods and guardians, and raises the victory banner of the
teaching of the buddhas. Then he is known as Guru Senge Dradok.
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Adapting the Dharma ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche http://justdharma.com/s/bh209
Adapting the Dharma ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
http://justdharma.com/s/
Gurus should not adapt the Dharma to the needs of busy materialistic people who demand a business-like method for receiving teachings that fit into their lifestyles. Were that to happen, far too much that is crucial to an authentic spiritual path would be lost.
– Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book "Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices"
ISBN: 978-1611800302 - http://amzn.to/17Vw76H
http://justdharma.com/s/
Gurus should not adapt the Dharma to the needs of busy materialistic people who demand a business-like method for receiving teachings that fit into their lifestyles. Were that to happen, far too much that is crucial to an authentic spiritual path would be lost.
– Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book "Not for Happiness: A Guide to the So-Called Preliminary Practices"
ISBN: 978-1611800302 - http://amzn.to/17Vw76H
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