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[philosophyofenjoyment]

The Tricky Brain and Everyone's Enjoyment

The Tricky Brain and Everyone’s Enjoyment

Peaceful Autumn Days uploaded by lionheart Humans have big brains. That’s what we’re told. For years scientists have argued, “our brains have more neurons and expend more energy than would be expected for our size, and our cerebral cortex, which is responsible for higher cognition, is disproportionately large” (source: Scientific American). If humans have big brains (note: Dolphins’ brains are…

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[mahayanapilgrim]

COMPASSION IS ABOUT AWARENESS

"Compassion is not about kindness. Compassion is about awareness. Compassion in the general sense of kindness would be an expression of awareness, but one that might not necessarily be free from the stain of ego-grasping.

Genuine compassion is egoless.

It is the inherent essence expressed, inseparable from awareness. This natural essence, which is genuine compassion, does not need to be formulated or even expressed as something like "compassion."

We see this exemplified in our great teachers. Their genuine compassion does not require phrases and expressions or even actions. Just their presence, who they are, is nothing other than the quintessence of compassion."

~ Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche

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[radical-revolution]

"Take care of yourselves and take care of those around you. Laugh, rest, enjoy silence and non-movement and be at ease within the basic nature of your own mind, that which is simply like the vast boundless sky."

— Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche

[abhayam-dada]

About Consort in Karma Mudra

Aside from the sexual aspect of Buddhist ethics and discipline though, a Buddhist teacher (I refer to teachers here because they are supposed to have more developed inner qualities than that of a student), and especially a lama who gives Vajrayana empowerments and teachings, is also supposed to maintain three sets of other Buddhist vows: the Individual Liberation Vows (or Pratimoksha vows), the Bodhisattva Vows and the Vajrayana Vows (or root downfalls). None of these are that easy to maintain and if they are breached, must be purified correctly and genuinely. Turning to the subject of women though, how, if at all, do these three types of vows have a particular reference, or application, to women?...

"The secondary Vajrayana root vows mention the downfalls about women in the context of consort (or Karmamudra ) practice. In the last few decades, there has been more written recently in the English language (by women) about women and consort practice, such as Passionate Enlightenment by Miranda Shaw, "Travellers in Space" by June Campbell, the "Love and Liberation" Autobiographical Writings of Sera Khandro by Sarah H. Jacoby and a recent academic article by Holly Gayley, Revisiting the Secret Consort ( gsang yum ) in Tibetan Buddhism . Shaw, in particular, effectively claims that a genuine consort lama relation would be mutually fulfilling and equal. However, judging by recent sex scandals of male Buddhist lamas ‘abusing’ and ‘using’ female students (including nuns) for casual sexual encounters and pleasure, it is clear that the ‘consort’ relation (and even the term itself) is still too often misunderstood and misused. Even though I have not read his new book about the tantric sexual union practice, Karmamudra : "The Yoga of Bliss: Sexuality in Tibetan Buddhism and Medicine", the author Dr Nida Chenagtsang states that the reason he wrote it was to educate and inform people about what an actual Karmamudra practice is and is not, in order to protect people from such worldly and abusive relations. As it stated in the article ‘ Monastic Abuse: The Tragic Case of Kalu Rinpoche’, consort practise is a very particular kind of physical (and/or energetic union) that is undertaken for the sake of enlightenment and not for sexual pleasure only. It is also an activity that involves a high level of yogic competency and expertise on the part of the lama, and in addition, the female consort is supposed to have certain qualities, such as vows, an understanding of emptiness and empowerments.

Qualifications and consent

The secondary root Vajrayana downfalls state that the vajrayana master or teacher, should not pick UNQUALIFIED consorts and also must not FORCE a consort. These terms are not so clear either, but generally speaking the texts and tantras refer to the woman (or consort) having a certain minimum level of attributes, for example, someone that has no vows, no stable practice, or has wrong views or not much understanding of emptiness etc would not be suitable. But what is meant by ‘force’ here? Certainly, physical rape and coercion or blackmail would be examples of forcing someone. But what about when a lama uses visualisations and mantras, and their own tantric yogic tsa-lung practice to literally overpower and intoxicate a woman to feel very sexual and thus do sexual things towards and with that lama they might not normally do? This kind of experience happens more often than people might know or be aware of. For example, some deity practices like Kurukulle, if done by a practitioner with certain skills, would allow them to gain access to a woman in this way, like putting a drug in her drink, so that they lose all ability to think clearly and become totally overwhelmed with sexual desire and arousal. Yet, as one article says about Kurukulle: ”Despite depictions of her magnetizing powers as “magical,” they are not for the corrupted purpose of attracting a mate, or money, or luxuries. Like other emanations of Tara, she is about the “activities” of compassion, in this case attracting and enchanting.” Source : Text of Tsering Wangmo.

[simply-buddhism]

Rainbow body

"In Sufism it is called "the most sacred body" and the "supracelestial body." Taoist call it "the diamond body," and those who have attained it are called "the immortals" and "the cloudwalkers." Yogic schools and Tantrics call it "the divine body." In Kriya yoga it is called "the body of bliss." In Vadanta it is called "the superconductive body." The ancient Egyptions called it "the luminous body or being" (akh) or the karast. This conception evolved into Gnosticism, where it is "the perfect body.". . . In the Hermetic Corpus, it is called "the immortal body." In the alchemical tradition, the Emerald Tablet calls it "the golden body."

Tibetan Buddhism has ongoing reports of the "Rainbow Body" to this very day - in which people transform their physical bodies into a new, rainbow-colored energetic form after many years of practice. In many cases, they would complete this process of transformation by meditating in a cave. When they come out, and are ready to graduate to this next level of there own eveloution, they will often push their hand or foot directly into the stone. They can now easily flip the stone molecules into time-space, and leave an impression behind - and some of these handprints and footprints have been photographed and published online. There are fully 160,000 documented cases of the Rainbow Body in Tibet and India alone.

Body of Light: Tibetan, ja-lus. Also known as the "rainbow body." Certain realized beings . . . achieved the transformation of their ordinary bodies into a Body of Light. . . . In this process the physical body dissolves into its natural state, which is that of Clear Light. As the elements of the body are purified, they transform from their gross manifestation (body,flesh, bone, etc.) Into their pure essence as the five colors: blue, green, white, red and golden yellow. As the body dissolves into these five colors a rainbow is formed, and all that remains of the physical body are fingernails and hair. Twentieth-centry practioners of Dzogchen who have attained the Body of Light include teachers and family members of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche - for example, his uncle Urgyen Danzin (Togden), his two teachers Changchub Dorje and Ayu Khandro, and Changchub Dorje's master, Nyala Pema Dendul".

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[placeoftheclearlight]

“Simply put,the vajrayana trains in awareness of the true nature,such that all falsity collapses.”

— Khandro Rinpoche

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[modernmonkeymind]

Hi, friend, MMM! How are you feeling today? How is your job and family going? Just want to say, you seem like a good man. :) May I please ask what is on your recommended reading list for secular Buddhists like me (I'm a beginner still). I want to be a better person. I have printed out and am currently reading your recommendation to me, Merit by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu and highlighting and annotating it. Would it be all right if I asked you questions about this study guide when I have them? TY! ✨

I welcome your questions, though I can’t promise answers. In terms of further recommendations, I highly recommend Thich Nhat Hanh. Specifically miracle of mindfulness, awakening of the heart and the other shore, and old path white clouds. Miracle is one of Tháy’s earliest and best books, an introduction to mindfulness meditation less as a dry manual and more as a lived experience. It’s important to understand that formal practice is important, critical even, but if it doesn’t come with us off the cushion and the walking path it is not and cannot be firmly rooted. Awakening is an omnibus of Tháy’s translations and commentaries on important sutras, including the heart, diamond, mindfulness of breathing, four foundations of mindfulness and others. The other shore is a more recent translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh of the heart sutra. Both it and the one included in awakening are excellent and well worth studying. Old path white clouds is a biographical novel about the life of the Buddha based on the pali and Sanskrit sutras, and includes many of the Buddha’s most important teachings. Rebel Buddha by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is also an excellent intro to the practice of the Dharma. If you’re willing to venture a bit outside of your comfort zone, I highly recommend the following: Indestructible Truth by Reggie Ray, This Precious Life by Khandro Rinpoche, the Six Perfections: the Practice of the Bodhisattvas by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Indestructible Truth is an overview of the main schools as well as Hinayana and Mahayana paths within Tibetan/Himalayan Buddhism. It’s important to understand here that Hinayana and Theravada are not the same thing. Hinayana is a level of practice focused on personal cultivation that can lead to liberation but can also open us to the Mahayana. This Precious Life is focused on the teaching of the four thoughts that turn the mind, a foundational teaching in Tibetan Mahayana that acts as both an alternate approach to the four noble truths, and an alternate form of the five subjects for frequent recollection in Theravada. In Tibetan Buddhism these are summarized as preciousness of human birth, impermanence, the suffering of the six realms, and karma, though each of these is unfolded in a paragraph giving more depth that is then commented on and explained. The Six Perfections are virtues to be cultivated, as well as practices (the eightfold path can be found embedded in the six as shila, dhyana, and prajña Paramitas). These are seen as so important that for a Bodhisattva they replace the 8FNP as the fourth noble truth (though as I mentioned before they also contain the 8FNP within them).

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[ani-tsultrim-wangmo]

The human heart is basically very compassionate, but without wisdom, compassion will not work.

Wisdom is the openness that lets us see what is essential and most effective.

~ Khandro Rinpoche

人的心基本上是很慈悲的，但缺乏智慧，慈悲將不起作用。

智慧是一種敞開性，它讓我們看到什麼是必要及最有效的。

~ 康卓仁波切

[rdnewhaven]

The Dream of Life When we look back, at the time of death, the experience of this life will seem like a dream. And - just as with our nighttime dreams - it will seem useless to have put so much effort into it. The fear we experience in a dream is gone when we wake up; feeling afraid was just an unnecessary exertion of effort causing us to lose sleep! When we look back on our lives at death, the amount of time we spend in hesitation, aggression, ignorance, selfishness, jealousy, hatred, self-preservation, and arrogance will seem like an equally useless exertion of energy. So be able to regard all of these illusory thoughts and concepts as dreams. Within this illusory existence, what, if anything, is the logic behind any stubbornness, distraction, hesitation, or habitual emotions of aggression, desire, selfishness, and jealousy? What is the use of holding on to these useless emotions within impermanence? Impermanence is the nature of everything. ~ Khandro Rinpoche, "Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West" (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmBrgXsuA24/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mahayanapilgrim]

The Dharma has never been more accessible to the common people than it is today, or those who are not necessarily serious monks, nuns, and yogis, which I think is very good. Buddha's teachings have been able to come into being, merged with a sort of a community of people who are not the stereotypical religious people, which I think is wonderful.

At the same time, the Dharma being so accessible can have downsides. I don't know how many will be able to realize the preciousness of the Buddha's teachings when we access it so easily. Of course, alongside with it, teachers and students will probably develop very skillful ways of communicating the preciousness of it.

What I see is that because teachings are so easily accessible, the tendency to treasure it and the kind of diligence it requires is waning. Also, I feel that the edges are still quite blunt. The real sharpness of wisdom that needs to come, that has the power of cutting through, is yet to be seen. What I do aspire and hope to see is that we don't get lost in the "corporate-ness" of it all.

- Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche

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[radical-revolution]

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[riwotsegya1]

Throma Nagmo Major empowerment and Orgyen Norlha Blessing

Throma Nagmo Major Empowerment and Teaching Lama Orgyen Khandro Norlha Initiation and Blessing Puja by H.H. Tulku Namgyal Dawa Rinpoche

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[therogerclarkfanclub]

"The Healing Power of Meditation: Leading Experts on Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine Explore the Health Benefits of Contemplative Practice"

Authors: Andy Fraser (Editor), Daniel Goleman (Foreword) Narrated by: Roger Clark Release Date: December 9, 2014 Length: 7 hours, 26 minutes

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Overview:

Regular meditation practice has a powerful impact on the mind and body, rewiring the brain and bringing us all kinds of benefits: contentment and well-being, resilience and focus, better mental and physical health, and greater empathy and compassion. This wide-ranging anthology brings together pioneering Tibetan Buddhist teachers, scientific researchers, and health professionals to offer fascinating perspectives on the mind and emotions, new studies, and firsthand accounts of how meditation is being applied to great effect in health and social care today.

• Sogyal Rinpoche and Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche on how meditation unlocks the mind’s healing power.

• Jon Kabat-Zinn on the benefits of mindfulness in mainstream health care.

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[tsultrimpawo]

The Dream of Life When we look back, at the time of death, the experience of this life will seem like a dream. And - just as with our nighttime dreams - it will seem useless to have put so much effort into it. The fear we experience in a dream is gone when we wake up; feeling afraid was just an unnecessary exertion of effort causing us to lose sleep! When we look back on our lives at death, the amount of time we spend in hesitation, aggression, ignorance, selfishness, jealousy, hatred, self-preservation, and arrogance will seem like an equally useless exertion of energy. So be able to regard all of these illusory thoughts and concepts as dreams. Within this illusory existence, what, if anything, is the logic behind any stubbornness, distraction, hesitation, or habitual emotions of aggression, desire, selfishness, and jealousy? What is the use of holding on to these useless emotions within impermanence? Impermanence is the nature of everything. ~ Khandro Rinpoche, "Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West" (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmBrLkQuaOo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ebouks]

Heart Essence of the Khandro: Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen: Thirty Signs and Meanings from Women Lineage-Holders

Heart Essence of the Khandro: Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen: Thirty Signs and Meanings from Women Lineage-Holders

Heart Essence of the Khandro: Instructions on Bonpo Dzogchen: Thirty Signs and Meanings from Women Lineage-Holders Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, Nagru Geshe Gelek Jinpa, Carol Ermakova, Dmitry Ermakov This Book contains thirty short instructions sum up what each Khandro learnt and then, finally, what she experienced and taught her disciple. The ispiring biography of one of these great…

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Offering Khandro Tenzhu

After H.E Khentrul Thokmeth Rinpoche gave five days Empowerments, H.E Trulku Ugyen Sherub Yoezer, H.E Trulku Thubten Tenpai Seljed, Serzhong Dratshang and Tashiphu Nunnery offered Khandro Tenzhu to H.E Khentrul Thokmeth Rinpoche. Khandro Tenzhu is an appeal to the Five Wisdom Dakinis asking them not to take away Rinpoche to the Buddha field so that His Eminence will continue benefitting the…

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