... I guess I never ran into to this form of fund raising. LOL Well many take empowerments for the wrong reasons as well. Dzambhala is a classic for that...
... I had missed the link in the original post. There are blessings in this that can be used as environmental blessings. If the intent is kept pure,...
... Hi Dick, I don't know which category I fall into. When HH asks that we do a Green Tara Practice, I sit on my cushion and do it. I know that it will add to...
Hello all San Diego KTC; Orange COunty Vajra Vidya Los Angeles Vajra Vidya Santa Monica KTC are pleased to announce Dharma teachings with Lama Kathy Wesley...
Dan, I would love to have more information on this. Carole excelsiorsalukis@... ... From: kagyu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kagyu@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf...
... LOL That sounds fine. Selfish is more explicit usually. I knew a guy who cranked a practice for luck (his only practice) for completely selfish reasons....
One of several reasons why I returned to Buddhism in 1995 after a lapse of nine years is that I read that there are 84,000 different ways to practice Buddhist...
Home of HH Dilgo Khyentse's Peace Vase project http://www.siddharthasintent.org/peace/index.html Note: this peace vase tradition is free to the recipients. it...
H.H DALAI LAMA ON THE ENVIRONMENT: Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are now threatened by human activities that lack a commitment to...
... You can attribute Jamie's seagull to me, that is OK, LOL. But I agree that there are many ways to practice, particularly in everyday life. That even seems...
It is nice to see a contribution from the dear Khenmola. One of the reasons I was initially attracted to Buddhism was the famous passage from the Kalama Sutta ...
Thank you for your input on this topic. It was refreshing to get a simple, honest reply, rather than a scolding. I have been involved in retail sales as well...
... I don't think questioning ANYTHING makes one a bad Buddhist. It's HOW the questioning is done that matters. If one questions with a superior attitude,...
... Yep. She showed the one side of the debate in clearer terms which allowed the other side to be expressed in clearer terms. But the expressing of the...
This made some of your issues a bit more clear. ... It is the criteria for that and whether it is items or attitudes that are the determining issues that we...
... Rinpoche as the source (via > terma, if my quick read of the material was correct) for peace/treasure vases; I did not > know this. ****I wanted to clarify...
... LOl That must have hit home to get that response. We all filter through whatever remnants of dualistic stuff we still have around. That is like saying the...
Thanks Richard. I appreciate your response. Actually, what I was referring to was that so often in my experience (I worked in stores that sold meditation...
... Ah, long exposure to dharma never guarantees it has softened them. We expect it to and yet some do it with a wrongheadedness, the hunting the musk approach...
Dear Group, I am attending HH Dalai Lama's teachings in Madison, Wisconsin this week. I am from St. Louis and enjoying this wonderful time. I have been...
... Hi TG, I wanted to write this for a while. did you actually look at the link in the original post: http://www.ksdl.org/bumpa.php looking at the link you...
... Thanks. Perfect quote. That is the true spirit of wealth practices. It is to become that for all sentient beings. And become it in a way where sentient...
Hello. Yes, Lama Namse is a very great Lama and I am very fortunate to have had many good experiences in his presence many years ago. I know that this is a...
... Well, I feel no apology is needed, at least as far as I am concerned, as there was something there you were having trouble with and was not real easy to...
Thanks Dan. I got the mailing from KTC today :-)) Carole ... From: kagyu@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kagyu@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of dharmadan108 Sent: Monday,...
Hi TG - Just for fun, I'd like to reply to one of the earlier questions that you repeated in one of your replies to Richard. ... Yes indeed - I'm an old hand,...
