Not all seek God. Some seek to learn how to benefit.
Ah yeah, I have been meditating for 25 years plus and I'm not sure I understand what it's good for. It just is another experience. The best way...
I learned TM when I was fourteen. I had a very 'alive' TM teacher who awakened my kundalini. How do I know for sure? I saw Her. For about four...
Chod
Sounds like you have entered a Mahayana temple. Traditional Theravadin Buddhism which is mostly contemplative, doesn't formulate their vows in the...
What is tripping?
I loved it. I wasn't expecting it when I saw it the first time. It fit the mood I was in perfectly and brought back alot of memories. And then...
I have meditated for 25 years and I still get depressed and sad and all the rest. Meditation for me has become something of an end in itself as a...
Yes, as said above such experiences are part of the wholeness of ones basic and innate awareness. They do not point to somewhere to go or...
It's best to trip using drugs so that when you have a break with reality you have something to blame it on, otherwise you're what people would...
Um Hm, he is a great person.
That's sort of an odd intuition Bhaskar, why do you think he needs Thich?
I recommend mantra work to change your basic cognitive vibration, such as White Tara.
Thomas Merton
Dalai lama does not live his own life as he is largely controlled by his office. He doesn't choose food based on whimsy and desire but based on...
So the Buddha's words have some objective reality separate from your own mind? Kind of like - the Veda?
I don't know anymore. What are you talking about? Thoughts, forms feelings arisings. What is arising and what is nonarising?
The trick, if one can do it, is to see the whole world as ones guru and desire to serve it and learn from it, the way one would a guru.
Value of guru is that they have something a bit more than oneself. They can smooth bumps, place things in perspective, show the goal and the way....
Religion isn’t an idea. It’s practice. Don’t get lost in thoughts about the buddha-dharma. Be careful that you don’t handle the buddha-dharma...
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