by the Ethical Traveler News Team Ethical Travel News, CA July 2, 2007 In a demonstration of tightening controls over religious freedom in Tibet, the Chinese...
20-23 October will be a retreat in Italy with Lopon Rinpoche and Khenpo rinpoche in Lago mergonzo (lombardy) in Hotel Oche di Bracchio. This retreat will...
As far as I recall, it was not the Moslems, but the Brahmins who were responsible for the purge against Buddhism in India. But then I am getting old and memory...
I'm not a scholar of the time period either but I have read a little on the subject and it seems to me it is a bit more complex than that. As I understand it,...
The best online resource for the history of Buddhism is the Berzin Archives: http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/x/nav/n1.html_1636116253.html Richard...
My dear friends, Can someone explaine me wath de Lamas and Tibetan Buddhism tells about hypnosis and auto-hypnosis. Is that practice recommended or not? Thank...
Since (western)clinical hypnosis did not really exist before the 19th century, there are not buddhist teachings regarding it specifically. This is not to say...
Some jokes, like many "knock, knock" jokes are so bad they are good. TG, if I may say so, yours was so much worse still it went right round in a circle and...
Another difficulty is that afaik there is no very clear consensus even amongst the western clinical community as to what hypnosis actually is, making...
I can't tell you precisely what Buddhism says about hypnosis, but I can make a few general comments, as I was once a certified hypnotherapist. First of all, I...
Greetings All, I wonder what significance this has had in the past? Are there perhaps any historical references to two Moons? 27th Aug the Planet Mars will...
... If so, all the astronomy I learnt as a schoolboy (I was quite cute then, you know) was wrong. Maybe the sight will be interesting, but it cannot be as you...
... The diameter of the Moon is 2160 miles. For the Moon's slightly elliptical orbit the average distance from Earth is about 237,000 miles. The diameter of...
At one point I thought it was Jupiter that was going to be so big. I recall seeing a photograph that showed the moom and Jupiter "ths same size." Sure didn't...
... Lets do some numbers for Jupiter. Since the order of magnitude is what is needed to get the sense of this, I'll just use average distance data and...
I'm a lapsed practitioner. One of the things that led me to stop was my inability to distinguish between self-fulfilling prophecies and "genuine" experiences...
The full moon in July is Guru Poornima (Hindu) and very auspicious. I don't know about the rest. John F Yorkshire UK ... From: woodturningalba@... To:...
Hi Rick, I wrestle with this conundrum as well, having had extreme blissful experiences and unitive experiences where there was no difference anywhere, and...
... There are a lot of transient experiences that can happen. These are fine unless one get attached to them or develops aversion to them. They are just...
Rick, I went through a similar lapse. The bottom line is that the Buddhist literature is replete with tales and admonitions about the traps along the path that...
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