Just musing, but I think there really *is* progress. At the moment we have Tenzin Palmo in this country - saw her speak the other day, it was excellent....
Sarah Harding also translated some texts that have been published under the title "The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa" (Snow Lion, available from Namse...
I recently read "Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism" by Judith Simmer-Brown. I absolutely loved it. The author skillfully...
Hi Dave, As the parent of a ten-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome, I can imagine at least some of the challenges you face in connecting and practicing with...
Hi Lu, Thanks for you reply. The information and encouragement are very helpful. I will check out the websites you mentioned for more information on the...
Hi Chloe, Thanks for the welcome. The similarities about all things being composed of the same matter/energy and that things lack any inherent existence was...
Lao Tzu Quote on the Perception of Reality "We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the...
Hi Dave, In regards to science and stuff I uploaded in the "Files" section to the left here an article I really enjoyed once, between His Holiness the Dalai...
Hi Impermanence/Anita, I had a good look at the file you gave us. It's quite nice, but I wondered if there is a particular point you wanted to make? Or was it ...
Hi, Nice article! But I think we always come to the same problem. Although there are a lot of similarities and particularly in biology, biochemistry and...
Hi Julia, Thank you so much for all of the information. Yours and Lu's suggestion about talking with a teacher about my interests and situation is a great...
Hi Alex, Nope, wasn't making any point, it was just an article I remember very much enjoying at one time, some time ago. When I saw your new member with an...
Great article and very interesting! It also goes into an area that I am interested in learning more about- the relationship between no self and reincarnation....
I am currently reading "Tibetan Buddhism & Modern Physics" by Vic Mansfield (foreword by HH Dalai Lama) which specifically deals with Middle Way emptiness and...
As a Harvard-trained neuroanatomist, Jill Bolte Taylor has always known more about brains than most people. But when a brain hemorrhage triggered her own...
Dave wrote: "...I am interested in learning more about- the relationship between no self and reincarnation. At first thought, these two concepts seem to...
... **** And a useful balm of a belief used by religions, for the loss of loved ones (including one's self). Buddha did some experimenting & found there is no ...
Asong, you seem to be going down the road of the argument that the absence of an independent self is in conflict with theories of rebirth and karma. That...
One day Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed: "Lord, I've been thinking- spiritual friendship is...
... *** Alex it's a convention, a construct... and unless realized as such, is troublesome, to say the least. –not to say though it doesn't also have useful...
... On what basis? In my mail I distinguished two issues: a) is your view Buddhist? b) is your view logically sound? To my surprise, you have challenged the...
... *** You name it,....everything, anything, but of course don't try figuring....that's been warned against by Buddha or was it Nagarjuna....someone close to ...
I didn’t really understand the last part of the post (, Ignore, & forget I ever mentioned this, that is disquieting to you, if it is!!!!!!! ) I do, however,...
... wrote: <Another big problem we dharma students have is that we tend to try to <deconstruct phenomena in order to understand the emptiness of <phenomena. We...
... Hi all, May be we should again make a clear distinction between conventional truth and ultimate truth. The word "reincarnation" is of course a word we use...
... **** Why? Because it's the best way to live, try living not keeping your vows and see how you fare. Otherwise, reincarnation, imposes that there is at...
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