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  1. What exactly is "grasping"?

    Paul replied to Tibetan_Ice's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    Grasping means believing something is true.

  2. What is wisdom in Dzogchen ?

    Paul replied to Anderson's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    This is still talking about existent things in the manner of a rope mistakenly seen as a snake.

  3. What is wisdom in Dzogchen ?

    Paul replied to Anderson's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    It is to recognize that this dialectic is an intellectual trap. That's why Buddha says nirvana is not being, non-being, both or neither.

  4. What is wisdom in Dzogchen ?

    Paul replied to Anderson's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    Buddhahood is seeing the empty-clarity of awareness until one's elements disappear. The clarity sphere of awareness appears in different ways to different beings. Water appears as fire to ghosts, as space to fish, as the color white to Buddhas. This is water's "nature." One clearly realises nothing is real. To some beings water appears as a shining light. It is to be completely relaxed without any hangups. One can be so relaxed one's body disappears. That's buddhahood, omniscience, etc...

  5. What is wisdom in Dzogchen ?

    Paul replied to Anderson's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    careful not to throw your pearls...
  6. One should have a meat space relationship with commentators. Barring that, act as if one had one. Everyone needs to control themselves. Don't feed the trolls.
  7. Milarepa said that yidam, prana, nadi and bindu are but the beginning stages of Mahayana. The Ganga Mahamudra Upadesha explains that karmamudra is for lowest capacity and tummo is for medium capacity. Mahamudra is for highest capacity. Dzogchen is the path of self-liberation and does not make distinctions about capacity. Interest is the main capacity. Candali, channels and drops are secondary practices in DC. It doesn't mean for lesser practitioners. It means when you have a particular imbalance or some missing capacity, for example, if the body gets too cold, then you can use tummo. Tummo is also useful for mastering the pure nature of the elements.

  8. Paul replied to steve's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    I'm saying trying to grasp the space between thoughts is a useless shamatha practice. There are much better ones.

  9. Paul replied to steve's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    to recognize; full measure is sort of wordy and has no meaning

  10. Paul replied to steve's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    I should say common. Shyamatha is common to all various meditation systems. I do object to this method it's useless. I don't believe in every one with a title.
  11. Coming from Diamond Sutra. Buddha does not see any sentient beings. From the Mahamudra songs, seeing nothing is true seeing the Dharmakaya.
  12. Avidya is the contingent cause of the the 12-links. Vidya is the contingent cause of their cessation. Ignorance and Knowledge. That's it. There is no such thing as a pervasive state of consciousness. There is no absence of one either. Pervasiveness is not a factor of enlightenment. Dzogchen masters who talk about the whole universe being rigpa are just saying the whole universe is non-arising. The five wisdoms arise in dependent connection with students. How do we know this? Because otherwise they have no use... Buddha has no use for useless faculties. Buddha's faculties are all geared toward liberating those who suffer. Who sees Buddha? Sentient beings and Arya sangha. Buddha doesn't see anything.

  13. Ani Choying Drolma

    Paul replied to Tibetan_Ice's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    I love her album "Selwa" my favorite music ever...
  14. It's a big one. Don't do it. OM AH HUM

  15. Interdependent Totality in Buddhadharma

    Paul replied to Simple_Jack's topic in Buddhist Textual Studies

    With due respect, you are taking the metaphor beyond its intended target. Buddhism does not say there is no conventional reality. From the conventional standpoint, there is suffering, birth, death, etc... From the ultimate standpoint there is not. How there is not is the subject of great debate from the different sanghas. From ultimate truths to atoms to kalapas to bindus... this species of insight is very lineage specific. Engaging in such discussions by quoted from various teachers creates a pandemonium of theories where everyone is talking past one another in a game of one upsmanship, but where all statements are category errors, and hence the discussion becomes meaningless drivel. We can do better.
  16. And obviously there is Hevajra and the gamut of tantric lineages... Key term: root lama...
  17. Of course Nyingma have tummo methods galore. If you're lama, like ChNN has given this transmission to you, then of course there are other cycles of teachings where this is practiced...
  18. Why would there be vitriol among "yogis"? TI, You are working too much from books, and you misinterpret much, IMHO. Please rely on a qualified teacher who knows how to keep samaja. It's very important. For example, did you know Milarepa never used root lock? Would you know why? Would you know which lineages uphold this practice? Anyone attempting tummo without empowerment into Chakrasamvara and Vajrayvarahi, transmission of the six yogas of Naropa, and permission, oral instructions and blessings of one's lama is inviting *disaster*, I tell you. The dharmaphalas are not toying around. They mean business. Love, Nathan

  19. Paul replied to steve's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    The space between thoughts is a mere shyamatha technique. No one will realize rigpa this way. The masters who teach this are wrong.

  20. Interdependent Totality in Buddhadharma

    Paul replied to Simple_Jack's topic in Buddhist Textual Studies

    Interdependent arising, or dependent co-arising is a distinction without a difference. Perhaps one is the more accurate translation of the precise words, but it does not change the meaning. One can also say simultaneous conditionality. The meaning is all factors are at play simultaneously, like twelve sticks leaning against one another to form a cone. If you remove one stick, the others fall. This is the extent of the meaning. There is no cone, only twelve sticks.
  21. Kundalini yoga is a different view, practice and result. By Buddhist standards it's not wrong. It is a foundation. Buddhism works with a stable mind to evaluate the 12-links of dependent origination, and the four noble truths. This is advanced nonduality methodology. In Kundalini yoga one performs a rudimentary form of nonduality research when the kundalini opens the crown. Whichever system is working it's the crown opening when nonduality is being researched. Each methodology has its signs. Kundalini yoga is tantric, so tantric Buddhism is more analogous. In kundalini when the serpent rises through chakras, it feels like a crocodile swimming, or a deer leaping etc. In tantric Buddhism there are other signs, likes amts crawling, seeing smoke, moonlight, etc. These are just signs, not the result. In Kundalini yoga there is a specific consciousness state one lands on, and it is taken to be ultimate reality. In Buddhism, no reality is cognized and joy arises from complete non attachment. Radiance is a metaphor for this joy.
  22. Btw. Red faced demons comes from the Tibetans. They would paint red spots on their cheeks before battle. Also their creation myth says they come from a red monkey and a red demoness. We're both team India.
  23. I'm commenting on the Indian mindset. I happen to be Indian. And so is Alwayson. It's also tongue in cheek. But high functioning autistics won't be able to tell that. We have to overcome hundreds of years of colonial oppression, which is what racism did to us. So you guys trying to tamp that down is a manifestation of what you are criticizing. I guess that makes you guys successful colonialists. This was also tongue in cheek. Don't hesitate to get a life.
  24. They're lies by psychics. Which have a particularly realistic feel.
  25. But I happen to agree the Tibetans and Indians are basically all conniving liars. Yet, despite the lies they lead to awakening. Pretty wild and amazing. ChNN's always going on about the essence of the teachings. When this line of thought is taken all the way, that itself is an awakening. Our world is a pack of lies after all.