SodaChanh

Nothing extreme if you are actually interested https://tricycle.org/magazine/what-went-wrong-tibetan-sex-abuse/ Took less than 1 sec to Google? No basis? Maybe you should mind your words.

Stirling says nothing is ever forced. This is not true. Evidence points to a different reality, examples are what is already mentioned, then vipassana practices that lead to dark knight of the soul, already known if you research it. In Daoism you see people read old texts that say women contain 'worms' and shouldn't be touched. Then they suppress their natural sexual desire. So it is not just Buddhism. Once you act within a framework you will be affected by the framework. It is surprising people cannot see this.

Buddhists are human and naturally flawed, this is logic, no? If a teacher implies he is perfect he would be a cult leader not a real teacher. There are good practitioners in every tradition. Saying they are beyond being human with built in bias and blinders is naive.

AKD have you investigated your dislike for certain foods? Are you certain you are ok with having a preference for specific foods or do you imply we should DELETE the human?

No it isn't. There are multiple cases where people have been abused sexually by Buddhist teachers. Why? Because the teachers were suppressing their sexuality instead of having a natural outlet. No need to put Buddhism on a pedestal. It is just a bunch of people practicing, they are flawed and not perfect.

1 sec in Presence is better than reading Nagarjuna and sutras. From Namkhai Norbu

I would suggest a pointing out by a real Dzogchen teacher. Then you see the nature of mind and won't philosophize so much anymore. A real pointing out temporarily disables the selfing and non duality is shown.

Please change my name to SodaChanh Thx

From Namkhai Norbu

I am reading this book King, Warrior, Magician, Lover as part of my work in therapy and I found it very helpful in recognizing unhealthy patterns in my psyche. Probably there are equivalents for the female archetypes. I feel the spiritual bypassing is enormous in the old traditions of Buddhism and Taoism. They simply have too little insight into the psyche and poor understanding of what bad upbringing and childhood trauma can do in terms of crippling the development of a healthy adult ego. Especially buddhism which just tries to suppress or annihilate the personal self. Very unhealthy. A combination of spirituality and personal ego work will work wonders on achieving a silent mind and healthy, sung qi.