Two reasons, first: His health. He has mentioned this in past talks, but I'll elucidate. He tried to give up eating meat, but found that it was...
That is the Kecak dance, it is from Bali
RD: Your assistant says you are half vegetarian. How can one be “half vegetarian?” Dalai Lama: [Laughs.] In the early 1960s, I became a...
Dharmashop has some good ones here
I think that Darrellkitchen could do an exponentially better job explaining the prattimoksha than I can, but I'll try for you. As I understand it,...
Are you familiar with Geshe Kyaltso and the NKT? if you aren't I would recommend doing a little research, personally, I disagree with their stance...
Here's the rule the Buddha laid down for monks, and if a rule is good enough for the monks, then shouldn't it be good enough for us lay folk?...
Hatred is never conquered by hatred, only by love is hatred overcome. This is an ancient and eternal law. Dhammapada 1 And from the Dalai lama...
I came to the Dharma terrified of my death, After practicing and capturing the fortress of the deathless I learned that there is no death. O what...
Oh, and on the subject of learning prostration from a trained master, here's an excellent video from my teacher Tsem Tulku Rinpoche Don't let his...
I know the closest thing to a Guru that I have has performed wedding ceremonies, I don't know any details though
If you're interested in a more extensive puja http://www.lamrim.org.uk/bristol/download/tara_puja_filofax.pdf is pretty good
the best advice that I could give would be: Study teachings from as many teachers as you can, when you find the one that fits you the best, try to...
Two things that I would like to add to this discussion: Firstly, as to renunciation: 1 and secondly, as to drugs bringing out a state of greater...
That is an accurate way of stating things.
Personally, yes I do. if it interferes with our perception in a way that we do not see things accurately, then yes it is an intoxicant (fifth...
Yes, but we should be careful that we are not too proud ourselves to recognize those who are more advanced than we are.
Do you use a Mala?
Are you from northern Indiana? if you are then we could talk
Possibly, but for a great deal of time in Tibet, Buddhism wasn't organized either, what would bring about this change is a massive dissemination...
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