I think that such a belief is perfectly justified. After all, Buddhism has declined from the purity of the Pali canon (and related rescensions) with Mahayana forgeries, and even where the Pali Canon has been preserved, there have been long times when monastics forgot to strive for arhatship and cam...

Buyer beware. Your recent post is more to do with tantric secrecy. More on that later, which is separate but related to guruyoga. There is also the widespread unforgivable slander that Gautama Buddha's Dharma has declined and is all but gone and you must be in the retinue of a new Sammāsambuddha. T...

It is the physical experience of being around someone that convinces you that they are awakened. This is not just how they look or if it seems like the air vibrates around them. I'm talking about how they talk. What they say. In a weird way, I think that might answer your question, or it didn't at ...

I don't practice Vajrayana, but I have read a fair amount of chatter at DharmaWheel, and have read some off of DharmaWheel concerning Vajrayana. So this is not an insider's answer. Part of the thing with Tantra is that it is supposed to be infallible techniques to bring about natural uncaused bodhi...

Can anyone explain to me the emphasis on finding a guru in vajrayana Buddhism?

Many thanks

Logic of conditioning is shown as Dependant origination in a form of circular logic (not linear or diagonal). Linear logic is a result of the law of excluded middle. Teaching dependent origination as a middle between the extremes of existence and non-existence does not aim to present a circular vie...

Aloka wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:40 pm A doll perhaps ? .... try Googling "Bodybuilder weds his 'sex doll' !

One can be sure that she wont complain whatever he does!

* The Asura is a human clan. It's often confused with the Bhutha of the 31 realms. * The Yakka is a human clan. It's often confused with the Petha of the 31 realms. * The Deva is also a human clan. It's often confused with the Deva of the 31 realms. * The Naga is a human clan. It's often confused w...

I think morality is the cornerstone for any successful relationship. Also some temperaments match better than others. I remember in 2012, i traveled to India. In Varanasi, i met an interesting man and we had a conversation. He offered his services to help me find a suitable wife!! What would be the ...

SarathW wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 11:42 am Why do we have unique fingerprints?
Is this evidence to support Kamma Vipaka?

I think the process that forms fingerprints has to partly pattern-less.

The last passage of SN44.6 could be also relevant to the discussion: "But, my friend, would there another line of reasoning, in line with which that has not been declared by the Blessed One?" "There would, my friend. "For one who loves craving, who is fond of craving, who cherish...

I suppose when the world is conditioned. 1-3 applied When the unconditioned (Nibbana) 4th applied. The four alternatives seem to be an outcome of conditioning. "Now, friend Kotthita, when asked if the Tathagata exists after death, you say, 'That has not been declared by the Blessed One: "...

I would say that the operation of dependent origination presents four possibilities:

1- Individual.
2- Collective
3- Both
4- Neither.

The story of Nanda is a cause for contemplating the role of women in spiritual life and for comparative studies of different religions.

In my experience, this has been the other way around. As community structures (including church communities) have broken down over the last 50 years, governments (especially through schools) have had to fill the gaps. The breaking down in my view goes back to what became known as the western versio...