Category: Buddhism
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Pain and Suffering
Sometimes despite our best intentions, life goes awry and we encounter problems and the resultant emotional and physical pain they lead to. For spiritual practitioners, it can even seem as if our spiritual progress and progress toward self realization may make things worse before they get better . Engaging in spiritual practice can seem to…
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Shadow Work and Dakinis
[Note: This post, like all of the posts on this site, is based on personal experience and practice rather than scholarly knowledge of Buddhism. I do not claim to be anything more than an amateur Buddhist scholar.] Dakini was originally the term used in ancient India for a Tantric priestess who transported the souls of…
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Intention
Time for a one sit dharma talk. Intention is at the core of Buddhist practice and intention is where we have power. According to the lore, a person is the product of their actions and karma, which means, your personal experience right now in samsara is a product of causes and conditions, and you ultimately…
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Ending Suffering in the Moment
DhO Discussion on Dark Night There is a notion in this forum and in pragmatic dharma of “suffer through it and be open to experience” and people seem to be masochists here- I’m sorry, it’s not noble to suffer in ignorance. You don’t get points for suffering and just letting yourself suffer, and continuing to…
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Boddhisattva
(in Mahayana Buddhism) a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings. I meet the qualifications for being a Bodhisattva. My views and understanding have developed, and that is reflected in the delusion getting more and more subtle. I have concluded that in…