Introduction to Meditation - Sogyal RinpocheThis is a two hour video in iPod format. The author of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying explaines what meditation actually is - probably simpler than you thought it would be . A world-renowned Buddhist teacher from Tibet, Sogyal Rinpoche is also the author of the highly acclaimed The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.
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Was Sogyal Rinpoche only accused by that woman or he was also found guilty in a court of law? This is extremely important. Was he found guilty in a court of law, with proofs?
ReplyDeleteIf one is not found guilty and his guilt cannot be proved then we, the general public, who never known that women and we were not present and saw with our very eyes, have the right to doubt that incident really happened.
Yeah agree with josho. No courtcase? no evidence? And real gurus are spiritual terrorist, they might fuck u in all holes...
ReplyDeleteI wasn't there to witness the allegations, I'm sure Osho had a few of his followers too. However, if you want to dig up dirt on Spiritual people I'm sure everyone has a history. Richard Baker did the same thing, all I'm saying is that you should be smart enough to see through peoples bullshit spirituality. If Soygal did what he was accused of then hes a douche bag, but he still has good books. I learned a few things while I was involved with Kadampa Buddhsim, today I think it a cult, but I did gain some wisdom from the experience.
ReplyDeleteLeisure and opportunity are precious and rare.
ReplyDeleteThe Buddhist meaning of "rare" is based on Buddhist cosmology, which in some respects is similar to modern astronomy concerning the size and age of the cosmos. Western astronomers speak of solar systems, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and galaxy super-clusters. Western astronomers attempt to pinpoint the date of the Big Bang, one estimate being thirteen billion years ago. Buddhist cosmology agrees in principle with the theory of the universe oscillating between cycles of Big Bang/development/Big Crunch, another Big Bang/development/Big Crunch, but it places the history of our present universe at considerably longer than thirteen billion years.
The Buddhist meaning of "rare" is embedded in the Buddhist cosmological worldview. Within the vast, oscillating billion-fold world systems inhabited by sentient beings, Buddhists speak of six different modes of sentient life, each with a different range of experience. Some beings have incredible misery, some incredible bliss. Human beings have the widest spectrum of experience extending from misery to bliss. Hell and heaven, it is all here, giving "rare" a special meaning.
Within this cycle of existence, rebirth after rebirth, extending back through immeasurable time in an infinite cycle of universes, there are rare occasions when we rise to a human rebirth of leisure and opportunity.
The Buddha used a metaphor to exemplify the rarity of a precious human life of leisure and opportunity: Imagine a tortoise swimming submerged in a vast ocean and resurfacing only once every one hundred years. The times of human rebirth are similar to the infrequent times the tortoise comes up for air. Now imagine an ox's yoke floating on the same ocean. Consider the tortoise's chances of poking his head through the yoke when he comes up for air every hundred years. This is the meaning of "rarity" in "rare and precious human life of leisure and opportunity."
The object of discursive meditation on the rare opportunity of a precious human life of leisure and opportunity is to motivate us to use our rare opportunity wisely.
There is another layer of meaning here which addresses basic assumptions about our life.
Just as Buddhist cosmology describes the outer world as infinite in space and time, Buddhists also describe human potential, the inner world, as infinite. Lama Yeshe, a fine Tibetan Buddhist teacher who passed away some years ago, used to tell this parable to his Western students: "You are like beggars living in a shack, ignoring your poverty. Meanwhile, just under the dirt floor, there is a treasure of immeasurable value. You just need to scrape off the dust and you will find it."
The treasure is really within your own mind and heart.
Teachers, traditions, techniques, all have the single purpose of helping unveil that which is already within you.
If you think otherwise, if you believe happiness is "out there" in a religious tradition or "with your teacher" or "in the spiritual community," you are missing the point.
Dharma consists of methods to unveil what is already within you.
The preliminaries require us to examine our basic assumptions about the nature of life and its potential.
This examination shifts the focus of attention and shakes loose preconceptions. Buddhists aren't alone in realizing the crucial importance of focus and attention in the quest for well-being and psychological balance."
("Buddhism with an Attitude"- B. Alan Wallace)
May this help to you or somebody else.
Maybe tonglen could help
Whatever it is, best wishes.
I think Steven Moore is a wise man here. I agree with what he pointed out,". It is a crime and an indication of spiritual corruption. An invalidation. Inexcusable. Bad bad karma. And comparing it to Maezumi's alcoholism, although I appreciate your point, makes light of the trauma and irreparable damage done to those women.".
ReplyDeleteI liked the book he wrote about life and death but he was just using the knowledge passed down to him. I like the religion but that doesn't mean I have to offer him personal favors and defend for his wrongdoings.
In Buddism, you don't need to seek magic or anything miraculous. Just remember, it's the simplicity in everything, deep respect & love for lives and HONESTY that is making us a better person everyday.