tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post759735075919814961..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: Basking In Reflected GloryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-32712465941747539792010-01-03T14:56:34.872+08:002010-01-03T14:56:34.872+08:00We're all tulkus.
No biggie.
Really, so what...We're all tulkus.<br /><br />No biggie.<br /><br />Really, so what?<br /><br />Back to "work out your own salvation with diligence," no?Buddhist Jihadhttp://www.juniper.typepad.com/buddhist_jihadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-8241067965196805232009-12-16T16:49:45.950+08:002009-12-16T16:49:45.950+08:00We can't say that lineage isn't important,...We can't say that lineage isn't important, because it is actually very important. However, the point needs to be made that lineage doesn't really exist in the absence of actual accomplishment. <br /><br />Tomorrow is Wednesday. My guess is that nobody will notice whether you are sleepy or not, because they will all be looking forward or backward. You, however, will be in the moment, so you will be more or less invisible.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-89613080257492125032009-12-16T16:31:05.739+08:002009-12-16T16:31:05.739+08:00Hi. I just read your blog for the first time tonig...Hi. I just read your blog for the first time tonight and was so fascinated that I couldn't go to sleep when I should be sleeping because I am expected at work tomorrow. But, your blog was so interesting that it felt worthy of the lost sleep and I have a feeling I won't be as tired as usual. I don't give a hoot about lineage but I like your straight talk. Keep it coming and don't die yet. I just found you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-21259779499620976582009-12-11T12:09:16.620+08:002009-12-11T12:09:16.620+08:00All sentient beings are buddhas. That is the best ...All sentient beings are buddhas. That is the best place to start and the best place to finish.Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-26234840478961503952009-12-10T10:59:22.544+08:002009-12-10T10:59:22.544+08:00Tenpa, thanks for sharing! I am one of the provoke...Tenpa, thanks for sharing! I am one of the provoked, confused and often grateful readers of DTBA. <br /><br />This whole topic of credentials and credential-ing is timely. It goes on and on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-15079622580721894502009-12-10T09:09:06.854+08:002009-12-10T09:09:06.854+08:00I sort of thought it meant that I was so arrogant ...I sort of thought it meant that I was so arrogant and asleep that he couldn't teach me anything because I wouldn't listen.<br /><br />You ever feel that way?Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-22755109327021327852009-12-10T09:03:47.921+08:002009-12-10T09:03:47.921+08:00Well, you quoted an unnamed teacher as saying: &qu...Well, you quoted an unnamed teacher as saying: "It seems O.K. We could write pages and pages to one another, but what you understand I understand and what I understand you understand -- this we know, so what use is our communication. I am writing you now for only sentimental reasons."<br /><br />What did you mean by including this quote then?Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-65298604217513171252009-12-10T07:21:29.325+08:002009-12-10T07:21:29.325+08:00You really think he was saying that he and I have ...You really think he was saying that he and I have the same understanding?<br /><br />Hmm...Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-84918179186681880512009-12-10T07:16:16.092+08:002009-12-10T07:16:16.092+08:00Well, yes, a person can name drop and wave around ...Well, yes, a person can name drop and wave around his teachers as a means of "basking in reflected glory," but it is at the same time rather straightforward and reasonable to simply state what lamas he has studied with, and if he uses title like "tulku," and "rinpoche," who it was that recognized him. It seems a bit disingenuous to use the name "Tulku Urgyan Tenpa Rinpoche" and then write a post about how you don't want to reveal your lineage or teachers because you don't want to play the "credentials" game. If you don't care about credentials, why not just use your legal name or a less exalted pseudonym? Why would you quote some anonymous lama that told you that you and he have the same understanding, but then not say who he was? Really, what is the big deal about revealing your lineage?Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-39402788957056295392009-12-10T04:42:40.573+08:002009-12-10T04:42:40.573+08:00i know tom, and whatever he says, goes for me in v...i know tom, and whatever he says, goes for me in vast multiplier's!<br /><br />long life prayers to tr!_<br /><br />and on this day hufo po posts this interesting link:<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-lanza/does-death-exist-new-theo_b_384515.html<br /><br />don't stop posting yet baby!J.Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01631694579213923130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-22352511773101239722009-12-10T01:54:41.604+08:002009-12-10T01:54:41.604+08:00Thanks to the 'old man who lives in the desert...Thanks to the 'old man who lives in the desert waiting to die.' Hopefully this self-proclaimed 'buddhist' will realise that he could die any day too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-9038636433780508412009-12-10T01:15:03.623+08:002009-12-10T01:15:03.623+08:00Long have I read your blog, partially for amusemen...Long have I read your blog, partially for amusement and partially to get irked because I so frequently disagree with you but just as frequently find what you write worthy of reflection. This posting, dear sir, hits the ball out of the park. Your analysis of the abuse to which the word “lineage” has been put is accurate. Your emphasis on what pure lineage needs to be heard. Tears came to my eyes reading your words. Thank you.<br />Tom GarnettTom Garnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564496319301664839noreply@blogger.com