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14 years 4 months ago #2135
by Dharma Comarade
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I'm sorry, a Mike Monson "palabra" is a spontaneous action borne of the moment and cannot be called up by others -- that would only cheapen its value and effect.
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14 years 4 months ago #2136
by Dharma Comarade
Replied by Dharma Comarade on topic Daniel Ingram videos
There were so many interesting little bits and pieces to the three videos. I'm going to try to watch/listen to them again today.
I really liked the part were Ingram was being grilled about whether on the job or in his marriage he was particularly special or wonderful because of his awesome enlightenment attainments. He was pretty convincing in his denials that in those two areas he was just another average person with no special qualities.
I don't think he was being falsely modest.
He also mentioned a lot of criticism he gets in the dharma world for his personality.
And what does this mean to me?
Not sure exactly. I think I have an aversion to the idea that awakening to one's true nature and having certain dharma-related skills translates into some kind of stereotypical holy person personality/behavior like the Dalai Lama or Thich Nhat Hanh (though I like that both of them exist as they are) and like to think that one can be awake and still just an ordinary normal person doing normal things in a normal life.
I really liked the part were Ingram was being grilled about whether on the job or in his marriage he was particularly special or wonderful because of his awesome enlightenment attainments. He was pretty convincing in his denials that in those two areas he was just another average person with no special qualities.
I don't think he was being falsely modest.
He also mentioned a lot of criticism he gets in the dharma world for his personality.
And what does this mean to me?
Not sure exactly. I think I have an aversion to the idea that awakening to one's true nature and having certain dharma-related skills translates into some kind of stereotypical holy person personality/behavior like the Dalai Lama or Thich Nhat Hanh (though I like that both of them exist as they are) and like to think that one can be awake and still just an ordinary normal person doing normal things in a normal life.
14 years 4 months ago #2137
by Shargrol
heh heh, just kidding!
I like the pure expression of P much better and am more than willing to wait a kalpa for the next if it is pure of heart!
Replied by Shargrol on topic Daniel Ingram videos
"palabra"
-michaelmonson
heh heh, just kidding!
I like the pure expression of P much better and am more than willing to wait a kalpa for the next if it is pure of heart!
14 years 4 months ago #2138
by Tom Otvos
I am really loving this book. The style really works for me, and I am also really interested in the union between vipassana and dzogchen, since I seem to be straddling those two worlds at the moment. The things that Aro are *not* doing for me are:
the Tibetan lingo makes it very hard to get engaged;the dramatic departure from what I had been familiar with previously makes me look for overlaps.
Is this what TFT is all about: dzogchen + vipassana?
-- tomo
Replied by Tom Otvos on topic Daniel Ingram videos
For me the paradigmatic Thai Forest tradition teacher is Ajahn Cha in the past tense and I think Ajahn Amaro in the present tense. I consider Ajahn Amaro's "Small Boat, Great Mountain" to be the paradigmatic Forest tradition modern statement:[url]All of that is JMHO, of course.
-cmarti
I am really loving this book. The style really works for me, and I am also really interested in the union between vipassana and dzogchen, since I seem to be straddling those two worlds at the moment. The things that Aro are *not* doing for me are:
the Tibetan lingo makes it very hard to get engaged;the dramatic departure from what I had been familiar with previously makes me look for overlaps.
Is this what TFT is all about: dzogchen + vipassana?
-- tomo
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14 years 4 months ago #2139
by Chris Marti
Replied by Chris Marti on topic Daniel Ingram videos
Another thing you might try, Tomo, is to go to the Unfettered Mind website of Ken McLeod and listen to some of his podcasts. You can also subscribe to them from iTunes. McLeod has a way of presenting the Dzogchen material without much of the lingo, so it becomes a little more accessible:
http://www.unfetteredmind.org/audio/
http://www.unfetteredmind.org/audio/
14 years 4 months ago #2140
by Tom Otvos
I have been holding off on a KMcL post because I have not had time to do it properly, but I will say that on a long drive last week I listened to a ton of Buddhist Geeks content, and the ones that stuck with me the most were his two-part interview with KMcL. I did subscribe to his podcasts, but there is a ton there: any ones in particular you would recommend?
-- tomo
Replied by Tom Otvos on topic Daniel Ingram videos
Another thing you might try, Tomo, is to go to the Unfettered Mind website of Ken McLeod and listen to some of his podcasts. You can also subscribe to them from iTunes. McLeod has a way of presenting the Dzogchen material without much of the lingo, so it becomes a little more accessible...
-cmarti
I have been holding off on a KMcL post because I have not had time to do it properly, but I will say that on a long drive last week I listened to a ton of Buddhist Geeks content, and the ones that stuck with me the most were his two-part interview with KMcL. I did subscribe to his podcasts, but there is a ton there: any ones in particular you would recommend?
-- tomo
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14 years 4 months ago #2141
by Chris Marti
Replied by Chris Marti on topic Daniel Ingram videos
Try starting with the series about the Heart Sutra. I think it's a series of four hour-long sessions that he covers during a one day retreat. It's one of the seminal Mahayana texts and he does a great job of walking the retreat audience through it.