RongzomFan

That's the best way.

Citing a Christian New Ager, like Tibetan Ice, is yet another failure on your part.

I guess Songstan admits he just another Tibetan Ice. My work here is done.

One person call me that. And he is just as unknowledgeable about Buddhism as you are.

you got nothing

So far all I have seen are some nonsensical ramblings, and citations of bullshit websites like Steven Knapp.

Wow, you are really citing this guy? http://stephenknapp.info/ I don't think anyone takes you seriously. Which is why your threads get ignored. Probably some crap like the website you linked to. Yeah if you use a crap author like the website you linked to. Wikipedia is the worst cite for Indian religion information, as has been pointed out by many. I cited an Ivy League dean and scholar from Columbia. Wrong on both accounts. Tantra is a medieval phenomena in India, and as such of course includes fully developed notions of reincarantion. Please start with a basic book such a Indian Esoteric Buddhism by Ronald Davidson. This is why you irritate people. My main interest in tantra. I always post on all sorts of Saiva and Buddhist tantra.

Buddhas teachers were Sramana, not Brahmanical. "These remarks confirm our impression that Magadha-and by extension, Greater Magadha-was not part of the land which the Brahmins considered their own during the Vedic period and, we may add, right up to a time close to the beginning of the Common Era. We may see this as a confirmation of our earlier conclusion that Greater Magadha had a culture of its own which was different from the culture of the authors of the Vedic and early post-Vedic literature.....It was also the culture of those who founded, or joined, various religious movements, among which Buddhism, Jainsim, and Ajivikism are best known." -Johannes Bronkhorst Nope. Come on do a basic academic reading of reincarnation in Indian religions. Even western Ivy League scholars such as Columbia dean Nicholas Dirks says that caste is a British construction. I don't even know what this means.

The problem is that you have very little knowledge of Buddhism. Buddhists love debating. But the other side has to have some knowledge.

All of Buddhadharma is about ending ignorance/delusion.

Whats so hard? All the Indian professors such as Atisa, Kamalasila etc. held that the definitive sutra teaching is Madhyamaka. Madhyamaka is like the Cliff Notes of Buddhism. Madhaymaka also forms the basis of Vajrayana, such as Mahamudra etc.

My understanding is that mainstream scholars do not view the Gospels as histories. They also do not believe that Jesus is God.

Columbia PhD in Ancient History, Richard Carrier, says that Jesus never existed.

Buddha was a Sramana, not a beggar.

whatever

That's fine then. Leave Vajrasattva out.

How else are going to know how to do Buddhist karmamudra practice? If this thread is not about Buddhist karmamudra practice, then ignore all my comments. I did see Vajrasattva mentioned.

but then anyone can set themselves up as a teacher.

since you are bringing up Vajrasattva, I have to say that both people need empowerments for karmamudra. Very few non-lamas are trained in this stuff. Probably the only openly published information is in the Secret Teachings of Padmasambhava and Taking the Result as the Path. Basically it involves mulabandha, contracting the abs, touching tongue to palate and rolling eyes up.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Khecarividya-Adinatha-Annotated-Translation/dp/0415586135 http://www.khecari.com/styled/index.html

Indian culture spread all over Asia. In Japanese Zen, they even know about Andhra Pradesh, the birthplace of Mahayana.

nevermind

There is no such thing. Dzogchen is different than even Mahamudra.

In addition to this list, from the Buddhist POV, you can give props to all sorts of deities such as Vishnu and Shiva. You just don't take refuge in Vishnu and Shiva.

The following Indian ("Hindu") deities are considered enlightened in Buddhism: Ganesha possibly Saraswati definitely Tara definitely Lakshmi possibly Parvati not a Buddha, but needs to be placated when worshipping Saraswati Garuda definitely Ekajati definitely Hayagriva definitely