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Bring back the outhouses. Yay!

fables others weave paint them blue, add on a frame keepsake for the wall...

im just making fun such mean rules. Oh wait, i know! where is my pony? where is my pony? as the equine roams freely needlessly for me needlessly for me i glide effortlessly through fables others weave (stitching back the haiku fabric)

A group of buddhist students from PBC, NY get together to study and discuss 'Emptiness/Primordial Nature' --

Says you?

If they are fed and well-regarded, they will be happy indeed, and many obstacles can be averted!

yes! In the fruition stage, it is non other than instantaneous liberation upon arising, sometimes even prior to recognition.

Wonderful practice, resting the mind is. May you experience profound expansion, friend.

Quite alarmist, totally inaccurate.

smells of sweet blossom sakura konichiwa i cant speak nippon.

best time for taiji dance among the goji trees listen to the breeze...

you're a bloody mess hectic day in the kitchen pardon moi, oui oui?

snuffed off the planet twiddling his thumbs as he went in sneakers unlaced...

Ya, like a professor of Humbling Science.. haha!

What wonderful timing! Just this morning i was reading a note a friend sent on, and it was basically about Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche talking about how to invoke Drala (magic) in one's life, and he told of how the American Indians in the Southwest have mastered this, and they were able to grow vegetables in the desert. Its an impossibility to anyone else who attempts to cultivate there because the environment is totally barren and infertile, but the natives knew about Drala, and sacredness, and because of that, they could invoke the magic of the land, to borrow from it respectfully, and because of this attitude of gratitude and deep connection, they are able to invoke magic and allow it to form into something tangible! Rinpoche says, "The attitude of sacredness towards your environment will bring Drala. You may live in a dirt hut with no floor and only one window, but if you regard that space as sacred, if you care for it with your heart and your mind, then it will be a palace." I guess cultivating one's inner landscape would be an identical exercise. Thank you for being among us, Manitou!

Maybe some tertiary institution could design a course in HUmility. I mean, there are all kinds of courses out there, so why not one on learning the ins and outs of the real meaning of humility. Then people can get an actual qualification, and put a title after their name.... Sam Jones, Humble. Or, Sarah Doe, Humbler (which is like a doctorate or something similar).

long enough for you but too short for the next guy utterly bizzarre!

What an interesting interview. Reading some of the points reminded me of Trungpa Rinpoche's concept of Drala. Thanks for sharing!

pussy covers head hopefully rain stays away long enough for you...

thats between the two of us to thrash out if the need arises over time.

Great stuff, well done!

Yeah, its unfortunately very common/easy for people to ignore traits which they do not like, or people or situations which displeases them. Its much harder to sit with the discomfort of being in the presence of someone/something seen as difficult and tame one's reactive tendencies towards what has been perceived to be difficult or unpleasant. There are some points which i dont happen to agree with Alwayson on, but there are also many 'rights' to be gleaned from what he says here and elsewhere on the forum. Never used the ignore function before. Never felt the need to.

I agree with the above to a certain extent. It really depends who the teacher is and what he or she feels is best for students. I know Dzogchen Rinpoche personally, and he does not bestow any 'introduction' until he knows that the initiate has fully completed the Ngondro, with accumulations and all. The same can be said of Sogyal Rinpoche when i was with his sangha some time back. I also recall from Tulku Urgyen's writings where he emphasizes the prelims. He said the Ngondro is a complete practice in itself which can take one all the way, and that people should not belittle the preliminary teachings and practices. In fact, he said that he thinks its better to remain with the prelims because there are many so-called advanced Dzogchenpas out there who thinks they have made it (Rinpoche laughed having commented thus) just because they have completed the prelims and feel they are now ready to tackle the more advanced stages of Togal and what not. For verification of what Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche thought was best for Vajrayana practitioners, read his work "Rainbow Painting".

If the pointing out is of paramount significance, there would be thousands upon thousands of enlightened beings floating around out there. There arent that many around, as far as i can see. Many lamas emphasize the prelims to be done prior to introduction. Dispelling of doubts are meant for those who have been doing the prelims. Maybe where you are concerned, the prelims are put aside. I know there are some lamas who discount the prelims altogether.

Are we discussing what makes a dzogchenpa?