Raymond Wolter

Which you are already even if you didn't say anything against the Buddha. Anything against Buddha, Vajra or his team - Hell Nothing against them but follow a non-Buddhist path - Heaven and re-birth - read that as 'waste of time'. So either way you are doomed.

I have added smileys just like yourself - in all those posts where you take a dig at Ralis or Songs or someone else. If a compassionate one such as yourself can indulge in such behavior, is it not allowed for an ignorant one such as myself? Also, I cannot write long and flowery posts either I hate to write so many posts but this is my way of saying - please shell out your Buddhist wisdom when requested and don't throw it around unasked, especially around the likes of me who lack an open mind and are immature. Nothing that is given freely and unasked and all the time to the point of suffocating one <is not equal to> Skillful means.

Do you ever have straight answers for any question I bet there is another question coming as an answer and equally twisted. Or ...for one who chooses to see an answer in question sees the answer and the one who refuses sees the question in the answer ... something like that The Dalai Lama said during his retreat in Seattle that spirituality is profound and simple at the same time and requires no twisted or long winded paragraphs. How precious

If he said that it must be true! After all Mr. Cow is very compassionate and writes so much and so well here and he has unconditionally endorsed Vajra as the true champion of Buddha dharma So what Vajra says must be true. Shame shame Ralis

Okay, I accept you are a flower Would it make you happy if I accepted Vajra as a real flower too? To make you even happier, I would have quoted Pema Chodron but will save that for later. Again, are "real" flowers grown only in Buddhist garden? Is it possible that "real" flowers grow in Christian or Hindu or Taoist garden? If possible, are the Buddhist flowers bigger, brighter, more fragrant, less of hit and miss, clear to vision and easy to pick?

Why are you doing that Ralis? Stick to empty posts ooops sorry empty pots. And Buddha's recipes?

Try telling that to a hungry group of people! I bet you cannot twiddle around with empty pots and shove away the filled ones. Try telling them the joy of cooking and how accomplishing the cooking itself is not important. There is something called being practical and grounded and there is this. Again, irrelevant - and my question was willingly shoved away into the backburner. Okay, I guess your play is with empty posts oops sorry pots as usual. Have fun with the flowers but try to bring in a real flower once in a while

I did, again and the verdict is still the same - irrelevant. Unless the only objective here is to cheer for Vajra. Also, the enjoy the cooking and not the outcome thing - I have not seen this advice being dished out to Vajra? Probably because the broth has evaporated and there is nothing more to cook for the pot is empty (read emptiness)? I do my job of asking questions to learn and you two do your job of correcting the rest of the world here using Buddhist paradigm on a Taoist forum (okay okay I get it - its not Buddhism, its Universal Truth, truth as it is, its just that only Buddha taught it, Buddhists realized it and Buddhism expresses it concisely and correctly). I may have lumped both of you together here but that shouldn't matter considering your unconditional endorsement of Vajra and his preaching here. May GOD bless both of us and save us from Brahman/Tao/God Good night and namaste

Okay all that flowery talk is great But that was not my point. My point was about how Vajra thinks only Buddhists can be Buddhas, how no other tradition has led to complete freedom like Buddhism, what a Buddha is aware of and not etc. Nice words, irrelevant though. Okay, now coming back to you ... - Was Buddha the only one who handed the recipe? No one else had anything better or equally tasty? Different but equally good? What is your take on other traditions like Christianity, Hinduism, Taosim etc.? Do you find them to be seriously flawed or incomplete like Vajra as well? Also observe that being clear or muddled is relative as well. What may be clear and direct to you may be useless and twisted to another and vice versa. For once, would appreciate if you give straight answers and not weave too many words. Gets boring after a while if you try to act too diplomatic and seek refuge under flowery words instead of the three jewels. Or you are adopting skillful means here and waiting for the right moment to express yourself more directly?

So you are basing your conclusions on what you thought were glimpses of Buddhahood that you had when you are 10? I am not mocking you but just expressing my wonder.

So you are saying the Jhana of nothingness is Buddhahood? Did that give you with exactitude your realization about Buddhahood, its state of freedom and state of awareness of the Buddha? So in other words, you are saying you experienced temporary Buddha hood? And Buddhahood is a Jhanic state is what you are implying hereby?

So unless I rally around you like Cow Tao and hand you merit badges, I am not open minded? Again, you are using unrelated arguments to ward off my question. Your current post contradicts your previous one. So now you state you are relying upon Suttas to make statements regarding the Buddhas, theirs being the only freedom etc. That's really what I originally asked - are you parroting the suttas or there is more. So you did answer that question here, though indirectly.

So you make some statements - experience or not of which you have failed to explain through simple logic and expect people to accept them without question? Question was simple. How can you categorically speak of Buddhas if you yourself are not one - unless its purely theoretical. You said glimpses - and I asked how can you approximate a glimpse to paint the entire picture, even if one assumed you did glimpse something real and magnificent. You warded my question. You yourself stated that in Buddhism everything is explainable through words and logic unlike other incomplete and vague paths such as Taoism. Fair enough, you can expect that but don't assume that is what is going to happen. Like you think rebutting folks here endlessly and all over the place is your way of awakening them to reality, questioning your beliefs is my way of showing you compassion

Well, don't worry too much about my suffering So what you say is that "glimpses" have given you the entire picture and you KNOW what the Buddhas are aware of, how free they are etc.? If glimpses have given you all this realization, what is the next stage? So are you saying you have had glimpses of Buddhahood as in temporary Buddhahood that lasted for a period of time?

Ok, if you cannot answer, admit it

Okay so this is THE Taomeow I have heard so much about.

Thanks everyone. One last question Does anyone practice Spring Forest Qigong - Active exercises + Small Universe along with Kunlun? Have been practicing these thrice a day for the last few weeks and don't want to discontinue the practice. But concerned as Small Universe being a fire practice may contradict with Kunlun? Any advice? Oh and this is my last Kunlun question, sorry for derailing the thread again

How do you know this if unless you have experienced the freedom? Again are you parroting some writing which you think is true?

How do you know what the Buddhas are aware of or not? Through direct experience of Buddhahood which means you are a Buddha or you are parroting what is written in a sutta or a Buddhist scripture?

Thanks Ralis for all the valuable inputs. This is the point you are talking of right? So, according to the book, the posture makes these points face each other. I was not sure I held the position correctly to have them aligned but will watch out for this one from now on. And Scotty, you are awesome. Thanks brother

Ralis or Freeform, What is that is the "secret" of this form? a. Is it the posture mainly i.e. holding the balloon and the legs b. Or the act of letting go c. Or the transmission d. Or the shaking? Probably a bit of all but what really drives Kunlun Nei Gong? A friend on Facebook told me she has not had flu or cold in the last two years after she started this practice and that is all she does, no other qigong or meditation or anything. I am interested to know if it is the posture that drives this form. While at work, I generally have the same leg position as in K 1, but there is not much shaking. Even when holding the form, there is some shaking which I sometimes doubt is deliberate (as in I am shaking because I want to) but my arms begin to hurt and I stop. Is this resistance (if there is such) because of no transmission from Sifu Max?

Wonderful, thanks Ralis. Do you do just Kunlun 1 or others like Red Phoenix, Five element standing, golden flower etc.? Also do you do any other form of Qigong along with Kunlun? Other Kunlun folks, So far I thought there is only one evel of Red Phoenix, but a kind soul here indicated that is not the case. Can someone tell me about the different levels of RP if that is not prohibited? Thanks to all.

Hundun, Sorry for diverting from the topic of this thread, but always interested to know from experienced practitioners/teachers like yourself. Remove all the hype, all the alien story and other stuff, do you see benefit in the Kunlun practice (i.e the three levels of shaking practice, i jong, five element standing, golden flower and Red Phoenix?) as a stand alone/complete practice? Do these form a complete qigong system especially since you can't practice other systems at the same time? Would appreciate your evaluation of the system itself minus the people, eccentricities etc.

I thought Vajrasattva was Santiago. No?

Sloppy wrote on another thread about the Water method of Frantzis. Anyone knows what exactly is the difference between Vipassana and Water method of BKF?