I had my first lesson in Tantra.
I hope I got the right Guru.
Musings about Tantra.
Musings about Tantra.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
Didn't Tibetan teachers in the west take advantage of tantra practise to sexually exploit their females students??
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
Didn't Theravada monks in Thailand take advantage of their status and the dana system to exploit large quantities of money from their followers?
ye dhammā hetuppabhavā tesaṁ hetuṁ tathāgato āha,
tesaṃca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī mahāsamaṇo.
Of those phenomena which arise from causes:
Those causes have been taught by the Tathāgata,
And their cessation too - thus proclaims the Great Ascetic.
tesaṃca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī mahāsamaṇo.
Of those phenomena which arise from causes:
Those causes have been taught by the Tathāgata,
And their cessation too - thus proclaims the Great Ascetic.
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
I wouldn't either but most "lamas" don't look like her.
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
The same thing your comment has to do with Buddhist Tantra: Nothing at all.
ye dhammā hetuppabhavā tesaṁ hetuṁ tathāgato āha,
tesaṃca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī mahāsamaṇo.
Of those phenomena which arise from causes:
Those causes have been taught by the Tathāgata,
And their cessation too - thus proclaims the Great Ascetic.
tesaṃca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī mahāsamaṇo.
Of those phenomena which arise from causes:
Those causes have been taught by the Tathāgata,
And their cessation too - thus proclaims the Great Ascetic.
Re: Musings about Tantra.
Oh puleeze.....are we still in junior school ?
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Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
..and how many teachers was that out of all the Tibetans with students in the west? Any idea? I can only think of 3 that have been publicly "outed" and they were lay teachers not monks....and probably about the same number of Zen teachers.
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Re: Musings about Tantra.
The internet appears to say your Guru committed suicide.
http://www.newsindiatimes.com/indian-am ... depression
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real- ... 57c44b76bb
https://www.sovcal.com/heroin-treatment ... traumatic/
Isadora grew up in a fundamentalist Christian cult where her father purportedly abused her and other young girls. Although she escaped from the oppressive environment when she was 17, Isadora’s next few years were equally tumultuous. In the quest for freedom from trauma, her 20s became a “blur” of sex, drugs, alcohol and anything else which helped numb her “inner demons”. Sex also became a means of escape: “Sex was like my heroin,” she said, adding that her past sexual abuse made her “hypersexual” instead of suppressing her desire.
For most of her life, Isadora struggled with bipolar disorder. She disregarded the prescribed treatment of lithium, preferring instead to self-medicate with alcohol and Xanax, which she had been using to treat insomnia. At 29, she overdosed on crystal meth and harbored suicidal thoughts. In the months before her death, Isadora had been trying to give up alcohol, caffeine and Xanax. She stopped taking the medication abruptly without realizing two potential side effects of withdrawal – depression and suicidal ideation.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
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Re: Musings about Tantra.
I wish her exposed to real Buddhism.adding that her past sexual abuse made her “hypersexual” instead of suppressing her desire.
“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Is there an equivalent to Tantra in Theravada Buddhism?
Exactly. If you want to talk about corrupt or misbehaving monastics then start a thread about corrupt and misbehaving monastics.
“Life is swept along, short is the life span; no shelters exist for one who has reached old age. Seeing clearly this danger in death, a seeker of peace should drop the world’s bait.” SN 1.3
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And if we could all just bear in mind that this is an all ages website. Let us continue to keep it clean in these tantra threads.
“Life is swept along, short is the life span; no shelters exist for one who has reached old age. Seeing clearly this danger in death, a seeker of peace should drop the world’s bait.” SN 1.3
Re: Musings about Tantra.
Excuse me? "Aloka" is a Pali word and the name was suggested to me a few years ago by a Theravadin friend.LuisR wrote:Aloka is a Tibetan name is it not? I don't blame you for trying to cover things up. It is quite common among tantric cults.
I do have a Tibetan Buddhist Refuge name, however - but what that is is not your business - and I am not trying to "cover things up" nor have I ever been a member of a "cult".
It might also be worthwhile if you focus on the "Connections to other paths" aspect of this website and show a little respect, rather than trying to target me over an imaginary cult membership.