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Dharma Protection for Everyone

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Admin
Dharma Protection for Everyone

David Kay believes that reliance upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden as a “defining feature” of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) can be discerned from one of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s earliest publications, Universal Compassion. This book is a commentary to the… Continue Reading →

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You Do the Math: Understanding Atisha’s Fractal Dharma

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Admin
You Do the Math: Understanding Atisha’s Fractal Dharma

Atisha said, “Some of you Tibetans have tried to accomplish a hundred Deities but have failed to gain a single attainment, while some Indian Buddhists have gained the attainments of a hundred Deities by accomplishing the practice of just one.”… Continue Reading →

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The Best of Both Worlds: Inclusivism & Exclusivism

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Admin
The Best of Both Worlds: Inclusivism & Exclusivism

David Kay uses the theoretical framework of inclusivism vs. exclusivism throughout his analysis of the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) (Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain: Transplantation, Development, and Adaptation, esp. pp. 40-41, 65, 109-110). What these terms mean for him becomes clear by the adjectives… Continue Reading →

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One Truth, Many Paths: So What’s Wrong with Mixing Them?

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Admin
One Truth, Many Paths: So What’s Wrong with Mixing Them

You are the Guru, you are the Yidam, you are the Daka and Dharma Protector; From now until I attain enlightenment I shall seek no refuge other than you. (Offering to the Spiritual Guide) As was previously demonstrated, context changes everything.… Continue Reading →

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Aren’t All Religions Saying the Same Thing?

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Admin
Aren’t All Religions Saying the Same Thing?

Anne Bancroft compiled a book called The Pocket Buddha Reader, which includes the following quote (pp. 113-114): Sakka asked the Buddha: “Do different religious teachers head for the same goal or practice the same disciplines or aspire to the same thing?” “No,… Continue Reading →

WISDOM QUOTE

“We have never said that here we are pure, whereas others are not pure. The Dharma is the same.”
— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
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