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The aversive practice of "self-grasping" of both persons and phenomena, the source of all one's problems, can be overcome only by meditating on emptiness.
Question 4: What is the significance of Central Tibet to Buddhism?
Central Tibet is not only the seat of the most holy city of Lhasa but is also home to nearly 200 holy places of power in the history of Buddhism. Thus, Central Tibet represents a major destination for Buddhist pilgrims.
Question 5: What is meant by the Tantric Paradigm?
Tantric Buddhist religious literature deals with human ritual acts; the Tantric Paradigm is a model of behavior whose ultimate source is found in wisdom contained in the Tantric texts. However, the Paradigm stresses that this manner of viewing life be based not on the beliefs of self or others but...
There are no absolute truths, not even in the Tantras.
According to the Web site, Pink Lotuss (http://www.pinklotuss.com/TantricParadigm.htm), those who live by the Tantric Paradigm take responsibility for their creation and thereby free themselves from "bondage to the past." They see the divine in themselves and everything around them. They celebrate both male and female energy; stay present in the moment -- not dwelling on the past or fearing the future; they transcend ego, awaken intelligence lying dormant, live in a state of bliss, and activate sexual energies. They create and maintain health and vitality, their higher energies transforming "the body, reprogramming the DNA, creating a new species." They share polarized energy with their partners, and give love unconditionally.
Question 5: What is meant by the Tantric Paradigm?
Tantric Buddhist religious literature deals with human ritual acts; the Tantric Paradigm is a model of behavior whose ultimate source is found in wisdom contained in the Tantric texts. However, the Paradigm stresses that this manner of viewing life be based not on the beliefs of self or others but on actual, personal human experience. There are no absolute truths, not even in the Tantras.
According to the Web site, Pink Lotuss (http://www.pinklotuss.com/TantricParadigm.htm), those who live by the Tantric Paradigm take responsibility for their creation and thereby free themselves from "bondage to the past." They see the divine in themselves and everything around them. They celebrate both male and female energy; stay present in the moment -- not dwelling on the past or fearing the future; they transcend ego, awaken intelligence lying dormant, live in a state of bliss, and activate sexual energies. They create and maintain health and vitality, their higher energies transforming "the body, reprogramming the DNA, creating a new species." They share polarized energy with their partners, and give love unconditionally.
Buddhism -- the Heart Attack Sutra The Craziness of the Heart Sutra Before specifically referring to Chapter 1, one should note that the difficulty of a Western mind readily understanding the tenets and nuances of Buddhist thought are made abundantly clear in reading Brunnholzl's book. Epstein points out just such a problem when he explores the difficulty of translating Buddhist philosophy to workable 21st Century psychotherapy, for several reasons: differences in languages
Wisdom in Buddhism Some twenty-five hundred years ago, Buddha Shakyamuni devoted the last forty-nine of seventy-nine-years of life teaching his practices to people in the area today of Northern India about enlightenment and how to achieve that state of being, as he had. The term Buddha as translated today from the Sanskrit word means wisdom or enlightenment, though the two terms are not interchangeable. It is the goal for all
It is through the process of death and rebirth that the knowledge is gained which will finally liberate the individual being from the central cause of all suffering itself - the cycle of death and birth. Essentially, it is only through knowledge that this can be achieved in most Buddhist schools of thought. The rationale behind the importance of reincarnation as a process that is required to escape the centrality