So anyone claiming enlightenment, demonstrate some fairly tangible powers please.
Sean Esbjorn Hargens' current course on Siddhis and Superpowers has clearly demonstrated that in Hinduism and Buddhism at least, claims about feeling a "simple presence of being" could easily be about some very, very low level insight. Not even 1st jnana meditative absorption.
If someone claims to know a bunch of subtle stuff, give me some obvious examples. How much money is in my wallet? What photos? Honestly, pick any siddhi that requires someone else's verification and back up big claims a bit. Of course this will only confirm that one ability among many relative siddhis, which is very different from accomplishing the ultimate siddhi of complete enlightenment according to Buddhist definitions.
If "it's all emptiness," chill but not for me.
In Vajrayana, unsurpassed buddhas are said to be unaffected by elements. Tsoknyi Rinpoche says he will sponsor the tea light to see if someone's finger burns over it.
So many people have already been hurt by big claims of "simple presence of being" and other minor siddhi feats, both in recent and current USA, as well as throughout the centuries.
For me personally, big claims about "abiding in rigpa continuously" have a lot of siddhis that are said to go along with that. It's not that hard to test.
Bodhichitta activity is the main test. Is a person who claims to be enlightened constantly trying to cement how special they are in the minds of others or not?
In Buddhism, compassion is the main expressive quality of wisdom. Is such a person humble, compassionate, flexible, and deeply caring of all others, not just their friends or when they're in public. Do they always seem to be in bodhichitta? Are they always in rigpa, even when they talk, walk, sit, lie down, dream, drive a car, pay taxes, get a bad social media comment . . . Do they flinch regarding the eight worldly concerns even slightly (gain/loss, praise/blame, fame/disrepute, and pleasure/pain)? If they do, it ain't rigpa. Alternatively, if they avoid worldly stuff as well, it probably ain't rigpa. Rigpa doesn't prefer nirvana to samsara either.
In Tibetan Buddhism especially, testing Teachers is a very, very big deal before you follow their advice because the relationship between Vajrayana Teacher and student is critically important and lasts forever. Casually assuming this or that is very, very discouraged in Vajrayana.
Again, I'm not saying I know anything or claim any ability. I don't. Claiming big abilities one doesn't have is one of the worst karmic things you can do according to Buddhism. And self-deception doesn't make it much less worse because it still can hurt a lot of other beings and burn the seed of Dharma for them now and long into the future.
False siddhi claims can cause people to distrust reliable paths of ending suffering, which is a tremendously horrible thing to do.
Hopefully this clarifies my biases a bit without ruffling too many feathers. I'm not trying to go against anyone. A lot of siddhi activity is also about preventative medicine: preventing upcoming sufferings by trying to not reproduce their causes.
All love,
dragpa
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Sean Esbjorn Hargens' current course on Siddhis and Superpowers has clearly demonstrated that in Hinduism and Buddhism at least, claims about feeling a "simple presence of being" could easily be about some very, very low level insight. Not even 1st jnana meditative absorption.
If someone claims to know a bunch of subtle stuff, give me some obvious examples. How much money is in my wallet? What photos? Honestly, pick any siddhi that requires someone else's verification and back up big claims a bit. Of course this will only confirm that one ability among many relative siddhis, which is very different from accomplishing the ultimate siddhi of complete enlightenment according to Buddhist definitions.
If "it's all emptiness," chill but not for me.
In Vajrayana, unsurpassed buddhas are said to be unaffected by elements. Tsoknyi Rinpoche says he will sponsor the tea light to see if someone's finger burns over it.
So many people have already been hurt by big claims of "simple presence of being" and other minor siddhi feats, both in recent and current USA, as well as throughout the centuries.
For me personally, big claims about "abiding in rigpa continuously" have a lot of siddhis that are said to go along with that. It's not that hard to test.
Bodhichitta activity is the main test. Is a person who claims to be enlightened constantly trying to cement how special they are in the minds of others or not?
In Buddhism, compassion is the main expressive quality of wisdom. Is such a person humble, compassionate, flexible, and deeply caring of all others, not just their friends or when they're in public. Do they always seem to be in bodhichitta? Are they always in rigpa, even when they talk, walk, sit, lie down, dream, drive a car, pay taxes, get a bad social media comment . . . Do they flinch regarding the eight worldly concerns even slightly (gain/loss, praise/blame, fame/disrepute, and pleasure/pain)? If they do, it ain't rigpa. Alternatively, if they avoid worldly stuff as well, it probably ain't rigpa. Rigpa doesn't prefer nirvana to samsara either.
In Tibetan Buddhism especially, testing Teachers is a very, very big deal before you follow their advice because the relationship between Vajrayana Teacher and student is critically important and lasts forever. Casually assuming this or that is very, very discouraged in Vajrayana.
Again, I'm not saying I know anything or claim any ability. I don't. Claiming big abilities one doesn't have is one of the worst karmic things you can do according to Buddhism. And self-deception doesn't make it much less worse because it still can hurt a lot of other beings and burn the seed of Dharma for them now and long into the future.
False siddhi claims can cause people to distrust reliable paths of ending suffering, which is a tremendously horrible thing to do.
Hopefully this clarifies my biases a bit without ruffling too many feathers. I'm not trying to go against anyone. A lot of siddhi activity is also about preventative medicine: preventing upcoming sufferings by trying to not reproduce their causes.
All love,
dragpa
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Завтра: онлай-учение Джигме Кхьенце Ринпоче ⚡️
Время и дата: 28 февраля в 7:00 (по Москве)
Тема: Сострадательный Воин. Подлинная практика, преодолевающая духовный материализм
Учение будет сопровождаться синхронным переводом на русский
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Время и дата: 28 февраля в 7:00 (по Москве)
Тема: Сострадательный Воин. Подлинная практика, преодолевающая духовный материализм
Учение будет сопровождаться синхронным переводом на русский
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
Hello my loves,
The first awakening often arrives and illuminates like lightning.
Suddenly everything is one. Not as an idea, not as philosophy, but as living reality. The world shines. Boundaries dissolve. Everything glows with an intimacy that feels almost unbearable in its beauty. It is magnificent.
And like all experiences, it fades.
The unity is no longer substantive. It is remembered. Known. Understood. But not burning as before. And in that quiet fading, something uncomfortable appears: the sense that “I had it… and now it’s gone.”
This is the subtle misery of the non-dual seeker.
The idea sneaks in that enlightenment must mean stabilizing that extraordinary experience — holding on to unity as a permanent state. Endless radiance. Unbroken bliss. A spiritual high that never drops.
It does not work that way.
The Final Understanding — call it Enlightenment, Realization, the State of the Sage — is not a state at all. It has no texture. No glow. No fireworks. It is nothing. Not a dreamy mystical nothing. Nothing.
It is the Nothing from which every experience arises and into which every experience dissolves.
Nothing cannot be attained. It cannot be acquired. It cannot be preserved. It cannot be taught. It cannot be practiced into existence.
Nothing offers no handle for the eager to grasp.
How disappointing.
Yet here we are — apparently pursuing It. Talking about It. Listening for It. Trying to understand It.
From one angle, it is absurd. From another, it is deeply human.
So here we are. In this strange and beautiful exploration. Looking for what cannot be found. Seeking what has never been absent.
May It find you now.
With the deepest Love,
Wayne
—February 2026 Advaita Fellowship Newsletter -
https://mailchi.mp/advaita/advaita-fellowship-newsletter-4800654?e=41f70fd051
Advaita Fellowship
www.advaita.org
Hello my loves,
The first awakening often arrives and illuminates like lightning.
Suddenly everything is one. Not as an idea, not as philosophy, but as living reality. The world shines. Boundaries dissolve. Everything glows with an intimacy that feels almost unbearable in its beauty. It is magnificent.
And like all experiences, it fades.
The unity is no longer substantive. It is remembered. Known. Understood. But not burning as before. And in that quiet fading, something uncomfortable appears: the sense that “I had it… and now it’s gone.”
This is the subtle misery of the non-dual seeker.
The idea sneaks in that enlightenment must mean stabilizing that extraordinary experience — holding on to unity as a permanent state. Endless radiance. Unbroken bliss. A spiritual high that never drops.
It does not work that way.
The Final Understanding — call it Enlightenment, Realization, the State of the Sage — is not a state at all. It has no texture. No glow. No fireworks. It is nothing. Not a dreamy mystical nothing. Nothing.
It is the Nothing from which every experience arises and into which every experience dissolves.
Nothing cannot be attained. It cannot be acquired. It cannot be preserved. It cannot be taught. It cannot be practiced into existence.
Nothing offers no handle for the eager to grasp.
How disappointing.
Yet here we are — apparently pursuing It. Talking about It. Listening for It. Trying to understand It.
From one angle, it is absurd. From another, it is deeply human.
So here we are. In this strange and beautiful exploration. Looking for what cannot be found. Seeking what has never been absent.
May It find you now.
With the deepest Love,
Wayne
—February 2026 Advaita Fellowship Newsletter -
https://mailchi.mp/advaita/advaita-fellowship-newsletter-4800654?e=41f70fd051
Advaita Fellowship
www.advaita.org
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Europeans asking inconvenient questions. Rinpoche giving inconvenient answers.
🎥 Ten Inconvenient Answers, Berlin, 11 September 2023
A conversation on topics such as:
- How should buddhists engage with geopolitics, climate change or war?
- Buddhism's role in helping build mental resilience and deal with death.
- How to package Tibetan Buddhism to successfully reach Europeans?
- The difference between Buddhism and other less complex mindfulness methods.
- Tantric practice in Europe, gurus, and the tulku system vs social media influencers.
Now edited and available on:
🔹YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-wArQbu9GAEm08t7UOmodDS3jUPDi7z
🔹Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/showcase/12099202
🔹SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/siddharthas-intent/sets/ten-inconvenient-answers
🔹Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/3wET3yZoS9hOE82TTD5bvv?si=TFkW7GKrSXahNF5CqkIRjA
💬 In English with consecutive German interpretation.
Also available in Cantonese, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
#dzongsarkhyentserinpoche #djkr
#berlin #timelesswisdom #timelessanswers
🎥 Ten Inconvenient Answers, Berlin, 11 September 2023
A conversation on topics such as:
- How should buddhists engage with geopolitics, climate change or war?
- Buddhism's role in helping build mental resilience and deal with death.
- How to package Tibetan Buddhism to successfully reach Europeans?
- The difference between Buddhism and other less complex mindfulness methods.
- Tantric practice in Europe, gurus, and the tulku system vs social media influencers.
Now edited and available on:
🔹YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-wArQbu9GAEm08t7UOmodDS3jUPDi7z
🔹Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/showcase/12099202
🔹SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/siddharthas-intent/sets/ten-inconvenient-answers
🔹Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/3wET3yZoS9hOE82TTD5bvv?si=TFkW7GKrSXahNF5CqkIRjA
💬 In English with consecutive German interpretation.
Also available in Cantonese, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
#dzongsarkhyentserinpoche #djkr
#berlin #timelesswisdom #timelessanswers
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Forwarded from ТОТРЕНГЦАЛ
«Кто познает Дао, кажется тёмным.
Кто восходит к Дао, кажется отступающим.
Кто достиг вершины Дао, кажется заблуждающимся.
Высшее совершенство кажется простотой.
Высшая чистота кажется покрытой пятнами.
Высшая безупречность кажется ущербностью.
Высшая добродетель кажется её отступлением.
Высшая искренность кажется притворством.
Великий квадрат не имеет углов.
Великое деяние трудно разглядеть.
Великий звук нельзя услышать.
Великий образ не имеет формы.
Так и Дао — незримо, безымянно, но только оно способно привести к совершенству».
— Лао Цзы, Дао Дэ Цзин, 41
☸️ Тотренгцал
Кто восходит к Дао, кажется отступающим.
Кто достиг вершины Дао, кажется заблуждающимся.
Высшее совершенство кажется простотой.
Высшая чистота кажется покрытой пятнами.
Высшая безупречность кажется ущербностью.
Высшая добродетель кажется её отступлением.
Высшая искренность кажется притворством.
Великий квадрат не имеет углов.
Великое деяние трудно разглядеть.
Великий звук нельзя услышать.
Великий образ не имеет формы.
Так и Дао — незримо, безымянно, но только оно способно привести к совершенству».
— Лао Цзы, Дао Дэ Цзин, 41
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Forwarded from Никита Заседателев 42 (Nikita Zasedatelev)
Last call
в уже набранную учебно-терапевтическую группу по процессуальной психологии
Есть несколько мест
Запись на собеседование в л.с @zen42
в уже набранную учебно-терапевтическую группу по процессуальной психологии
Есть несколько мест
Запись на собеседование в л.с @zen42
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Вы станете взрослым, когда, наконец, поймете, что действия имеют большее значение, чем чувства.
И что ваши цели имеют большее значение, чем ваш комфорт.
Марк Мэнсон
И что ваши цели имеют большее значение, чем ваш комфорт.
Марк Мэнсон
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Недооцененный жизненный секрет: невероятно годный.
Приходите вовремя.
Делайте то, что обещаете. Признавайте свои ошибки.
Марк Мэнсон
Приходите вовремя.
Делайте то, что обещаете. Признавайте свои ошибки.
Марк Мэнсон
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Forwarded from Basant Mukhari
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And Party — The Ecstatic Qawwali (1987)
каввали
1 Nami-Danam
2 Allah Muhammad Char Yar
3 Data Sahab De Daware
4 Yadan Vichri Sajan Diyan
Первая часть двойного альбома, который Нусрат записал в Японии, где был известен как "Поющий Будда" (говорят, японцы почтительно снимали обувь перед входом в зал, где он пел). В этой записи есть нечто очень японское: она безупречна в техническом отношении, с акцентом на достоверную передачу естественного звучания. На мой взгляд это эталон, и очень удачно, что сюда попали такие сильные каввали.
Allah, Muhammad, Char Yar — это, насколько я понял, своего рода обращение к линии передачи братства Чиштия. Четверо друзей (Char Yar) — Хваджа Сейид Мухаммад Низамуддин Аулия ибн Ахмад ибн Али Дехлеви, Хваджа Сейид Моинуддин Хасан Чишти, Кутб аль-Актаб Хваджа Сейид Мухаммад Бахтияр аль-Хусейни, Фаридуддин Масуд Ганджишакар. Для друзей — Хаджи, Хваджа, Кутаб и Фарид соответственно. Ближайшим учеником Хаджи Низамуддина был легендарный поэт Амир Хусро.
Discogs
каввали
1 Nami-Danam
2 Allah Muhammad Char Yar
3 Data Sahab De Daware
4 Yadan Vichri Sajan Diyan
Первая часть двойного альбома, который Нусрат записал в Японии, где был известен как "Поющий Будда" (говорят, японцы почтительно снимали обувь перед входом в зал, где он пел). В этой записи есть нечто очень японское: она безупречна в техническом отношении, с акцентом на достоверную передачу естественного звучания. На мой взгляд это эталон, и очень удачно, что сюда попали такие сильные каввали.
Allah, Muhammad, Char Yar — это, насколько я понял, своего рода обращение к линии передачи братства Чиштия. Четверо друзей (Char Yar) — Хваджа Сейид Мухаммад Низамуддин Аулия ибн Ахмад ибн Али Дехлеви, Хваджа Сейид Моинуддин Хасан Чишти, Кутб аль-Актаб Хваджа Сейид Мухаммад Бахтияр аль-Хусейни, Фаридуддин Масуд Ганджишакар. Для друзей — Хаджи, Хваджа, Кутаб и Фарид соответственно. Ближайшим учеником Хаджи Низамуддина был легендарный поэт Амир Хусро.
Discogs
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Forwarded from Basant Mukhari
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & His Party — The Ecstatic Qawwali (II) (1988)
каввали
1 Allah Hu
2 Yad-e Nabi ka Gulshan
3 Haqq Ali Ali
4 Ho Karam ki Nazar
Вторая часть альбома с эталонными японскими записями.
Discogs
каввали
1 Allah Hu
2 Yad-e Nabi ka Gulshan
3 Haqq Ali Ali
4 Ho Karam ki Nazar
Вторая часть альбома с эталонными японскими записями.
Discogs
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