Indeed! Rejoicing that this gathering took place.

Back when the phd was still a monk..

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

would love to hear about your experiences. if you're interested in sharing, please email me: amoroso@nevada.unr.edu

Yes, NKT is a false dharma teachings.They make some critical errors on the most basic tenants. I am glad you escaped!

​@@enstigatorofficialno dullwit, they have some very soon teachers.

Yes,, me too. And Hi! Aiden! Long time, no see! Glad to hear that you are well and survived the Cut.

@@enstigatorofficial no, very good in their tenets and explanations of emptiness. op should be ashamed at his twisted doublespeak.

It is not often that we get the truth on the internet . So thank you very much . I have seen so many lost people . I mean kind hearted compassionate people over the years , taken for fools by people with a certain agenda . What can I do ? Nothing . Just say my prayers .

From my experience, African, and practioner of Tibetan Buddhism for many years, the teacher is relevant, his only duty is to guide one with the meditation practice. The practice is the teacher.

I don’t think we can say this is a uniquely Western issue. I have spent many years in India witnessing blind faith in astonishingly dubious teachings. When people want someone to remove their suffering rather than becoming responsible for their own situation they will believe just about anything 🙏🏻

None of of this was taught by buddha

​@@alankuntz6494vows weren't? youre a bit stupid.

Tenzin thinley Of course, you are blaming the ‘victim’, here - this is unjust. Any teacher holds a position of influence and power and the onus is on THEM not to overstep the boundaries of ethics and intimacy which consequently interferes with the learning of the student, the fundamental basis of their relationship and connection. If a sexual relationship must occur, respect to other students, and the involved student, means the deeper connection must develop outside of the dynamic of teacher/student - perhaps later......

@@camillep9346 Not sure if you're a communist propaganda troll, But ultimately, the point that Thinley makes is that, we are responsible for our self. We cannot control other peoples behavior and actions, but we can control ourselves. So the Dalai lama is advising caution and a skeptical attitude before committing to the guru/student relationship. The dalai lama is not responsible for every single Buddhist master and every single Buddhist school. He holds no authority over them.

@@easytiger266 your response is totally unrelated to my comment. I note that u don’t type HH Dali Lama with due respect. Thank u for calling me a ‘troll’ or ‘communist’ - what are the qualities suggesting these and what do they ‘mean’. Buddhism 101 is us taking responsibility for our own happiness. Teachers behaving unethically IS their problem and unacceptable.

The issue is we.must, particularly the west attributing wisdom only to Tibet

thanks, that was an interesting insight.

yea so hard to understand

Yes, unwise and immature of jetsunma to bring esoteric teachings on a pedestal where everyone will be confused by it because most won't understand it, but good on her as this issue of senior monks abusing disciples is controlled. However rare it might be. Well explained by His Holiness, but reluctantly because he knows many idiots will think they'll gain superpowers and practice tantra with insincere motivation and become mad.

1993, i think.

All videos can be found in full here meridian-trust.org/tag/1993/

@@RK-ec5de thank u so much

We are not talking about abuse in a dream but in reality and the harm it causes an individual.

lol sucks to be you

one graduates from theravada to sautrantika, to this nalanda buddhism. they explain theravada much better than most theravadins.

Should we wait until someone chooses us

There is always a way to check a pseudo master or genuine master for an unbiased and reasoning mind in time … there are so many indicators or parameters to gauge 🙏🏼

Who chooses Buddha to be Buddha? Ridiculous serfdom mentality of old elite Tibetan power structure held by monks to control majority of people.

Looks, here, that the Dalai Lama can speak just some English and so needs assistance.

@Chaim Mendel everyone makes everyone else. Jetsunma, as achieved as she is, has also made a good point but is confused about what is the line that defines tantric practice and abuse, like he said, sexual organs can only be used by tantrics who see no difference between feces and feast, it is not possible to comprehend such acts for a normal conformed person. But she was wrong in bringing up esoteric, tantric practices on a public platform as it is create doubts and confusion about buddha dharma as people will only look at it superficialy.

Investigate, observe, inquire...

Thank the Lord you got what he meant 😅

relax, dude , everyone knows what he meant.

Because he was asked

That’s why no monk will ever do it!You do realize that Tibetan monks also have to follow the Mahasamgika Vinaya which is pretty similar to the Pali Vinaya.If only ever,it’s done symbolically.And also,it’s not sexual misconduct,it’s root downfall(parajika).Maybe stop being a Theravada supremacist especially when you don’t even know heads or tails of what you’re talking😏

theres so much scholarship on this topic now that this sort of stupid view of tibetan buddhism really requires strong laziness and ignorance

He wasn’t being paid by CIA, he was being protected by them, so money was (and might still be - hard to know) spent on preventing the Chinese from killing him. The CIA were training Tibetans in Tibet in the late 1940s and early 1950s until they simply dropped them altogether and left them to their fate as China gradually overtook Tibet and caused HHDL and hundreds of thousands of others to flee.

better than on the pay roll with the chinese communist

Did you know Tibet has flourished since the Chinese tooK control.You should see it now and how the people are really happy and not under the thumb of fuedal Lama control and manipulation. There lot's of videos about it. They've even rebuilt monastery's in Lhasa. They all have running water and electricity and don't have to use yak poop to make their yak butter tea. The Chinese have made a pureland heaven out of the place. China saved Tibet. They can't be all so bad.

@@alankuntz6494 Yes Chairman Mao did a wonderful job of getting rid of apron 90 million people during the Cultural revolution, he makes Hitler look like a small child

@@alankuntz6494 HongKong flourished after British took over,before that small fishing village,when China took back it was commercial capital of world.

Which man?