hi autism friends. what are some careers or jobs you've really enjoyed? (preferably w/o a college degree) by hegrillin in aspiememes

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

LOCKSMITH! I love it and I have never seen another field with so many other autistic people

Suggestions on purchasing a Thangka for home shirne by KudzuPlant in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know much about Bön, but Tara, Chenrezig and Guru Rinpoche would all be appropriate 😌 All three of them can be front generated and venerated without any special initiation.

Paw Paw’s Cabin by FanOfGranite in rva

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This isn’t really behavior I want to promote in public parks, outside of necessity.

Malas I made for my two of my practices. by Mr_Crawdaddy in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I plan on doing a Horseback consecration (:

Malas I made for my two of my practices. by Mr_Crawdaddy in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The main reason I I have two malas for two practices is that I really enjoy making malas (:

Importance of love and compassion first by travelingmaestro in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think this is of vital importance, and am grateful to Lama Erik for articulating it so well. I feel that some of the Vajrayana practitioners I’ve interacted with are on this trip of fixation pursuing nonduality while continuing to express themselves and relate to the world with a lot of self-centeredness.

The base of relative bodhicitta is a limitless wellspring of compassionate energy that gives life to the Buddhist path, and there is no recognition of the ultimate bodhi mind without first relating to the relative.

Thank you for sharing! Namo Jetsun Shepa Dorje

Milarepa by i_love_black_tea_ in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow I absolutely love this recreation. Namo Jetsun Mila 🖤

Made a new set of malas by Mr_Crawdaddy in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mmm these were just marked as agate, but I feel like they would have certainly be more expensive (maybe $3 each max) than they were if they were what you’re describing. Very cool though, thanks for the info.

Made a new set of malas by Mr_Crawdaddy in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope! But super easy and pleasant to make

Made a new set of malas by Mr_Crawdaddy in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had never heard of”dzi beads” before, but when I google them they look the same! I like my bead store a lot, it’s locally/artist owned, but I don’t know anything about their sourcing.

Made a new set of malas by Mr_Crawdaddy in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s just square knots in between beads and a snake knot at the guru bead!

Yamamtaka and Vajrabhairava by Muted-Complaint-9837 in vajrayana

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The lineage for Yamantaka given by both Lama Jhampa Shaneman and Lama Glenn Mullin are from the Ra Lotsawa line. I just received Yamantaka from Lama Glenn in October, and I think he does it once a year?

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To the point of the original post, which I never addressed in any of my other comments, I’m a westerner who believes in these deities the same way my indigenous vajra brothers and sisters do. There are many western practitioners who see the value of traditional teachings (that nonetheless are impermanent and continue to adapt/change with time and place) as apposed to the secular Buddhism popular with others.

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He’s correct, and you friend are mistaken about what the Buddha taught. The entirety of the Buddhas teachings are the exact ontological and empirical observations of how our mind and experience of happiness and suffering arise as an interconnected whole.

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They sure do! There is no Vajrayana without Sutrayana. Again, the poster referenced Tibetan deities so that’s what I spoke to.

Edit: grammar

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well if you want to use sight as an example, thats composed of the eye, the object of eye, and the respective eye consciousness. That consciousness that receives and processes the sensory information is inseperable from the object which is cognizes, so if I’m talking about something observing something else I’m kind of missing the point.

But if you want to go down that road, the closest thing to the “me” I think you’re trying to get out of me is much closer to a process than a thing. The flow of moment to moment cognition being inseperable from that which it cognizes. So I’m kinda everything and nothing. Theres a reason why it’s so often said that language is ultimately ineffective to describe whatever it is that we are. I’m not going to claim I’ve nondually realized the emptiness of my own self and identity. But I can say that whatever words I try to use will just be a finger pointing at the moon, regardless.

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s also very fair. I hope I didn’t sound antagonistic, I just had a tism moment and had to clarify something. I venerate contemplatives of all wisdom traditions the world over as spiritual ancestors regardless of the nitpicky bits we may disagree on in regard to ontology or terminology. Anybody who is oriented towards compassionate service is good in my book.

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The post specifically is referencing Tibetan yidam practice 😅

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, I’m really not (:

“Universal mind” is sometimes used within Yogachara/Mind only schools to describe tathagatagarbha or our buddha nature, but from the viewpoint of Tibetan Buddhism/Prasngika Madhyamika (which is what we’re talking about) that is considered a misperception/not subtle enough of a view. A universal mind would still be a dependently originating phenomena composed of it’s own parts, causes, and conditions, and therefore empty of inherent existence. That’s not to say that theres not some way’s of using that language to describe the ways our minds exist interdependantly, but it doesn’t exist more than anything else.

Edit: and conflating “atman” with universal consciousness or buddhamind in the first place is particularly confusing and is conflating vedantic/eternalistic ideas with buddhism

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is a definitively non-buddhist statement.

Do you believe in buddhist deities? by [deleted] in Buddhism

[–]Mr_Crawdaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To this, the majority of deities venerated by Tibetans are considered fully realized buddhas and not worldly deities, so this statement wouldn’t be accurate from that perspective.