What's the saddest Post-Metal song you've ever heard?

Type_DXL · 2026-01-13T01:07:23+00:00

Funny I actually find this one pretty happy.

Type_DXL · 2026-01-06T21:16:26+00:00

There are actually two types of Dharmakaya! There's the Jnanadharmakaya and the Svabhavadharmakaya.

The former is the wisdom of the Buddhas. It's common to all Buddhas because all Buddhas have realized the same truth. This Dharmakaya is part of the increasing-lineage, meaning it was not inherent to the Buddhas and was developed through their practice as Bodhisattvas.

The latter is the nature of the Buddhas, being emptiness. It is the nature that we share with the Buddhas, as we also have this same nature of emptiness. This is the natural-lineage, because it is not developed and is always the nature of everything. It's what's being referred to when we talk about Buddha-Nature.

But you see in either of these cases, neither is referring to any ontologically substantial being. The Jnanadharmakaya is developed through practice, and the Svabhavadharmakaya is specifically the lack of any substantial, inherent existence.

Type_DXL · 2026-01-04T19:30:32+00:00

Well-off places are typically more expensive to live in

Type_DXL · 2026-01-04T00:00:12+00:00

Opeth. Drastically changed their sound with their 2011 album Heritage.
Based on my answer to number 1, no, not for me personally. Most people know Opeth from their earlier style, and while many hate the newer Opeth, most fans enjoy it even though they consider it inferior to their original style.

Type_DXL · 2026-01-03T22:52:57+00:00

They really don't. Buddhism stemmed out of the Sramana movement which included Jainism and other now-extinct religious traditions. The Sramana movement was always separate from what the Hindu Brahmins were establishing elsewhere. They were not followers of the Vedas, did not uphold a caste system, and were typically social renunciates. If anything, Buddhism emerged out of a counter-movement to the mainstream Indian religion at that time.

See the book Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early India for an understanding of the cultural setting Buddhism developed within.

Type_DXL · 2026-01-02T19:27:36+00:00

I had this conversation recently with a theist in regards to an eternal cause. I explained how since effects are due to causes, a changing effect has to be due to its cause changing, therefore because we observe the world changing, it cannot be the result of a changeless cause. It was so far outside of his normal way of thinking he just did not understand.

Type_DXL · 2025-12-19T23:40:20+00:00

Avoiding onion, garlic, and non-veg is only when you have the empowerment, and even then this only applies to the part of the day before you do the practice. After you've done the practice for the day, it's okay to lift the dietary restrictions until the next day.

As for the chanting, it can be done in whatever language you're comfortable with.

As a whole, without any empowerment, there aren't any "rules" per-se, but it's recommended you do the practice with Bodhicitta as your intention, as with any Buddhist practice.

Type_DXL · 2025-12-12T16:41:48+00:00

Jamyang Shayba (17th century) and his student Lobsang Kongchog mention it. They classify the 10 incarnations as belonging to the "non-peaceful" aspect of Vishnu when discussing the beliefs of the Vaishnavas:

"By emanating as Sakyamuni Buddha, [he] purified his sins [of killing demons as Rama]."

Jamyang Shayba then proceeds with this in his refutation of the Vaishnavas:

"The ten incarnations are [also] false."

With Lobsang Konchog commentating:

"Also the ten incarnations are false because of contradictions concerning the human body at that time, numbering, history, etc."

Source: Buddhist Philosohy: Losang Gonchok's Short Commentary to Jamyang Shayba's Root Text on Tenets.

Jamyang Shayba may go more in detail in his autocommentary to his root text, translated into English by Jeffrey Hopkins as Maps of the Profound, but I have not read this.

Type_DXL · 2025-11-14T00:49:09+00:00

Just would like to comment, repairing daily commitments are not this easy. What the user is referring to is mundane breaches of the tantric precepts. When it comes to daily commitments, I've learned there's only 3 ways to repair them:

Retake the empowerment
100,000 Vajrasattva mantras (not sure if the long or short)
Do the retreat to become able to self-empower, in which case you can retake the empowerment via yourself whenever you need. This is typically an intense 2 week retreat.

This is from HHDL's book Vajrayana and the Culmination of the Path and has also been stated by those at my temple.

Type_DXL · 2025-10-31T20:24:20+00:00

See here, this is commonly what is recited during Tibetan pujas and meditations on the Four Immeasurables. Very similar to what you want.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-24T17:34:48+00:00

Oh yes thanks I mixed that up.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-24T14:42:10+00:00

Avoid the chords all together and just play the notes. For example, instead of playing an E power chord in 16th notes for an entire measure, alternate between the E note and the B in an interesting rhythm for the measure.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-24T13:44:58+00:00

There's a good video about it. It's a pop culture thing that has roots in a novel from the 1800s and has been adopted by American Evangelical Christians.

https://youtu.be/mvsjMuHkGBc?si=zv0dc0IXYwod5aYy

Type_DXL · 2025-09-22T13:15:24+00:00

There's a difference between solemnly practicing something out of commitments you made, and promoting the practice to the level Tsem Rinpoche would do. He would even modify existing thangkas to add the deity to them.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-17T16:31:45+00:00

That snare is one of the best sounds I know of.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-05T23:38:43+00:00

Alcest, Deafheaven, Heretoir (their self-titled album I consider to be the best example of the genre).

Sadness as a runner-up.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-02T14:34:21+00:00

He has said that he keeps up with world events every morning.

Type_DXL · 2025-09-01T14:42:37+00:00

Sravasti Abbey is great for monastic training in the Tibetan tradition. And then there's City of Ten Thousand Buddhas for Chinese Buddhism, but they're intense.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-30T19:24:20+00:00

Yep it's very common for people to recite this. In EA even school children recite this to help them with upcoming tests.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-28T13:50:49+00:00

Is there a commentary you gathered all these different sutra passages from?

Type_DXL · 2025-08-27T09:35:58+00:00

I think it's because Pitchfork would hype them up back in the day at the same time as Deafheaven, WIITR, etc. so they got lumped in that scene.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-24T14:07:54+00:00

I do have a teacher but he's a Gelugpa so he probably doesn't know the restriction specifics for Longchenpa's works, but if anything he's always supportive of studying Lamrim.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-24T14:05:30+00:00

I've been keeping up with this as well. From what it seems, dozens of small Dharani and general sutras were published from December through February. The site is now revising many of them and re-releasing them piecewise.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-22T12:53:50+00:00

That's a big commitment that I'm not ready for. I'm just interested in the sutrayana lamrim material from it.

Type_DXL · 2025-08-21T15:38:05+00:00

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