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− | the [[body]] of'states' ([[gnas]] skabs, [[avastha]]) and the'innatebody* (g'lug ma pa hi lus, nija-deha ). The first of these is the '[[body]] of {{Wiki|maturation}}' (vipakakaya) formed during the ten states ([[avastha]]), which arc the [[lunar months]] of intrauterine [[life]], and which is born, matures, and [[dies]]. The second of these is the
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− | [[body]] formed of [[winds]] and [[mind only]], the '[[mind only]]' [[including]] no five outer-sense based [[perception]] (vijiiana) and the '[[winds]]' [[including]] only the basic [[five winds]] ([[prana]], etc.) and not the secondary five ([[naga]], etc.). According to [[Mkhas grub rje's]] Fundamentals. ., the 'uncommon means [[body]]' (asadharana-upa-yadtha), a kind of [[subtle body]], is the basis for the [[tantric]] machinations; this [[body]] seems to be a [[development]] of the innate [[body]] ' (nija-deha). The [[Tantras]] believe that by praxis involving [[mystic]] [[winds]] and [[mental]] muttering, this innate [[body]] gradually becomes defined as separate though within the coarse [[body]].
| + | Couple of weeks ago I found a page in Facebook called or group of [[people]] called [[Buddhism]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}} . I wrote couple of words myself an english on their page and immediately reacted on my words site Admin Peter Olin and told that everybody here on this page have to use only {{Wiki|Swedish}} because it's a {{Wiki|swedish}} [[buddhist]] site. He [[sound]] quite convincible. |
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− | A more advanced stage is when this [[body]] can appear separately] as an [[illusory body]] and be made to enter an [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]] [[state]]'
| + | I explained to Olin that I have been doing the [[Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia]] for 18 hours every day for 8 years After which he started to explain to me that many links in [[Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia]] what are linked to Wikipedia are suspicious and may change over time, and what,ll happened with these articles in my {{Wiki|encyclopedia}} when there,ll be changes in Wikipedia , He seemed quite excited and determined in their [[own]] deliberations and positions. |
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| + | Then I posted couple of [[thangkas]] made by me and lot of critics or by other words a large avalanche of [[criticism]] arrived at my address. compared to my [[attitude]] towards the {{Wiki|Encyclopedia}} and other [[activities]] in {{Wiki|Asia}}, {{Wiki|Sweden}} had an extremely negative and rusty cold [[attitude]]. |
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− | called the [[Clear Light]], thus returning to a [[condition]] from which it had fallen, and which is anterior to the male-female divisions4 As this innate [[body]] is strengthened, first it brings out exceeding acuity of one or more [[senses]]. The {{Wiki|supernormal}} [[sharpness]] of {{Wiki|smell}} is a topic in the celebrated [[Lotus Sutra]] ([[Saddharma-Pundarika]]) [[chapter]] XVIII on advantages of a [[religious]] preacher. Xon-tantric [[Buddhism]] speaks of six {{Wiki|supernormal}} [[faculties]] (abhijiia), while [[tantric Buddhism]] adds more, for example, the [[eight siddhis]].
| + | With this, I felt like the admin's ironic [[logic]] killed me wanting to participate in this site on Facebook and of course since the admin of the page was quite specific in his [[attitude]], I asked him what have you done for [[Buddhism]] yourself? He didn't answer. At the end I just left the {{Wiki|swedish}} [[group of buddhists]].. |
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| + | I spend there on site just 2 days. And then left because [[people]] started to scream about my work with [[Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia]]. My secretary who has been a member of this group started to defend me and almost all [[people]] on the page started to talk that I serve the interests of the [[Chinese government]] and they pay me for that. |
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− | The remarkable [[occult]] [[physiology]] of the [[tantric]] [[books]] is really based on their theories of this [[subtle body]]. This [[body]] is said to have 72,000 'veins' ([[nadi]]), of which three are the chief one* located in the position of the {{Wiki|backbone}}. These three, the chief conduits of the '[[winds]]', are differently named in the [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist Tantras]]:
| + | I started the {{Wiki|encyclopedia}} in [[Australia]] and interestingly there were no negative [[attitude]] towards my work . [[Australia]] gave me a Distinguished Talented Visa for my [[activities]] and work in [[Buddhism ]]. |
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| + | I am struck by how two countries may have so different [[views]] on [[Buddhism]]. I arrived back to {{Wiki|Sweden}} a year ago and turned to {{Wiki|Swedish}} government and asked if they would like to help me with the {{Wiki|encyclopedia}}. I also wrote to the {{Wiki|Swedish}} {{Wiki|Academy}} of [[Sciences]] and asked them for a positive [[attitude]] towards my work. I wrote to 60 politicians in the government but did not receive any response to my letters at all. |
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− | [[Hindu]] | + | The {{Wiki|Academy}} of [[Sciences]] was [[silent]] in {{Wiki|Swedish}} way. I [[thought]] when I arrived first time to {{Wiki|Sweden}} most of the world's press was {{Wiki|present}} and even {{Wiki|Swedish}} journalists but now it seemed embarrassing for {{Wiki|Sweden}} that they gave me {{Wiki|swedish}} citizenship, Which shows that my {{Wiki|political}} [[activities]] suited them but not [[Buddhist]] . |
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− | [[Buddhist]] right | + | I have organized a major international [[Buddhist]] conferences and ([[Buddhism]] and Nordland) and ([[Buddhism]] and [[Australia]]) what lasted 9 years. I myself have attended other conferences at the {{Wiki|University}} of [[Berkeley]], but I have never seen such a derogatory and monotonous [[attitude]] as in {{Wiki|Europe}}, and especially in Scandinavia haven't seen such negative [[attitude]] anywhere in [[world]]. We can say openly {{Wiki|Sweden}} denies [[Buddhism]]. |
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− | [[Pingala]] Rnsana | + | This summer, I approached the {{Wiki|University}} of Kalmar with a proposal to hold an international conference on [[Buddhism]]. In a month's time, my secretary, Marju Broder, sent them letters with a proposal to meet to discuss cooperation and [[activities]] in [[connection]] with the conference. |
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| + | Dear Marju Broder, |
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| + | I’m [[professor]] in the study of [[religions]] and like all my [[colleagues]] in the study of [[religions]] we are regularly contacted by, besides of course [[scholars]] of [[religions]], RELIGIONISTS OF DIFFERENT SORTS, NOT RARELY WITH DEEP THEOLOGICAL ERUDITION. |
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− | [[Avadhuti]] | + | At least someone dared to answer and say what is [[thought]] about of [[Buddhist]] [[activities]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}} . It is [[interesting]] that {{Wiki|Sweden}} is talking about [[religious]] freedom. How to understand it ? |
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| + | This freedom seems to [[exist]] only for [[Christians]] but not for [[Buddhists]] . In addition, we wrote to many other {{Wiki|Swedish}} organizations, but the answer was [[silence]] |
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| + | My secretary Marju Broder also wrote to others in Scandinavia, but the answer from them was either [[silence]] or a negative [[attitude]]. The same [[attitude]] was observed by those Swedes on Facebook who call themselves a [[Buddhists]]. |
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| + | That's what they wrote in {{Wiki|Swedish}} newspaper; |
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− | Besides, the [[Buddhist]] T;:n:r:> uperimpose on those three ehanncl: four [[cakra]] -> •• • ii.i! [[bow]] four-fold analogies may
| + | [[Buddhism]] is a relatively small [[religion]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}}, but has seen an increase in recent years. The number of [[Buddhists]] in April 2011 is estimated at around 45,000 [[people]] or close to 0.5% of Sweden's population, making it Sweden's third largest [[religion]] after [[Christianity]] and {{Wiki|Islam}}. Most practitioners have an {{Wiki|Asian}} background and come mostly from [[Thailand]], [[China]] or [[Vietnam]]. |
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| + | In addition, the {{Wiki|Swedish}} government requested that {{Wiki|donations}} to [[Buddhists]] be taxed on the basis of income. |
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| + | http://religionsvetenskapligakommentarer.blogspot.com/2012/09/strukturell-diskriminering-nar.html |
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| + | http://religionsvetenskapligakommentarer.blogspot.com/2019/08/buddhistiska-tempel-beskattas-for.html |
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− | two systems, earlier and later. One primary group of Tour [[cakras]], important for what is callcd the 'Stage of Completion' ([[sampanna-krama]]) and having affinities with [[Upanisadic]] teachings, corresponds to four of the [[Hindu]] system as follows:
| + | It,s a [[shame]] to take a [[money]] from [[buddhist monks]]. [[Interesting]] how much {{Wiki|Swedish}} government pays for [[Christian]] {{Wiki|church}} to keep it alive. |
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| + | it shows specifically how the {{Wiki|Swedish}} government and [[people]] view [[Buddhism]]. You could say frankly that they [[hate]] [[Buddhism]] |
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− | [[Hindu]] [[Ajna]] [[Visuddha]] [[Anahata]] [[Manipura]] | + | It shows how wrong country I chose when I was expelled from the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} by [[Gorbachev]] when I made, first time in [[Soviet]] history, an [[opposition]] party against [[Communist Party]], My [[idea]] that erupted the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} and perestroika. |
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| + | Having lived in {{Wiki|Sweden}} for years, I did not come to the [[idea]] or [[understanding]] that {{Wiki|Sweden}} does not like a [[Buddhism]] because I was not involved in promoting [[Buddhism]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}}. |
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− | [[Buddhist]] [[Mahasukha]] [[Sambhoga]] Dhanna [[Nirmana]] | + | I have been actively involved in [[Buddhism]] for 45 years, I established the [[Nyingma]] [[Buddhist tradition]] in {{Wiki|Estonia}}, built 5 [[stupas]] there, My friends also actively contributed to the translation of a large amount of [[Buddhist literature]]. [[Soviet]] times nobody paid [[attention]] to my work in field of [[Buddhism]]. |
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| + | Now when I went back to {{Wiki|Estonia}} and started [[to build]] a new [[stupa]] the new [[Estonian]] government arrested me and my friends and accused me that I am hiding [[weapons]] in my country house what I haven't visited already 15 years . |
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− | Here I may cite my article "[[Female Energy]] and [[Symbolism]] in the [[Buddhist Tantras]]" for observations stemming from Tson-kha-pa's commentary on the [[Guhyasamaja]] [[Explanatory Tantra]] Caturdevipariprcchd :
| + | They hold me in jail two days until {{Wiki|swedish}} ambassador Dag Hartelius called to the police. Why it's happened? Because in {{Wiki|Estonia}} old [[Wikipedia:Communism|communists]] are still in power. And they [[hate]] me because I destroyed the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}}. |
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− | The primacy in this system of four [[cakras]] for [[physiological]] manipulation in [[ascetic practices]] may well go back to the old [[Upanisadic]] theories of the four stales of [[consciousness]]. The Brahmopanisad, one of the Sainnyasa [[Upanisads]], later than the early [[Upanisads]] but preceding the [[Tantric literature]] as we now have it, tcachcs that the [[Purusa]] has those four states when dwelling in the four places, namely, waking [[state]] in the {{Wiki|navel}}, [[sleep]] ( i.e. [[dream]]) in the neck, [[dreamless sleep]] in ihe [[heart]], and [[the fourth]], [[Turiya]], in the head. In agreement, Tsori-kha-pa writes : 'When one has gone to [[sleep]], there is both [[dream]] and absence of [[dream]]. At the time of [[deep sleep]] without [[dream]] the white and [[red elements]] of the [[bodhi]]-
| + | I built a [[stupa]] and large [[prayer wheel]] then left {{Wiki|Estonia}}., 1982 I build 4 [[stupas]] with my friends in {{Wiki|Estonia}}, first [[Buddhist]] [[thangkas]] were made by Arno Arrak it was the start for [[Buddhism in Estonia]]. |
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| + | At the same time, the {{Wiki|University of Tartu}} in {{Wiki|Estonia}} was extremely contemptuous of my [[activities]], led by Linnart Mäll,who was a chronic alcoholic plus his students Märt Läänemets and Maret Kark supported him. |
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− | [[mind]] is held in the [[heart]]. At the time of [[Wikipedia:Dream|dreaming]], those two [[elements]] stay in the neck, so [[mind]] is held in the neck. At the time when one is not [[sleeping]], they stay at the {{Wiki|navel}}, so [[mind]] is held there. When the {{Wiki|male}} and {{Wiki|female}} unite, those two stay in the head.
| + | It is striking that instead of cooperation, there is an immediate denigration against [[Buddhist]] [[activities]] from [[scientific]] side . Now that everyone is talking about a multicultural {{Wiki|era}}, both freedom of {{Wiki|speech}} and freedom of [[religion]], the {{Wiki|Swedish}} government is asking to tax {{Wiki|donations}} to [[Buddhists]] . |
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− | The later system of four [[cakras]] is correlated with the {{Wiki|theory}} of [[four elements]] deified as [[goddesses]], and is important for the practice during the 'Stage of Generation' ([[utpatti-krama]]). Following the indications of the Manimdld commentary on [[Nagarjuna's]] Paacakrama (PTT, Vol. 62, p. 178-2) and the Sarvarahasya-ndma-tantrardji, verses 37-39 (PTT, Vol. 5), the fire-disk at the {{Wiki|throat}} (or neck) is shaped like a [[bow]]; the [[water]]-
| + | An example my secretary asked {{Wiki|Oxford University}} to participate on coming conference [[Buddhism]] and Nordland and she got such answer : |
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| + | I am sorry to say that I cannot give you any encouragement. The OCBS is a small institute with very limited resources. We are not even able to pay any {{Wiki|academic}} salaries. We also have nobody here who [[knows]] anything about [[Buddhism]] and Nordland, so we cannot offer any expertise |
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| + | Yours sincerely, |
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− | disk at the [[heart]] is circular in shape; the wind-disk at the {{Wiki|navel}} is triangular; and the earth-disk in the [[sacral]] place is square. These arc also the shapes of the four [[altars]] for [[rites]] of [[burnt offering]] ([[homa]]) aimed at certain [[mundane]] [[siddhis]] (sec niddna verse 15), and they arc also the shapes of the [[four continents]] of {{Wiki|Puranic}} [[mythology]] (compare the printed geometrical [[forms]] in the edition of the [[Guhyasamaja]], Chap. XV). The [[elements]] supply the names for these [[cakras]] (frequently [[mahendra]] for [[earth]], and vfiruna for [[water]]). According to the Snags rim ({{Wiki|Peking}} blockprint, 441a-5).
| + | And it is a solid old {{Wiki|university}} with English [[traditions]]. |
− | jkha [[sbyor]] las/ /me hid gaii dan rlttn daft nil hlban chtn dan ni bzhin chuj /hkhor [[lor]] [[sems]] kyi [[kun spyod]] [>a\ I [[Urn]] dan nos dan bran hog hgrol zhes gsuns pas me steii dan rlun bsegs dan sa thad kar dan cliu hog lu hgroho /
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− | It says in the [[Samputa]] : '[[Fire]], [[wind]], [[earth]] ([[mahendra]]), and [[water]], are each the cxccutors of [[consciousness]] in a (given) [[cakra]], and move (respectively) upwards, at acute angles, forward, and downwards.' This means that the [[fire]] (vibration) moves upwards; the [[wind]], at acute angles to the wave ([[tiryak]]); the [[earth]], straight fonvard; and the [[water]], downwards.
| + | The same time we have big site in [[Internet]] dedicated to this conference. |
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| + | The question arises as how [[Buddhists]] do not notice what other [[Buddhists]] are talking about [[Buddhism]] in their work on conference [[Buddhism]] and Nordland. |
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− | The [[earth]] disk is {{Wiki|equivalent}} to the [[Hindu]] Mulddhdra-cakra, said to lie below the [[root]] of the {{Wiki|sex}} {{Wiki|organs}} and above the anus. The series is increased in the [[Hindu Tantras]] with [[Sahasrara]] at the [[crown of the head]], where [[Buddhism]] places the [[Buddha's]] Ufnifa (sometimes said to be outside the [[body]]); and with Sva-dhisthana at the [[root]] of the {{Wiki|penis}}, called in some [[Buddhist Tantras]] the 'tip of the [[gem]]' (*many-agra).
| + | It shows the [[stupidity]] and short-sightedness of the {{Wiki|Europeans}} and its [[universities]], And we talk about [[religious]] freedom here . Compared to the {{Wiki|University}} of [[Berkeley]], who immediately agreed to collaborate with leading [[professor]] [[Lewis Lancaster]] .The only company that is actively involved in translating texts and spreading [[knowledge]] about Buddhism,in our days which is [[Lotsawa house]] and its a very big contribution to {{Wiki|European}} [[Buddhism]], |
− | Then we must take for granted that there are [[three worlds]] full of [[gods]] and {{Wiki|demons}}. In the Cuhyasamajalanlra, Chap. IV, p. 17, there is the line alha vajradharah fasta Irilokas lu tridhi-tukah, on which [[Pradipoddyotana]] (,[[Mchan]] hgrel edition, FIT., Vol. 158, p. 38.5) explains [[triloka]] as being sa hog (pdlala), sa steii ([[bhumi]]). and mtho ris ([[svarga]].); and explains Iridhdtuka as being the '[[realm of desire]]' {kdmadhatu), etc. The correspondences can be tabulated as follows:
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− | Old {{Wiki|Vedic}} [[Hindu]] period [[Tibetan]] Possibly the words [[Buddhist]] three
| + | It,s [[interesting]] most of those [[people]] doesn't belong to {{Wiki|Europe}} who translate in [[Lotsawa House]]. I know {{Wiki|Erik Pema Kunsang}} because when I started with {{Wiki|Chinese}} {{Wiki|Encyclopedia}} he connected me and his relationship to my project was very positive and favorable. He is from {{Wiki|Denmark}} . And well known [[translator]] from [[Tibetan]]. |
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− | ris ('{{Wiki|superior}} [[realm]] ([[arupa]]
| + | Another [[person]] who has helped me a lot is from [[Holland]]. I asked [[money]] to buy a new {{Wiki|computer}} and new glasses for myself because the old {{Wiki|computer}} is too old and slow he reacted immediately . The rest of the {{Wiki|europe}} was quiet. |
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| + | I understand because it,s a [[war]] in our days accely between [[christianity]] and [[Buddhism]] what has found new territories here in {{Wiki|Europe}},. |
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− | [[Antariksa]] [[Bhumi]] sa steri ('above '[[realm of form]] | + | When I was 11 years old I read the [[book]] about [[Buddhism]] and it was written that [[Buddha]] was talking about huge amount of other [[worlds]] and [[universes]] the same time I head in school that {{Wiki|Galileo}}, on the other hand, was tried by the Inquisition after his [[book]] was published. |
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| + | He said that the [[Earth]] revolved around the {{Wiki|sun}}, a {{Wiki|theory}} now known to be true, I understood immediately value of the [[christianity]] who was telling such rubbish about [[cosmology]] . [[Buddhism]] for me as always been a [[science]] and I don't understand why others haven't found such values in [[Buddhist teachings]]. |
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− | [[Prthivi]] [[Patala]] sa hog ('[[earth]] '[[realm of desire]]' | + | And {{Wiki|Europe}} still holds the same {{Wiki|principles}} as you can see here in {{Wiki|Sweden}}. For them {{Wiki|Sweden}} is a center of the [[universe]] with his 10.23 million (2019) population. So narrow minded [[people]] here.When you use your {{Wiki|brain}} at least little bit you can understand who,ll be the winner in this [[war]]. |
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| + | [[Buddhist psychology]] has existed two thousand years , {{Wiki|Europe}} discovered it just couple of hundred years back. It seems now that {{Wiki|European}} way of [[thinking]] is really slow and and related to [[Christian]] [[thought]]. |
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| + | One thing is a [[religion]] another is [[scientific]] approach. [[Buddhism]] is [[science]] because it helps you to understand yourself [[Christianity]] reveals that {{Wiki|Jesus}} is your liberator. In [[Buddhism]] you have to {{Wiki|liberate}} yourself. It means different way of [[thinking]] and [[understanding]] about the [[world]] and about your [[own mind]]. |
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− | The {{Wiki|Vedic}} [[mantras]] of the [[three worlds]] are also employed in the [[Buddhist Tantras]], as in this passage of Tsori-kha-pa's Snagsrim (f. 311b.4) :
| + | Now you can see in web often [[word]] [[tantra]] what [[Christianity]] uses for [[own]] purposes it means borrowing from [[Buddhism]], but I havent noticed that [[Buddhism]] is using [[christian]] {{Wiki|terminology}}. It means {{Wiki|Europe}} and {{Wiki|European}} [[knowledge]] has nothing to offer anymore new [[ideas]] in field of [[spirituality]] and for a person’s personal [[spiritual]] development,Christianity has only one most important [[book]] the Bible [[Buddhism]] has them thousands. |
− | jbhur ni rtun gi [[dkyil]] hkhor [[la sogs pa]] hkhor daii bcas pa hi sa (iog go\bhuvah ni sa sten gi hjig rten nojsiah [[zhes pa]] ni mtho ris te srid rise mlhar thug pahoj.
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− | Bhur is the {{Wiki|underworld}} accompanied by the circles of the [[wind]] disk (vayu-mandala) and so forth. Bhuvah is the 'perishable receptacle' ([[loka]]) of 'above the [[earth]]'. Svah is the [[Wikipedia:Absolute (philosophy)|ultimate]] pinnacle of [[existence]], the {{Wiki|superior}} [[world]].
| + | [[People]] always like to have a rich friends then what about [[religion]]? [[Books]] consist [[ideas]] , teachings view of the [[world]] and I understand why [[people]] in our days who choose a [[buddhism]]. Because it has more real [[intellectual]] values then [[christianity]]. I understand how most of the [[people]] in {{Wiki|Europe}} and specially in {{Wiki|Sweden}} react on my words but someone have to be the first who says that [[king]] is naked. |
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− | The females or [[goddesses]] in terms of the [[three worlds]] are especially treated in the Sri-Cakrasamiara-tantra and its commentaries. How does one come in [[contact]] with any of those
| + | I was first who told the [[truth]] in {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} publicly and I was expelled does it mean that {{Wiki|Europe}} or {{Wiki|Sweden}} will expel me too ? You can see everywhere the new {{Wiki|political}} approach to be friendly, [[peaceful]], not to protest or fight with the government. |
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− | [[gods]] or [[goddesses]]? {{Wiki|Mircea Eliade}} ([[Yoga]] : [[Immortality]] and Freedom, p. 208) cites the proverb 'a non-god docs not [[honor]] a [[god]]' (nddevo devam arcayet). That means that one must [[awaken]] the [[senses]] of that particular [[realm]] and learn the {{Wiki|rules}}. The child cannot make his way in the [[human world]] without [[human]] [[senses]] and without {{Wiki|learning}} the [[human]] {{Wiki|rules}}. Thus first one generates oneself into [[deity]] ('sclfgeneration' in [[Mkhas-grub]] rje's work).
| + | Why? Because the masses are being asked to be pushed into certain frames so that someone can [[calmly]] [[empty]] the people's pockets of [[money]]. Banks {{Wiki|rule}} everywhere, but if you ask them for [[money]] for their [[own]] [[activities]], you can [[die]] before they help you. |
− | The last of these fundamentals is the topic of [[initiation]] (abhiffka) meant to confer power, explained as maturing the [[stream of consciousness]]. The power, [[including]] the permission to continue that [[tantric lineage]], is conferred by the hierophant {[[vajracarya]]). The [[Pradipoddyotana]] on [[Chapter]] XVII (Mehan hgr<l, p. 157-4) contains this passage :
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| + | If you look at governments, they are filled with politicians, [[people]] who do not even have a specific [[education]] to work in a given place or area, and they all always vote diligently in an area that is distant and incomprehensible to them. Recalling Alfred Nobel's message about {{Wiki|democracy}}, he can be said that he was a [[wise]] and the only Swede who understood the basic {{Wiki|principles}} of {{Wiki|democracy}} and expressed them exactly. |
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| + | {{Wiki|Sweden}} uses his [[money]] to share prizes in [[science]], but does not notice when someone is trying to spread [[knowledge]] about [[Buddhism]]. I was told in Öland by local politicians who need this {{Wiki|encyclopedia}} of no use or need for the [[people]]. Then I immediately understood what the term politician means today, [[Sven Hedin]], who was an eastern investigator, has been overlooked by the {{Wiki|Swedish}} government because he had correspondence with {{Wiki|Hitler}}. |
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| + | Although he is highly valued and talked about by other countries. Not that he was in correspondence with {{Wiki|Hitler}}, but his [[scientific]] work is appreciated. I have [[realized]] over the years that I have lived in {{Wiki|Sweden}} and understood , Swedes are no longer Vikings but a {{Wiki|mass}} with whom the elective class does what they want. |
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| + | if you do not belong to the official nomenclature does not support your work and [[activities]] it doesn't have any value for them, the same [[principle]] was chosen in the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}}, no authority in {{Wiki|Sweden}} responds positively to what I do. The {{Wiki|University}} of [[Berkeley]] immediately supported my [[activities]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}} they does not understand what it means. |
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− | sikfitah tathdgatani parinirvrlaiji na paiyatijSdsldram api tu vajrdcdryo vajraguiuli / so'ya rp iasta bhavatitij And it is also said in the MahamahdydnaratnardjasOtra: The Lord Vajrapani was seated on the mountain of Oddiyana, and addressed all the trainees of the Vajra-yana : "All you trainees in the Vajrayana, listen! When one does not see the Teacher, the Tathagata entered into Parinirvana, then the hierophant, the diamond guru, will serve as his teacher."
| + | They have their [[own]] {{Wiki|Swedish}} opinion. expressed himself in very {{Wiki|Swedish}} wayas said Stefan Arvidsson |
| + | [[Professor]] in the History of [[Religions]], Linnæus {{Wiki|University}} ;RELIGIONISTS OF DIFFERENT SORTS, NOT RARELY WITH DEEP THEOLOGICAL ERUDITION. He even didn't want to meet us a or ask what kind of [[education]] I have. No authority in {{Wiki|Sweden}} responds positively to what I do. The same way reacted {{Wiki|Swedish}} [[buddhists]] on facebook. |
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− | Various passages stress that one should look upon the hierophant as upon the Buddha, to disregard his faults and notice only his virtues, in that way, he is able to play the role of master for the disciple.
| + | The {{Wiki|University}} of [[Berkeley]] immediately supported my [[activities]] in {{Wiki|Sweden}} does not understand what it means. Why and what i do it for. which raises the question may be should the government choose [[people]] based on {{Wiki|IQ}} . |
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− | Initiations are conferred in mandalas and are accompanied by vows (samvara) and pledges (samaya). The 'Stage of Generation' has the five vidya initiations as described in Mkhas-grub rje's work. They are callcd the 'vidyd' because they are adversaries for the five forms of 'avidyd' (nescience), also because they are in reality conferred by the goddess consorts of the five Buddhas. Mkhas grub rjc points out that although
| + | I have huge pile of different support letters from different [[universities]] and [[scientist]] who support my work and project. But {{Wiki|Sweden}} does not think so , Why? Because they have their [[own]] {{Wiki|Swedish}} opinion. It can be understood he has having more [[knowledge]] about [[Buddhism]] and about Eastern {{Wiki|culture}} as well than [[Berkeley]] and other [[universities]] in [[world]] , which I deeply [[doubt]]. |
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− | the 'preceptor' and the 'hierophant' lift up the flask (all five rites arc accompanied with 'sprinkling'), in fact the goddesses Locana and soon hold the flask and conduct the initiation. In the transition to the Stage of Completion, there is the hicro-phant's initiation. Then there are three initiations proper to the Stage of Completion, the Secret Initiation, the Insight Knowledge Initiation, and the 'Fourth'. The initiating goddess is sometimes called
| + | I call such [[phenomenon]] connected to [[stupidity]] Another words it's a {{Wiki|swedish}} [[knowledge]] about Eastern {{Wiki|culture}} and [[knowledge]] about [[Buddhism ]]. Most stupid last {{Wiki|political}} maneuver what {{Wiki|Sweden}} made with [[China]] - {{Wiki|Stockholm}} was grappling with [[China]] over a [[book]] publisher's imprisonment , unthinking what is useful or harmful for {{Wiki|swedish}} business . |
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− | the 'seal' <mudrd). The notes to Mkhas grub rje cite the verse: "The seal pledge is explaincdas solidifying the 'body made of mind' manomayakdya); because it solidifies all the body, it is callcd a 'seal' {mudrd)." The fact that in each instance the goddess is imagined as the initiator, or is the female element behind the sccncs, indicates the initiations as the step-wise progress in the solidification of the innate body of the tantras which non-tantric Buddhism calls the 'body made of mind', meaning the progress of that body to the prege-netic androgyne state and then to the Clear Light.
| + | Like many countries, {{Wiki|Sweden}} shares significant trade and business dealings with [[China]] -- [[including]] {{Wiki|Chinese}} ownership of one of its most {{Wiki|iconic}} brands, Volvo Cars. Gui Congyou, [[China's]] ambassador in {{Wiki|Stockholm}}, warned of "bad {{Wiki|consequences}}" if it went ahead, {{Wiki|Swedish}} [[Prime Minister]] Stefan Lofven could be barred from visiting [[China]]. "We treat our friends with fine wine," Gui said on a {{Wiki|Swedish}} radio show. "But for our enemies we've got shotguns. |
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| + | Now I understand why {{Wiki|Sweden}} does not like my work with [[Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia]]. |
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| + | [[China]] and [[Russia]] are friends now again what means its quite powerful [[friendship]]. [[China]] has plans to double his population on next 20 years. It means there,ll be 4 billion {{Wiki|chinese}}. [[China]] is building a aircraft mother ships. It seems they are planning to move to other continents soon. |
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− | special treatment is the practice of mantras and machinations with winds. Such practices arc very ancient in India, ccrtainly of Vedic character. The doctrine of life winds is first worked out in the old Upanisads. The basic five winds arc mentioned in Chdndogya Up., III. 13 and V. 19, in the order ptdna, vyana, apdna. samana, uddna. The winds arc the 'breaths' resulting from 'water', as in the well-known 'Three-fold development' discussion of the
| + | If they build ships for tourism then its a [[peaceful]] [[action]] it means they have an [[interest]] or need to explore other countries and continents but aircraft mother ships serve another {{Wiki|purpose}}, |
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− | Chdndogya; this is made clear in Brhaddranyaka Up., 1.5.3. The functions ascribed to these winds continued to be speculated upon, and so came into the Buddhist Tantras in the theory of breath manipulation through yoga practice. Also a theory of five subsidiary winds developed, clarified later in The Toga Upanisads; in the Buddhist Tantras these latter five are accorded the function of relating external sensory objects to the five sense organs, while the former five are attributed
| + | It's like {{Wiki|Sweden}} doesn't notice it. Maybe {{Wiki|swedish}} politicians doesn't understand what's going on in [[world]] because lack of [[education]] and {{Wiki|IQ}}. And {{Wiki|chinese}} have a lot of [[money]], And soon lot of [[people]] too. [[China]] has already [[worlds]] biggest {{Wiki|army}} . It means something especially in {{Wiki|politics}} soon. |
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− | various internal functions. When ten breaths (prdna) are mentioned in Brhaddranyaka Up., III. 9.4, Vedanlic commentarial tradition takes them to be the ten sensory and motor organs
| + | Now about my [[own]] work . I understand that my {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Buddhist]] Encylopedia has not the same [[quality]] to compare with Wikipedia where thousand [[people]] are working because I am alone and have to do everything myself. But I have totally different approach to compare with wikipedia. I want o educate [[people]] [[about buddhism]]. |
− | (jrlanakarmendriydni), thus explaining away the palpable reference to winds: but we can infer the real meaning to be that
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| + | Like one {{Wiki|swedish}} politician said to me, that I am using material what others are have produced it,s not your work.He is totally right . Seems that He didn't know that Encyclopedias mostly are based on other peoples work. |
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− | those winds vivify the sensory and motor organs. In the latter Brhaddranyaka Up. passage, modern translators have rendered the verb rodayanli with causative force ('make someone lament'), thus requiring an unexpressed object. Agood Sanskrit grammar, such as the one by William Dwight Whitney, readily shows that the causative infix-aivj-does not necessarily confer causative force upon a Sanskrit verb. So my translation of the Sanskrit
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− | kalame rudra iti. daieme puruy brand h dlmaikadaiah: te yadasmal farirdn marlydd ulkrdmanli, atha rodayanli. tadyad rodayanli, lasmdd rudrd ili.
| + | It seems that this politician doesn't use wikipedia what quite exactly explains lot of things and meanings in our days in our [[world]]. And he is a politician.I was away from sweden years and so much has changed here during this time. {{Wiki|Swedish}} {{Wiki|politics}} has changed, everything cost more , prizes has been doubled , [[life]] costs more but [[people]] earn the same amount [[money]] as before . |
− | 'What are the Rudras ?' 'These ten breaths in the person with the alman as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal frame, they cry out : and because they cry out, they arc callcd Rudras.' | |
− | In the Satapathabrahmana's celebrated account of the birth of Rudra (Eggeling's translation, SBE, Vol. XL1, pp. 157161) we read : 'bccausc he cried (rud) therefore he is Rudra.' The teaching that the winds make a sound as they depart is
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| + | Totally different country is {{Wiki|Sweden}} now to compare when I arrived here. The general opinion today is that one should not be critical about anything or negative then you are enemy of the [[state]]. |
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| + | There is a {{Wiki|mass}} of [[people]] in our days who has the same opinion about everything as the [[state]] dictates and at the same time we speculate on freedom of {{Wiki|speech}}. I [[wonder]] what it is about. We saw what happened when [[people]] in {{Wiki|Germany}} started to protest against Coronavirus. Police used [[water]] cannons against demonstrators. |
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− | commentary Bzhiszhus on the Guhyasamaja Explanatory Tantra Caturdt'iiiparifircchii (Collected Works, Lhasa, Vol. Ca, 13b-5,6): "The reality of mantra tone which each wind has, is not revealed to the 'child' bdla : it* form, that is, its self-cxistencc (si-abhava) or identity (<itmaka . is revealed to thc yogm" (/rlun dehi ran
| + | It's called freedom and free {{Wiki|speech}} but for whom? Only government has right to express free {{Wiki|speech}} and those who are against it are enemies. of the [[state]] , In {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} was very popular to use psychiatric hospitals for those. It's time to use the same tactics in our days. Nothing new in here. Totalitarian way of [[thinking]] is flourishing everywhere . |
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| + | Bunch of [[people]] without [[special knowledge]] deciding what is useful and what is not. It's called sick [[society]] and [[sickness]] comes not from [[people]] but from the government side .Why because bunch of elected politicians vote and decide what to do and how. |
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− | gdaus snags kvi de Aid du byis pa la mi gsal ba rnal hbyor pa la
| + | How they know what's best for me when they even don't know how I think and digest intellectually. When we go to the restaurant we choose what to order. Soon it,ll change we all have to eat the same [[food]] and drink the same drink not drinks. The difference enriches the {{Wiki|culture}}, [[society]] and people's [[minds]] . Everything is dictated by government. We call it {{Wiki|democracy}}. But is it? |
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− | gsal bahi gzugs to/ran bzhin nam bdag Aid can/).
| + | Small businesses have disappeared thanks for coronavirus. It means [[society]] or [[people]] get poorer and some of them get richer. It's called {{Wiki|democracy}}. I wrote to 60 politicians and got no {{Wiki|reaction}} it's called {{Wiki|democracy}}. I don't blame [[society]] . I talk about government who likes to feed [[people]] with slogans what are fake. |
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− | In the (iiih)nMiin<ljatantra tradition, the Vajramala Explanatory Tantra, chapter 48 t,PTT, Vol. 3, p. 221) holds that the phenomenal world is due to the two winds prdna and apdna identified with two mantra syllables A and HAM (aham. or egotism , which form the 'knot of the heart' :
| + | I talk [[about buddhism]] what is not welcome to {{Wiki|Sweden}}. It's strange we talk about free {{Wiki|speech}} but it seems that we have forgotten about what is free [[thinking]]. And [[education]] looks different. Stefan Arvidsson is a product of [[education]] system who has [[taught]] him that [[religion]] is {{Wiki|opium}} for [[people]]. |
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| + | In [[Marxism]] it's very popular view. So I got answer from [[communist]] who declares that he [[knows]] [[Buddhism]] better than me. It's the same view had so called {{Wiki|university}} workers in {{Wiki|Estonia}} in Taru {{Wiki|university}}. But then it was {{Wiki|Estonia}} part of the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}}. Coming back to {{Wiki|Sweden}} after 10 years I [[feel]] as I returned back to {{Wiki|Soviet Union}}. |
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− | VI nni srox »/ ilu i du biadj
| + | I understand what {{Wiki|reaction}}, ll be on my article from so called politicians side. So what I give a F,, as I did in {{Wiki|Soviet Union}}. {{Wiki|Brain}} of the [[human]] is magnificent and able to do things which seem impossible at first glance. As one [[professor]] at the {{Wiki|University}} of [[Berkeley]] said to me; how you were the only one who came up with such [[idea]] to dismantle the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} and no one else wanted to do it. |
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− | /,/,• bzhin lit.n scl HAM du brjodl
| + | My answer to him was; My [[idea]] was that [[religion]] was banned in the {{Wiki|Soviet Union}} and the only way for [[Buddhism]] to re-emerge as a [[source of knowledge]] for many [[Buddhists]] was to change this {{Wiki|social}} order. [[Interesting]] when such an [[idea]] will come in [[connection]] to {{Wiki|Sweden}} ? As a [[monk]] I have no right to think about this because we live in [[sansara]] and big changes in [[society]] will bring a lot of problems in my next [[life]]. So I am already doomed. |
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− | I de giiis grig gyur likhoi ba stej | + | I {{Wiki|hope}} [[Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia]] will be as the lifebuoy for me but {{Wiki|Swedish}} [[society]] and government doesn't want to help me with mu problems because they are doomed too I think. Sooner or later there must be certain reforms otherwise there ,ll appear someone who wants to change something in {{Wiki|social}} order. I understand that my talk and [[thoughts]] seem absurd and out of [[mind]] for {{Wiki|Sweden}} but it,s a [[life]] what dictates our [[actions]] and survival. |
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− | Recitation of the [[wind]] in the Stage of Generation ([[nidana]] verse 12) means reciting according to the natural cycle of the [[winds]]. This {{Wiki|recitation}} of [[winds]] is indicated, according to the [[Pradipoddyotana]] commentary, as the meaning of the verses 9-14 (omitting 13) in [[Chapter]] Six ('Documents' . Verse 9 deals with [[meditation]] on the tip of the {{Wiki|nose}} of the face; at this stage one must take the passage of the [[winds]] on [[faith]]. Then verse 10 mentions an image of the [[Buddha]], which is [[Vairocana]]. But as the [[Vairocana]] [[wind]], [[vyana]], docs not enter into the inbreathing and outbreaking, the [[diamond]] {{Wiki|recitation}} intended by the verse is in fact [[Amitabha's]] fiery udana-wind. The text of [[Chapter]] Six interposes a '[[Hum]]' before verse 11, hinting at the {{Wiki|recitation}}
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− | [[Buddhist]] [[Dependent Origination]], with my [[understanding]] of the Yardhopanisad, and with the Guhvasamaja-V [[nidana]] [[doctrine]] of three lights or three gnoses (jiidnatraya). The Varahopani.-ad is translated by T. R. Srinivasa Ayyangar and edited by G. Srinivasa [[Murti]] in The Toga [[Upanisads]]. In the I 'ataha we icad: "For says the [[Sruti]], 'These are the five [[essential]] features, viz., [[Asti]] there is),Bhati (there shines forth), Preyas (whatever pleases), [[Rupa]] ([[form]] > and Kaman ([[name]]). The first three are of the [[form]] of the [[Brahman]]. The two there-
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− | Maryla Falk wrote a [[book]] entitled Noma [[Rupa]] and Dharma-Rupa. It is undeniable that she hit upon the basic [[division]] by appreciating the significance of the research by the Gcigcrs (p. 71, n.):
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Buddhism in Sweden
Couple of weeks ago I found a page in Facebook called or group of people called Buddhism in Sweden . I wrote couple of words myself an english on their page and immediately reacted on my words site Admin Peter Olin and told that everybody here on this page have to use only Swedish because it's a swedish buddhist site. He sound quite convincible.
I explained to Olin that I have been doing the Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia for 18 hours every day for 8 years After which he started to explain to me that many links in Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia what are linked to Wikipedia are suspicious and may change over time, and what,ll happened with these articles in my encyclopedia when there,ll be changes in Wikipedia , He seemed quite excited and determined in their own deliberations and positions.
Then I posted couple of thangkas made by me and lot of critics or by other words a large avalanche of criticism arrived at my address. compared to my attitude towards the Encyclopedia and other activities in Asia, Sweden had an extremely negative and rusty cold attitude.
With this, I felt like the admin's ironic logic killed me wanting to participate in this site on Facebook and of course since the admin of the page was quite specific in his attitude, I asked him what have you done for Buddhism yourself? He didn't answer. At the end I just left the swedish group of buddhists..
I spend there on site just 2 days. And then left because people started to scream about my work with Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia. My secretary who has been a member of this group started to defend me and almost all people on the page started to talk that I serve the interests of the Chinese government and they pay me for that.
I started the encyclopedia in Australia and interestingly there were no negative attitude towards my work . Australia gave me a Distinguished Talented Visa for my activities and work in Buddhism .
I am struck by how two countries may have so different views on Buddhism. I arrived back to Sweden a year ago and turned to Swedish government and asked if they would like to help me with the encyclopedia. I also wrote to the Swedish Academy of Sciences and asked them for a positive attitude towards my work. I wrote to 60 politicians in the government but did not receive any response to my letters at all.
The Academy of Sciences was silent in Swedish way. I thought when I arrived first time to Sweden most of the world's press was present and even Swedish journalists but now it seemed embarrassing for Sweden that they gave me swedish citizenship, Which shows that my political activities suited them but not Buddhist .
I have organized a major international Buddhist conferences and (Buddhism and Nordland) and (Buddhism and Australia) what lasted 9 years. I myself have attended other conferences at the University of Berkeley, but I have never seen such a derogatory and monotonous attitude as in Europe, and especially in Scandinavia haven't seen such negative attitude anywhere in world. We can say openly Sweden denies Buddhism.
This summer, I approached the University of Kalmar with a proposal to hold an international conference on Buddhism. In a month's time, my secretary, Marju Broder, sent them letters with a proposal to meet to discuss cooperation and activities in connection with the conference.
the university replied to me w month later with such this letter;
Dear Marju Broder,
I’m professor in the study of religions and like all my colleagues in the study of religions we are regularly contacted by, besides of course scholars of religions, RELIGIONISTS OF DIFFERENT SORTS, NOT RARELY WITH DEEP THEOLOGICAL ERUDITION.
Stefan Arvidsson
Professor in the History of Religions, Linnæus University
At least someone dared to answer and say what is thought about of Buddhist activities in Sweden . It is interesting that Sweden is talking about religious freedom. How to understand it ?
This freedom seems to exist only for Christians but not for Buddhists . In addition, we wrote to many other Swedish organizations, but the answer was silence
My secretary Marju Broder also wrote to others in Scandinavia, but the answer from them was either silence or a negative attitude. The same attitude was observed by those Swedes on Facebook who call themselves a Buddhists.
That's what they wrote in Swedish newspaper;
Buddhism is a relatively small religion in Sweden, but has seen an increase in recent years. The number of Buddhists in April 2011 is estimated at around 45,000 people or close to 0.5% of Sweden's population, making it Sweden's third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. Most practitioners have an Asian background and come mostly from Thailand, China or Vietnam.
In addition, the Swedish government requested that donations to Buddhists be taxed on the basis of income.
http://religionsvetenskapligakommentarer.blogspot.com/2012/09/strukturell-diskriminering-nar.html
http://religionsvetenskapligakommentarer.blogspot.com/2019/08/buddhistiska-tempel-beskattas-for.html
It,s a shame to take a money from buddhist monks. Interesting how much Swedish government pays for Christian church to keep it alive.
it shows specifically how the Swedish government and people view Buddhism. You could say frankly that they hate Buddhism
It shows how wrong country I chose when I was expelled from the Soviet Union by Gorbachev when I made, first time in Soviet history, an opposition party against Communist Party, My idea that erupted the Soviet Union and perestroika.
Having lived in Sweden for years, I did not come to the idea or understanding that Sweden does not like a Buddhism because I was not involved in promoting Buddhism in Sweden.
I have been actively involved in Buddhism for 45 years, I established the Nyingma Buddhist tradition in Estonia, built 5 stupas there, My friends also actively contributed to the translation of a large amount of Buddhist literature. Soviet times nobody paid attention to my work in field of Buddhism.
Now when I went back to Estonia and started to build a new stupa the new Estonian government arrested me and my friends and accused me that I am hiding weapons in my country house what I haven't visited already 15 years .
They hold me in jail two days until swedish ambassador Dag Hartelius called to the police. Why it's happened? Because in Estonia old communists are still in power. And they hate me because I destroyed the Soviet Union.
I built a stupa and large prayer wheel then left Estonia., 1982 I build 4 stupas with my friends in Estonia, first Buddhist thangkas were made by Arno Arrak it was the start for Buddhism in Estonia.
At the same time, the University of Tartu in Estonia was extremely contemptuous of my activities, led by Linnart Mäll,who was a chronic alcoholic plus his students Märt Läänemets and Maret Kark supported him.
It is striking that instead of cooperation, there is an immediate denigration against Buddhist activities from scientific side . Now that everyone is talking about a multicultural era, both freedom of speech and freedom of religion, the Swedish government is asking to tax donations to Buddhists .
An example my secretary asked Oxford University to participate on coming conference Buddhism and Nordland and she got such answer :
I am sorry to say that I cannot give you any encouragement. The OCBS is a small institute with very limited resources. We are not even able to pay any academic salaries. We also have nobody here who knows anything about Buddhism and Nordland, so we cannot offer any expertise
Yours sincerely,
Richard Gombrich
And it is a solid old university with English traditions.
The same time we have big site in Internet dedicated to this conference.
The question arises as how Buddhists do not notice what other Buddhists are talking about Buddhism in their work on conference Buddhism and Nordland.
It shows the stupidity and short-sightedness of the Europeans and its universities, And we talk about religious freedom here . Compared to the University of Berkeley, who immediately agreed to collaborate with leading professor Lewis Lancaster .The only company that is actively involved in translating texts and spreading knowledge about Buddhism,in our days which is Lotsawa house and its a very big contribution to European Buddhism,
https://www.lotsawahouse.org/
It,s interesting most of those people doesn't belong to Europe who translate in Lotsawa House. I know Erik Pema Kunsang because when I started with Chinese Encyclopedia he connected me and his relationship to my project was very positive and favorable. He is from Denmark . And well known translator from Tibetan.
https://lotsawahouse.blog/interviews/erik-pema-kunsang/
Another person who has helped me a lot is from Holland. I asked money to buy a new computer and new glasses for myself because the old computer is too old and slow he reacted immediately . The rest of the europe was quiet.
I understand because it,s a war in our days accely between christianity and Buddhism what has found new territories here in Europe,.
When I was 11 years old I read the book about Buddhism and it was written that Buddha was talking about huge amount of other worlds and universes the same time I head in school that Galileo, on the other hand, was tried by the Inquisition after his book was published.
He said that the Earth revolved around the sun, a theory now known to be true, I understood immediately value of the christianity who was telling such rubbish about cosmology . Buddhism for me as always been a science and I don't understand why others haven't found such values in Buddhist teachings.
And Europe still holds the same principles as you can see here in Sweden. For them Sweden is a center of the universe with his 10.23 million (2019) population. So narrow minded people here.When you use your brain at least little bit you can understand who,ll be the winner in this war.
Buddhist psychology has existed two thousand years , Europe discovered it just couple of hundred years back. It seems now that European way of thinking is really slow and and related to Christian thought.
One thing is a religion another is scientific approach. Buddhism is science because it helps you to understand yourself Christianity reveals that Jesus is your liberator. In Buddhism you have to liberate yourself. It means different way of thinking and understanding about the world and about your own mind.
Now you can see in web often word tantra what Christianity uses for own purposes it means borrowing from Buddhism, but I havent noticed that Buddhism is using christian terminology. It means Europe and European knowledge has nothing to offer anymore new ideas in field of spirituality and for a person’s personal spiritual development,Christianity has only one most important book the Bible Buddhism has them thousands.
People always like to have a rich friends then what about religion? Books consist ideas , teachings view of the world and I understand why people in our days who choose a buddhism. Because it has more real intellectual values then christianity. I understand how most of the people in Europe and specially in Sweden react on my words but someone have to be the first who says that king is naked.
I was first who told the truth in Soviet Union publicly and I was expelled does it mean that Europe or Sweden will expel me too ? You can see everywhere the new political approach to be friendly, peaceful, not to protest or fight with the government.
Why? Because the masses are being asked to be pushed into certain frames so that someone can calmly empty the people's pockets of money. Banks rule everywhere, but if you ask them for money for their own activities, you can die before they help you.
If you look at governments, they are filled with politicians, people who do not even have a specific education to work in a given place or area, and they all always vote diligently in an area that is distant and incomprehensible to them. Recalling Alfred Nobel's message about democracy, he can be said that he was a wise and the only Swede who understood the basic principles of democracy and expressed them exactly.
Sweden uses his money to share prizes in science, but does not notice when someone is trying to spread knowledge about Buddhism. I was told in Öland by local politicians who need this encyclopedia of no use or need for the people. Then I immediately understood what the term politician means today, Sven Hedin, who was an eastern investigator, has been overlooked by the Swedish government because he had correspondence with Hitler.
Although he is highly valued and talked about by other countries. Not that he was in correspondence with Hitler, but his scientific work is appreciated. I have realized over the years that I have lived in Sweden and understood , Swedes are no longer Vikings but a mass with whom the elective class does what they want.
if you do not belong to the official nomenclature does not support your work and activities it doesn't have any value for them, the same principle was chosen in the Soviet Union, no authority in Sweden responds positively to what I do. The University of Berkeley immediately supported my activities in Sweden they does not understand what it means.
They have their own Swedish opinion. expressed himself in very Swedish wayas said Stefan Arvidsson
Professor in the History of Religions, Linnæus University ;RELIGIONISTS OF DIFFERENT SORTS, NOT RARELY WITH DEEP THEOLOGICAL ERUDITION. He even didn't want to meet us a or ask what kind of education I have. No authority in Sweden responds positively to what I do. The same way reacted Swedish buddhists on facebook.
The University of Berkeley immediately supported my activities in Sweden does not understand what it means. Why and what i do it for. which raises the question may be should the government choose people based on IQ .
I have huge pile of different support letters from different universities and scientist who support my work and project. But Sweden does not think so , Why? Because they have their own Swedish opinion. It can be understood he has having more knowledge about Buddhism and about Eastern culture as well than Berkeley and other universities in world , which I deeply doubt.
I call such phenomenon connected to stupidity Another words it's a swedish knowledge about Eastern culture and knowledge about Buddhism . Most stupid last political maneuver what Sweden made with China - Stockholm was grappling with China over a book publisher's imprisonment , unthinking what is useful or harmful for swedish business .
Like many countries, Sweden shares significant trade and business dealings with China -- including Chinese ownership of one of its most iconic brands, Volvo Cars. Gui Congyou, China's ambassador in Stockholm, warned of "bad consequences" if it went ahead, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven could be barred from visiting China. "We treat our friends with fine wine," Gui said on a Swedish radio show. "But for our enemies we've got shotguns.
Now I understand why Sweden does not like my work with Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia.
China and Russia are friends now again what means its quite powerful friendship. China has plans to double his population on next 20 years. It means there,ll be 4 billion chinese. China is building a aircraft mother ships. It seems they are planning to move to other continents soon.
If they build ships for tourism then its a peaceful action it means they have an interest or need to explore other countries and continents but aircraft mother ships serve another purpose,
It's like Sweden doesn't notice it. Maybe swedish politicians doesn't understand what's going on in world because lack of education and IQ. And chinese have a lot of money, And soon lot of people too. China has already worlds biggest army . It means something especially in politics soon.
Now about my own work . I understand that my Chinese Buddhist Encylopedia has not the same quality to compare with Wikipedia where thousand people are working because I am alone and have to do everything myself. But I have totally different approach to compare with wikipedia. I want o educate people about buddhism.
Like one swedish politician said to me, that I am using material what others are have produced it,s not your work.He is totally right . Seems that He didn't know that Encyclopedias mostly are based on other peoples work.
Only difference is that an encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either from all branches or from a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedia entries are longer and more detailed than those in most dictionaries.
Historically, both encyclopedias and dictionaries have been researched and written by well-educated, well-informed content experts. Encyclopedia article is typically not limited to simple definitions, and is not limited to defining an individual word, but provides a more extensive meaning for a subject or discipline.
It seems that this politician doesn't use wikipedia what quite exactly explains lot of things and meanings in our days in our world. And he is a politician.I was away from sweden years and so much has changed here during this time. Swedish politics has changed, everything cost more , prizes has been doubled , life costs more but people earn the same amount money as before .
Totally different country is Sweden now to compare when I arrived here. The general opinion today is that one should not be critical about anything or negative then you are enemy of the state.
There is a mass of people in our days who has the same opinion about everything as the state dictates and at the same time we speculate on freedom of speech. I wonder what it is about. We saw what happened when people in Germany started to protest against Coronavirus. Police used water cannons against demonstrators.
It's called freedom and free speech but for whom? Only government has right to express free speech and those who are against it are enemies. of the state , In Soviet Union was very popular to use psychiatric hospitals for those. It's time to use the same tactics in our days. Nothing new in here. Totalitarian way of thinking is flourishing everywhere .
Bunch of people without special knowledge deciding what is useful and what is not. It's called sick society and sickness comes not from people but from the government side .Why because bunch of elected politicians vote and decide what to do and how.
How they know what's best for me when they even don't know how I think and digest intellectually. When we go to the restaurant we choose what to order. Soon it,ll change we all have to eat the same food and drink the same drink not drinks. The difference enriches the culture, society and people's minds . Everything is dictated by government. We call it democracy. But is it?
Small businesses have disappeared thanks for coronavirus. It means society or people get poorer and some of them get richer. It's called democracy. I wrote to 60 politicians and got no reaction it's called democracy. I don't blame society . I talk about government who likes to feed people with slogans what are fake.
I talk about buddhism what is not welcome to Sweden. It's strange we talk about free speech but it seems that we have forgotten about what is free thinking. And education looks different. Stefan Arvidsson is a product of education system who has taught him that religion is opium for people.
In Marxism it's very popular view. So I got answer from communist who declares that he knows Buddhism better than me. It's the same view had so called university workers in Estonia in Taru university. But then it was Estonia part of the Soviet Union. Coming back to Sweden after 10 years I feel as I returned back to Soviet Union.
I understand what reaction, ll be on my article from so called politicians side. So what I give a F,, as I did in Soviet Union. Brain of the human is magnificent and able to do things which seem impossible at first glance. As one professor at the University of Berkeley said to me; how you were the only one who came up with such idea to dismantle the Soviet Union and no one else wanted to do it.
My answer to him was; My idea was that religion was banned in the Soviet Union and the only way for Buddhism to re-emerge as a source of knowledge for many Buddhists was to change this social order. Interesting when such an idea will come in connection to Sweden ? As a monk I have no right to think about this because we live in sansara and big changes in society will bring a lot of problems in my next life. So I am already doomed.
I hope Chinese Buddhist Encyclopedia will be as the lifebuoy for me but Swedish society and government doesn't want to help me with mu problems because they are doomed too I think. Sooner or later there must be certain reforms otherwise there ,ll appear someone who wants to change something in social order. I understand that my talk and thoughts seem absurd and out of mind for Sweden but it,s a life what dictates our actions and survival.