Dear Sylvain,
I noticed that Jhana was merged with Dhyana. Now there is only Dhyana but no Jhana. Dhyana is a sanskrit term used mainly by Mahayana Tradition. Jhana is a pali term used by Theraveda School. There is mostly information based on the Theraveda school because Mahayana School usually doesn't use the Pali term Jhana. Likewise, you will see mostly Mahayana meditation under Dhyana, because Theraveda School doesn't use that term. Why not keep them separate to avoid confusion. The techniques used by two schools are different. -- Simpliciti ( talk) 17:59, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sylvain1972, thanks for inviting me to contribute to these subjects. I would be delighted to do so although my knowledge is very superficial, however I have a great respect and debt to the Tibetan traditions and masters so anything I can contribute I certainly will. Of particular interest to me would be some pages on Trijang Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Je Phabonkhapa etc because these figures are widely discussed but in fact there is little information available about any of them. I am not an expert myself but perhaps some experts can be drawn out of the woodwork? I can put together very basic sketches however. On a general note you may have concerns that I am partisan to one particular view, and of course I do have my own views, however one of the things I really appreciate about Wiki is that it enables a broad range of different views to be presented as long as they are well founded, this I very much support, even if they contradict my views. In the meantime if you would like me to review or contribute to any ongoing articles please let me know, I would be delighted to contribute.( Robertect 11:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC)).
Hi, I have just seen that you have mentioned the Tibetan Buddhism project on my talk page. Thanks for the invite! However, I do not know how much I can add. I follow the same tradition as Robert and as he has been involved longer (I think) he can probably offer more than me. It is also not clear as to how many people would consider the NKT to be 'Tibetan'. However, I can give my perspective of living in an NKT Dharma Centre in England and of being a Dorje Shugden practioner if that would be helpful. All the best. Patrick -- Patrick K 09:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Im also a (beggining) tibetan buddhist practitioner, but wonder about the wisdom of having a separate portal. I think buddhists are allready quite a small minority here on wiki, and maintaining (general) buddhist portal, project and articles (especially of topics and terms shared with other more numerous religions, like hindu) seems complicaded enough; creating specific portals for subdivisions maybe is not such a great idea? -- Aryah 01:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed you have edited other Tibetan Buddhism topics. I spent some time on this article, but it still remains a wretched piece of unencyclopedic writing. If you get the chance, can you look at it? I've left some comments on the
talk page.
Thanks,
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A. B. 18:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I _think_ your last reply to MrDemeanour got in between his/her comment and signature, so I moved it back, based on edit history. If this is _not_ the case then I do apologize, but it was a little confusing otherwise. Regards, Zero sharp 16:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Sylvain,
Thanks for removing the NPOV and clean-up tags on Burj al-Arab. As you noted, a fair bit of work has been done on it. While the subject has no special importance to me, the low standard of writing on that article was really getting on my nerves. I'm happy that you feel it's now at a readable standard.
I removed the "Criticism" section in accordance with a discussion on Talk:Burj al-Arab with H005. I feel that the currently-listed criticisms are a bit self-serving. I understand your reasons for reinstating the section, and would love to hear more discussion of the issue on the article's talk page.
(talk to) Caroline Sanford 01:29, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much -- the article is in a lot better shape since I last looked in, mostly thanks to your edits. Zero sharp 10:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Sylvain1972,
Forgive me for having to revert a couple of your changes to the Presidents Day article. I left you a note on the discussion page with an explanation; I think you were basing your edits on false information on the discussion page. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts.
-- Factman 00:31, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Sylvain,
I'm just getting used to the idea of making alterations to wikipedia articles.
After reading your entry on Namgyal Rinpoche, I wondered if it was based on your having met the man, or whether you put it together from what you'd read.
I studied with him for many years and feel there is a glaring omission, but wouldn't want to offend you by re-writing the article.
I note you don't have an email link on your user page, so I'll just have to check in here sometime to see if you've posted a reply... unless you can email me (do I have an email link on my page?)
Alansw
hi -- this article is a mess, and I think the numbers are completely off. But please, please, don't add countries for which we don't have numbers! Originally the article listed every country in the world, and most of them didn't have any data. It was a disaster. I'd like to do through soon and redo the whole article, but I really don't think adding new countries at this point adds anything to it. thanks! bikeable (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi I am fascinated in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism and have adde dmany new articles on buddhist monasteries such as Ramoche Temple and Shalu Monastery. Would it be possible to merge your project into WikiProject Tibet -after all much of the traditional culture and biographies etc are Tibetan buddhism anyway, I feel it could create abetter coordination . PLease see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China. If it became WikiiPorject Tibet the Tibetan Buddhism would be an intergral part of it of course . What do you think? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
You may also be interested to know that I have added a gallery of Dalai Lamas !! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. The decision by Wikiporject China was to create a project WikiProject Tibet. However I too agree with you that there is a disinction between Tibetan tradition/religion and Chinese takeover. Your project is now a part of WikiProject Tibet but I am keeping all of the categories for Tibetan Buddhism (I also created some new ones) which are now part fo Buddhism and Tibet. For example please see Talk:Ramoche Temple. THis article geographically is part of China so goes in that category. However spiritually it is part of Tibetan Buddhism project so that tag puts it in not only the Tibetan Buddhst category but also in Tibet articles. E.g for the Dalai Lama the tag clearly cannot be Chinese! but has a Tibetan Buddhism tag which automatically places it also in the Tibet category but not CHina. I feel this is the best way to do it. I also improved the Tibetan Buddhism template and have begun adding it to articles which I couldn't beleive were not tagged like the Panchen Lama! THis way your project is working with Tibet whilst avoiding the CHinese tagging whilst focusing on solely Buddhism articles. For example Lhasa has two tags yet being under the same project - this is to show that the Tibetan buddhism project is still very much in operation but is part of the wider Tibetan framework. It wasn't my decision to merge them but if you understand they haven't really been merged just organized more strongly. YOu'll beginning to see a big improvmeent in you rproject by my tagging system and I'll continue creating new Tibetan-Buddhist articles. I hope you see the idea. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I can't begin to stress how important I beleive this is and like you I agree that Tibetan Buddhism is an important and highly interesting subject. PLease add to the Tibetan Buddhism section of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tibet and state the goals etc articles needing improvement etc. ALso I beleive your Portal:Tibetan Buddhism is great!!! and should be linkeed on every Tibetan buddhist article in the template showing it simportance ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I can't beleive the article which haven't been organized. Why has Drepung Monastery and Je Tsongkhapa not been tagged!!!!! They now have the Tibetan Buddhism tag. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Please can you respond to me I know you are there!! Are you as interested in Tibetan Buddhism as I am? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 21:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
...is hotly debated among historians so it's hard to give you a straight answer. However, by 1931 Canada was declared "equal" to Britain within the Commonwealth. Yet because the Canadian founding fathers had forgotten to give themselves a process to amend the constitution, that power technically stayed with Britain until 1982. Does that work? Kevlar67 20:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did read Dartmouth University but accidentally linked that article, which I had in another tab. Dartmouth College describes the school as "a private, coeducational university". Sorry if that was confusing; I should've worded my edit summary better. – Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 22:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
By the way, "rvv" means "revert, vandalism". Please don't use this in reference to content disputes.— Nat Krause( Talk!· What have I done?) 03:43, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Hallo Sylvain. I do agree with you about "rigpa" not being the correct translation of "bodhicitta". In the article (largely created by myself) on the "Kunjed Gyalpo Tantra" ("All-Creating King"). I originally used the terms "bodhicitta" or Awakened Mind or Mind of Perfect Purity (in conformity with the text itself). But someone with a zest for the "rigpa" word came along and changed it! It was a bit irritating, since the main concept explored by this tantra is that of bodhicitta (rather than rigpa) in the sense of the eternally Awake and uncreated Mind of Buddha (Samantabhadra). Anyway, thanks for your valuable input. Best wishes to you. From Tony. TonyMPNS 20:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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In the list of tallest churches, you repeatedly used the abbreviation "TK." What does that mean? We need to come up with a definition of size. An example is [1] which relates to [2] which says of the Salt Lake Temple "Inside, the temple covers 253,015 square feet." If we were comparing houses, we would state the interior floor space. The question then is whether to include just the main worship space, or any chapels, or the kitchen, offices, hallways, etc. There should be a source for all figures and they should be in consistent and defined usage. Also we have to state whether a parish hall or educational wing is included. Edison 21:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
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You are correct that the result of the AfD was keep, but it was a procedural keep - in other words, the merits of this specific article were never discussed - so the prod was justified. However, if you plan to move the article and hopefully expand it, I'll hold off on nominating it for deletion.-- DLand TALK 19:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
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Just to let you know, there are two individuals known as Surya Das. I happen to know the one who was given his name by Neem Karoli Baba. He is not the same individual who is the subject of this article; in fact, the one given the name by NKB is not a Buddhist but a Hindu and a kirtan walla. GlassFET 16:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
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I too though church was out of place in shambhala buddhism history.
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Hi Sylvain -
First, I want to thank you for identifying a statement in the kilesa article as referring to a Hindu text. (The editor who I believe originated the statement in question, while appearing to be extremely earnest and intelligent, also tends to be highly syncretic and somewhat obfuscating without providing clarity regarding sources.) If this typifies your activities on WP, let me applaud your efforts and please know I appreciate your sharing your impressive knowledge.
If I may, I also have a question about another edit you made today. I see you recently added the following line to the intro of Taṇhā.
I guess I'm curious about this statement for a couple of reasons (some trivial, one perhaps not):
If you're inclined to clarify, I'd appreciate it. I wish you well, Larry Rosenfeld ( talk) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey Sylvain, just wanted to give you kudos on being on top of the attempts (yet again) to foist minority opinion on the Karmapa controversy page. I'm pretty sure we can assume Oestrik is the same person who's been doing it all along. I wonder when the guy'll give up? I'm pretty sure it's this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/daveyork0 doing all this stuff, but I'm not exactly certain. Changchub ( talk) 20:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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Why does your name not link and no (talk) link come up for your sigs? It makes it difficult to interact w/ you. Gwynand ( talk) 14:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Mdm,
We are acting on behalf of Drukpa Publications and the organisations of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa. We don't understand why you are taking out our editing. We have historical facts that are translated directly from Tibetan and also new materials for the lineage. We would appreciate you stop editing what we have edited because you have undone correct facts for the Drukpa Lineage.
Your kind support by not vandalizing our editing would be most appreciated.
Sincerely, Jigme Tobden Drukpa Publications, Information Centre
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Dear Sir/Mdm,
I have read the COI and note the "Conflict of Interests" - but we need to know who is Sylvain1972 to represent the Drukpa Lineage to put the historical facts on the Wikipedia. Is he a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism? We will get Mr. Gene Smith, Mr. Lobsang Thargay, the relevent personnels in charge of religious affairs departments in Bhutan, Ladakh and India to write to Sylvain1972, if this helps to resolve the conflict of interest.
As far as we are concerned, history of the Drukpa Lineage cannot be just from English books that are available in the bookstores, because some of them were biased information. We have in our hands translated information, provided by scholars in Ladakh, Tibet and Bhutan, which can be verified by Mr. Gene Smith. But since these materials have yet been published in English, are you saying that these are not valid facts?
Tibetan Buddhist facts should be provided by authorised people who belong to the lineage that can provide a open, unbiaised and fair picture of the Drukpa Lineage.
There are the facts that are quoted wrongly by Sylvain1972 and we know they are wrong and that should not be misleading the public.
(1) We are known as Dongyu Palden Drukpa (2) The Fourth Gyalwang Drukpa Kunkhyen Pema Karpo left a prediction letter in Tibetan that says that he would have two reincarnations that returned to this world (3) Ling Repa is not a disciple of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje. He is the ROOT GURU of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje, and Ling Repa's guru is Phagmo Drupa. (4) Drukpa Kagyu Heritage Projects are not representative of the Drukpa Lineage (5) Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's poem on the 4 greater and 8 lesser schools are not representing the full picture. (6) The Drukpa Lineage belongs one of the the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, which is not wrong. The Nyingma is known as the old school and all others are under the new school which is called Sarma (7) Great lineages of the three Victorious Ones (Gyalwa Namsum) and the Three Divine Madmen are not mentioned. We have all these already translated into English.
We just want to know in this case, who is conflicting the interest of the Drukpa Lineage.
Thank you.
Yours, Jigme Tobden
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I have the 3RR noticeboard on my watchlist and noticed your recent report. When reporting, you need to follow the specific rules of the page in order for the report to be properly evaluated. In your case, you need to provide at least 4 diffs for the reverts breaking the 3RR rule, and then a diff showing that you warned the violating editor. Ask me if you need help with this. Gwynand | Talk/ Contribs 17:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
This is translated from Tibetan. Phajo Druggon Shigpo was not a disciple of Tsangpa Gyare.
Just before he passed away, Tsangpa Gyare told his nephew and Regent, Onre Darma Sengye (1177 - 1237), "A Khampa son from Kham is coming. But he won't meet me. You look after him. Send him to the southern valley that has been visited and blessed by Orgyen Padma Jungne. He will be of great service to the Buddha Dharma."
Tharpa Gyaltsen was born at Babchu Tashigang in Kham, eastern Tibet, in 1184, amidst many miraculous signs. Like Tsangpa Gyare, he is also said to be a descendant of the Gya (Chinese) clan. He began his studies under a Nyingma master at the age of 7. At the age of 12, he was ordained by a renowned master named Tharpalingpa and received instructions on Dzogchen Nyingthig. Then he did prolonged meditation at Lingkar Drak, a place blessed by Guru Padmasambhava.
One day he learnt of the spiritual reputation of Tsangpa Gyare from some traders of Jang Taklung. Merely hearing the name of Tsangpa Gyare generated a deep sense of devotion in him and tears came to his eyes. Moved with great devotion, he made up his mind to go to Ralung to see Tsangpa Gyare. He sought his teacher's permission to go on a pilgrimage to Lhasa and Samye. After receiving the remaining instructions from his teacher, he set off on his journey. It took him almost a year to reach the U-Tsang region of Tibet.
While in Samye, he heard the news of Tsangpa Gyare's passing away from two ascetics and he fainted. When he regained his senses, he heard about Onre Darma Sengye, the Regent of Tsangpa Gyare at Ralung, whose spiritual attainment was equal to that of Tsangpa Gyare. At the age of 33, Tharpa Gyaltsen arrived at Ralung. As instructed by Tsangpa Gyare, Onre Darma Sengye took him as his disciple and transmitted the teachings of the Drukpa tradition. After receiving the teachings for about a year, Tharpa Gyaltsen meditated at Jekar and Longdol for three years. He then went back to his master Onre Darma Sengye and related his experiences; after receiving the remaining teachings and empowerments, he again did extensive meditation and realized Mahamudra. Onre Darma Sengye was impressed by his realization and gave him the name Phajo Druggom Zhigpo.
At the appropriate time, Onre Darma Senye told Phajo about Tsangpa Gyare's prophecy and gave him instructions about his activities in Bhutan. In 1224, at the age of 40, Phajo left for Bhutan to carry out the prophecy of Tsangpa Gyare.
At the time of Phajo’s arrival at Lingzhi, in Bhutan, a cow belonging to a local rich man named Matong Gyi, had given birth to a calf with the head of a donkey and a snake as the tail. He approached Phajo for help. Phajo subjugated the evil spirit and it became a normal calf. All the nomads of Lingzhi joined together and offered Jagoe Dzong and all the surrounding land to Phajo.
Then Phajo meditated at Paro Taktsang for a month. In a vision during the meditation, Guru Padmasambhava instructed him to travel throughout the country and meditate at twelve places:
1) Four Dzongs (fortresses) - Taktsang Sengye Samdrub Dzong, Tago Choying Dzong, Lingzhi Jagoe Dzong and Yangtse Thubo Dzong; 2) Four Draks (rocks) - Gom Drak, Thukje Drak, Tsechu Drak and Dechen Drak 3) Four Phugs (caves) - Tsedong Phug, Gawa Phug, Langthang Phug and Sengye Phug.
While staying at Darkar Latse, Phajo met Achog and took her as his consort. A son was born and given the name Dampa. When Phajo went to Wang Sinmo, he met Sonam Paldron, a girl with the signs of a Dakini, at Chagzam Bridge. Since meeting her had been prophesied to Phajo in a vision, he took her also as his consort. The bridge came to be known as Lungten Zampa, or the ‘Bridge of the Prophecy’. Phajo gave her all the instructions and empowerments of the Drukpa tradition. Then they went to meditate at the cave Dodena, where Tago monastery stands today. In a vision during the meditation, Hayagriva instructed Phajo to continue his line through children to spread the traditions of the Drukpa lineage. After nine months Sonam Paldron gave birth to a daughter.
Leaving his consort and daughter at Dodena, Phajo went to meditate at all the places prophesied. One day, while he was at the Dechen Drak, the string of his rosary broke and the beads scattered in all directions. This was an omen that his teachings would spread all over the country in the future.
Prior to the arrival of Phajo Druggom, Nyoe Gyalwa Lhanangpa, a disciple of Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon (1143 - 1217), the founder of the Drikung Kagyud, had great influence and controlled a large part of western Bhutan. However, the growing reputation of Phajo began to threaten Lhanangpa's influence and power.
Sonam Paldron gave birth to seven sons. One day, Phajo took all seven sons to a bridge and, invoking the deities to decide which of his sons were demons and which would preserve his lineage, he threw all of them into the river. Three sons drowned and four remained unharmed. This story spread across the country and Lhanangpa became envious and hostile. Lhanangpa sent a letter to Phajo saying, "You cannot stay in this country without my permission. You should either look after the monastery of Jathel Dzong or serve as a stable-keeper. Else you will lose your life".
Phajo dismissed the threat and wrote back saying that he had been sent by Onre Darma Sengye in accordance with the prophesy of Tsangpa Gyare, to spread the teachings of the Drukpa lineage. Lhanangpa then hatched plans to kill Phajo, but failed in every attempt. Following these events the people of Paro and other areas began to lose faith in Lhanangpa's leadership and his influence waned. The local leaders who had been supporters of Lhanangpa pledged their allegiance to Phajo. Lhanangpa fled to Bemed in Gitagom valley, where he built the Tokha Dzong fortress. The influence of the Drigung Kagyud dwindled gradually. However, their antagonism towards the Drukpas lasted until the time of Shabdrung in the seventeenth century.
Phajo began to spread the teachings of the Drukpa lineage systematically. He firmly established the Drukpa lineage teachings as the main school in western Bhutan and exerted considerable political and spiritual influence in the rest of the country. He passed on the teachings to his sons and sent them to different areas. They ruled according to the principles of the Dharma. In 1251, at the age of 68, Phajo passed away at Tago. JigmeTobden ( talk) 18:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
We would like to have your contact email. Some officers would like to contact with you regarding histories and facts by email exchange, so that it doesn't end up being a heated and open discussion. Secretaries and monasteries of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa as well as some other eminent Rinpoches in Bhutan and Ladakh would like to be in touch with you. We have referred this to them. Jigme Tobden JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
In this case, then we will get each of them to register and start quoting "3rd Party" sources, as you all have mentioned. You should really find out under what circumstances these books were written and translated. Fairness should be there to all the different lineages, as each has its own beauty. This exchange has brought great enlightening experiences that we will definitely share with our counterparts in Ladakh, Bhutan, Tibet and other parts of India. You will see more of us, as well as our team of scholars. Kindly put correct facts. JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:36, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
By the way, I don't agree for you to say that "...His Holiness and the eminent Rinpoches in Bhutan and Ladakh have more important things to worry about" - If Wikipedia misrepresents facts of the Drukpa Lineage, without people and scholars to defend and correct the facts, then everyone will be quoting the wrong facts and wrong facts will become historical facts. As you said, "the idea that the Drukpa school is not a Kagyu school is not widely accepted at the very least" - we just wonder are "widely accepted" facts the truths or something else. Sometimes, majority's agreement or acceptance of something may not be the truth in totality. For example, sources that you have quoted are mainly from one particular school, how about those of Drikung, how about those of Nyingma? How about those from Bhutan? This is what we meant by lopsided. Are you saying that if we put a third reference to the fact that the lineage is known as Drukpa Lineage, or rather Drukpa "Kar"gyud - because being the white lineage, that you will agree for us to take it down what we feel is a misguided fact, that the 800-year-old lineage and its yogis never had the chance to defend. We first felt Wikipedia was a great source of correctly represented information, but you said, "I will not allow you to expunge that information from the article, that is not what wikipedia is for" - if a misquote or a misrepresentation is widely accepted, is it considered as a truth? In fact, we wanted to tell you that the lineage was historically known as "Drukpa Kargyud" - I guess you must know the difference between Kagyud and Kargyud, but many don't. This issue will definitely be addressed to all the masters. A consistency in this obviously will help to protect the legacy of the Dragon lineage and to ensure that it shall exist beyond a millennium, and not disappearing due to "widely accepted" reasons. JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:51, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you are the editor behind wikiproject Tibet. Given the now more prominent place of Tibet in the news, I'm concerned that key Tibet-related articles don't provide the quality that they should. I would like to spear-head an article improvement drive or collaboration of some sort for WikiProject Tibet to improve the most important articles fairly quickly. Would you be interested in helping start such a drive? -- Gimme danger ( talk) 19:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Sylvain1972, thank you very much for the invitation. I have qualitatively improved the Yidam article and have read earlier versions of the Ishta-devata article. Thankyou for drawing my awareness to the current discussion.
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Sylvain1972, Thanks for drawing my attention to this - I've added my comments the Ishta-Deva (Buddhism) Talk page. BTW Yidam is not the Tibetan translation of Ishta-devata. Chris Fynn ( talk) 07:32, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sylvain1972 ,If you have time and are willing to share your point of view. Can you give your comment arguments about the current discussion in the bates method article.
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( See also par 24 : Some objective factual information of the past and now and the discussion with Ronz on my talkpage ) Seeyou ( talk) 11:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
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If you are going to get into the interpretation which likens an arahant to a fire that has gone out, then could you also include the context, that is, in the Buddha's time an extinguished fire was not understood to be annihilated, but instead to be undefinable and unbound. The first part, non-annihilation, is key. Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 07:56, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick word of thanks for your support with the Bareau material. Some people seem to resort to any tactics to suppress material they don't like.-- अनाम गुमनाम 00:37, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Just to say that your last edit didn't really add any pagenumbers, but you did add a quote without pagenumbers. I have removed that one again. Thanks however for properly inserting the quotes. bye Greetings, Sacca 19:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello again Sylvain, Your quote for Petit left out a very important aspect, namely that Petit mentions that the Mahayana sutras' claim for representing the teachings of the Buddha is weak. I added this info now. I am disappointed in this. and I will have to look up your quotes in the future to see if you are using partial quotes to promote biases, and that is a shame. Bye Greetings, Sacca 02:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Please follow the BRD editing model. Per the talk page, the material you added does not belong in the lead section. If you want to argue for inclusion, please counter the points that have already been made. Reverting to your preferred version is not best practice. Wording like "and some argue" is not particularly appropriate (see Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words) and you seem to have offered an interpretation of the second source (Garfield). Frankly, these types of edits are generally frowned upon. Viriditas ( talk) 15:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Before I go, I have to ask, why are you trying to deliberately associate one of the key concepts of Buddhism with a western concept of metaphysics? That doesn't make any sense to me. And furthermore, the sources do not explicitly state what you are trying to say in the lead section. I appreciate that you have removed the weasel words, but I am very interested in your motivation. What are you trying to achieve here? In other words, what is the purpose of your edits? Please take some time to think about this as I won't be online for a while, and a thoughtful answer from yourself will go a long way towards persuading me over to your POV. Viriditas ( talk) 15:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
They are there, and signed with my signature. This discussion belongs there. Sylvain1972 ( talk) 15:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just starting another attempt to stop the NKT people from 'taking over' the Wikipedia with their continuous edit-war to promote the Shugden practice. If you agree, please leave a note at Administrators noticeboard. rudy ( talk) 13:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
hello, you added a reference to some professor Davidson. Please check the language, the quoted sentence in the reference makes no sense. whats with all the (disputed)? Please make it understandable, or I will remove it. Also it overlaps with some other quotes, so after it is made readable, I might join it with another quote which carries the same meaning. Greetings, Sacca 20:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at User_talk:Mitsube#Yoga.23Tibetan_Buddhism? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 05:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
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I started a thread on Talk:Delmonico's Restaurant#POV/synthesis text. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 15:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Please explain why you accused me of bigotry in this diff: [6]. I'm not sure what you are referring to. The Buddha is not the author of the tathagatagarbha sutras, and they are later works which do not refer to teachings of the historical Buddha, as you well know. Mitsube ( talk) 01:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Please be mindful of WP:3RR, and please address the concerns of myself and the other editor on this in the talk page without constant edit warring. Thanks, -- JohnnyB256 ( talk) 15:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I recently read this relatively new book by Richard Shankman. His coverage of jhana in the suttas shows that it is quite different from the Visuddhimagga treatment of samadhi. In fact, jhana as described by the Buddha is one practice that has the two aspects of vipassana and samatha. You may be interested in reading it. Mitsube ( talk) 18:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
I removed that term from the lead of mongoose because it was already in the "Naming" section and I considered the alternative plural to be sufficiently obscure that it did not merit a separate mention in the lead. I think we should avoid cluttering the lead with rare variants unless there's a need for it--and when we have a separate section on naming, there is no such need. Ucucha 14:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey Sylvan! Nice to meet you. Sorry about you having to correct the article. I'm new to this whole thing so please bare with me. I plan on expanding the article as much as possible to include a lot of detail without revealing anything deemed secret or tantric in nature. Its a work in progress. I'll try to edit it a little bit each day. I'm not going to delete anything from the article that I didn't write personally. I hope that you would agree with me that the article, in its present state is a total mess. It needs to be more clear. Thanks! My email is bodhisattva.wade@gmail.com Feel free to drop me a line and I will respond promptly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodhisattva.wade ( talk • contribs) 15:37, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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Many thanks! Sylvain1972 ( talk) 21:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at User_talk:Abecedare#Tibetan_Buddhism? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 04:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind checking this series of diffs? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 19:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Great work there! Regards, Mitsube ( talk) 07:01, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Nice additions there. I am confused about something. For one, how could Nagasena have been influenced by Mahayana? Also in the Anguttara the Buddha says that it is only possible to dedicate to hungry ghosts: [11] (search in the page for Janussonin). Maybe there is a contradiction there. The Mahaparinibbana Sutta does have at least one other passage which seems like an interpolation. Mitsube ( talk) 22:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
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You seem to be a regular around the Buddhist articles. I find this edit to be a cause for concern. Note the edit comment: "I have edited out info that should not be there for the uninitiated". Not sure whether that's an isolated incident or the underlying reason for his other edits. Yworo ( talk) 00:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The party named Illusionsgame has been editing controversial material from Trungpa's site, which you corrected previously. They removed the information provided by the Steinbecks regarding cocaine use. I thought this issue had decided and that it was not to be removed, because it was published by Prometheus Books, a respected publisher. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiWhip ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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Perhaps we should discuss the edits to Anapanasati. I thought the quote of Zaher was too long and was redundant. I thought that Zaher is paraphrased and then the same information is then quoted. Then, a paragraph that contains several obscure texts was included - a paragraph beginning with the phrase, 'Zaher continues,' or something of the like.
Perhaps we should start a section on Talk:Anapanasati. I'll wait until you're finished before making further edits, and if you post on Talk:Anapanasati then please alert me on my Talk page. Thanks, good luck. makeswell ( talk) 21:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Sylvain1972. Could you give your opinion at Talk:Sherry Chayat#Hear-say emails? Greetings, Joshua Jonathan ( talk) 20:37, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Unless you have proof it is not legit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chimon21 ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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Dear Sylvain,
I noticed that Jhana was merged with Dhyana. Now there is only Dhyana but no Jhana. Dhyana is a sanskrit term used mainly by Mahayana Tradition. Jhana is a pali term used by Theraveda School. There is mostly information based on the Theraveda school because Mahayana School usually doesn't use the Pali term Jhana. Likewise, you will see mostly Mahayana meditation under Dhyana, because Theraveda School doesn't use that term. Why not keep them separate to avoid confusion. The techniques used by two schools are different. -- Simpliciti ( talk) 17:59, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi Sylvain1972, thanks for inviting me to contribute to these subjects. I would be delighted to do so although my knowledge is very superficial, however I have a great respect and debt to the Tibetan traditions and masters so anything I can contribute I certainly will. Of particular interest to me would be some pages on Trijang Rinpoche, Zong Rinpoche, Je Phabonkhapa etc because these figures are widely discussed but in fact there is little information available about any of them. I am not an expert myself but perhaps some experts can be drawn out of the woodwork? I can put together very basic sketches however. On a general note you may have concerns that I am partisan to one particular view, and of course I do have my own views, however one of the things I really appreciate about Wiki is that it enables a broad range of different views to be presented as long as they are well founded, this I very much support, even if they contradict my views. In the meantime if you would like me to review or contribute to any ongoing articles please let me know, I would be delighted to contribute.( Robertect 11:25, 3 April 2006 (UTC)).
Hi, I have just seen that you have mentioned the Tibetan Buddhism project on my talk page. Thanks for the invite! However, I do not know how much I can add. I follow the same tradition as Robert and as he has been involved longer (I think) he can probably offer more than me. It is also not clear as to how many people would consider the NKT to be 'Tibetan'. However, I can give my perspective of living in an NKT Dharma Centre in England and of being a Dorje Shugden practioner if that would be helpful. All the best. Patrick -- Patrick K 09:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
Im also a (beggining) tibetan buddhist practitioner, but wonder about the wisdom of having a separate portal. I think buddhists are allready quite a small minority here on wiki, and maintaining (general) buddhist portal, project and articles (especially of topics and terms shared with other more numerous religions, like hindu) seems complicaded enough; creating specific portals for subdivisions maybe is not such a great idea? -- Aryah 01:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed you have edited other Tibetan Buddhism topics. I spent some time on this article, but it still remains a wretched piece of unencyclopedic writing. If you get the chance, can you look at it? I've left some comments on the
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I _think_ your last reply to MrDemeanour got in between his/her comment and signature, so I moved it back, based on edit history. If this is _not_ the case then I do apologize, but it was a little confusing otherwise. Regards, Zero sharp 16:43, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Sylvain,
Thanks for removing the NPOV and clean-up tags on Burj al-Arab. As you noted, a fair bit of work has been done on it. While the subject has no special importance to me, the low standard of writing on that article was really getting on my nerves. I'm happy that you feel it's now at a readable standard.
I removed the "Criticism" section in accordance with a discussion on Talk:Burj al-Arab with H005. I feel that the currently-listed criticisms are a bit self-serving. I understand your reasons for reinstating the section, and would love to hear more discussion of the issue on the article's talk page.
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Thank you very much -- the article is in a lot better shape since I last looked in, mostly thanks to your edits. Zero sharp 10:15, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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Forgive me for having to revert a couple of your changes to the Presidents Day article. I left you a note on the discussion page with an explanation; I think you were basing your edits on false information on the discussion page. Let me know if you have any questions or thoughts.
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Hi Sylvain,
I'm just getting used to the idea of making alterations to wikipedia articles.
After reading your entry on Namgyal Rinpoche, I wondered if it was based on your having met the man, or whether you put it together from what you'd read.
I studied with him for many years and feel there is a glaring omission, but wouldn't want to offend you by re-writing the article.
I note you don't have an email link on your user page, so I'll just have to check in here sometime to see if you've posted a reply... unless you can email me (do I have an email link on my page?)
Alansw
hi -- this article is a mess, and I think the numbers are completely off. But please, please, don't add countries for which we don't have numbers! Originally the article listed every country in the world, and most of them didn't have any data. It was a disaster. I'd like to do through soon and redo the whole article, but I really don't think adding new countries at this point adds anything to it. thanks! bikeable (talk) 17:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi I am fascinated in Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism and have adde dmany new articles on buddhist monasteries such as Ramoche Temple and Shalu Monastery. Would it be possible to merge your project into WikiProject Tibet -after all much of the traditional culture and biographies etc are Tibetan buddhism anyway, I feel it could create abetter coordination . PLease see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China. If it became WikiiPorject Tibet the Tibetan Buddhism would be an intergral part of it of course . What do you think? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:04, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
You may also be interested to know that I have added a gallery of Dalai Lamas !! ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 18:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. The decision by Wikiporject China was to create a project WikiProject Tibet. However I too agree with you that there is a disinction between Tibetan tradition/religion and Chinese takeover. Your project is now a part of WikiProject Tibet but I am keeping all of the categories for Tibetan Buddhism (I also created some new ones) which are now part fo Buddhism and Tibet. For example please see Talk:Ramoche Temple. THis article geographically is part of China so goes in that category. However spiritually it is part of Tibetan Buddhism project so that tag puts it in not only the Tibetan Buddhst category but also in Tibet articles. E.g for the Dalai Lama the tag clearly cannot be Chinese! but has a Tibetan Buddhism tag which automatically places it also in the Tibet category but not CHina. I feel this is the best way to do it. I also improved the Tibetan Buddhism template and have begun adding it to articles which I couldn't beleive were not tagged like the Panchen Lama! THis way your project is working with Tibet whilst avoiding the CHinese tagging whilst focusing on solely Buddhism articles. For example Lhasa has two tags yet being under the same project - this is to show that the Tibetan buddhism project is still very much in operation but is part of the wider Tibetan framework. It wasn't my decision to merge them but if you understand they haven't really been merged just organized more strongly. YOu'll beginning to see a big improvmeent in you rproject by my tagging system and I'll continue creating new Tibetan-Buddhist articles. I hope you see the idea. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I can't begin to stress how important I beleive this is and like you I agree that Tibetan Buddhism is an important and highly interesting subject. PLease add to the Tibetan Buddhism section of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tibet and state the goals etc articles needing improvement etc. ALso I beleive your Portal:Tibetan Buddhism is great!!! and should be linkeed on every Tibetan buddhist article in the template showing it simportance ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I can't beleive the article which haven't been organized. Why has Drepung Monastery and Je Tsongkhapa not been tagged!!!!! They now have the Tibetan Buddhism tag. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 20:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Please can you respond to me I know you are there!! Are you as interested in Tibetan Buddhism as I am? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "I've been expecting you" 21:49, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
...is hotly debated among historians so it's hard to give you a straight answer. However, by 1931 Canada was declared "equal" to Britain within the Commonwealth. Yet because the Canadian founding fathers had forgotten to give themselves a process to amend the constitution, that power technically stayed with Britain until 1982. Does that work? Kevlar67 20:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I did read Dartmouth University but accidentally linked that article, which I had in another tab. Dartmouth College describes the school as "a private, coeducational university". Sorry if that was confusing; I should've worded my edit summary better. – Minh Nguyễn ( talk, contribs) 22:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hallo Sylvain. I do agree with you about "rigpa" not being the correct translation of "bodhicitta". In the article (largely created by myself) on the "Kunjed Gyalpo Tantra" ("All-Creating King"). I originally used the terms "bodhicitta" or Awakened Mind or Mind of Perfect Purity (in conformity with the text itself). But someone with a zest for the "rigpa" word came along and changed it! It was a bit irritating, since the main concept explored by this tantra is that of bodhicitta (rather than rigpa) in the sense of the eternally Awake and uncreated Mind of Buddha (Samantabhadra). Anyway, thanks for your valuable input. Best wishes to you. From Tony. TonyMPNS 20:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
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Just to let you know, there are two individuals known as Surya Das. I happen to know the one who was given his name by Neem Karoli Baba. He is not the same individual who is the subject of this article; in fact, the one given the name by NKB is not a Buddhist but a Hindu and a kirtan walla. GlassFET 16:13, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
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I too though church was out of place in shambhala buddhism history.
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Hi Sylvain -
First, I want to thank you for identifying a statement in the kilesa article as referring to a Hindu text. (The editor who I believe originated the statement in question, while appearing to be extremely earnest and intelligent, also tends to be highly syncretic and somewhat obfuscating without providing clarity regarding sources.) If this typifies your activities on WP, let me applaud your efforts and please know I appreciate your sharing your impressive knowledge.
If I may, I also have a question about another edit you made today. I see you recently added the following line to the intro of Taṇhā.
I guess I'm curious about this statement for a couple of reasons (some trivial, one perhaps not):
If you're inclined to clarify, I'd appreciate it. I wish you well, Larry Rosenfeld ( talk) 18:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey Sylvain, just wanted to give you kudos on being on top of the attempts (yet again) to foist minority opinion on the Karmapa controversy page. I'm pretty sure we can assume Oestrik is the same person who's been doing it all along. I wonder when the guy'll give up? I'm pretty sure it's this guy http://www.youtube.com/user/daveyork0 doing all this stuff, but I'm not exactly certain. Changchub ( talk) 20:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
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Why does your name not link and no (talk) link come up for your sigs? It makes it difficult to interact w/ you. Gwynand ( talk) 14:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sir/Mdm,
We are acting on behalf of Drukpa Publications and the organisations of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa. We don't understand why you are taking out our editing. We have historical facts that are translated directly from Tibetan and also new materials for the lineage. We would appreciate you stop editing what we have edited because you have undone correct facts for the Drukpa Lineage.
Your kind support by not vandalizing our editing would be most appreciated.
Sincerely, Jigme Tobden Drukpa Publications, Information Centre
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Dear Sir/Mdm,
I have read the COI and note the "Conflict of Interests" - but we need to know who is Sylvain1972 to represent the Drukpa Lineage to put the historical facts on the Wikipedia. Is he a scholar of Tibetan Buddhism? We will get Mr. Gene Smith, Mr. Lobsang Thargay, the relevent personnels in charge of religious affairs departments in Bhutan, Ladakh and India to write to Sylvain1972, if this helps to resolve the conflict of interest.
As far as we are concerned, history of the Drukpa Lineage cannot be just from English books that are available in the bookstores, because some of them were biased information. We have in our hands translated information, provided by scholars in Ladakh, Tibet and Bhutan, which can be verified by Mr. Gene Smith. But since these materials have yet been published in English, are you saying that these are not valid facts?
Tibetan Buddhist facts should be provided by authorised people who belong to the lineage that can provide a open, unbiaised and fair picture of the Drukpa Lineage.
There are the facts that are quoted wrongly by Sylvain1972 and we know they are wrong and that should not be misleading the public.
(1) We are known as Dongyu Palden Drukpa (2) The Fourth Gyalwang Drukpa Kunkhyen Pema Karpo left a prediction letter in Tibetan that says that he would have two reincarnations that returned to this world (3) Ling Repa is not a disciple of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje. He is the ROOT GURU of Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje, and Ling Repa's guru is Phagmo Drupa. (4) Drukpa Kagyu Heritage Projects are not representative of the Drukpa Lineage (5) Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche's poem on the 4 greater and 8 lesser schools are not representing the full picture. (6) The Drukpa Lineage belongs one of the the Sarma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, which is not wrong. The Nyingma is known as the old school and all others are under the new school which is called Sarma (7) Great lineages of the three Victorious Ones (Gyalwa Namsum) and the Three Divine Madmen are not mentioned. We have all these already translated into English.
We just want to know in this case, who is conflicting the interest of the Drukpa Lineage.
Thank you.
Yours, Jigme Tobden
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I have the 3RR noticeboard on my watchlist and noticed your recent report. When reporting, you need to follow the specific rules of the page in order for the report to be properly evaluated. In your case, you need to provide at least 4 diffs for the reverts breaking the 3RR rule, and then a diff showing that you warned the violating editor. Ask me if you need help with this. Gwynand | Talk/ Contribs 17:45, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
This is translated from Tibetan. Phajo Druggon Shigpo was not a disciple of Tsangpa Gyare.
Just before he passed away, Tsangpa Gyare told his nephew and Regent, Onre Darma Sengye (1177 - 1237), "A Khampa son from Kham is coming. But he won't meet me. You look after him. Send him to the southern valley that has been visited and blessed by Orgyen Padma Jungne. He will be of great service to the Buddha Dharma."
Tharpa Gyaltsen was born at Babchu Tashigang in Kham, eastern Tibet, in 1184, amidst many miraculous signs. Like Tsangpa Gyare, he is also said to be a descendant of the Gya (Chinese) clan. He began his studies under a Nyingma master at the age of 7. At the age of 12, he was ordained by a renowned master named Tharpalingpa and received instructions on Dzogchen Nyingthig. Then he did prolonged meditation at Lingkar Drak, a place blessed by Guru Padmasambhava.
One day he learnt of the spiritual reputation of Tsangpa Gyare from some traders of Jang Taklung. Merely hearing the name of Tsangpa Gyare generated a deep sense of devotion in him and tears came to his eyes. Moved with great devotion, he made up his mind to go to Ralung to see Tsangpa Gyare. He sought his teacher's permission to go on a pilgrimage to Lhasa and Samye. After receiving the remaining instructions from his teacher, he set off on his journey. It took him almost a year to reach the U-Tsang region of Tibet.
While in Samye, he heard the news of Tsangpa Gyare's passing away from two ascetics and he fainted. When he regained his senses, he heard about Onre Darma Sengye, the Regent of Tsangpa Gyare at Ralung, whose spiritual attainment was equal to that of Tsangpa Gyare. At the age of 33, Tharpa Gyaltsen arrived at Ralung. As instructed by Tsangpa Gyare, Onre Darma Sengye took him as his disciple and transmitted the teachings of the Drukpa tradition. After receiving the teachings for about a year, Tharpa Gyaltsen meditated at Jekar and Longdol for three years. He then went back to his master Onre Darma Sengye and related his experiences; after receiving the remaining teachings and empowerments, he again did extensive meditation and realized Mahamudra. Onre Darma Sengye was impressed by his realization and gave him the name Phajo Druggom Zhigpo.
At the appropriate time, Onre Darma Senye told Phajo about Tsangpa Gyare's prophecy and gave him instructions about his activities in Bhutan. In 1224, at the age of 40, Phajo left for Bhutan to carry out the prophecy of Tsangpa Gyare.
At the time of Phajo’s arrival at Lingzhi, in Bhutan, a cow belonging to a local rich man named Matong Gyi, had given birth to a calf with the head of a donkey and a snake as the tail. He approached Phajo for help. Phajo subjugated the evil spirit and it became a normal calf. All the nomads of Lingzhi joined together and offered Jagoe Dzong and all the surrounding land to Phajo.
Then Phajo meditated at Paro Taktsang for a month. In a vision during the meditation, Guru Padmasambhava instructed him to travel throughout the country and meditate at twelve places:
1) Four Dzongs (fortresses) - Taktsang Sengye Samdrub Dzong, Tago Choying Dzong, Lingzhi Jagoe Dzong and Yangtse Thubo Dzong; 2) Four Draks (rocks) - Gom Drak, Thukje Drak, Tsechu Drak and Dechen Drak 3) Four Phugs (caves) - Tsedong Phug, Gawa Phug, Langthang Phug and Sengye Phug.
While staying at Darkar Latse, Phajo met Achog and took her as his consort. A son was born and given the name Dampa. When Phajo went to Wang Sinmo, he met Sonam Paldron, a girl with the signs of a Dakini, at Chagzam Bridge. Since meeting her had been prophesied to Phajo in a vision, he took her also as his consort. The bridge came to be known as Lungten Zampa, or the ‘Bridge of the Prophecy’. Phajo gave her all the instructions and empowerments of the Drukpa tradition. Then they went to meditate at the cave Dodena, where Tago monastery stands today. In a vision during the meditation, Hayagriva instructed Phajo to continue his line through children to spread the traditions of the Drukpa lineage. After nine months Sonam Paldron gave birth to a daughter.
Leaving his consort and daughter at Dodena, Phajo went to meditate at all the places prophesied. One day, while he was at the Dechen Drak, the string of his rosary broke and the beads scattered in all directions. This was an omen that his teachings would spread all over the country in the future.
Prior to the arrival of Phajo Druggom, Nyoe Gyalwa Lhanangpa, a disciple of Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon (1143 - 1217), the founder of the Drikung Kagyud, had great influence and controlled a large part of western Bhutan. However, the growing reputation of Phajo began to threaten Lhanangpa's influence and power.
Sonam Paldron gave birth to seven sons. One day, Phajo took all seven sons to a bridge and, invoking the deities to decide which of his sons were demons and which would preserve his lineage, he threw all of them into the river. Three sons drowned and four remained unharmed. This story spread across the country and Lhanangpa became envious and hostile. Lhanangpa sent a letter to Phajo saying, "You cannot stay in this country without my permission. You should either look after the monastery of Jathel Dzong or serve as a stable-keeper. Else you will lose your life".
Phajo dismissed the threat and wrote back saying that he had been sent by Onre Darma Sengye in accordance with the prophesy of Tsangpa Gyare, to spread the teachings of the Drukpa lineage. Lhanangpa then hatched plans to kill Phajo, but failed in every attempt. Following these events the people of Paro and other areas began to lose faith in Lhanangpa's leadership and his influence waned. The local leaders who had been supporters of Lhanangpa pledged their allegiance to Phajo. Lhanangpa fled to Bemed in Gitagom valley, where he built the Tokha Dzong fortress. The influence of the Drigung Kagyud dwindled gradually. However, their antagonism towards the Drukpas lasted until the time of Shabdrung in the seventeenth century.
Phajo began to spread the teachings of the Drukpa lineage systematically. He firmly established the Drukpa lineage teachings as the main school in western Bhutan and exerted considerable political and spiritual influence in the rest of the country. He passed on the teachings to his sons and sent them to different areas. They ruled according to the principles of the Dharma. In 1251, at the age of 68, Phajo passed away at Tago. JigmeTobden ( talk) 18:42, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
We would like to have your contact email. Some officers would like to contact with you regarding histories and facts by email exchange, so that it doesn't end up being a heated and open discussion. Secretaries and monasteries of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa as well as some other eminent Rinpoches in Bhutan and Ladakh would like to be in touch with you. We have referred this to them. Jigme Tobden JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
In this case, then we will get each of them to register and start quoting "3rd Party" sources, as you all have mentioned. You should really find out under what circumstances these books were written and translated. Fairness should be there to all the different lineages, as each has its own beauty. This exchange has brought great enlightening experiences that we will definitely share with our counterparts in Ladakh, Bhutan, Tibet and other parts of India. You will see more of us, as well as our team of scholars. Kindly put correct facts. JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:36, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
By the way, I don't agree for you to say that "...His Holiness and the eminent Rinpoches in Bhutan and Ladakh have more important things to worry about" - If Wikipedia misrepresents facts of the Drukpa Lineage, without people and scholars to defend and correct the facts, then everyone will be quoting the wrong facts and wrong facts will become historical facts. As you said, "the idea that the Drukpa school is not a Kagyu school is not widely accepted at the very least" - we just wonder are "widely accepted" facts the truths or something else. Sometimes, majority's agreement or acceptance of something may not be the truth in totality. For example, sources that you have quoted are mainly from one particular school, how about those of Drikung, how about those of Nyingma? How about those from Bhutan? This is what we meant by lopsided. Are you saying that if we put a third reference to the fact that the lineage is known as Drukpa Lineage, or rather Drukpa "Kar"gyud - because being the white lineage, that you will agree for us to take it down what we feel is a misguided fact, that the 800-year-old lineage and its yogis never had the chance to defend. We first felt Wikipedia was a great source of correctly represented information, but you said, "I will not allow you to expunge that information from the article, that is not what wikipedia is for" - if a misquote or a misrepresentation is widely accepted, is it considered as a truth? In fact, we wanted to tell you that the lineage was historically known as "Drukpa Kargyud" - I guess you must know the difference between Kagyud and Kargyud, but many don't. This issue will definitely be addressed to all the masters. A consistency in this obviously will help to protect the legacy of the Dragon lineage and to ensure that it shall exist beyond a millennium, and not disappearing due to "widely accepted" reasons. JigmeTobden ( talk) 19:51, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I see that you are the editor behind wikiproject Tibet. Given the now more prominent place of Tibet in the news, I'm concerned that key Tibet-related articles don't provide the quality that they should. I would like to spear-head an article improvement drive or collaboration of some sort for WikiProject Tibet to improve the most important articles fairly quickly. Would you be interested in helping start such a drive? -- Gimme danger ( talk) 19:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Sylvain1972, thank you very much for the invitation. I have qualitatively improved the Yidam article and have read earlier versions of the Ishta-devata article. Thankyou for drawing my awareness to the current discussion.
Blessings
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Sylvain1972, Thanks for drawing my attention to this - I've added my comments the Ishta-Deva (Buddhism) Talk page. BTW Yidam is not the Tibetan translation of Ishta-devata. Chris Fynn ( talk) 07:32, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Dear Sylvain1972 ,If you have time and are willing to share your point of view. Can you give your comment arguments about the current discussion in the bates method article.
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( See also par 24 : Some objective factual information of the past and now and the discussion with Ronz on my talkpage ) Seeyou ( talk) 11:23, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
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If you are going to get into the interpretation which likens an arahant to a fire that has gone out, then could you also include the context, that is, in the Buddha's time an extinguished fire was not understood to be annihilated, but instead to be undefinable and unbound. The first part, non-annihilation, is key. Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 07:56, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick word of thanks for your support with the Bareau material. Some people seem to resort to any tactics to suppress material they don't like.-- अनाम गुमनाम 00:37, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Just to say that your last edit didn't really add any pagenumbers, but you did add a quote without pagenumbers. I have removed that one again. Thanks however for properly inserting the quotes. bye Greetings, Sacca 19:02, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Hello again Sylvain, Your quote for Petit left out a very important aspect, namely that Petit mentions that the Mahayana sutras' claim for representing the teachings of the Buddha is weak. I added this info now. I am disappointed in this. and I will have to look up your quotes in the future to see if you are using partial quotes to promote biases, and that is a shame. Bye Greetings, Sacca 02:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
Please follow the BRD editing model. Per the talk page, the material you added does not belong in the lead section. If you want to argue for inclusion, please counter the points that have already been made. Reverting to your preferred version is not best practice. Wording like "and some argue" is not particularly appropriate (see Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words) and you seem to have offered an interpretation of the second source (Garfield). Frankly, these types of edits are generally frowned upon. Viriditas ( talk) 15:04, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Before I go, I have to ask, why are you trying to deliberately associate one of the key concepts of Buddhism with a western concept of metaphysics? That doesn't make any sense to me. And furthermore, the sources do not explicitly state what you are trying to say in the lead section. I appreciate that you have removed the weasel words, but I am very interested in your motivation. What are you trying to achieve here? In other words, what is the purpose of your edits? Please take some time to think about this as I won't be online for a while, and a thoughtful answer from yourself will go a long way towards persuading me over to your POV. Viriditas ( talk) 15:49, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
They are there, and signed with my signature. This discussion belongs there. Sylvain1972 ( talk) 15:57, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm just starting another attempt to stop the NKT people from 'taking over' the Wikipedia with their continuous edit-war to promote the Shugden practice. If you agree, please leave a note at Administrators noticeboard. rudy ( talk) 13:17, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
hello, you added a reference to some professor Davidson. Please check the language, the quoted sentence in the reference makes no sense. whats with all the (disputed)? Please make it understandable, or I will remove it. Also it overlaps with some other quotes, so after it is made readable, I might join it with another quote which carries the same meaning. Greetings, Sacca 20:00, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at User_talk:Mitsube#Yoga.23Tibetan_Buddhism? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 05:06, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
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Kindly see Talk:Aparanta 86.96.226.13 ( talk) 08:02, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
I started a thread on Talk:Delmonico's Restaurant#POV/synthesis text. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 15:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Please explain why you accused me of bigotry in this diff: [6]. I'm not sure what you are referring to. The Buddha is not the author of the tathagatagarbha sutras, and they are later works which do not refer to teachings of the historical Buddha, as you well know. Mitsube ( talk) 01:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Please be mindful of WP:3RR, and please address the concerns of myself and the other editor on this in the talk page without constant edit warring. Thanks, -- JohnnyB256 ( talk) 15:30, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I recently read this relatively new book by Richard Shankman. His coverage of jhana in the suttas shows that it is quite different from the Visuddhimagga treatment of samadhi. In fact, jhana as described by the Buddha is one practice that has the two aspects of vipassana and samatha. You may be interested in reading it. Mitsube ( talk) 18:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
I removed that term from the lead of mongoose because it was already in the "Naming" section and I considered the alternative plural to be sufficiently obscure that it did not merit a separate mention in the lead. I think we should avoid cluttering the lead with rare variants unless there's a need for it--and when we have a separate section on naming, there is no such need. Ucucha 14:38, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Hey Sylvan! Nice to meet you. Sorry about you having to correct the article. I'm new to this whole thing so please bare with me. I plan on expanding the article as much as possible to include a lot of detail without revealing anything deemed secret or tantric in nature. Its a work in progress. I'll try to edit it a little bit each day. I'm not going to delete anything from the article that I didn't write personally. I hope that you would agree with me that the article, in its present state is a total mess. It needs to be more clear. Thanks! My email is bodhisattva.wade@gmail.com Feel free to drop me a line and I will respond promptly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bodhisattva.wade ( talk • contribs) 15:37, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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For your excellent additions of material about early Buddhist texts and the place of breath meditation in Indian Yogacara and Tibetan traditions. Mitsube ( talk) 19:40, 13 January 2010 (UTC) |
Many thanks! Sylvain1972 ( talk) 21:10, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Could you take a look at User_talk:Abecedare#Tibetan_Buddhism? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 04:19, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
Would you mind checking this series of diffs? Thanks, Mitsube ( talk) 19:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Great work there! Regards, Mitsube ( talk) 07:01, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Nice additions there. I am confused about something. For one, how could Nagasena have been influenced by Mahayana? Also in the Anguttara the Buddha says that it is only possible to dedicate to hungry ghosts: [11] (search in the page for Janussonin). Maybe there is a contradiction there. The Mahaparinibbana Sutta does have at least one other passage which seems like an interpolation. Mitsube ( talk) 22:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
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You seem to be a regular around the Buddhist articles. I find this edit to be a cause for concern. Note the edit comment: "I have edited out info that should not be there for the uninitiated". Not sure whether that's an isolated incident or the underlying reason for his other edits. Yworo ( talk) 00:57, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
The party named Illusionsgame has been editing controversial material from Trungpa's site, which you corrected previously. They removed the information provided by the Steinbecks regarding cocaine use. I thought this issue had decided and that it was not to be removed, because it was published by Prometheus Books, a respected publisher. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiWhip ( talk • contribs) 13:45, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
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I just saw your comment. Anytime you wish to argue that our BLP policy does not require valid references to reliable sources, and anytime you wish to bring me up at the Administrative Noticeboard or the BLP noticeboard for "inventing" policy, be my guest--but do let me know. Or, of course, you can have a look at Dennis Genpo Merzel, and explain how it's OK that 14 of the 22 references are to the "Big Mind Homepage"--after you get a consensus from the BLP noticeboard or the RS noticeboard that that page (part of the subject's own website) is a reliable source. Never mind the fact, of course, that the link is dead. Thank you, Drmies ( talk) 16:04, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
A while back, I posted a new proposal for Tibetan naming conventions, i.e. conventions that can be used to determine the most appropriate titles for articles related to the Tibetan region. This came out of discussions about article titles on Talk:Qamdo and Talk:Lhoka (Shannan) Prefecture. I hope that discussions on the proposal's talk page will lead to consensus in favour of making these conventions official, but so far only a few editors have left comments. If you would be interested in taking a look at the proposed naming conventions and giving your opinion, I would definitely appreciate it. Thanks— Nat Krause( Talk!· What have I done?) 16:24, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
I was just wondering whether you had any knowledge about Mireille Helffer, the ethnomusicologist who wrote that wonderful book on Gesar and the singing styles back in the 1970s, when I first read it? I think she needs a bio. Articles are just that little better when we can ring them around with stubs on the background of people whose work we use in our sources. I've cast around, but other than editing in a note on her husband's page, can't find much. Cheers Nishidani ( talk) 17:24, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Hey, just wanted to ask for clarification. I know that a PROD can be removed for whatever reason, but your edit summary for removing the PROD at Celtic Buddhism was i can't find the listing for the proposed deletion, so i'm removing the template, so I was wondering if perhaps you could clarify what listing you're referring to? - SudoGhost 17:40, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps we should discuss the edits to Anapanasati. I thought the quote of Zaher was too long and was redundant. I thought that Zaher is paraphrased and then the same information is then quoted. Then, a paragraph that contains several obscure texts was included - a paragraph beginning with the phrase, 'Zaher continues,' or something of the like.
Perhaps we should start a section on Talk:Anapanasati. I'll wait until you're finished before making further edits, and if you post on Talk:Anapanasati then please alert me on my Talk page. Thanks, good luck. makeswell ( talk) 21:06, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
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Can you give your input on the situation at the Madhyamaka page? Perfectly sourced edits are being continuously rejected. Moreover the added material seems to be correct based on the comments of Loppon Namdrol recently. GristedesEX ( talk) 21:40, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
I noticed that 20040302 is changing direct quotes. For example here, he changed the direct quote in the footnote, changing the word eternalism to essentialism. I confirmed the original says eternalism. Calculated ( talk) 23:28, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
Please give input on this Buddhist topic " India". Thank you.
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Hi, Sylvain. You've helped with the Tib Bsm article in the past. If you have a moment, would you like to check:
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Hi Sylvain1972. Could you give your opinion at Talk:Sherry Chayat#Hear-say emails? Greetings, Joshua Jonathan ( talk) 20:37, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Unless you have proof it is not legit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chimon21 ( talk • contribs) 22:05, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
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If you have a spare moment, can I draw your attention to the "Bon" and "RfC" sections on the Tib Bsm talk page of WP ( /info/en/?search=Talk:Tibetan_Buddhism). There's been a hassle going on there for over a month.
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Now I wouldn't call this a primary source by any means, but I think the statement that most is wheat or potatoes is debatable. I think my brother has that book. I'll have to look up what she has to say. Beakerboy ( talk) 20:30, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
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