Those girls just need to keep trying harder!

Practice makes perfect!

Or maybe I should show them how?
:-)


Edgar




On Sep 14, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Anthony Wu wrote:

> 
> Edgar,
>  
> At least I know of two examples where giirls don't reach enlightenment 
> orgasms in those tantra rituals: June Campbell and a Buthanese women who 
> appealed to the king to ban the rituals. They were used by their partners to 
> reach enlightenment orgasms, or orgasms without enlightenment.
>  
> I believe some women may like the ritual and scream, but am not sure what 
> percentage.
>  
> Anthony
>  
>  
> 
> From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012, 19:50
> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
> 
>  
> Anthony,
> 
> Don't be silly. The girls reach enlightenment orgasms in those Tantra rituals.
> 
> And when they come they scream "MU!"
> :-)
> 
> Edgar
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 14, 2012, at 7:19 AM, Anthony Wu wrote:
> 
>>  
>> 
>> Bill!/Merle,
>>  
>> At least the way Tibetan monks conduct sex rituals sounds like treating 
>> women like cattle. That is in the name of reaching highest compassion and 
>> emptiness in the process.
>>  
>> Anthony
>> 
>> From: Bill! <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected] 
>> Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012, 16:46
>> Subject: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> 
>>  
>> He (IMO) is just a walking bumper-sticker machine. How could you take anyone 
>> seriously who purports to be a big-time Buddhist teacher while encouraging 
>> his people to cling to their attachments to their culture and language, and 
>> supports a theocracy which enslaves and exploits non-clerics by keeping them 
>> in ignorance and treats women like cattle?
>> 
>> ...Bill!
>> 
>> --- In mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Â bill that's not very nice...i have many of his books...and his teachings 
>> > are sound...merle
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Â  
>> > Anthony,
>> > 
>> > Don't put too much stock in anything The Dalai Lama says. He's now just 
>> > another out-of-work politician...Bill!
>> > 
>> > --- In mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com, Anthony Wu <wuasg@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Edgar,
>> > > That garbage was obtained from Internet, more than one source. Does it 
>> > > sound reasonalbe?
>> > > Anthony
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > ________________________________
>> > > From: Edgar Owen <edgarowen@>
>> > > To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com 
>> > > Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012, 7:31
>> > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > >   
>> > > Anthony,
>> > > 
>> > > I don't know where you get this garbage Antony?
>> > > 
>> > > Edgar
>> > > 
>> > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Anthony Wu wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > Edgar,
>> > > > 
>> > > > Dalai Lama says, if you are faced with two glasses, one containing 
>> > > > wine, the other urine, you must drink both without hesitation, in 
>> > > > order to qualify for the sex yoga you describe. Right?
>> > > > 
>> > > > Anthony
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > ________________________________
>> > > > From: Edgar Owen <mailto:edgarowen%40att.net>
>> > > > To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com 
>> > > > Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2012, 8:30
>> > > > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > Hi Anthony, 
>> > > > 
>> > > > Sure, it's possible I do it all the time...
>> > > > 
>> > > > Edgar
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > > On Sep 12, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Anthony Wu wrote:
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> Edgar,
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> You say, ' Remember Tantra, and some Taoist schools, use this 
>> > > >> attachment to generate intensity of chi in the sexual chakras, but 
>> > > >> then instead of releasing it in orgasm, directs it up through the 
>> > > >> other chakras flooding the whole body to invigorate the whole being 
>> > > >> and fill it with pure objectLESS love. In this way the whole being 
>> > > >> glows with chi in the form of pure unmediated love and radiates 
>> > > >> Buddha Nature back out into the universe...'
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> Is it really possible? Or just an excuse for the pleasue of actual 
>> > > >> organism, no matter if the body is invigorated with love or not?
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> Anthony
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> ________________________________
>> > > >> From: Chris Austin-Lane <mailto:chris%40austin-lane.net>
>> > > >> To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com 
>> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 22:19
>> > > >> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> On Sep 12, 2012 5:06 AM, "Edgar Owen" <mailto:edgarowen%40att.net> 
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> Hi Mike,
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> I rarely use most of the old words 
>> > > >>> from the texts since I find many of 
>> > > >>> them confused and overlapping.
>> > > >> The very nature of words. 
>> > > >> But fresh language that captures the freshness of the current moment 
>> > > >> is always welcome. 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >> 
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> As for the high heels clicking towards you on the sidewalk. Enjoy 
>> > > >>> but don't get too attached! Recognize that as one of the BIGGEST 
>> > > >>> attachments men especially have to deal with. Just realize it's true 
>> > > >>> nature, a biological trick evolution plays on men to perpetuate the 
>> > > >>> species no matter at what cost!
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> Remember Tantra, and some Taoist schools, use this attachment to 
>> > > >>> generate intensity of chi in the sexual chakras, but then instead of 
>> > > >>> releasing it in orgasm, directs it up through the other chakras 
>> > > >>> flooding the whole body to invigorate the whole being and fill it 
>> > > >>> with pure objectLESS love. In this way the whole being glows with 
>> > > >>> chi in the form of pure unmediated love and radiates Buddha Nature 
>> > > >>> back out into the universe...
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> This is the golden glow often depicted radiating around Buddha...
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> Edgar
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>> On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:44 AM, mike brown wrote:
>> > > >>> 
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> Edgar,
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> I think you see Mara somewhat differently to how I see it. You seem 
>> > > >>>> to see Mara as the illusion of forms, but understanding them as 
>> > > >>>> illusion is still reality and not apart of the All which is Buddha 
>> > > >>>> Nature. Fair enough, but i think this is more of a Mahayana 
>> > > >>>> understanding of Mara. I see Mara as originally understood - the 
>> > > >>>> temptation of the senses that leads us to suffering. I can see the 
>> > > >>>> overlaps tho, so I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm sure we both see 
>> > > >>>> the world as contin gent and consciousness arises differently 
>> > > >>>> depending on what condition presents. For example, If I hear the 
>> > > >>>> sound of high heels coming towards me, my mind begins formulating 
>> > > >>>> the idea of 'female' and 'beauty' 'desire' etc. My body follows 
>> > > >>>> along and so my heart beat increases, adrenalin is released along 
>> > > >>>> with some serotonin etc etc. I then build a story/mental formation 
>> > > >>>> onto this and might start imagining meeting this woman (still 
>> > > >>>> unseen!) and... well, you know the rest. All from
>> > the
>> > > > sound of shoes!! This is the meaning of Mara to me - a tempting of the 
>> > > > senses that leads us into suffering (self-inflicted!) and can occur 
>> > > > from moment to moment as new conditions present. I guess I'm operating 
>> > > > from the micro while you're doing so from the macro. But then again, 
>> > > > it never hurts to see the bigger picture.
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> Mike
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> ________________________________
>> > > >>>> From: Edgar Owen <mailto:edgarowen%40att.net>
>> > > >>>> To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com 
>> > > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 11:35
>> > > >>>> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> Mike and Kris,
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> This is consistent with what I say, that Mara (illusion or the 
>> > > >>>> world of forms) is the WAY THAT BUDDHA NATURE MANIFESTS IN OUR 
>> > > >>>> WORLD. Properly realized Mara is not something apart from Buddha 
>> > > >>>> Nature but a manifestation of Buddha Nature. Mara is only illusion 
>> > > >>>> when taken for the whole of reality rather than being realized as a 
>> > > >>>> manifestation of Buddha Nature itself.
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> Edgar
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:28 PM, mike brown wrote:
>> > > >>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Kris,
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> What you seek to attend to, is none other than that attending. 
>> > > >>>>>> Abiding as whatever presents.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> I agree. This is just another way of saying that consciousness 
>> > > >>>>> arises with whatever presents from moment to moment (conditioned). 
>> > > >>>>> But it's how we react, or not, to these moments that is the crux 
>> > > >>>>> of whether we suffer... or not.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> There is no Buddha without Mara.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Again, I agree. I think there's a very shallow belief in Buddhism, 
>> > > >>>>> including zen, that when someone becomes 'enlightened' they will 
>> > > >>>>> experience a life free of attachments, desires and craving. If 
>> > > >>>>> conditions are right, we can experience moments of liberation, but 
>> > > >>>>> we live in a contingent world and so always need to pay attention 
>> > > >>>>> to each and every moment.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> All teachings of Buddha are carried and delivered by Mara.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Nice.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> The Middle Way cannot be entered without Mara's invitation. Be 
>> > > >>>>>> mindful you don't reject it.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Well, you know what they say about keeping your friends close to 
>> > > >>>>> you, but your enemies closer ; )
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Mike
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> ________________________________
>> > > >>>>> From: Kristopher Grey <mailto:kris%40kgrey.com>
>> > > >>>>> To: mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com 
>> > > >>>>> Sent: Monday, 10 September 2012, 2:55
>> > > >>>>> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: THE BASIC TEACHING OF BUDDHA
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> On 9/9/2012 3:34 PM, mike brown wrote:
>> > > >>>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> Kris,
>> > > >>>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>>> The nature of this realized, cessation is effortless.
>> > > >>>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> We're contingent beings in a contingent world. We're born, we 
>> > > >>>>>> grow sick, we grow old, we die. In a contingent world we don't 
>> > > >>>>>> know what's just around the corner ready to befall us. In order 
>> > > >>>>>> to "realise" suffering fully we need to pay mindful attention to 
>> > > >>>>>> what impacts on us - not to just the external stimuli, but also 
>> > > >>>>>> to how we react to them inwardly.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> While all this is so, these are not separate. 'No independent 
>> > > >>>>> origination". Contingent. What you seek to attend to, is none 
>> > > >>>>> other than that attending. Abiding as whatever presents.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> Abiding is not optional. Delusions of not abiding take great 
>> > > >>>>> effort to maintain (Abiding is not optional. Delusions of not 
>> > > >>>>> abiding take great effort to maintain [Abiding is not optional. 
>> > > >>>>> Delusions of not abiding take great effort to maintain.].)...
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> If you realize at least 1/3 of that last bit - your mindfulness is 
>> > > >>>>> sufficient. ;)
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>>> Even after Buddha's defeat of Mara, he was still 'visited' by 
>> > > >>>>>> Mara from time to time. life happens moment to moment and no 
>> > > >>>>>> over-riding state of mind/knowledge/understanding/Enlightenment 
>> > > >>>>>> will eradicate the potential to suffer at any time. All we can do 
>> > > >>>>>> is constantly practice mindfulness until our mind isn't so 
>> > > >>>>>> restless and we can be more aware of those first stirrings of the 
>> > > >>>>>> mind to be so reactive.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> There is no Buddha without Mara. Neither victor nor vanquished was 
>> > > >>>>> born to fight nor dies in the struggle. To conquer delusion is see 
>> > > >>>>> it was never otherwise. Samsara is Nirvana. No other 
>> > > >>>>> realization/no realization of other.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> All teachings of Buddha are carried and delivered by Mara.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> The Middle Way cannot be entered without Mara's invitation. Be 
>> > > >>>>> mindful you don't reject it.
>> > > >>>>> 
>> > > >>>>> KG
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