Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's getting on for midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. Any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. (Any question received after then will not get an answer, and will likely just be deleted.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here.

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Comments

Re: My experience with the Chenrezig mantra as a non Buddhist, aka Good Is Not Nice

[ecosophia]

Er, well, yes. This does not sound like a good idea to me.

Re: My experience with the Chenrezig mantra as a non Buddhist, aka Good Is Not Nice

[(Anonymous)]

As a practicing Buddhist - and someone who likes reading this blog - it seems that the intermixing of Buddhist practice within non Buddhist spiritual paths should only be done with the greatest of care and should be immediately abandoned upon a negative result.

We do a LOT of what I would call the equivalent of banishing spells as a daily practice and a LOT of study on the nature of Karma. After 30 years of Dharma practice I still feel like a beginner a lot of the times.

Re: My experience with the Chenrezig mantra as a non Buddhist, aka Good Is Not Nice

[ecosophia]

That seems perfectly sensible to me. I certainly wouldn't try mixing systems until and unless I had a thorough grounding in the traditional forms of both the systems I wanted to combine.

Re: My experience with the Chenrezig mantra as a non Buddhist, aka Good Is Not Nice

[(Anonymous)]

Do you mind sharing what those banishing-equivalent daily practices are? I didn't realize Buddhism had anything like this.

Re: My experience with the Chenrezig mantra as a non Buddhist, aka Good Is Not Nice

[(Anonymous)]

Read what I said about mixing practices. In general one can create a internal visualization/determination to protect others and in return be protected. Its hardcore Mahāyāna and comes with a TON of guidance that amounts to right thought and right action - a lot of "do this" and "dont do this"