Death of Lama Ole Nydahl, what to do now?

Lama Ole Nydahl, our beloved Buddhist Teacher has died, passed beyond this life.

Thank You for everything, Lama Ole ... see You again in next lives, hopefully.

🙏 🙏 🙏 OM AMI DEWA HRIH 🙏 🙏 🙏


I wish to serve and learn from Buddha Karmapa's wife, Sangyumla (Rinchen Yangzom) in his place, from now on.

Importance of Symbols & Religions.

I've watched a film about Jung's Psychology and Symbols.

Here's summary:

In Jungian Psychology, as opposed to Freud's one ... topics of Mythology and Religions have important place. Ignoring these is a big mistake, when one tries to understand modern civilized man's Mind, or at least I think so.

Human Mind is like a riverbed. It has no water in itself, but when water flows in, it is given specific form, shape and direction.

Similarly, Human Mind is like riverbed... when object of perception flows in, is seen by senses and flows into Mind, emotions and thought processes are activated.

This Mind's Riverbed was shaped by evolution, like physical body... and is called: 'collective unconscious'.

We've inherited from our ancestors certain tendencies, tendencies to interpret and to react to certain symbols in a certain way.

In this film some of the biblical symbols were explained:
- Snake (danger, enemy, poisonous) and Tree (roots in ground, trunk that gives stability and tree's crown that reaches heavens) in Garden of Eden,
- Mount Sinai (climbing mountain means detachments from daily chores, means reaching for spirituality), and the 10 Commandments of Moses (tablets of stone that bring the laws and stability to society),
- Great Flood and Noah's Ark (great water is like chaos, cataclysm).

Bible uses these symbols to tell something about a man, what he/she was before and how he/she is now.

When we observe a symbol via our senses, before we understand it, we react according to Bible's transmission.

I think that we would revert to primitive and brutal tribal mentality, if not religions.

Despite all of their faults, religions help humans to be civilized, to communicate with each other, to go beyond the tribe mentality.

Are symbols important at all?
- When we walk the street, when we see red light, we obediently stop and let cars pass until light turns green.
- When we look at smartphone, we recognize symbol of green headphone, despite that new phones are not like modern ones anymore.
- When we enter a coffee bar, we see a simple symbol of the cup and steam, and we know that we are in 'right place'.

There are research efforts that prove that without symbols, humanity and civilization would revert into chaos, like it was in the past.

As for archetypes:

Jungian archetypes are universal, inherited patterns of thought, imagery, and behavior residing in the collective unconscious, forming the basis of human experience across cultures. Originally conceptualized by Carl Jung to represent innate, symbolic psyche elements, these archetypes include core figures like the Self, Shadow, Anima/Animus, and Persona. Perhaps I am wrong, but I think that archetypes are tendencies that give symbols certain forms, like riverbed gives form, shape and direction to the water.

My thoughts on Buddhism vs. Eternalism.

Probably no one will radically change after reading this article alone, but perhaps different people will understand each other better. I hope that this understanding will bring peace, between followers of the Heavenly God, between followers of the Hells' God, and between Buddhists. I think and hope that wisdom and better understanding will bring more peace between those who oppose each other so far.

Perhaps I miss some important points, or misinterpret some things, but that's how i think and believe for now:

In Abrahamic Religions, and in Hermeticism, it's believed that Union with God lasts forever, that heaven never ends. It's co-creation of the music of creation that lasts forever.

In Buddhism, we think/believe that no heaven or hell lasts forever, when God 'spends' all of his or her good karma, he or she dies, and his or her heaven collapses with him or her as well.

My personal opinion is that hell is heaven for the chosen, and paradise can be found even in hell, when someone earns that privilege - for example by succesful service for hellish rulers/authorities.

It can be the very long time before heaven or hell falls apart, but it's unavoidable.

As an internet friend said, more or less: 'religious reunion is a process; unity is dictatorship and stagnation, an attempt to delay unavoidable collapse'.

I think that to earn reunion and a 'few moments of unity', one has to work for that. Even Love falls apart when no one cares, when it's not 'maintained'.

Buddhists believe that only Enlightenment is eternal, but even Buddhas after rebriths 'earn' their position again, work again for benefit of all beings, awaken their energies and power in new ways - because the world changes and needs development of new ways for helping others.

Enlightenment does not mean 'basking in luxuries' at the cost of Sangha (buddhist community), Buddhas work and help beings, but still are happy and full of power. Even deaths and rebirths can't take these away from those who reached Enlightenment (from Buddhas).

In a way, death and rebirth is an opportunity for change, to adapt to the changes in the world, to help in new, current ways.

It's an opportunity to fight against new types of suffering ... and for opposing new, harmful trends in the world.

Sects, Anti-Sects & Non-Sectarianism.

Over 10 years ago, when I was young and ambitious, and somewhat radical, I wanted to be
anti-sectarian, to 'heal buddhism'.

But anti-sect is also a sect (sect is movement of religious protest).

Now I prefer to be just a non-sectarian buddhist.

That way I've 'healed' buddhism from my own stupidity and ignorance. 😉

For those interrested:
> Buddhist Rimé Movement, that promotes non-sectarianism and open dialogue. Different lessons for different beings, all within buddhism without splitting it into sects.
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A nice song about religions, spirituality, sects and abuses:

Spiritual Materialism.

Thoughts appeared in my Mind, and I've decided to focus more on Spirituality, to serve Buddha Karmapa, His wife, & Lama Ole Nydahl, that way.

While I am open, can serve any way ... concerns arose in my Mind, concerns that say that I should adress the problem of Spiritual Materialism, among other services for Buddha Karmapa, His wife and for Lama Ole Nydahl.