What you may ask is non-dharma hair?
Investigate the meaning behind the phrase “Tibetan Buddha Dharma / non‑dharma / hair”, drawing directly from Tibetan Buddha Dharma teachings and cultural symbolism.
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🧘♂️ 1. “Dharma” vs. “Non‑Dharma” in Tibetan Buddha Dharma
Dharma (chos) in Tibetan Buddha Dharma has several precise meanings:
- The Buddha’s teachings — the path to liberation, including ethics, meditation, and wisdom.
- The nature of reality — the laws that govern how things arise and cease.
- All phenomena — anything that can be experienced or known.
Non‑Dharma means actions or states of mind that look spiritual but are actually driven by the “three poisons”: attachment, anger, and ignorance. If a practice is motivated by ego or worldly concerns, it is not Dharma even if it appears religious.
In short:
- Dharma = actions that genuinely reduce suffering and cultivate wisdom.
- Non‑Dharma = actions that reinforce ego, even if they look spiritual.
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For consideration…
>Why war on the western, materialistic, consumerist quaffing culture in the first instance, and…
>Wage war on the no dialogue but ego worldly power-play.
>What to do if value system is up the spout…
>Instead, respect of dialogue between one another
>Tuning for dharma attitudinal
>Cut the ego-self-adherence quaffing.
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Next, – pointing to that proverbial tiger that runs modern-life, (absence of real human heart connection). It is very old in Buddha Dharma thought: the sense that modern culture pulls the mind outward into noise, ego, consumption, and power‑games — and that this is the opposite direction from Dharma. 🤨
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1. “War on the Western, materialistic, consumerist quaffing culture”
This doesn’t have to mean literal conflict. In Buddha Dharma language, this is a war against inner habits, not people.
What is being describing here is the clash between:
- A culture of endless stimulation (buy more, scroll more, drink more, prove more)
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- A culture of inner clarity (see clearly, act wisely, reduce suffering)
Tibetan teachers often say the real battle is with the mind that chases distraction, not with society itself.
The “enemy” is not the world — it’s the compulsive grasping the world triggers.***
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2. “War on the no‑dialogue & ego worldly power‑play”
This is another internal battle.
When ego takes over, dialogue collapses. When fear or pride takes over, listening collapses. When power‑play takes over, compassion collapses.
Buddha Dharma calls this self‑grasping — the root of suffering.
The antidote is not to fight others, but to disarm the inner general who wants to win, dominate, or be right.
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3. “What to do if the value system is up the spout?”
If the outer world feels upside‑down, the Dharma answer is:
Rebuild the inner value system first.
A few Tibetan principles apply:
A. Start with intention (motivation)
Even one clear intention — “May my actions reduce suffering” — is enough to reorient the whole compass.
B. Train in dialogue
Dialogue is a Dharma practice when it is:
- honest
- humble
- curious
- non‑aggressive
- aimed at understanding, not winning
This is what is being called for.
C. Don’t try to fix/help the world before stabilising the mind
Otherwise you end up fighting shadows.
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4. “Tuning for Dharma attitudinal”
A Dharma attitude means:
- less reactivity
- more clarity
- less ego‑defence
- more listening
- less grasping
- more presence
It’s not about being passive. It’s about acting from wisdom instead of woundedness.
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5. “Cut the ego-self-adherence quaffing”
This is the heart of it.
Ego‑quaffing = drinking the intoxicating brew of:
- “I’m right”
- “I’m important”
- “I’m threatened”
- “I must win”
- “I must be seen”
Tibetan texts call this the drunkenness of self‑clinging.
The cure is not self‑hatred — it’s self‑honesty.
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6. So what do you do?
The following explores a practical, grounded path:
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1. Slow down the mind before engaging the world
Even 10 breaths can shift the whole tone of a conversation.
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2. Speak from curiosity, not certainty
Dialogue opens when ego softens.
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3. Notice when you’re “quaffing” stimulation or validation
That moment of noticing is already Dharma.
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4. Choose one value to embody each day
Compassion, patience, truthfulness, restraint, generosity — even one is enough to counter a whole culture.***
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5. Remember: the real war is internal
And it’s won through clarity, not force.
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Remember, it starts with each one of us. 🕵🏾♂️