Siddhartha's Intent Community

Siddhartha's awakening from the illusion of permanence gives us reason to refer to him as the Buddha, the Awakened One. Now, 2,500 years later, we see that what he discovered and taught is a priceless treasure that has inspired millions.

from What Makes You Not a Buddhist
by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche


The community at Siddhartha's Intent are people who have been inspired by what Siddhartha discovered, by what has been taught in an unbroken lineage from Siddhartha all the way to present day teachers like Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.

We are a relatively small community. Most people know each other. So we use our real name for example--we want to create an environment of openness and genuineness, in which we can further explore the teachings of the Buddha.

Please consider registering for the site. If you would like to join us please take a minute to review our guidelines below in detail.

Guidelines for the Siddhartha's Intent Community Site

Types of administrative staff

  • Technical staff
  • Instructors
  • Volunteer administrators

Roles of administrative staff

  • Technical staff: Oversee design and maintain functionality of the site. Address technical issues. General oversight.
  • Instructors: Answer specific practice questions. General oversight.
  • Volunteer administrators: General oversight.

    • General Guidelines

    • Please register using your real name. We are a relatively small community, and most people know each other. We ask that you use your real name to create an environment of openness and genuineness, in which we can further explore the teachings of the Buddha.
    • Online communication can be difficult and we often misunderstand each other. Please try to be mindful when posting and give each other the benefit of the doubt. However, posts that are deemed to be trolling, flaming, or spam will be deleted.
    • Please do not post about Vajrayana topics in the general forums.
    • Try to keep posts on topic as much as possible, especially in the School and Library sections.
    • Please be mindful when quoting or posting copyrighted material. The world of internet copyright is constantly changing and there are no hard and fast rules; this makes it difficult to set a hard and fast policy. Sometimes publishers state that a resource is to be distributed freely; in these cases, it is fine to post this material. Other times, the distribution is not specified. Many hours and resources go into producing published works (including films, mp3s, photos, and texts), and everyone is encouraged to post original materials with mindfulness of the legal and ethic issues that posting such materials entails. The administrators reserve the right to delete copyrighted materials if so request by the original authors or if deemed beyond the boundaries of .fair use..
    • The Questions to Instructors Area is where students can pose specific questions to the instructors. Only instructors should answer these queries unless an instructor specifically widens the discussion. Otherwise, all replies and comments posted by others shall be deleted without notice. Please contact any of the instructors personally if you would prefer a more private environment.Questions posed to the Instructors often touch on topics useful for general reflection and where open discussion would be of benefit. People should feel free to post or blog about such topics (but not specifically reply to the person posting the question) in the appropriate forums.Ngondro students should use the ngondro forum unless the question is of a general nature.
    • Blogs are personal expressions by individual posters. Please be aware the .owner. of the blog may remove the contents of his or her blog at any time, which also deletes all posts by commentors to that blog.
    • Posts that are blatantly inflammatory or aimed at hurting others (i.e., flaming or trolling) will be deleted outright. In cases where a post is deemed potentially in conflict with the site guidelines (a designation made by web staff), the post will be put into temporary quarantine,. the poster will be contacted, and every effort will be made to determine the intent and purpose of the post and whether it should be deleted. The goal is NOT to create a police state but to create a safe, open environment for everyone.
    Deleting and Editing Posts
    • Because of the way Drupal (the software that is used for this site) works, everyone is able to both edit and delete posts both in their blogs and in the general forums. Please be aware that if you delete your post and someone has commented after you, you will delete both your post and the commentor.s post. It.s strongly recommended that you do not delete posts once someone has responded to it and that you only perform minor editing to any post that has been commented on. The administrative staff is available to help mediate any 'hot-button' threads that the posters or responders feel need an outside opinion.