I'd been working on compiling and editing a series of threads on the practice of tummo from Kenneth's site, I've turned it into a downloadable pdf and rejigged the formatting so that it reads as one coherent piece. I thought it might be a good idea to create an off-site repository for good posts and threads from this site and other pragmatic/hardcore dharma forums, just taking the text and editing it so that there's a linear flow to the main topic and taking out the non-practice related comments or anything that's not necessary to the subject at hand.
Obviously the consent of the author(s) should be sought, but I know sometimes it's difficult to do so if the person no longer posts or is uncontactable. My only intention with this project is to provide a way of taking some of the down-to-earth, practical wisdom posted on these sites and editing it, correcting grammar and spelling if necessary, then making it freely available as a download for those interested. I have no intention of turning it into anything commercial, I'm happy to do the work and upload it in my own time as I've found it to be a valuable process in itself in my own practice. If anyone would have an issue with their material being posted, or if it's maybe being used elsewhere and/or commercially, then I have no problem removing or not using it.
I'd like this to be a community project with everyone suggesting threads or submitting their own compilations, perhaps even making it into a collaborative thing with DhO versions being used for the wiki or whatever. I think it's a good idea and could be useful in providing straightforward instructions on beginner to advanced practices, as well as some useful exchanges within the threads, in a convenient package.
Ideas? Thoughts?
Here's the first one I've put together:
Loco Austriaco's Instructions on TummoTommy
P.S. The name, in case you're wondering, is a roundabout wordplay thing referring to a storehouse of pragmatic dharma. It seemed like a good name at the time...I don't speak Latin. Or Tibetan.