Dharma Wheel

It certainly can be...Thank the heavens I'm diabetic.

PadmaVonSamba wrote: [...]

I appreciate that added insight. Thank you.

seeker242 wrote: Does it really matter if you already know how to eliminate them?

No, I suppose it doesn't but you know enquirer minds, they just wanna know. In this particular case, my interest in such things has been supplanted by the appealing concept of, no cause at all.

In Buddhism loving kindness and compassion are not emotions, but descriptive of a certain relationship with sentient beings, I don't remember the exact teaching, but compassion relates to empathy you feel towards being suffering in the ocean of existence, whereas loving kindness is the wish that th...

What about LOVE? Perhaps, this will be 'a good' next area of inquiry since it seems all the rage these days. I believe far too much importance is placed on this mental state rather than just understanding it as it is - an emotion and an highly over-rated one at that. I suppose the greatest attractor...

Thank you everyone for your helpful and edifying insight. Since my last thoughts on this particular subject I have come to accept certain unfathomable realities which tend towards what I see as the agnosticism or atheism of Buddhism. A quote in support of the view of the inefficacy of aspiration in ...

A voice in the wilderness I say to you there is no buddha, no dharma, nothing to practice, nothing to enlighten to. Just what are you seeking in the highways and byways? Blind men! You’re putting a head on top of the one you already have. What do you yourselves lack? Followers of the Way, your own p...

Need for secrecy

"If on the road you meet a swordsman, offer him your sword;
To a man who’s not a poet, don't present a poem." -Linji

cloudrider, Perhaps.... the world is merely an expansion of the mind projected through the five senses of the body. The world-picture is projected on the screen that is the mind; it is illumined by the mind; and it is seen by the mind ....The picture of names and forms [the world], the one who sees...

Outside the city limits a temple. In the temple, look, a hermit woman. In the woman's hand a needle at needle's end the fourteen worlds. O Lord of Caves, I saw an ant devour the whole the woman, the needle, the fourteen worlds. Wow a picture truly does paint a thousand (or 14 thousand) words. Hmm, ...

This is similar picture from a different perspective.Is it communciating the same idea?

Thank you for explaining. From the definition I read of Kensho it said something along the lines of awakening or enlightenment - further study showed that it is regarded as initial like you mention. It sure would be nice to believe that there was something "eye-opening" about studying Budd...

Pretty sure Buddha said, I possess the Treasury of the Correct Dharma Eye , the wonderful heart-mind of Nirvana, the formless true form, the subtle Dharma gate, not established by written words, transmitted separately outside the teaching. Is this not the same thing as described by the term Kensho? ...

Hmm, Never heard that before :?: I always thought he was a neo-gnostic not a neo-nazi... I'be interested in seeing actual quoted citations which demonstrate this proclivity in thought. I think, put in the proper context, that Carl was completely benign. You sure this isn't a marketing ploy to sell b...

Speaking of Martial Arts, the above reminds me of a quote from the movie, Ying Xiong (Hero) I have just come to a realization! This scroll by Broken Sword contains no secrets of his swordsmanship. What this reveals is his highest ideal. In the first state, man and sword become one and each other. He...

Hi Keith, The search for beginnings is futile if there are none. All things must have a beginning, at least on this plane of existence. Suppose you were successful in determining an initial cause for your suffering, say something that happened 10 million years ago, what would that knowledge gain you...

Thank you for the thoughtful responses, [quote=""Keith"]Looking for first causes is a perspective of Western religions. In Buddhism, we recognize that it is a futile search that takes you in circles.[/quote] Indeed it is. I mentioned that I was raised a Christian and am no longer a ca...

Hello Everyone, I'm new (obviously) and have an interest in Buddhism. I believe that the philosophy of Buddhism makes some very valid points regarding life and human experience. My question has to do with what some (all?) Buddhists attribute as the cause of suffering. I was reading a few thoughts re...