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- Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:16 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: how can non duality be experienced ? tantra/sutra appraoch
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4144
Re: how can non duality be experienced ? tantra/sutra apprao
:smile: You may not like this response, but it is just my opinion anyhow ..... so you are free to reject it if you wish. You can live your life in a "non duality" view mode if you simply (well it's NOT really a simple thing to do, I'll admit that) if you practice a state of "mindful p...
- Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:32 am
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Ryonen's Clear Realization
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13981
Ryonen's Clear Realization
I very much like this story. I post it at least once every year on some Buddhist forum. So now it's this forum's turn. -------------------------------------------- From 101 Zen stories Ryonen's Clear Realization The Buddhist nun known as Ryonen was born in 1797. She was a grad daughter of the famous...
- Sun Jul 28, 2013 6:43 am
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Bankei and the thief
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2925
Bankei and the thief
:smile: Bankei was a famous Zen teacher in Japan many years ago. His lectures were so popular they attracted many students, they were always open to anyone, no matter what their experience with Zen was. Once during a series of lectures some of his long term students found that some of their personal...
- Mon Jul 15, 2013 6:45 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Do you keep your buddhism private?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6677
Re: Do you keep your buddhism private?
:smile: Yes, in a way I do. I don't hide or attempt to hide my involvement with my Buddhist beliefs, but in the other hand I don't go out of may way to explain them either. The English rock group "Dire Straits" had a song called "Private Investigations". One of the lines in that ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:17 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: "enlightenment just for oneself isnt right enlightenment..."
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6828
Re: "enlightenment just for oneself isnt right enlightenment
So said Dalai Lama in the book A simple path. How come? "enlightenment just for oneself isnt right enlightenment according to mahayanawiew." ----------------------- :smile: Just consider: It's dark and you can't see well. You can't find your way in the darkness. Then someone else holds up...
- Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:45 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Mystical Unity and Kensho
- Replies: 147
- Views: 29955
Re: Mystical Unity and Kensho
:smile: Perhaps, because sometimes those who can't see it do not understand the meaning of the story of the fish that heard of the thing called "the great ocean of truth". This fish who lived in the sea swam around and around the sea looking for that "Great Ocean of Truth". But h...
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:15 am
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Not a Dharma story ... or is it?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4005
Not a Dharma story ... or is it?
:smile: This is from the Christian Bible ... but I don't know chapter and verse. Think about what it says anyhow. Jesus was staying in the house of one of his followers. They had young children, and Jesus was playing with the children. The disciples were unhappy, Jesus had places they wanted him to ...
- Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Walking Away
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5643
Re: Walking Away
Nobody can give you a true answer to that question.
You'll have to find the answer yourself, inside you.
But, just for fun, read what comment comes up as my signature when I log off.
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:37 pm
- Forum: Dharma Stories
- Topic: Two monks and a lady.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5672
Re: Two monks and a lady.
:smile: I like this story also, but some of you seem to have missed the "bite" in this story. In some versions the "lady" is clearly a concubine, on her way to met a "client". It was intended to show she was clearly a prostitute. That is why the junior monk was so criti...
- Tue May 14, 2013 6:30 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: The Buddha leaving his family
- Replies: 37
- Views: 11739
Re: The Buddha leaving his family
:smile: And another question: does this give people an excuse to leave their families behind, say, in order to join a monastery? ------------------------------- I have no answer to that question. It isn't easy to decide either. But just as a thought, consider this, below. :smile: P.S. Please don't t...
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:56 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Mahayana Problem
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4476
Re: Mahayana Problem
:smile: Yes, most people live in a world of illusions or delusions. Their choices are guided by their illusions or delusions. Yet they believe these decisions are made freely and are a product of their independent actions and perfectly justified by their "free will" and their "Self&qu...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:43 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Should secular Buddhism be tolerated?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 28924
Re: Should secular Buddhism be tolerated?
:smile: He is talking about one branch of one tradition of Buddhisim. Buddhisim is not a single tradition or sect. There are some traditions of Buddhisim who would say that all "dieties" or "gods" are simply a delusion/illusion generated by your mind and imperfect understanding. ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:59 am
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: For the Boston Marathon victims
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2683
Re: For the Boston Marathon victims
:shrug: This is a true story so please forgive if it's slightly off topic. Here in Bangkok the incident happened during the night. I was sleeping soundly, and for some reason, woke up about 2:30 in the morning. I thought, for no good reason, that i should boot up my computer and take a look at the n...
- Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:33 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Gampopa JOL: Clarity or charity?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5807
Re: Gampopa JOL: Clarity or charity?
:smile: I am NOT a follower of that tradition, and I could NOT translate what was written anyway. But just from my personal opinion, and considering the English meaning of both clarity and charity, I would prefer clarity. So let me explain with a small short example why. My grandson (hypothetical gr...
- Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:24 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Enlightened masters?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10462
Re: Enlightened masters?
Re: Enlightened Masters.
Before enlightenment:
Drawing water, Chopping Wood.
After enlightenment:
Drawing water, Chopping Wood.
(by which it means ..... there is no change in your life).
(Hint: if you don't understand, look down below at my signature and read that little poem).
- Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:35 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Since death alone is certain ...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4605
Re: Since death alone is certain ...
Since death alone is certain and the time of death uncertain, what should I do? no I'm not dying anymore than most of you, it's a philosophical question, something that is given as a meditation exercise in most Buddhist traditions, I'm just curious of people's opinion of all walks of life on this q...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:21 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Transgendered kids
- Replies: 89
- Views: 15038
Re: Transgendered kids
:smile: I don't know if you are familiar with this real life story.... but you can look it up on the net. David Reimer was born as a male identical twin but later raised as female after his penis was accidentally destroyed during circumcision. His normal twin brother was raised as a male. David Reim...
- Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:13 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do bodhisattvas help people ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6170
Re: How do bodhisattvas help people ?
:smile: How do they help? Sometimes the same way a father helps his son learn to ride a bike. The child keeps falling down, but the father picks him back up, gets him back on that bike, and steadys him until he starts off again. That's what wise mothers and fathers do for their children. And that's ...
- Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:52 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: How is Mahayana Buddhism faring in Viet Nam nowadays?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9010
Re: How is Mahayana Buddhism faring in Viet Nam nowadays?
Yes, Buddhism is controlled and monitored. The reason is the government fears that Buddhism might be a hosting place for people who want to overthrow the government because it the past it has been the case. But in terms of controlling the practice, no. They can practice as long as they don't create...
- Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:05 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Enjoyment
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4654
Re: Enjoyment
:smile: Johnny: There's a Buddhist "teaching story" .... rather like a Koan with a moral I guess .... that has some relevance to your question on "enjoyment" in a world of Samsara. It goes something like this. A monk is traveling on a road through a jungle area. He comes to a par...