See Thought-Pattern and Existence. Try that it might work on some to get out Samsara.JoaoRodrigues wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 8:33 amI'll ask it in another way: How does meditation break the cycle of samsara?PadmaVonSamba wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:45 pm I would assume (if you are practicing Dharma) then, away from the cycle of samsara.
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- Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:41 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Meditation makes a mind dull, insensitive?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3621
Re: Meditation makes a mind dull, insensitive?
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6790
Re: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
I was once invited to a dinner party and the hostess had brought paper napkins with pictures of the Buddha on them in a bid to impress me. :smile: We're told that the intention is what matters, but ... One fail which I've remembered for years is the upmarket Thai restaurant which placed a large Bud...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:21 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6790
Re: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
// Namo Amida Butsu (Nembutsu)
Namo Amida Butsu (Nembutsu)
Namo Amida Butsu. / / (Nembutsu) . . . . CHANT!
Namo Amida Butsu (Nembutsu)
Namo Amida Butsu. / / (Nembutsu) . . . . CHANT!
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:31 am
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6790
Re: Using a picture of a Buddha or Bodhisattva as your wallpaper?
I'm a impressed by it! Wow 
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:05 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: TL;DR: We are screwed.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5451
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: Dying and Death
- Topic: Ghodika is allowed to suicide, can mental illness patient too?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4040
Re: Ghodika is allowed to suicide, can mental illness patient too?
Suicide is a bad idea and should be avoided.
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 3:20 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Where are the younger Buddhists?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4573
Re: Where are the younger Buddhists?
I'm 37.
You can pick and choose from the myriad of practices that best suit your needs. (If you know which Practice you want. )
You can pick and choose from the myriad of practices that best suit your needs. (If you know which Practice you want. )
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:57 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello all!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1220
Re: Hello all!
Hello! (wave)
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:29 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How To Deal with Homeless People?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8194
Re: How To Deal with Homeless People?
The best thing to do is ignore it. (The only thing I could was give directions to the Shelter and Soup kitchen programs through the church.)
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:08 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: I don't want parinirvana,should I follow a different path?
- Replies: 95
- Views: 11893
Re: I don't want parinirvana,should I follow a different path?
Here to learn about the Buddhadharma. . . . 
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:48 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Do you have to believe in spirits, deities, etc to be a Nichiren Buddhist?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5239
Re: Do you have to believe in spirits, deities, etc to be a Nichiren Buddhist?
There was some posts on here about not understanding Nichiren Buddhism until you have Karma and Merit.
- Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:07 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Chants to say when bowing to Buddha
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6780
Re: Chants to say when bowing to Buddha
Namo Amida Butsu. 
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 9:33 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: greetings! may the world be my sangha
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1971
Re: greetings! may the world be my sangha
Greetings! Welcome.
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Buddhism for the Deaf
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1879
Re: Buddhism for the Deaf
Great! . . . 
- Fri Jul 17, 2020 4:59 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Existence-Time
- Replies: 98
- Views: 13943
Re: Existence-Time
Seems a bit quiet in here - let's see if anyone wants to talk about Existence-Time (uji) In Zen time and existence are not two different things; time is always existence-and-time, existence is always existence-and-time. Right, if you have Two it can be called Philosophy of the Dual or Dualism, . . ...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:58 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Why wouldn't you chat with your Lama on a daily basis? . . .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1257
Why wouldn't you chat with your Lama on a daily basis? . . .
Hello,
Why wouldn't you chat and discuss with your Llama on a daily basis?
Why wouldn't you chat and discuss with your Llama on a daily basis?
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 10:21 pm
- Forum: Gelug
- Topic: Benefits of Prayer Wheels by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9341
Re: Benefits of Prayer Wheels by Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche
Excellent! . .
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:55 pm
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: Zen lay practitioner in the current job market environment
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1485
Re: Zen lay practitioner in the current job market environment
My question, or attempt of discussion, is: How do you, lay practitioner of zen, that lives, or wants to live in the present moment, that also have to eat, sleep and in today's world that costs money, deal, or dealt with the impositions of this current system regarding what they said you must do or ...
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:49 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Shouldn't false knowledge be discarded?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2292
Re: Shouldn't false knowledge be discarded?
Just a neighborhood street in Germany right? . . . 
- Sat Jul 04, 2020 9:05 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Shouldn't false knowledge be discarded?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2292
Re: Shouldn't false knowledge be discarded?
I think it is stuff you conjure out of "imagination" or "fanciful wishing" . . ~ Not Real ~ . . . (Also look at Emptiness.)