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Everyone--thanks for your response to this question. From looking over what you wrote and the links posted--it seems that one could do any type of lay work. It could be in the field of social services or really any occupation, and one's daily routine could be even as researcher seeing few people, an...

. Hi Sher, I'm too busy at the moment to try to answer your post in more detail, but you might find this link helpful and there's other information on the site if you type 'Bodhisattva' into the search facility on the bottom left of the page. http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/buddhism/tra/tra06.php...

Hello: I am trying to get a better understanding of what constitutes bodhisattva practice in daily life? First off --if I take the Bodhisattva vow, am I a Bodhisattva, or a Bodhisattva - to - be? Bodhisattvas can take any form correct? Humans, animals, Jesus, a Muslim Iman???? How specifically do Bo...

Sraddha I apologize for taking so long to reply. Summer is a busy time in Alaska when we have visitors and many outdoor activities going on. :) This morning I was able to take a look at the links you provided and see the range you mentioned. I agree the diversity of imagery, Budhhas, devas, and ritu...

Hi, I agree with what you said, in fact, Mahayana greats such as Ashvaghosha states that Mahayana sutras were created because it leads directly to understanding the teachings many find hard to understand today because their faculties are in decline compared to the time Buddha was physically present...

I've met a few former Christians who just despise Christianity, in particular as Retro said, their church's interpretation of scriptures and blindly believing everything without question. Many come from evangelical Christian backgrounds. If you react against anything, your views will most likely be...

What I see in the US is different levels of so called Buddhism being practiced. Years ago, I had read a variety of popular dhamma books, and I thought "this is it, I have found the way, I really like Buddhism, it is the balm to every thing I have not appreciated in Christianity." I have f...

What I see in the US is different levels of so called Buddhism being practiced. Years ago, I had read a variety of popular dhamma books, and I thought "this is it, I have found the way, I really like Buddhism, it is the balm to every thing I have not appreciated in Christianity." I have fo...

This comment is related to the topic --the historical validity of Mahayana texts that has been recently been discussed, but I wanted to take it in another direction, and I am never sure if I should shoot of in another direction when this action may derail the train--so to speak. Maybe I will get tha...

Strictly personal (I'll leave the debates to others): As a starting point, I think historicity and the use of words like "authentic" is probably a good support in practice. But as practice progresses and experience builds, I think the important part is what works ... what you are really w...

Thornbush wrote: That was how the 'Buddhayana' worked for me...looking back at how it worked for me...I can never ever disparage any form of Buddha Dharma because that was how my life encountered and was transformed by It..... Thanks so much for sharing this story. it is so easy to forget that peopl...

Hello Gabriel and welcome to dharmawheel.
And--thanks all!

Sher

Hi All: I have been participating over at dhammawheel for the past three weeks, and I also wanted to join dharmawheel, because although I know the most about Theravada Buddhism, and I practice in this vein, I also have questions about Mahayana, and am interested in getting to understand Mahayana bet...