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- Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:58 pm
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: please pray for me
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1842
please pray for me
I had bad experiences before but this is really awful, I really try to be good believer hut two people act again at me together, while the one reduces my light, the other lies to me trying to send me wrong imaginary images of myself, I think I know them both, I think the one even threaten me online ...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:31 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Spreading Buddhism to weaken armies?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 10403
Re: Spreading Buddhism to weaken armies?
What about heavenly warriors in both Buddhism and Christianity, they are to defend the good and the dharma.
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:13 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Christian Guilt
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3828
Re: Christian Guilt
At first I only read the original post and no further, because I immediately felt that what you suggested is the solution to this present situation. But I was as yet unaware that there was anyone else in DW like me, both Christian and Buddhist. This is a tremendous relief because I previously felt ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 8:02 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Christian Guilt
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3828
Re: Christian Guilt
Hi, I'm Christian and Buddhist both, we do not have Buddhist temples around so I go to churches. Also I have something with daoism and shavaism too, but for me daoism is more like philosophy. Anyway, I don't see any contradiction, as I feel them as complementary. For me this is making your life much...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Loving Kindness Meditation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5399
Re: Loving Kindness Meditation
Obviously some people really want to remove "love" from religion, including with changing quotations without seeking translators approval for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mett%C4%81&type=revision&diff=614908684&oldid=614571840 Love is a very important thing in...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:23 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Loving Kindness Meditation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5399
Re: Loving Kindness Meditation
I think it is an emotion. Love comes from the heart, kindness too. I think the mind itself could be very cold or at least too conceptual to show these. They come from the heart chakra. I know it not because I'm emotional but because usually I'm not, I'm a more thoughtful person and there is a const...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:17 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Loving Kindness Meditation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5399
Re: Loving Kindness Meditation
Loving kindness is the English translation of "metta". It is not an emotion, but a wish for people to be happy, free and safe. It is one of the "Divine Abodes" the Buddha said we need to cultivate to become enlightened. These abodes overcome negative mental states, such as greed...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:42 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Obsessive Thoughts
- Replies: 71
- Views: 21240
Re: Obsessive Thoughts
Hi, Jesse. I read you and I know how you feel. I don't like doctors either and I don't trust them, I have pretty good reasons they do not care often about the patient but only wants to keep authoritative status on his/her back and use patients as power/wealth vehicle. Of course they help sometimes,...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 12:25 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Depersonalisation disorder
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5500
Re: Depersonalisation disorder
Just another name for anhedonia and being emotionally withdrawn from life in the role of spectator. In fact a type of depression, a mild one. Its interesting how they like to give names to 'new' conditions to make clinical clichés and target fresh new groups that might need more medication and more ...
- Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:22 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: Obsessive Thoughts
- Replies: 71
- Views: 21240
Re: Obsessive Thoughts
Just consult you doctor before doing things. SSRI Withdrawal Syndrome, neuropathy, the difficulties of the benzodiazepines, underlying conditions, etc. I know a lot of people want to try to do things holistically but there does need to be some common sense involved. :roll: I've yet to meet a doctor...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:13 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: very good youtube videos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1462
Re: very good youtube videos
Vimalakirti is according to Wikipedia upasaka and is not worshiped like Avalokiteshvara but M.David says he is a bodhisattva who also was rich, gambling, etc. I don't think being a bodhisattva works that way.Fortyeightvows wrote:what do you mean?
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:37 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Alleviation of suffering now
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3144
Re: Alleviation of suffering now
When religion and philosophy of religion does not elaborate on suffering... Who does it? Psychiatry. Cultural Suffering book is an example of it. The author there says that media involvement and political concerns of poverty, war and political disturbances are nothing else... but a "moral senti...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:57 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: The Buddha's Jihad! :D
- Replies: 57
- Views: 12460
Re: what?
The reason Islam has Jihad is that there are multiple verses in Koran about how important it is to kill Jews and Christians, and other non muslims said in very literal way. These verses can be found online and I wouldn't even bother to dirty my post with them.Thus the Koran says "kill non musli...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:04 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: very good youtube videos
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1462
Re: very good youtube videos
I see now why Jesus said that a rich man cannot go in heaven "Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdome of God" Matthew 19:24 It's not that rich people cannot be good Christians, it's just that he made sure they do...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:12 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Bad karma & bad mood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4808
Re: Bad karma & bad mood
May I be a guard for all those who are protector-less, A guide for those who journey on the road, For those who wish to go across the water, May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge. For all those ailing in the world, Until their every sickness has been healed, May I myself become for them The doctor, nur...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:03 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Bad karma & bad mood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4808
Re: Bad karma & bad mood
Dear Gloria, You need to be clear what you mean by poor. Do you mean those who have less than they need or do you mean those who have less than they want. Of the two, I've met more people who are unhappy because they have less than they want (I'm not saying they are the larger of the two groups, ju...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:55 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Bad karma & bad mood
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4808
Re: Bad karma & bad mood
Gloria, "I've noticed that poor people often have stern faces, angrily expressions, and not think good" I simply can't agree as many 'poor' people I've come across in third world countries laugh easily and have genuine smiles on their faces, more then anything I've encountered in the west...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:22 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Alleviation of suffering now
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3144
Re: Alleviation of suffering now
:} You will actually see me now eating my own words or at least some incorrect part of it. Ok, I still think suffering needs help possibly currently, not postponed, but I have to correct myself : We sometimes need the help of Buddha, God, saints, and whoever we pray above in most improbable situatio...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:15 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you deal with self-doubt?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3982
Re: How do you deal with self-doubt?
Gloria: to me, suffering encompasses everything from the endless rounds of birth, illness, old age and death to the most ordinary stress and dissatisfaction of the hindrances in daily life and practice, of which doubt is the fifth (vicikicchā). I recommend Brev look into this further if the posts h...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:46 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How do you deal with self-doubt?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3982
Re: How do you deal with self-doubt?
Self-doubt is sometimes my biggest challenge. In the past, I followed it from school to school, practice to practice, even to the doors of other religions. "I can't do this, my mind is too crazy, I don't have enough time, I can't/don't/won't..." In the end, no matter where I went or what ...