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- Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:12 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How will all sentient beings be finally liberated?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1934
Re: How will all sentient beings be finally liberated?
True, I should ask my teacher. Meanwhile, I don't mind discussing it here though. KonchokZoepa. My humble understanding of dharma teachings is that beings in samsara are unliberated, though they have buddha nature. As long as they don't recognize it, they will keep suffering. And that matters. If I ...
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:53 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: How to make voice last longer?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2898
Re: How to make voice last longer?
Mantras should normally be done quietly, quiet enough so a little guy on your shoulder cannot hear them. It is called "secret mantra" for a reason. Bellowing mantras like Vajrakilaya and so on causes obstacles. I appreciate your input on this. I haven't heard this before. My teacher has s...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:18 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Why did you choose Buddhism?
- Replies: 98
- Views: 27279
Re: Why did you choose Buddhism?
What made me choose Buddhism? Compassion, non-violence, possibility of liberation. I very much like how reason and faith are not mutually exclusive in Buddhism, but rather strengthening each others. I believe I have practiced dharma in earlier lives already, or at least been connected to it, since I...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:08 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How will all sentient beings be finally liberated?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1934
How will all sentient beings be finally liberated?
”For many eons Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara carried out his aspiration to liberate living beings, until in he noticed something in his wisdom; he made a survey, as we would say these days. He noticed that countless sentient being suffer. It was like that before, and it still was that way. Countless b...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:39 am
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: How to make voice last longer?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2898
Re: How to make voice last longer?
Hey, Thanks for your thorough explanation. I'm not actually necessarily looking to "sing" mantras. I frankly have no musical ability, and I don't think the traditional way people do mantras is exactly "singing". The advice you gave was really profound and I'm not sure I understoo...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 1:40 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: How to make voice last longer?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2898
Re: How to make voice last longer?
Thanks for tips. There were many I hadn't heard before. What do you mean by singing with an inhaling configuration of body? Also, I must mention that I typically chant mantras with less loud voice than I speak. Not louder. Unfortunately I got the impression from you that it isn't possible to do retr...
- Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:27 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
- Topic: How to make voice last longer?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2898
How to make voice last longer?
My throat begins to hurt when I try to do a lot of mantras, so like during retreats I'm unable to do them as much as I'd like to. I do drink water a lot while doing it, because that helps somewhat. No matter if I do them loudly/queitly, I still can't keep going as long as I'd like to. I always do th...
- Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:03 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Women in Pure Land
- Replies: 62
- Views: 17717
Re: Women in Pure Land
3) One of the things that makes me most sad about buddhism is the fealings and attitude toward women. And if i get to the conclusion that women are like demons, in buddhism eyes, i will abandon buddhism. Why? Because i cannot accept a religion that speakd on equality and compassion and then sees wo...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Is Pure Land beyond Samsara?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5518
Re: Is Pure Land beyond Samsara?
1. Is Pure Land a part of Samsara or something beyond it? 2. Since the Earth is in constant rotation about its axis and revolution around Sun, there is no "West" as such. So what is the significance of regular emphasis given to the direction of this Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha? 3. Is Pur...
- Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:22 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Is Pure Land "Buddhism" contradictory to Buddhism?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13687
Re: Is Pure Land "Buddhism" contradictory to Buddhism?
We shouldn't be practising to be reborn in Sukhavati (just) to experience all those pleasures. That shouldn't be the main motivation at least, but of course, as all beings wants happiness and to avoid unhappiness, it automatically does matter for about any of us. The motivation for searching rebirth...
- Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:23 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: No Proofs of Sucessful Rebirths?&Are Pure Land sutras real?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 17457
Re: No Proofs of Sucessful Rebirths?&Are Pure Land sutras real?
Hello Nosta and all others You were discussing about whether Avalokiteshvara lives on Sukhavati or in his own pureland. As I have understood it, Bodhisattvas can manifest almost in limitless forms and Buddhas supposedly in completely limitless forms... So, why can't Avalokiteshvara simply do both - ...