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by narhwal90
Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Hawai‘i’s Japanese Buddhist Temples Are Struggling to Keep Ancient Traditions Alive
Replies: 15
Views: 1245

Re: Hawai‘i’s Japanese Buddhist Temples Are Struggling to Keep Ancient Traditions Alive

In 2019 I was in Maui for work. I visited several dharma centers available there when I had time and they were open. The Kagyu center was reasonably well attended despite their head not being there, they seemed an active concern and I participated in a quite nice open service & spent time in the...
by narhwal90
Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Dealing with the Blues through Practice
Replies: 14
Views: 818

Re: Dealing with the Blues through Practice

Serve others, ie, volunteer work, ideally, anonymously. OTOH serving along side others doing the same can be a profound lesson in various dharma principles. Social engagement in that way is strongly emphasized in the sangha I attend. Oh absolutely wonderful input. Thank you. Outside of the general ...
by narhwal90
Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: Dealing with the Blues through Practice
Replies: 14
Views: 818

Re: Dealing with the Blues through Practice

Serve others, ie, volunteer work, ideally, anonymously. OTOH serving along side others doing the same can be a profound lesson in various dharma principles. Social engagement in that way is strongly emphasized in the sangha I attend.
by narhwal90
Sat Jan 06, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Fear of no/not self, what is the way out to this?
Replies: 23
Views: 1663

Re: Fear of no/not self, what is the way out to this?

Best strategy is to not go at this alone- please find a teacher. Thanks you for your reply, I will move near a Buddhist monastery one day But isn't getting help in a buddhist forum from other buddhists in itself a way to not be alone? Its certainly a good start :twothumbsup: A monastery is not esse...
by narhwal90
Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: Fear of no/not self, what is the way out to this?
Replies: 23
Views: 1663

Re: Fear of no/not self, what is the way out to this?

Best strategy is to not go at this alone- please find a teacher.
by narhwal90
Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Wellness, Diet and Fitness
Topic: Please tell me how a meditator is supposed to sleep
Replies: 15
Views: 2024

Re: Please tell me how a meditator is supposed to sleep

Speaking as moderator here; dharmawheel cannot offer medical/mental health advise. I suggest you would likely be well served by consulting with a doctor with respect to sleep and a teacher with respect to meditation. Personally I have found that isolated do-it-yourself efforts are not productive in...
by narhwal90
Tue Jan 02, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
Topic: what is the meaning of dreaming a Stupa
Replies: 11
Views: 759

Re: what is the meaning of dreaming a Stupa

I've dreamed of demons and roshis's, ruins and palaces. Not sure that it matters much, the point seems to be practice- choose one that suits and get after it.
by narhwal90
Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:11 am
Forum: Media
Topic: Who are you calling stupa?
Replies: 1
Views: 400

Re: Who are you calling stupa?

Well perhaps if one accepts that you might have to wait for eternity for wisdom, it is certainly the case that you will be waiting for eternity to get your luggage in the baggage claim at BWI. :D
by narhwal90
Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: The Physicalist
Replies: 3
Views: 487

Re: The Physicalist

Please keep the discussion focused on the topic proposed.
by narhwal90
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: Fingers
Replies: 5
Views: 2519

Re: Fingers

Chapter 6 -------------------------------------- A long time on the road changes one's view- once I got tired enough and hungry enough it was time to consider options. I did some detective work first, getting to the world among the crowds of tourists and refugees; circulating, listening, pushed arou...
by narhwal90
Thu Dec 14, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Shingon
Topic: Temples in the Tri-state area
Replies: 4
Views: 1522

Re: Temples in the Tri-state area

There is Great River Tendai in Alexandria VA - visited there briefly when passing through and attended for a day, great folks there and abundant evidence of strong regular practice. But not convenient from New Jersey.
by narhwal90
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: what sustains a bodhisattva?
Replies: 68
Views: 2879

Re: what sustains a bodhisattva?

:namaste: same. yes indeed.
by narhwal90
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: what sustains a bodhisattva?
Replies: 68
Views: 2879

Re: what sustains a bodhisattva?

Me either. Sometimes faith that things will eventually change is the only thing to keep one going. General Stone Tiger gets all the glory :anjali:
by narhwal90
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
Topic: “My mind isn’t like that”
Replies: 32
Views: 1724

Re: “My mind isn’t like that”

Yeah my mind is calm and I can control thoughts when things are going well, getting what I want, nobody cutting me off in traffic, not getting obnoxious emails from the IT department, not being under pressure and stress for months/years at a time and so on. The tricky bit is to be calm with a contro...
by narhwal90
Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
Topic: what sustains a bodhisattva?
Replies: 68
Views: 2879

Re: what sustains a bodhisattva?

When I was young, I was told a story about a hunter who saw a tiger and shot it with an arrow. When he went to inspect his kill, he saw it was just a rock, but somehow the arrow had penetrated the rock to the feathers. He tried to duplicate the feat but could not. The moral there is, he was able to...
by narhwal90
Fri Dec 01, 2023 4:02 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Shane MacGowan... There's nothin left to say
Replies: 3
Views: 530

Re: Shane MacGowan... There's nothin left to say

They sang with The Dubliners a few times too 🥰
by narhwal90
Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:51 pm
Forum: Zen
Topic: Dealing with a world of self-centeredness and malice
Replies: 26
Views: 1341

Re: Dealing with a world of self-centeredness and malice

I find it interesting how often what I notice about others is more about my own projections that it is my perception.
by narhwal90
Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: Soka Gakkai/SGI
Topic: Daisaku Ikeda passes away at age 95
Replies: 4
Views: 1604

Re: Daisaku Ikeda passes away at age 95

Indeed he has. The ending of an age and the dawn of a new one for sure. How SGI organization moves past it will surely tell a lot about its health. We'll certainly be talking about it in our year end meeting tomorrow.
by narhwal90
Fri Nov 17, 2023 3:29 am
Forum: Creative Writing
Topic: Fingers
Replies: 5
Views: 2519

Re: Fingers

Chapter 5 =============================== Tom did show up every day, bringing burritos then tacos then other savories. Today was tacos again- “This town is pretty empty, so I go to the meetings over in the hispanic neighborhoods- ” he said, “they have some solid recovery going over there. “ Seeing m...
by narhwal90
Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Dilemma
Replies: 10
Views: 471

Re: Dilemma

Go to a thrift store and buy something used?

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