Hello everyone,
I'm a 30 year old man from Portugal. Found Buddhism abroad, some 5 years ago in the UK, after buying an old copy of "Buddhist Scriptures" from Penguin Classics and visiting the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, as I lived in the city for 3 years throughout my bachelor studies. Got instantly intrigued and fascinated by the Buddha's (and its followers') words and teachings. Been exploring Buddhism ever since, with increasing interest, which has lead me to acquire, read and study texts from Mahayana, Theravada, Mahamudra, Dzogchen, Ch'an, Zen, and other traditions, from India, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan. Would like to consider myself to have a Buddhist outlook on life, as I recognize the truth and virtue of its tenets, though in practical terms there's much to be desired as I embarassingly often succumb to the passions and don't meditate as much as I wish.
Came across this forum while looking for some clarifications regarding Nagarjuna's "Seventy Stanzas", which I'm currently reading and attempting to understand. Hopefully this Forum will have someone knowledgeable and kind enough to help me on this, and perhaps future issues in which I may come across. As a layman with not much experience or knowledge, I'm surely bound to hit some obstacles during my path. Will create a thread for that matter in the appropriate place in due time.
Without further ado, I want to wish health and happiness to all users on this Forum.
Thank you.
Greetings from Portugal
Re: Greetings from Portugal
Welcome!
I look forward to following along with your inquiries!
I look forward to following along with your inquiries!
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
Re: Greetings from Portugal
Welcome.
Virgo
Virgo
Re: Greetings from Portugal
Boas-vindas.... to Dharma Wheel.
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Re: Greetings from Portugal
Only saw this now, cheers for your spotless Portuguese effort.
Looking but not seeing - that's my eye.
Thinking but not minding - that's my mind.
Speaking but not expressing - that's my tongue.
Traveling but not going - that's my path.
Thinking but not minding - that's my mind.
Speaking but not expressing - that's my tongue.
Traveling but not going - that's my path.
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Re: Greetings from Portugal
Espero que se encontre feliz no meu país.
Desejo-lhe paz e felicidade!
Looking but not seeing - that's my eye.
Thinking but not minding - that's my mind.
Speaking but not expressing - that's my tongue.
Traveling but not going - that's my path.
Thinking but not minding - that's my mind.
Speaking but not expressing - that's my tongue.
Traveling but not going - that's my path.