If you had to explain what Buddhahood is....
If you had to explain what Buddhahood is....
What does it mean to you?
In his writing, Hokkemongu (Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra), The Great Master Nichiren said, “If the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra wholeheartedly devote their life to the Lotus Sutra and practice according to its golden words, it is certainly needless to say that not only in the next life, but also in this lifetime they will overcome severe difficulty, prolong their life, receive the great, good fortune of unsurpassed enlightenment, and accomplish the great vow of the widespread, propagation of True Buddhism.”
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Re: If you had to explain what Buddhahood is....
To enter ultimate reality and see things as they really are. Awakening to the infinite perfection of life. Never coming back to suffering again.
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But have you heard that samsara and nirvana are ultimately the same?Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 9:20 pm To enter ultimate reality and see things as they really are. Awakening to the infinite perfection of life. Never coming back to suffering again.
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Indeed. It's always been that way. But difficult to grasp in a storm of vasanas and afflictions. Sometimes it feels as if i'm drowning in poison and entering the light of gnosis at the same time.The Cicada wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 1:33 amBut have you heard that samsara and nirvana are ultimately the same?Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 9:20 pm To enter ultimate reality and see things as they really are. Awakening to the infinite perfection of life. Never coming back to suffering again.
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How far did you follow that gnosis? Sometimes medicine and poison are the same thing just in different doses.Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 4:04 amIndeed. It's always been that way. But difficult to grasp in a storm of vasanas and afflictions. Sometimes it feels as if i'm drowning in poison and entering the light of gnosis at the same time.The Cicada wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 1:33 amBut have you heard that samsara and nirvana are ultimately the same?Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 9:20 pm To enter ultimate reality and see things as they really are. Awakening to the infinite perfection of life. Never coming back to suffering again.
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Keep crying and a goddess will be born from your tears.Kunga Lhadzom wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 5:08 amBeing perfect
Seems impossible
Incomprehensible
Takes forever
Try your best
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How long is a string? It seems to either stagnate or derail once i sense that it's coming. Very hard to explain.The Cicada wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 4:10 amHow far did you follow that gnosis? Sometimes medicine and poison are the same thing just in different doses.Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 4:04 amIndeed. It's always been that way. But difficult to grasp in a storm of vasanas and afflictions. Sometimes it feels as if i'm drowning in poison and entering the light of gnosis at the same time.The Cicada wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 1:33 am
But have you heard that samsara and nirvana are ultimately the same?
I agree about the dose being the poison.
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Did I say the dose was poison? Lol. "Good medicine tastes bitter," though I really have no idea of knowing what you've actually been doing. ...Have you ever tried chanting daimoku?Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 7:00 am How long is a string? It seems to either stagnate or derail once i sense that it's coming. Very hard to explain.
I agree about the dose being the poison.
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I chanted daimoku. It is very powerful. I can feel that i am on the treshold of something great when i do. But i never delved into it because of nembutsu loyalty and pride.
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Wicked Yeshe wrote: ↑Sun May 20, 2018 5:29 am Keep crying and a goddess will be born from your tears.
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Purified obscurations, replete wisdom.
It has been the misfortune (not, as these gentlemen think it, the glory) of this age that everything is to be discussed. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France.