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Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?
Fear is based on self-cherishing. Self-cherishing is based on an ignorance of how we truly exist.
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Grigoris wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:29 pm
kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?
Fear is based on self-cherishing. Self-cherishing is based on an ignorance of how we truly exist.
Tashi delek G,

If i have fear to commit to kill for instance, is that born from self-cherishing or from knowing?
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:43 pm Tashi delek G,

If i have fear to commit to kill for instance, is that born from self-cherishing or from knowing?
I think it's still self-cherishing because the motivation is still fear about what will happen to us if we engage in an unwholesome action. This might be a step towards compassion, but it's not the same thing.
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Varis wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:02 pm
kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:43 pm Tashi delek G,

If i have fear to commit to kill for instance, is that born from self-cherishing or from knowing?
I think it's still self-cherishing because the motivation is still fear about what will happen to us if we engage in an unwholesome action. This might be a step towards compassion, but it's not the same thing.
Tashi selek V,

Self cherishing is something due to ego, but not to kill is born out of recognizing some how.
In this case "memory", is imo an important factor.
If then compassion is the accompanying factor, that is what i doubt.
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:09 pmSelf cherishing is something due to ego,
No, self cherishing is not due to ego. There is no such thing as an ego, there are the five skandha and a mistaken interpretation of those as an ego.
...but not to kill is born out of recognizing some how.
No. Some people do not kill for fear of consequences (mainly legal) and no other reason than that. You see this quite clearly during periods of lawlessness.
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I've always wondered if fear is just defined as another version of aversion in Buddhist terms - this is what i've always assumed.
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:09 pm Tashi selek V,

Self cherishing is something due to ego, but not to kill is born out of recognizing some how.
In this case "memory", is imo an important factor.
If then compassion is the accompanying factor, that is what i doubt.
I think most people don't physically harm others not because of fear, but because of sympathy. BUT, I would not classify that as a bodhisattva's compassion. Fear might come into the equation in regards to the person feeling fear that the other person might be harmed.
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Johnny Dangerous wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 2:52 am I've always wondered if fear is just defined as another version of aversion in Buddhist terms - this is what i've always assumed.
Yes, I heard so. (Forgot where I heard it. Probably in Lamrim teachings.)

Fear is another form of aversion. Hate and fear are connected.
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?

in samantabhadra/kuntuzangpo prayer can be read:
...When external objects appear, the subtle consciousness of fear will arise.
From this fear, the habit of anger becomes stronger and stronger.
Finally, hostility comes causing violence and murder.
When the fruition of this anger ripens, you will suffer in hell
by boiling and burning...
fear might be consequence of a failure
true dharma is inexpressible.

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you say you have fear, but what exactly are you afraid of?
...getting caught and punished
...unfavorable rebirth
...becoming unhealthy
...losing wealth
...losing respect of others
...losing your mind and going mad

All of these things are some kind of consequence to actions.
This list is infinite. People are afraid of all kinds of things.

So, I always ask, "if that consequence occurs, then what?
Sometimes, people fear things, believing that the consequences are worse than they are.

Ultimately, all fear is a manifestation of attachment to the experience of a self.
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javier.espinoza.t wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:18 am
kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?



in samantabhadra/kuntuzangpo prayer can be read:
...When external objects appear, the subtle consciousness of fear will arise.
From this fear, the habit of anger becomes stronger and stronger.
Finally, hostility comes causing violence and murder.
When the fruition of this anger ripens, you will suffer in hell
by boiling and burning...
fear might be consequence of a failure
This is the first thing i thought of when i read this thread.The Kuntuzangpo prayer
as it references fear. :good:
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javier.espinoza.t wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:18 am
kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?

in samantabhadra/kuntuzangpo prayer can be read:
...When external objects appear, the subtle consciousness of fear will arise.
From this fear, the habit of anger becomes stronger and stronger.
Finally, hostility comes causing violence and murder.
When the fruition of this anger ripens, you will suffer in hell
by boiling and burning...
fear might be consequence of a failure

Tashi delek J.E,

Thanks for your reply.

Agree, it is this fear which is dormant sleeping in the sub-consciousness and because of not recognizing external as internal visions one run away from the lights etc.

- Can one call this the basic fear ?

Guess in that sub-consciousness are dormant, many fears like for spiders etc.
So memory and karma plays here an important role and sure like i saw above, it is connected to the wrong self or ego.
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Varis wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 6:48 am

I think most people don't physically harm others not because of fear, but because of sympathy. BUT, I would not classify that as a bodhisattva's compassion. Fear might come into the equation in regards to the person feeling fear that the other person might be harmed.
Tashi delek V,

Guess because fear is there , there must be evidence from that fear in the sub-consciousness, which the person feels and cannot bring into logic and words etc.
The person "knows" that because he/she killed one time, there is punishment like mind made hell etc., then fear arises to commit the same illusion.
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kalden yungdrung wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:33 am
javier.espinoza.t wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:18 am
kalden yungdrung wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:32 pm Tashi delek,

Fear for something, has a cause, no doubt about it.

- Fear for the death / dying, is one well known example of it.
- Fear has many causes, or maybe only one cause ?

Guess that has something to do with the basic imprints and their changings / confrontations ?

What do you think ?

in samantabhadra/kuntuzangpo prayer can be read:
...When external objects appear, the subtle consciousness of fear will arise.
From this fear, the habit of anger becomes stronger and stronger.
Finally, hostility comes causing violence and murder.
When the fruition of this anger ripens, you will suffer in hell
by boiling and burning...
fear might be consequence of a failure

Tashi delek J.E,

Thanks for your reply.

Agree, it is this fear which is dormant sleeping in the sub-consciousness and because of not recognizing external as internal visions one run away from the lights etc.

- Can one call this the basic fear ?

Guess in that sub-consciousness are dormant, many fears like for spiders etc.
So memory and karma plays here an important role and sure like i saw above, it is connected to the wrong self or ego.
i feel this is the root or basic fear. i suggest to do experiments on this, not only intelectual study :)
true dharma is inexpressible.

The bodhisattva nourishes from bodhicitta, through whatever method the Buddha has given him. Oh joy.
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javier.espinoza.t wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:37 am
kalden yungdrung wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:33 am
javier.espinoza.t wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:18 am


in samantabhadra/kuntuzangpo prayer can be read:



fear might be consequence of a failure

Tashi delek J.E,

Thanks for your reply.

Agree, it is this fear which is dormant sleeping in the sub-consciousness and because of not recognizing external as internal visions one run away from the lights etc.

- Can one call this the basic fear ?

Guess in that sub-consciousness are dormant, many fears like for spiders etc.
So memory and karma plays here an important role and sure like i saw above, it is connected to the wrong self or ego.
i feel this is the root or basic fear. i suggest to do experiments on this, not only intelectual study :)

Tashi delek,


Agree it is the most important fear, to have fear for one´s own" visions", during the Bardo of dying.
Sure we do in Dzogchen and elswhere, some practice to get these illusions (self) liberated.
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