Dharma Wheel

To Jikan : Thank you so much for your kind words! :namaste: I notice that the link on the signature of your post says Tendai in it! I was wondering, im believe you probably have much more experience with Tendai than i do, when i go live in the mountains and practice in the monastery, how will my rel...

:jumping: I think my favorite part is probably the fact that right after the "monk" :quoteunquote: starts chanting the chenrezig mantra, which i chant everday and have yet to float (although the vajrapani mantra teleports me, instantly, :rolling: to wherever i want to go) and the "mag...

thank you for your confidence in my understand/capability, virgo!
i guess what i should say then is that i have yet to be initiated into these higher states of awareness practices.

Also, thank you all for the comments and help. I greatly appreciate it and hope to hear more!

To Epistemes : My mother and i have never really shared any type of 'mother, son' relationship. we dont relate to each other in pretty much any aspect of life. we speak to eachother like we would speak to anybody else. this is why im so surprised by this whole thing in the first place. (i suppose i ...

To Epistemes : My mother and i have never really shared any type of 'mother, son' relationship. we dont relate to each other in pretty much any aspect of life. we speak to eachother like we would speak to anybody else. this is why im so surprised by this whole thing in the first place. (i suppose i ...

Tendai.

im going to become a monk.
once i have enough merit, wisdom and right view, to go off on my own to dedicate myself strictly to studying and meditating i will be moving into seclusion.

Can anybody offer any advice on explaining to a mother the buddhist idea of 'leaving home'. My mother is having great difficulty with it, which is probably fairly regular, especially in non-buddhist households. I keep trying to explain to her that the path towards enlightenment is not an easy one......

thank you all so much! its a pleasure to be here!

counting syllables
trying to make a haiku
guess iv'e missed the point.

you're very welcome!
glad you enjoyed

mr. gordo wrote:Toe is classified by music nerds as "math rock". They can vary from light to upbeat. I think they're amazing. I'll check out Keiko Matsui.

Check out math rock kings NomeansNo and Don Caballero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAleQ79UlT8 This band (Mono) is consistently releasing amazing instrumental music in my opinion. My other two favorite bands who are also instrumental (for the most part) are Godspeed! You Black Emperor and (the band most of the members from GYBE went on to form) A Si...

The things i think i am are all the things that i am not. Things i think i have, i know, are things i haven't got. I live as though i'm living, ill die as though i'm dead. The things i say are thing that ill pretend that iv'e just said. My feelings are all things that it would be untrue to feel. Rea...

Hello everybody. I am a student of Buddhism and Haiku. I am glad to be here to discuss the dharma.
Namu Amida Butsu