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- Wed Jul 23, 2014 5:25 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Going independent?
- Replies: 117
- Views: 30888
Re: Going independent?
Actually something similar had happened to me but it was a Pure Land temple. I felt like most people there weren't serious practitioner and the tension within the temple was too much for me to handle. I ultimately decided to leave it for my own good.
- Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:14 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: about karma: What does a snail have to do to reincarnate? Le
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3182
Re: about karma: What does a snail have to do to reincarnate
I think being born as a snail itself is the result of negative karma and living as a snail or suffer as one help slowly diminish the negative karma.
- Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:45 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Plants can Think & Remember via bbc
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2851
Re: Plants can Think & Remember via bbc
Another good video is this
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:01 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Can meditating be dangerous?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7489
Re: Can meditating be dangerous?
I know meditation can be bad if the meditator get attached to an arising phenomenon or experience while meditating and get tangled up in it. However I know alot of Vietnamese Buddhism also warn against meditation because even the monks and nuns don't do it either since most are Pure Land Buddhist. I...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Plants can Think & Remember via bbc
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2851
Re: Plants can Think & Remember via bbc
Thank you very much for sharing! I always believed that plants have a form of consciousness different from us. To me, this ability to think and responds to stimuli and environment is a form of consciousness. There had been other studies that indicate a form of plants intelligence.
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:28 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Icelanders and their elves.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3360
Re: Icelanders and their elves.
Elf exists.....I am a living elf. Seriously......
But I do admire their belief though. It is quite similar with a lot of earlier belief that spirits inhabit nature. Same thing with Shinto.
But I do admire their belief though. It is quite similar with a lot of earlier belief that spirits inhabit nature. Same thing with Shinto.
- Thu Nov 07, 2013 9:12 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: a rush of pride
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2545
Re: a rush of pride
I don't quite understand the whole intention of this topic and the topic starter. I am also not as well versed on Indian economic status either. However usually if there is a huge project such as sending a spaceship somewhere, it usually means increase in jobs availability and generating money which...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:30 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Nichiren and Shingon on Shinto Kami
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1009
Nichiren and Shingon on Shinto Kami
I actually don't know where or not I wanted to post in Shingon or Nichiren forum for this. I know there is a lot of syncretism between Shinto and Buddhism when Buddhism was first introduced to Japan. I also know because of this syncretism Nyorai are sometimes view as Kami and Kami are viewd as emana...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 5:23 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: matter, dharmas, Buddhism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3185
Re: matter, dharmas, Buddhism
I have an idea of what winds are, but I am not sure about the exact tantric definition. Maybe another person will answer. I don't think physics is ready to say what the most finite component of matter is. Personally I see a problem with saying the most finite part is energy because energy relies on...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:56 am
- Forum: Prayers and Aspirations
- Topic: Pray for my Mother and help sought
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5042
Re: Pray for my Mother and help sought
What a terrible thing. I pray that the great heavenly beings will send your mom their power and protection. May they guard her day and night. I pray that Buddhas and Bodhisattva through their miraculous power will subdue any evil spirit bothering your mother and restore peace, harmony, and joy to he...
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:51 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: matter, dharmas, Buddhism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3185
Re: matter, dharmas, Buddhism
Is winds another term for energy? At the most basic level of all matter is energy according to physics.montana wrote:Winds. Matter is made of winds. Atoms are made of winds.
At least that is the tantric point of view, other Buddhist may have other views.
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:46 pm
- Forum: Shingon
- Topic: Who can practice Shingon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10293
Re: Who can practice Shingon?
Thank you for all the information. I greatly appreciate it.
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:37 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Does enlightenment really brings bliss?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2121
Does enlightenment really brings bliss?
My background is not in Buddhism and some the shallow knowledge that I know, enlightenment means the cessation of desires and attachment so I have a few questions. -How is someone's mind after enlightenment? -Is it bliss or joy that enlightenment brings or just silent peace? -Do they still have feel...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:24 pm
- Forum: Shingon
- Topic: Who can practice Shingon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10293
Re: Who can practice Shingon?
Seems like Shingon is truly esoteric then, not much offered to those without empowerment or ordination. From what you said about using Mudra during meditation, a lot of Zen practitioner will form a simple mudra while meditating as well so it is quite similar to other exoteric practice. I am grateful...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:10 pm
- Forum: Shingon
- Topic: Who can practice Shingon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10293
Re: Who can practice Shingon?
So the practice for laity in Shingon is pretty much similar to other sect? I see in other sect such as Pure Land, beside the focus on Amida Nyorai, all involve reciting mantras. Is there mudras that laity can do or does that need empowerment?
Thank you,
Thank you,
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:17 pm
- Forum: Shingon
- Topic: Who can practice Shingon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10293
Who can practice Shingon?
Are Shingon esoteric practice only available to those who ordained under a Shingon master and received the empowerment? How would lay practitioner go about cultivating under Shingon if he or she is not ordained nor received any empowerment?
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:13 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Sculpting Buddha
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3471
Re: Sculpting Buddha
I really appreciate all the encouraging words. Thank you.
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:02 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: A Fond Farewell.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4276
Re: A Fond Farewell.
For some reason I feel like there are probably more older members in thus forum than younger one. And when I said that I am making a comparison base on my age which is only 20. Everybody at work call me still a baby. I do believe it is important for younger generation to understand and know the worl...
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Sculpting Buddha
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3471
Re: Sculpting Buddha
As a former Classicist (i.e. a student of Greco-Roman culture and languages), I have a certain fondness for the Gandharan style. What many people perhaps don't know is that without Gandharan Buddhism, scholarship indicates the Mahayana would likely not have survived and thrived. I did not know that...
- Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:02 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Sculpting Buddha
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3471
Re: Sculpting Buddha
Dude, those are some mad sculpting skills! Maybe you should consider doing modern Gandharan versions of Buddhrupas full-time. :twothumbsup: Thank you Karma Jinpa! Those are very inspirational words for me. I really do like Gandhara style Buddha. I thought of sculpting more Bodhisattvas in Gandhara-...