Perhaps. Could also be a wonderful and appropriate gift for someone in great need of a possibly unimagined opening.
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- Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: My last will and testament
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1007
Re: My last will and testament
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: My last will and testament
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1007
Re: My last will and testament
Perhaps you might consider giving your books to a prison library, especially one where many of the inmates are serving long sentences.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: What do you personally derive from Zazen meditation?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 939
Re: What do you personally derive from Zazen meditation?
Recently I've been thinking about the purpose of zazen meditation, if any, and I thought that'd make an interesting conversation point. But rather than debating an objective purpose, I'm curious what members here feel that they personally get out of Zazen meditation. If you practice it, why? Thanks...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Music time
- Replies: 5282
- Views: 883912
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 2:23 am
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Should I save the rabbit or the falcon?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5226
Re: Should I save the rabbit or the falcon?
Just as ridiculous as suggesting that a person is an appropriate food for a wild animal. My dog is a vegetarian and it’s certainly ridiculous, beyond ridiculous, to say that he is an appropriate food for a wild animal. It’s so ridiculous that it should not even need to be said…. From the valid pers...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:57 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Instantaneous death and the Bardo
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1082
Re: Instantaneous death and the Bardo
Suppose a practitioner finds themselves in a situation like the Titan sub, where they're eviscerated in a fraction of a second, with hardly enough time to even register what's happening, much less to prepare for the moment of death. To even contemplate much less undertake that kind of adventure one...
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: Seon
- Topic: Don’t Know Mind
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6599
Re: Don’t Know Mind
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:44 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Can Devas attain enlightenment?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3844
Re: Can Devas attain enlightenment?
Why is it important to know if devas can or cannot attain enlightenment? What does it suggest about the possibilities of our own human situation if they can, or cannot?
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3052
Re: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
Perhaps all threads should be locked (automatically?) six months after the last post rather than the method/non-method now on place. As it stands the necro posting rule is something of a reverse ad-hominem … addressing the alleged concerns of the person (who may or may not be long gone) rather than ...
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:17 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3052
Re: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
In a discussion forum dedicated to a 2500 year old spiritual tradition, it seems a bit odd to automatically raise alarm bells when someone posts in a thread that has been dormant for a year or three. Just sayin'. Every forum I’ve ever been on with much traffic has this rule. We do make exceptions t...
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:11 am
- Forum: Suggestion Box
- Topic: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3052
Re: Necro posting (deserves a rethink)
In a discussion forum dedicated to a 2500 year old spiritual tradition, it seems a bit odd to automatically raise alarm bells when someone posts in a thread that has been dormant for a year or three. Just sayin'. If there is a topic that you want to discuss, start a new thread, even if it’s an old ...
Re: Words
Yes, it would be wonderful to hear “master of puppets” speaking clearly and fluently, without language barrier. DeepL Translator is very subtle and nuanced and will translate Turkish to 28 other languages. Please do take a look Enver. https://www.deepl.com/translator#tr/en/net%20bir%20şekilde%20anla...
- Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:58 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Being present is boring
- Replies: 15
- Views: 837
Re: Being present is boring
My mind is often loud and racing, and I am seldom truly present. I have been practicing and it’s tough. However the other day, the mental chatter suddenly became quiet and I was simply looking at the trees on a walk. I felt calm and peaceful. For just a few seconds. And then the thoughts said: “Thi...
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 7:33 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Being present is boring
- Replies: 15
- Views: 837
Re: Being present is boring
Inclining boredom itself, if we leave out, renounce, let go of the interesting.Konchog Thogme Jampa wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:41 pmBoredom is the fertile ground for something interesting to happen
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Being present is boring
- Replies: 15
- Views: 837
Re: Being present is boring
Still boring. (Not saying that I disagree with your suggestion).KathyLauren wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:31 pm … come back to just sitting and being aware of the boredom.
Om mani padme hum
Kathy
- Thu Dec 01, 2022 5:52 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: how many years does it take you to understand the practice?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2030
Re: how many years does it take you to understand the practice?
Looking back over nearly 40 years, I can’t count how many times I thought I had got it. I anticipate this will occur again in the future, when I look back on today. I think this is why, even if you ask great masters, they will tell you they don’t know yet. It’s like being an astronomer… within a co...
- Thu Dec 01, 2022 1:00 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: how many years does it take you to understand the practice?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2030
Re: how many years does it take you to understand the practice?
how many years does it take you to understand the practice? wondered. and if you don't mind what are the tips that speed up/quicken the process?? Is there a timeline, a process? No. All that is required is to begin. It doesn’t get any quicker than that. As a well known zen ancestor (don’t remember ...
Re: Words
Fake roses are real.master of puppets wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 11:01 am All is fake (unreal). Zen master is there to make it real!
(my words)
- Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:12 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Monk's world
- Replies: 9
- Views: 586
Re: Monk's world
I would say that a monk is foremost a renunciant and participates in this world as such.
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 3:14 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: eye organ versus eyeball
- Replies: 4
- Views: 400