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- Wed Oct 26, 2022 7:05 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Two Truths Doctrine
- Replies: 102
- Views: 9038
Re: Two Truths Doctrine
The verdict is that all phenomena are dependent, i.e. it does not exist in an intrinsic way like this or that on their own sides, unrelated to the consciousness that perceives them. Any conclusions made are merely two sides of the same coin. For general understanding, our mind is the chief architect...
- Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:38 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Exists doesnt Exist?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2367
Re: Exists doesnt Exist?
Mind Is The Forerunner Of All Things All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labelling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is ...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:54 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Do devas & hell beings experience time differently than we do?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2553
Re: Do devas & hell beings experience time differently than we do?
Every once in a while I hear someone say something like one day in the heaven realms is like 1 eon for earthlings, but other times people make it sound like we all experience time the same way. Time is a dimension created by mankind to measure events such as becoming processes. In dependent nature,...
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:16 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Suffering
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1651
Re: Suffering
In English, suffering is defined as the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship and it is a word translation from the Latin – sufferre that means to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under. The word suffering seems to appear in every nook and cranny of Buddhism. And generally, one would te...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Cessation of dukkha
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13498
Re: Cessation of dukkha
What is dukkha? In English, dukkha is translated as suffering. And suffering is defined as the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. However, suffering is a word translation from the Latin – sufferre that means to bear, undergo, endure, carry or put under. The word suffering seems to appe...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:33 am
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Cessation of dukkha
- Replies: 72
- Views: 13498
Re: Cessation of dukkha
Consciousness-In-Individuality (Mind) All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labeling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is ...
- Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:26 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3532
Re: The Experience of Buddhism Sliding into Nihilism
Now to my point, or what I am struggling with. I feel like by letting go of the ego, attachments, and seeking pure awareness, I am inching closer to nihilism where nothing matters and everything is ultimately meaningless. This is not a place where I want to be. I hope I can get some help with this ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:40 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9310
Re: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
Rebirth , reborn implying something or someone from A point shift to B point , but , in actual there is only a kind of Continuation where it manifest after a "Gap" occurs (death / disintegration) . Therefore , reborn or rebirth is a inappropriate description of the situation . Nothing is ...
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:45 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9310
Re: What Exactly is 'Reborn'?
Buddhism rejects the term ‘transmigration’ or ‘reincarnation’ altogether, but why? Literally, ‘trans-’ is a prefix meaning through or across. And transmigration denotes the movement or conveyance from place to place. If we mention that a soul would transmigrate from a body to another new body, it me...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:27 am
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: proof of nirvana?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11509
Re: proof of nirvana?
One could only catch a glimpse of nirvana when the dust settles after the mind is neutered.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:08 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Is there time for bodhisattvas?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2328
Re: Is there time for bodhisattvas?
What does time mean? Time is a dimension or simply a way of measurement for the becoming processes. This means time alone is created by the mind and therefore, it is subjective rather than objective in its nature of orientation. To become is to exist; to exist is to become. Therefore, time does not ...
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:54 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Existence
- Replies: 266
- Views: 46117
Re: Existence
All realities and fallacies are in the mind, All observations and perceptions are in the mind, All labelling and stereotyping are in the mind, What else is not in the mind? You have a mind, I have a mind, and we all have respective minds, even a rock. A mind is nothing but a vibrational frequency, A...
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:49 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4370
Re: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
Another definition for the extremely subtle entities is energy. Energy is a quality that is universal i.e. it is inherent existing and dependent arising concurrently. And the alternate expression for energy is emptiness. When one sees into energy, one sees into emptiness; when one sees into emptines...
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:52 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4370
Re: Question about Nagarjuna's Heart of Dependent Origination
Link Here : http://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/nagarjuna/heart-dependent-origination In verse 6, he says, "Then, as for extremely subtle entities, Those who regard them with nihilism, Lacking precise and thorough knowledge, Will not see the actuality of conditioned arising." Can a...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: What's the meaning of "life is duhhka"?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3034
Re: What's the meaning of "life is duhhka"?
What is the meaning of "life is duhhka"? The First Noble Truth says that the suffering of birth, old age, sickness and death is inescapable. The Buddha has revealed that suffering is part of life and that it cannot be evaded. He also taught that suffering does not only come from the body ...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:25 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Existence
- Replies: 266
- Views: 46117
Re: Existence
Per Buddhism, what does "to exist" mean? Can this be answered (satisfactorily) without reference to the two truths? If so, please do. :namaste: Mind is the forerunner of all states, at least, according to the Buddha. So, what exists is defined as that which can be known. If it cannot be k...
- Tue Mar 27, 2018 7:27 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Mind-streams: Separate?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 19530
Re: Mind-streams: Separate?
Mind and body are simply two aspects of the same thing. So long as we are imprisoned within the realm of existence, we would continue to assume the separation of things. ‘Life itself is prison, The instincts are prisons, The senses are prisons, Superstition is prison, Sacred institutions are prisons...
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:08 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: nagarjuna two truths to tientai threefold truth. How?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1434
Re: nagarjuna two truths to tientai threefold truth. How?
I don't get anything about the threefold truth. I can make sense of the two truths but not the threefold truth...? It simply means one plus one equals to three... :smile: TRUTH 1 - Ultimate Truth (an insight into one side of the coin). TRUTH 2 - Conventional Truth (an insight into another side of t...
- Mon Oct 30, 2017 7:12 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: time, space and the universe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3381
Re: time, space and the universe
Tilopa: Although you say space is empty, You can’t say that space is "like this". Likewise, although mind is said to be sheer clarity, There is nothing there: you can’t say "it’s like this". Thus, the nature of mind is inherently like space: It includes everything you experience...
- Mon Oct 30, 2017 6:58 am
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: time, space and the universe
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3381
Re: time, space and the universe
So I thought that talking about how time and space work, as well as discussing what the universe 'is' would be a fruitful area for discussion. Obviously, since this is a buddhist forum we have to talk about these issues from a buddhist perspective, like, for instance, how time and space relate to d...