Will wrote:It is interesting the hoops people jump through to maintain distance from a group or maybe it is to strengthen one's individuality - beats me.
It's simple. A buddhist is truly buddhist when they declare themself a non-buddhist.
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Buddhist or not - poll
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by dharmagoat » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:30 am
It's simple. A buddhist is truly buddhist when they declare themself a non-buddhist.
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by jikai » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:01 am
Buddhist...
"There are no seperate dharma's in the Three Realms. There is only the operation of the one mind."
"Whoever wishes to benefit beings ought to establish teachings that fit their capacities, expound the dharma in accordance with their capacities, and match the doctrines to them"
"Whoever wishes to benefit beings ought to establish teachings that fit their capacities, expound the dharma in accordance with their capacities, and match the doctrines to them"
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by ram peswani » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:17 am
I reject Buddhism as a religion as it is normal practice around, So I am what I am by birth a Hindu.
For me Buddhism is a pure science and above religion and it is the basic nature of everyone of us to enquire who? why?
For me Buddhism is a pure science and above religion and it is the basic nature of everyone of us to enquire who? why?
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by Simon E. » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:59 am
tomamundsen wrote:I'm buddhist as a mofo.
What does that actually mean ?
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by Lotus_Bitch » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:42 pm
dharmagoat wrote:Will wrote:It is interesting the hoops people jump through to maintain distance from a group or maybe it is to strengthen one's individuality - beats me.
It's simple. A buddhist is truly buddhist when they declare themself a non-buddhist.
IMO, when it comes down to it: If an individual accepts the basic tenets of the four noble truth's, noble eightfold path, the three dharma seals (or four depending on if you want to go by the four seals model,) dependent origination and the middle way (also rebirth and the twelvefold chain of dependent origination, mofo's!!)....Then they are practitioners of the Buddha-Dharma regardless if they identify with a superficial label of 'Buddhist' or not. The commonality between us as practitioners (I think) is just that.
We are children of the unsurpassed Dharma of the Conquerors; following in the footsteps of those who's aim was annihilation of suffering. The path as traveled by the Victorious Ones of the three times, I pay homage!!
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by pueraeternus » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:29 pm
I don't get this posturing. Seems like so much attachment to non-labels and aversion to labels.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by gregkavarnos » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:05 pm
Some like to sit, some like to stand and others like to lean...pueraeternus wrote:I don't get this posturing. Seems like so much attachment to non-labels and aversion to labels.
"Meditation is familiarisation with realisation"
Jigten Sumgon Gonchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
"Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit."
Chogyam Trungpa
Jigten Sumgon Gonchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
"Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit."
Chogyam Trungpa
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by tomamundsen » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:58 pm
Simon E. wrote:tomamundsen wrote:I'm buddhist as a mofo.
What does that actually mean ?
Apologies to those outside of the US. Mofo is an American vulgarism, short for motherf***er, that is sometimes used in a positive sense, similar to badass.
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by ground » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:24 am
Not, because impossible to consider my self 
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by gregkavarnos » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:32 am
Bullshit artist!ground wrote:Not, because impossible to consider my self
"Meditation is familiarisation with realisation"
Jigten Sumgon Gonchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
"Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit."
Chogyam Trungpa
Jigten Sumgon Gonchig: The Single Intent, the Sacred Dharma
"Oh great bodhisattva, you ought to understand the quintessence in this way: Whatever appears is one in its suchness. It cannot be falsified by anyone. The sovereign of unconceptualised sameness dwells in the spirit of the Dharmakaya which cannot be cognised."
The All Creating Sovereign, Mind of Perfect Purity.
"Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit."
Chogyam Trungpa
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Re: Buddhist or not - poll
by Caz » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:51 pm
Certainly a Buddhist 
Abandoning Dharma is, in the final analysis, disparaging the Hinayana because of the Mahayana; favoring the Hinayana on account of the Mahayana; playing off sutra against tantra; playing off the four classes of the tantras against each other; favoring one of the Tibetan schools—the Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, or Nyingma—and disparaging the rest; and so on. In other words, we abandon Dharma any time we favor our own tenets and disparage the rest.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.
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