Laughter and the Buddha

[Kunga Lhadzom]

This thread is about the Buddha and not about Rinpoche [this or that].

Kind regards

Who/What is Buddha ?

[MJH]

This thread is about the Buddha and not about Rinpoche [this or that].

Just responding to a quote. But thanks for taking your time to allow me to practice.

[Kunga Lhadzom]

Laughter releases dopamine. You laugh because there is stress . More laughter...less stress. Less suffering & stress ...more peace and happiness ?

The Buddha must of got rid of all his stress....no more laughing/stress.

I thought of this as I chopped celery

Oh yeah...my teacher makes me laugh all the time...relieving my stress... Enlightened activity ?
Also Tara loves to laugh ! (Female Buddha)

[Kunga Lhadzom]

Homage to you, Tara, whose radiant crown ornament,
Joyful and magnificent, extends a garland of light,
And who, by your laughter of TUTTARA,
Conquer the demons and all of the worlds.


(From : Praises to the Twenty-One Taras )


http://www.fpmt.org/prayers/21tarasltrrdr.pdf

[ground]

Laughter releases dopamine.

So you may as well take drugs.

You laugh because there is stress .

This is called hysteric laughter.

Oh yeah...my teacher makes me laugh all the time...relieving my stress... Enlightened activity ?

Then comedians and entertainers display enlightened activity?

Kind regards

[muni]

How is laughter understood in the Dharma?

not conditioned by seriousness of knowing-me-importance? Joyful laughing breath as naked naturally flow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfH6oJMzDA Even in hospital this free laughter fills the building.

[mudra]

I remember discussing the Buddha's sense of humor with Richard Gombrich, who insisted that much of the early interpretation of Pali scritpture misses the Buddha's puns on words and quiet humor espeecially when addressing Brahmins.

[Kunga Lhadzom]

Laughter releases dopamine.

So you may as well take drugs.

You laugh because there is stress .

This is called hysteric laughter.

Oh yeah...my teacher makes me laugh all the time...relieving my stress... Enlightened activity ?

Then comedians and entertainers display enlightened activity?

Kind regards

If taking drugs can prevent you from committing suicide...why not ???
(doctor prescribed medication of course)


Better to laugh hysterically than to get hysterically angry ?


One never knows whom a Bodhisattva is. It's not impossible for them to be employed in the entertainment arts.
They work in mysterious ways

[Dechen Norbu]

Don't pay attention to TMingyur, KL.

[Kunga Lhadzom]

That's OK Dechen...it's good to question everything...I had to actually think of a logical explaination to answer TMingyurs' questioning...and they were good questions to ask...as I have never even thought of asking them ! So I learned something from his questioning.

[Dechen Norbu]

Exactly, it's good to question. TM has all the answers though!
I was mostly joking though.

[Kunga Lhadzom]

I know
I also know you are concerned for my mental well-being and was being protective .

We are all at different stages "on the path". I am still very much a beginner.

[Dechen Norbu]

[Quiet Heart]

I know this topic was started a LONG time ago...but i want to make a comment here anyhow.
Many years ago, nearly 45 years ago now, when I first encountered any form of Budhisim in Vietnam; I met a a Vietnamese Buddhist nun who the locals considered to be close to enlightened if not already enlightened. I was only 19 then, and full of myself and my presumed knowledge, so I didn't pay much attention to her at the time.
What I do remember was that she was the only person I ever met who seemed to glow outward from the inside, and she laughed a lot.
Even at 19 she made an impression on me...which has probably gradually influenced my life and my choice of calling myself a Buddhist.
But for the life of me I can't remember her name, if I ever knew it even then.
So, for that reason alone, I presume the Buddha would roar with laughter.