Are you a buddhist when...

[PadmaVonSamba]

Are you a Buddhist during moments when you are not thinking about it?

[Josef]

yes.

[Astus]

Do you often think about being human? Nevertheless, it is a good question you made. Without establishing a concept there's no identification with it.

[PadmaVonSamba]

This is one of my favorite questions.
If a person asks me, "are you a Buddhist?" then I have to consider my answer.
If I say "I am" then who is I and want does am mean?
In Nepal, they say "dharma person".
Maybe an active verb, such as "follow" is more appropriate.
Can I follow the Dharma when I am not thinking about it? I hope so.

So, I ask if you are a Buddhist when you are not thinking about it, in the context of the idea that any sense of identification is a projection of the mind.

[gregkavarnos]

Are you a Buddhist during moments when you are not thinking about it?

Depends what you mean by the question "are you a Buddhist".

[kalden yungdrung]

Are you a Buddhist during moments when you are not thinking about it?

Tashi delek,

Regarding Dzogchen one is realising Buddhahood inside the base of non-thinking or where there is/are no thoughts (hunting/grasping).
The question could be is a Dzogchenpa a Buddhist?


Best wishes
KY

[Dechen Norbu]

Yes, since the fruit of the practice is Buddhahood.

[kalden yungdrung]

Yes, since the fruit of the practice is Buddhahood.

Tashi delek,

Good answer i like that.

But i would say that the fruit of Buddhist practice will result in Buddhahood.
I don't know if others can attain with their practice Buddhahood, whereas all sentient beings posess the Sugathagarba.......

Best wishes
KY

[Dechen Norbu]

Yes, since the fruit of the practice is Buddhahood.

Tashi delek,

Good answer i like that.

But i would say that the fruit of Buddhist practice will result in Buddhahood.
I don't know if others can attain with their practice Buddhahood, whereas all sentient beings posess the Sugathagarba.......

Best wishes
KY

I think Bonpos may attain Buddhahood too. To me that makes them Buddhist. It's a label. Call them practitioners of the teachings of the enlightened instead of Buddhists. I never liked the word "Buddhism" anyway. It's a western neologism that says very little about the Buddhadharma.

[KeithBC]

Are you a Buddhist during moments when you are not thinking about it?

Buddhism is not so much what I think about, but more how I think. So, yes.

Om mani padme hum
Keith

[The bags]

Are you a Buddhist during moments when you are not thinking about it?

There is no such thing as Buddhist .....in Buddha there should not be any form of class or nature . We are learning in our own speed , ways to understand all our pollutants and to eliminate it . There is no "thinking", no "acting" or no "practicing" Buddhism but an understanding of our pollutants and process of elimination to be closer to Buddha.