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Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
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Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by guiseppe » Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:04 am
Okthe thing i find tobe a paradox around culture and religion is the fact that it seems to devoid fromthe escence where the teacher seems to be excluded...it bacame tradition and religious and most practinoers seem tobe more cought upp in the cultural path then finding a path that leads them to enlightment...interesting note! Also i consider meny people outside of buddhism to sutch as Terrance Mcenna, enyways goodluck with whatever you are doing and reach your goal instead of pursuing the practices as the goal and be in compassion be in that you are!!!
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Re: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by heart » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:24 am
guiseppe wrote:Okthe thing i find tobe a paradox around culture and religion is the fact that it seems to devoid fromthe escence where the teacher seems to be excluded...it bacame tradition and religious and most practinoers seem tobe more cought upp in the cultural path then finding a path that leads them to enlightment...interesting note! Also i consider meny people outside of buddhism to sutch as Terrance Mcenna, enyways goodluck with whatever you are doing and reach your goal instead of pursuing the practices as the goal and be in compassion be in that you are!!!
You know Terrance Mcenna died from a brain tumor at the age of 53?
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"The direct, hard to understand, subtle field of knowing, the Great Path, is non-conceptual (akalpana), and entirely beyond the grasp of intellectual thought. Divorced from verbal ideation, it is difficult to point out and as difficult to enquire into. It cannot be communicated through words and [therefore] is not within the scope of the neophyte (adikarmika). Nevertheless the path is to be approached through studying scriptures (sutra) of the World-Teacher and following the personal instructions (upadesa) of one's Guru-ji."
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Re: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by gregkavarnos » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:54 am
Whereas you are not caught up in culture and are on the path of enlightenment? 
"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: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by oushi » Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:29 am
guiseppe wrote:Okthe thing i find tobe a paradox around culture and religion is the fact that it seems to devoid fromthe escence
From this "essence" nothing can be devoid.
heart wrote:You know Terrance Mcenna died from a brain tumor at the age of 53?
What a great loss....
"Without knowing and without being affected by anything, this is the awareness of the buddhas. The inconceivable, without awareness and without suffering, is itself the awareness of the buddhas. - Manjuśri"
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Re: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by muni » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:44 am
Whether our grasping mind is focussing and so rejecting or accepting this or that culture, or we deeply respect and trust those who have already realized what dual mind/discursive thought cannot grasp.
I think we can 'use' the curing tools from what is called traditions, culture without aversion/attachment since these are not the problem. Clinging is.
I think we can 'use' the curing tools from what is called traditions, culture without aversion/attachment since these are not the problem. Clinging is.
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Re: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by Roland » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:05 pm
oushi wrote:heart wrote:You know Terrance Mcenna died from a brain tumor at the age of 53?
What a great loss....
A great loss indeed. One of my favorite beings that ever lived.
"No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley."
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--Seneca the Younger (57 BCE- 65 AD)
"Everything is an illusion. Life is like a big dream."
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Re: Cultural Buddhism vs what being a Bhudda is!
by muni » Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:22 pm
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