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- Sat Mar 10, 2018 12:42 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: First four of six perfections
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2557
Re: First four of six perfections
Hello again, The six perfections of Buddhism typically map to the three practice areas of Buddhism: ethics meditation and wisdom. So the first four (sometimes under other names of similar meaning), are Buddhist ethics. They are: Generosity Discipline Patience Moral strength Question: are there othe...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
Ofcourse/possible but only a Buddha knows, so no reason for me to dwell on it, I consider everything which happens to me a blessing. 1. I find it VERY hard to believe that you would consider getting shot in the face as a blessing. 2. There is no value in considering EVERYTHING that happens to you a...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:17 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
Well, how somebody acts towards you can be a consequence of your past karma. If you are in a room and a crazed gunman comes in and starts shooting wildly and you are the only person hit, it may very well be past karma ripening that was the cause for you being the only one shot. Ofcourse/possible bu...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:12 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
No wonder I was confused if you meant the opposite of what the words said. A downside in written communication. remember one of the 1st expedient lessons I've got from a Zen teacher who said; what happens to you is not you karma but the way you react to it is your karma. You're confusion might be ...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:23 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
...so friends the question is, does absolute love bridge the gap of: karma as emptiness versus karma that is mine or yours, created or exausted interdependence versus independence absolute truth versus the relative truth/conceptual thought ? Why yes? Why no? who cares? good question ))). Why sepera...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:56 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
what happens to you is not your karma but the way you react to it is your karma. This seems to run counter to the teachings on realms, doesn't it? Hi, "not your karma" does not mean not your karma. It means there's no reason dwelling on what happens to you or why it happens. It does not r...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:11 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: "One Mind" in Hua Yen thought
- Replies: 283
- Views: 62889
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:19 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: "One Mind" in Hua Yen thought
- Replies: 283
- Views: 62889
Re: "One Mind" in Hua Yen thought
Malcolm wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:11 pm
Have you considered that reality is simply the absence of the inherent existence of conditioned things and that is all? All Madhyamakas are univocal that the absence of inherent existence in things is reality. This is also the message of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:37 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Less time on computer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1197
Re: Less time on computer
Some of us spend much time on the computer, some little. How is a good method if one would like to spend less time? Not a personal matter, more a discussion piece. If being on the computer gets you in touch with people around a topic (say developing siddhi) that you do not have access in real life,...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 7:01 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Buddhahood in This Life
- Replies: 239
- Views: 64537
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:53 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Buddhahood in This Life
- Replies: 239
- Views: 64537
Re: Buddhahood in This Life
If they have eyes and understand English then of course they can read it, but it won't mean much to them and it may not be all that helpful. Shoot! I have the book (haven't started yet) I'll read it but when unhelpful, is there any place I can donate it too? All books I'm "done with" I gi...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:56 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
Having read that thread, I am again getting to the question: how to bridge from compassion to compassionate activity? What I understood so far: compassion is not about action. That comes through wisdom only. Does that mean I'm not acting until I'm wised up? Certainly not, nobody knows when that'll ...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:26 pm
- Forum: Ethical Conduct
- Topic: Lying: Is it Acceptable?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 16692
Re: Lying; Is it Acceptable?
How many believe that lying is acceptable IF it is done to prevent hurting another human being? Well if I would walk through a forest and I'd see a bunny/deer etc go one way, and after that a hunter might appear who asked me "did you see where the bunny/deer went?" I would probably send h...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:26 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Can all beings ever be liberated? The motivation of the bodhisattva.
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14306
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:26 pm
- Forum: Discovering Mahayana Buddhism
- Topic: Can all beings ever be liberated? The motivation of the bodhisattva.
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14306
Re: Can all beings ever be liberated? The motivation of the bodhisattva.
please tell me then what is the difference between an enlightened being and yourself... Since no being ever entered Nirvana, there are no enlightened or unenlightened beings, therefore you know and are the difference you are asking about by the very inquiry. The notion of "same" designate...
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:39 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Our Karma or theirs?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9860
Re: Our Karma or theirs?
Hello friends, Muni mentioned a popular quote "how others act is their karma, not ours. How we act is ours". This is a wonderful invitation not to worry or even be affected so much by the negative actions of others, as well as an invitaiton to take responsibility for our actions. So then ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 4:13 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11936
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 3:34 pm
- Forum: East Asian Buddhism
- Topic: "One Mind" in Hua Yen thought
- Replies: 283
- Views: 62889
Re: "One Mind" in Hua Yen thought
From another forum; misconception is a conception. what makes it "mis" is that it is usually perceived as opposite to one's own conception. in the end, it's all conceptions. there's really no need to be tangled up with or try to untangle misconceptions or right conceptions. sometimes right...
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: Pure Land
- Topic: Homosexuality
- Replies: 46
- Views: 11936
Re: Homosexuality
. If you look at some of the texts describing hells, they often name things like adultery, etc. They also will say things like 'inappropriate' or 'abnormal' sexual behaviors. Touching back on my previous post, we "must" keep in mind that in certain scriptures political motives are involve...