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- Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:05 am
- Forum: Nyingma
- Topic: Subduing and Oath Binding
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4577
Re: Subduing and Oath Binding
Is it possible that "subduing and binding" these spirits was more of a skillful means? And I dont mean for the spirits themselves. That Padmasambhava subduing and binding these spirits to oaths was to change the peoples perception of these spirits to see them as helpful now? Maybe what I a...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:59 pm
- Forum: Nichiren
- Topic: Nagarjuna's tetralemma in contrast to Nichiren's interpretation of Tendai 3 Truths
- Replies: 260
- Views: 57201
Re: Nagarjuna's tetralemma in contrast to Nichiren's interpretation of Tendai 3 Truths
Could you explain a little more what you mean by "Buddhahood has a cause?".
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:40 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
Ever think denying how other people perceive the world might be the cause of suffering for others who are not capable of seeing it the same way? Doesn't your position nullify the benefit of using an external focus for meditation? There is no external deity it is the agency of your mind. Doesn't tha...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:33 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
All the self-declared atheists I know also reject any notion of Buddhist deities, ghosts, pure lands, etc. But perhaps this is that they are ‘materialists’. I had a conversation about this today with my girlfriend! We came to that conclusion. That the majority of western atheists are really "p...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:57 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
It's not that buddhism appears atheist because it is viewed by someone who looks at it through the lens of atheism. It's that buddhism doesnt propose a supreme all-powerful being, therefore it just happens to be atheist. It's really that simple. Your definition does not define how it is perceived. ...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:09 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
That is what is so ironic about theism OR atheism, they both are perceptions based on personal observation. Because they co-exist as cognitive potentials neither is an absolute. That is our reality at this very moment. What ironic is that everything being said here is just perceptions based on pers...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:18 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
That is what is so ironic about theism OR atheism, they both are perceptions based on personal observation. Because they co-exist as cognitive potentials neither is an absolute. That is our reality at this very moment. What ironic is that everything being said here is just perceptions based on pers...
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
I believe chapter IV of Kongtruls Treasury of Knowledge gives an account of the general process of creation, while also refuting the views of the theists, those who say creation is the product of isvara.
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
If I'm not mistaken, the Other Power is limited to Amitabha overriding ordinary karma which would determine rebirth and bringing all who call on him to Sukhavati where one would fare according to karma within that realm. The advantage of that realm is that it is a pure land. Wait, what is "Oth...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:41 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
Other Power If I'm not mistaken, the Other Power is limited to Amitabha overriding ordinary karma which would determine rebirth and bringing all who call on him to Sukhavati where one would fare according to karma within that realm. The advantage of that realm is that it is a pure land. Wait, what ...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:00 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
Well, there are strands and practices that are based on Other Power. Either way, at the end of the day, the Great Sage said that he can show us the methods that lead to liberation, but liberation depends upon oneself. So even if reality is by nature theist, not theist, both or neither, the responsi...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:01 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
- Replies: 219
- Views: 11259
Re: Atheism vs Buddhism (was Non Cultural Buddhists: What Made You Stay?)
Yet your interpretation of these things is developed over time, through capacity, according to cause and condition and reflects grand specificity. Dependent origination excludes theism as a valid explanation of the world and the beings who inhabit it. Since dependent origination is the Dharma, and ...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:45 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: No boredom for those who practice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2195
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:13 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: My own hypocrisy, projections, expectations, and the fault in it all
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1750
Re: My own hypocrisy, projections, expectations, and the fault in it all
Sounds to me like you are just where you should be. In my experience (and I am not being facetious) we still remain confused, but we are confused at a higher level. Heart to heart right here for a moment, Simon. I freaking love you. For real. For someone I have never seen or met, I have connected w...
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:18 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: My own hypocrisy, projections, expectations, and the fault in it all
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1750
My own hypocrisy, projections, expectations, and the fault in it all
Over the past couple of months I had a resentment towards buddhism in the west growing in the background of my mind. I kept it back there because I was too "spiritually superior", or too "spiritually healthy" to feel such a way or have such an attitude. Until, that is, about a we...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:47 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New Topic
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13743
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:26 pm
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New Topic
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13743
Re: New Topic
I am going to try my hardest to respond accordingly. I feel like there is quite a bit to unwrap here. I have really enjoyed reading what everyone has said so far, too. On the other hand, everyone has to start somewhere. Indeed. And, this brings me to another perspective. Should the best place to sta...
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 6:43 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: New Topic
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13743
New Topic
I am second guessing posting this, but I guess here it is, LONG POST: Through the years of studying, I have come across an amount of online forums, other Buddhists online and in person, and watched a couple of movies about Tibetan Buddhism and general Buddhist ideas. Buddhism itself is something I h...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:10 am
- Forum: Kagyu
- Topic: Dharmakaya aspect?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4472
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:08 am
- Forum: Tibetan Buddhism
- Topic: Reincarnation of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7972
Re: Reincarnation of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
The Dharma isn't in-built with all this baggage. Just find a Guru who is connected to a lineage and practice until you receive results, and then practice more. All sentient beings, in the hell realms, the animal realms, etc. are eagerly awaiting your Buddhahood. Imagine for a second, all of the bein...