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- Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:08 pm
- Forum: Help Required
- Topic: Can dharma alone make life worth living?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11062
Re: Can dharma alone make life worth living?
Buddhism touches on this weakly, it attacks our illusion of an inherently existing self(for one), but it is too weak, because is too neutral on the direction of the social system. I would suggest looking into engaged Buddhism, but the way I see Buddhism, one cannot practice and not make a positive ...
- Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:40 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: A few words from "Moon in a dewdrop"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1748
Re: A few words from "Moon in a dewdrop"
Fu Ri Shin, no problem.. and feel free to post whatever you like. :) I've been considering one specific writing ever since I got the book.. :o Great Master Wuben of Dongshan was once asked by a monk, "When cold or heat comes, how can we avoid it?" The master said, "Why don't you go to where there is...
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:38 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Defilements and projections onto other people
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7899
Re: Defilements and projections onto other people
Buddhist, not Buddhist, Dharma, Not Dharma.
It's what we do with it, not what it says, .. at least that's what I tell myself..
It's what we do with it, not what it says, .. at least that's what I tell myself..

- Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:08 pm
- Forum: Alternative Health
- Topic: Antibiotics alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1437
Antibiotics alleviate symptoms of schizophrenia
Just found this article today; I don't suppose it's technically alternative health, but if this ends up working out.. there will be many, many happy people in the world. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-shocked-to-find-antibiotics-alleviate-symptoms-of-schizophrenia-7469121.html"...
- Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:14 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Defilements and projections onto other people
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7899
Re: Defilements and projections onto other people
Anyone ever feel almost crushed by their own ignorance? Every day my friend, the biggest problem I perceive in my own practice is letting go of intellectuality and concept, because... that is the only way of perception we really know. Letting it go is very difficult. If there's only one thing I've ...
- Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:25 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Defilements and projections onto other people
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7899
Re: Defilements and projections onto other people
the thought IS the perception



- Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:34 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Defilements and projections onto other people
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7899
Re: Defilements and projections onto other people
You can't NOT be drawn to your thoughts and emotions because you ARE your thoughts and emotions... there's no one there apart from them I think we can avoid being drawn to our thoughts and emotions, but we can not stop them from happening. So we let the thoughts arise and return the mind to stillne...
- Tue Feb 28, 2012 10:27 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Defilements and projections onto other people
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7899
Re: Defilements and projections onto other people
I don't think it's applicable in every situation, but for example when we see police brutality, and we find ourselves angry and maybe even thinking violent thoughts in response, how could this be if anger isn't a problem in our own mind? Or when we see someone who is exceedingly arrogant, and we don...
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:36 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: DC webcasts and Ubuntu 11.10
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1250
Re: DC webcasts and Ubuntu 11.10
I'm not 100% if the correct codec is in here, but it's worth a shot. http://mygeekopinions.blogspot.com/2011/05/install-full-proprietary-codecs-pack-in.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This might work: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu" onclick="window.open(this.href);re...
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:27 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: how much electricity we use and abuse
- Replies: 0
- Views: 517
how much electricity we use and abuse
I thought this was kind of crazy. The thing's we take for granted, eh.
- Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:44 am
- Forum: Zen
- Topic: A few words from "Moon in a dewdrop"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1748
A few words from "Moon in a dewdrop"
I just wanted to share this portion of the book, I have truly enjoyed reading this book.. but at times I have wondered if they are actually discussing anything at all, and then wham. Enjoy! Zen master Baoji of Panshan said, "The mind moon is alone and full. Its light swallows myriad forms. Moonlight...
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:00 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Attachment in friendships
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1802
Re: Attachment in friendships
Hi duckfiasco, The thing's we most tightly grasp, are ideas, emotions and thoughts. When we learn to deal with these everything else becomes easier, and more clear. What I mean to say is we start by understanding that we are not our thoughts, emotions and ideas. There is no I to which these things r...
- Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:52 am
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: Alcohol relapse and Buddhist techniques to deal with anxiety
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4960
Re: Alcohol relapse and Buddhist techniques to deal with anxiety
Hello deepfriedfunk, I understand the pain of addiction very well, and I can relate. I think our worst addictions are products of running from the deeper problems that plague us. Sadness, Anger, Fear, Apathy.. we constantly seek temporary means of covering these issues up, and it never quite works. ...
- Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Causes of poverty.
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5891
Re: Causes of poverty.
I think to put it bluntly, we are the cause. Not through our direct actions, but through our combined ignorance, the cumulative effects of our lifestyles of extravagant comfort. I typically mean those of us in the west, but I'm sure it applies to many other developed countries as well. I think we ar...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 4:01 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How accurate is this? On emptiness.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 642
Re: How accurate is this? On emptiness.
Thank you PadmaVonSamba,
I've realized I haven't understood it as well as I thought though.

I've realized I haven't understood it as well as I thought though.

- Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:37 pm
- Forum: Dharma in Everyday Life
- Topic: How accurate is this? On emptiness.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 642
How accurate is this? On emptiness.
I am curious if this understanding is in line with Buddhist thought, if not could someone explain where I've gone wrong. (I wrote this in attempt to describe Buddhist philosophy to a friend.) -------------------- Eternity is in the present moment. Think about everything you see, hear, smell, taste, ...
- Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:38 am
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Why A Neuroscientist Would Study Meditation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1002
Re: Why A Neuroscientist Would Study Meditation
I'm happy you guys liked the video. :) Since I have begun practicing Buddhism, and meditation, the reduction in my own depression and anxiety problems have been beyond drastic. I have since begun recommending meditation to many people and friends. I think she means negative rumination, rather than s...
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:47 pm
- Forum: Dzogchen
- Topic: Ground of Being
- Replies: 170
- Views: 16661
Re: Ground of Being
mint, I have been wondering something similar, from what I'm reading, (probably incorrectly), it's as namdrol says, http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm "Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void, And the Void Does Not Differ From Form. Form is Void and Void is Form; The Same is ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:31 pm
- Forum: Engaged Buddhism
- Topic: Devastating news for 40,000 native Indians in Brazil..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1808
Re: Devastating news for 40,000 native Indians in Brazil..
Yea, I don't even know what to say. I just hope they get enough signatures to stop this particular dam from happening. I am stuck somewhere between thinking we can make a difference as individuals -- and knowing the few of us who do care are so outnumbered it will never matter... but for now, I'll g...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:40 pm
- Forum: Media
- Topic: Why A Neuroscientist Would Study Meditation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1002
Why A Neuroscientist Would Study Meditation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR8TjCncvIw In this TEDxTalk, Professor Willoughby Britton tells us that happiness is not about getting what you want. She discusses our mental qualities as habits we practice and she sheds light on an important link between neuroscience and contemplative (Meditation,...