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Tips/Help? (Questions Submitted in Description)

BenjaminBenjamin England Explorer
in Buddhism Basics

Tips on getting the best meditation experience?
Can Therevada Buddhists worship the Buddha and if so, how?
Building a shrine at home: what to do?
Best Books on Buddhism?

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  • BenjaminBenjamin England Explorer

    A Buddhist becoming a Police Officer/ Community Support Officer in UK (no guns/weapons) - Acceptable?

  • Laughing_LilacLaughing_Lilac Ontario New

    http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan_buddhism.html
    Online course of about 5 modules. The first one describes setting up a shrine. Quite informative.

  • BenjaminBenjamin England Explorer

    @Laughing_Lilac
    Thank you!

  • lobsterlobster Veteran
    edited June 2016

    @Benjamin said:
    Tips on getting the best meditation experience?

    Much info on the web ...
    http://opcoa.st/0jL1j

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator

    @Benjamin said:
    Tips on getting the best meditation experience?

    Sit.

    Can Therevada Buddhists worship the Buddha and if so, how?

    No. The Buddha isn't worshipped, because he's not a God, never was, isn't or will be. He is revered, respected and followed. But not worshipped.

    Building a shrine at home: what to do?

    Chose a quiet, personal spot, and make it your own.

    Best Books on Buddhism?

    See this thread.

    @Benjamin said:
    A Buddhist becoming a Police Officer/ Community Support Officer in UK (no guns/weapons) - Acceptable?

    Anything you do would have to be done mindfully and skilfully.

    lobsterBenjamin
  • BenjaminBenjamin England Explorer

    @federica
    Hello, thank you for your response. I was thinking the same as what you said with regards to the worship idea, however I saw on a site that Mahayana Buddhism includes worship to the Buddha but thank you for clearing it up for me :)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited June 2016

    Mahayana (specifically Tibetan) Buddhism has incorporated a great deal of the original religion of the region which was Bon, a religion full of superstitions, myths and Shamanistic practices.

    Read more http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_1981_04_01.pdf.

    Theravada Buddhism, in my opinion, sheds the whistles, bells, extensions, and multi-faceted rituals, and cuts to the chase. it is a more austere, 'direct' and no-frills approach, which in some cases, is a little bit like a Victorian Governess' attitude: straight-laced, no nonsense, and some might say, humourless. Not to say that Mahayana is frivolous, trivial or superficial; but there does appear to be more scope for self-expression and colour....

    Most of the "user-friendly", instructive, insightful and easily-digestible literature made available, by Buddhist authors, does stem from the Tibetan/Mahayana Buddhist side. The Theravada books are few and far between by comparison, and written in a far more dry, direct and 'deeper' language. There is little if any scope for light-heartedness.
    For all that, I take from both, as both are sound, educational and thought-provoking.
    IMHO. some of the best learning comes from AccesstoInsight, a comprehensive, thorough and entirely verifiable source of education.

    BunksBenjamin
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