Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Badges
Welcome home! Please contact lincoln@newbuddhist.com if you have any difficulty logging in or using the site.
ourself
About
- Username
- ourself
- Joined
- Visits
- 94
- Last Active
- Roles
- Member
- Points
- 234
- Badges
- 11
- Location
- The Hammer in Ontario, Canada, eh
Reactions
Comments
-
Just as an observation: The topic starting with videos mingling Buddhism and quantum theory now quotes Einstein to show links between science and Buddhism. Yet Einstein was one of the big opponents of quantum theory, especially of the field theory t…
-
Excuse me, when I said science and Buddhism almost should go hand in hand I meant that they share the same path in my view. I hope nobody thought I meant Buddhism is the only way to awaken the Buddha. Sorry for the bad wording. In all honesty I am …
-
Reality is simply reality. From the Buddhist-practice perspective, "E=mc2" is a conceptual proliferation which is largely irrelevant to the goal (could be relevant if your livelihood is engineering, I suppose.) "Real" doesn't enter into it, it's ju…
-
His intuition is being proven correct by science. You aren't making any sense. I would suggest Hawking's The Grand Design except when he says "nothing" think of emptiness. No. It doesn't matter what somebody's intuition is, even if they turn o…
-
Buddhists - interested in the fundamental nature of reality Scientists - interested in the fundamental nature of reality Difference: one search ends suffering, the other doesn't? They are investigating different realities. A Buddhist practitioner …
-
His intuition is being proven correct by science. You aren't making any sense. I would suggest Hawking's The Grand Design except when he says "nothing" think of emptiness. No. It doesn't matter what somebody's intuition is, even if they turn o…
-
I just think that some people might be interested in the topic. And though it's not so important in the grander scheme of things it shows how science and Buddhism can co exist. Even Albert Einstein said if ever there was a religion that comes clos…
-
The best advice I can give anyone in any religion is that famous quote: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's" (modify slightly for the religion of your choice). Neither Caesar nor any deity owns a…
-
I just think that some people might be interested in the topic. And though it's not so important in the grander scheme of things it shows how science and Buddhism can co exist. Even Albert Einstein said if ever there was a religion that comes clos…
-
...Even Albert Einstein said if ever there was a religion that comes close to being a science it would be Buddhism... But for the record, Einstein was not a Buddhist. Those quotes that are going around the internet supposedly by Einstein cannot be…
-
There's a great deal of wisdom in Buddhism. There's a great deal of knowledge in science. Why anyone feels it necessary to combine the two, I don't know. They are not being combined... They have been separated by fools. Why anyone would want to sep…
-
@ourself by the way I sent you a private message on here so check your email when you get time Finally got my computer so don't have to hassle with the phone anymore.
-
Okay, so, I read something interesting today about love. It went something like (paraphrasing, of course): "Love is an emotion we find in samsara, therefore we cannot trust it." I suppose the author was trying to imply that even love is somethin…
-
Book of five rings is like the bible of japanese swordsmanship. I have 2 translations of it I really do like it on one hand, but it is totally about warring. Highly disciplined stuff and I respect it very much in that regard. I have a little traini…
-
A sabre is a weapon used in fencing. In fencing people say the French words "en garde", which means, "be on your guard", a way of saying "be mindful". With a sharp sabre one can pierce through things, just like sharp awareness can pierce through the…
-
I just think the closest thing to self we really have is the one we all share.
-
Thanks, I missed it because I was writing the next and it takes me a while to type. No worries, I was just clarifying because I hadn't noticed the post in between ours until after the 15 minute edit limit had expired. I completely agree but what is…
-
People only have trouble with this when they take it out of context. This was a response to @ourself. Thanks, I missed it because I was writing the next and it takes me a while to type. I completely agree but what is it practice for? Discovering t…
-
I always take the koans literally when I probably shouldn't... When asked about the tree in the forest I say no. It doesn't make a sound, it makes a sound wave that isn't considered a sound unless it reverberates off of an ear drum. For the chicken…
-
As far as meaning and morality is concerned I think compassion is the best thing we have going for growth so it seems like common sense rather than an emotional ideal. Working together we can do so much better than if we keep warring over this one p…
-
Even our brightest minds sometimes have trouble with this. Stephen Hawking says the universe could have come from "nothing" but when pushed, it seems the definition of the word has been changed. Whatever is there doesn't seem to take up any space bu…
-
Siddhartha was pretty troubled when he left home and if he was being depended on to bring home the bacon I'm not sure the decision would have been so easy for him to make. Let's not forget that he didn't really go without anything living at home an…
-
I understand that, @Robot. But I failing to see the link of conflict and violence with Buddhism. In fact, I would say Buddhism is the opposite of conflict and violence. I can see what they're saying. With power comes responsibility, just ask Spide…
-
It isn't that you are in reality nothing, it is that in reality, there is nothing that isn't partly you. You don't exist by yourself... This doesn't mean you don't exist. That I don't exist by myself doesn't mean that there is nothing that isn't pa…
-
Right now I am being human but I won't always be. What else will you be? I prefer to keep a sense of wonder about these things. Well, what are you wondering? To tell you the truth I do find it rather curious why you keep asking these questions be…
-
I think we just make it that way out of habit. Once we wake up from our silliness, we have a good laugh at ourself. So I'm told, leastways... Guess we will see. Makes sense though as it seems the way of things and events we think are smaller... …
-
We are not "set" things, we are a process of change and interaction.
-
This Rousseau -like belief in chlidlike innocence is a crock. It has nothing to do with innocence really. It has to do with being open to new information without prior bias. A fact that has been recognised by child psychologists and educationalists …
-
Right now I am being human but I won't always be. What else will you be? I prefer to keep a sense of wonder about these things. Well, what are you wondering? I'm not really wondering anything. Just open. I would urge anyone curious about this to…
-
Right now I am being human but I won't always be. What else will you be? I prefer to keep a sense of wonder about these things.
-
What's wrong with being human? :-/ I don't think there is anything wrong with being human. It's the taking on of labels in my view. Right now I am typing but I am not a typist... Earlier I was running but I am not a runner. Right now I am being h…
-
Blind faith isn't for me. I learned long ago not to believe anything true just because somebody said it was, no matter who that someone may be. Not because people lie but because they could simply be wrong. I didn't need Buddha to tell us that but…
-
It isn't that you are in reality nothing, it is that in reality, there is nothing that isn't partly you. You don't exist by yourself... This doesn't mean you don't exist. That I don't exist by myself doesn't mean that there is nothing that isn't pa…
-
I don't know... From what I understand of the term it seems to me that there are examples of enlightened beings. Therefore I can have faith that we can all achieve the same level of awareness if we practice without needing faith in what enlightenme…
-
"One of the first stumbling blocks that Westerners often encounter when they learn about Buddhism is the teaching on anatta, often translated as no-self. This teaching is a stumbling block for two reasons. First, the idea of there being no self does…
-
It isn't that you are in reality nothing, it is that in reality, there is nothing that isn't partly you. You don't exist by yourself... This doesn't mean you don't exist. That I don't exist by myself doesn't mean that there is nothing that isn't pa…
-
It isn't that you are in reality nothing, it is that in reality, there is nothing that isn't partly you. You don't exist by yourself... This doesn't mean you don't exist.
-
There is not "a" being, there is only being. Uh, then how do we tell each other apart? :eek2: Not sure I understand the question. Especially since you believe each of us is an illusion. Just because there is only being doesn't mean that all aspe…
-
I have no roots in what would be considered the traditional religion of my parents and grand parents. There was never anything that rang as truth and I pretty well rejected it as soon as I was able to ask questions and read. It was never for me. I…
-
Because being in the grips of duality is ignorance. Why? And who says so? There is white and black Warm and cold High and low Etc etc etc All these 'dual' situations are 'real' I 'do' however believe that they are all under 'one' roof (the roo…
-
There is not "a" being, there is only being. Uh, then how do we tell each other apart? :eek2: Not sure I understand the question. Especially since you believe each of us is an illusion. Just because there is only being doesn't mean that all aspe…
-
The best characters are the ones we can see change.
-
Im reading a buddhist book and i dont agree with this no self' It says; "What we call 'self' is an imagined entity. The idea of self is a delusion because there is no abiding self...." Im sorry but i think there is a huge difference; Its not roc…
-
The act of leaving his wife and child does admittedly seem rather harsh and selfish to many, and I can certainly understand why. My own father left just before I was born, and I sometimes have trouble with this part of the story. It seems kind of li…
-
Doubt is not necessarily negative, but we should use it wisely because it can keep us from exploring and investigating. It can also be the catalyst.