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Kannon · NAMU AMIDA BUTSU · Veteran
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As a Pure Lander I cannot say much but I will tell you the hindrances I've found in my practice: Balancing my relationship with Amida Keeping my moment of shinjin Mis/understanding the 3 sutras Afterlife pondering Not letting certain part…
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Same @paulyso. I try to to lots of little things during my day to help people. I hand out compliments like candy. Compassion motivates me a lot more than liberation. Many Pure Land Buddhists believe once they take refuge in Amida they will achiev…
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@Shoshin thank you so much. I will listen to this later tonight.
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Thoughts by themselves do not seem to cause any trouble. But when emotions are thrown in, the mind starts to bother us. I would disagree. I have experienced intrusive thoughts which have no basis in my current personal reality. They intrude …
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Not yet? Break 'the self' regularly! “If you want to kill yourself, kill what you don’t like. I had an old self that I killed. You can kill yourself too, but that doesn’t mean you got to stop living" -- Vargas I generally use writing and …
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If anyone is so inclined I recommend looking up Cleve Backster and his work with primary perception. It is very interesting.
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I sat outside late one night and saw a cat in my front yard. It was taut with giant eyes. Before I knew it the cat pounced on a bush. I heard an awful squeak rustling and saw a dark wriggling shape. Then it went still and quiet and I realized the ca…
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@karasti I am looking for indoor bug spray for the windows and doors An interesting development
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@techie Is right. Video games are part of a large technological trend. I think they are fascinating. I do not believe they have true karmic consequences because the actions have no consequence in real life https://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevol…
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@IronRabbit too bad I can't give you all 3 points!
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"art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable"
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Fruit (so it is said to be)
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I used to meditate quite a lot. Now I just kind of dip into mindful breathing throughout the day. Trying to look for a happy medium.
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Friends not food
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@Shoshin. Yes, looks beautiful. I don't know if I'd say that in person though tbh. Harmless indeed. Bugs are off in their own world most of the time. They couldn't care less. We humans are the weird ones. Unless of course we are part of their sna…
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I've never been bothered by bugs. I was scared of them when I was younger but never "grossed out" horribly. I just left them alone. As I'm getting older they're becoming very interesting to me.
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@Shoshin yes I definitely replied my thoughts with Buddhist thoughts constantly questioning my practice. For a moment i was empty, then I got caught again. I have had problems indulging in my natural passivity. I am encountering more and more tim…
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@person I don't see any problem using objects to help our spiritual activities as long as we keep them separate from ourselves just as we keep the pointing finger separate from the moon What is the point of shrines? Why do monks create Mandala…
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from a pure land poem: While walking along the mountain path, how I enjoy smoking! I sit by the roadside for awhile, I take out the pipe in peace and with no trouble beclouding the mind. But let us go home now, we have been out long e…
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@federica Whoops. I think I was on the wrong page when I checked the notification I had! I was responding to the word Dastard. For Charge I will reply with Cellphone
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I do not believe this thread is yet dead? I love my icon, it is such a great image of Avalokitesvara, I think it is beautiful. I would love to look at it every day. thinking of getting it tattooed. i have always wanted tattoos but cant decide on …
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true silence can be found if you want to find it. otherwise we generate our own noise to cover up the lack. after a thought takes seed, the rest is a decision on our part to let it grow or not. i have a garden in my mind...procrastinating landscapin…
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@lobster that image was at first genuinely upsetting. but it is just paper and words. maybe i should do some burning. honen said even if we study everything guatama buddha taught, to practice as if we only know the nembutsu... back to know-ing ve…
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@paulyso I think a root issue is a still hold unease about be-ing.
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Gecko http://www.viralnova.com/geckos-save-friend/
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@genkaku as I learned more about the scripture and abstractions of Buddhism i became a bit overwhelmed and lost sight of what i truly wanted to do...find peace. not knowledge or a thesis. @lobster the mind is fickle. we are all crazy
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@vinlyn whatever the situation, metta to you @Rodrigo what a simple description of something I also experienced but could not express. I wholeheartedly recommend Beyond Imagination: A Path to God and the Divine Realm by Blake Sinclair to an…
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@Refugee I have been journaling since I was a little kid, and don't plan on stopping soon. It is great. I am happy for you!
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my response got quite long so I moved it to my blog https://zuotian.dreamwidth.org/1131.html this sutra had me really thinking about the meaning of "purity"
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@karasti the evidence of consciousness is my biggest reasoning for belief. there is no scientific or biological explanation for consciousness. you are right in that humans and language are very limited. but the fact that we exist at all or have lang…
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After picking up a Buddhist practice I am learning more and more that there is something larger than ourselves out there which we can tap into. I have been reading the Gita lately, specifically verses on bhatki because it reminds me of the devoti…
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Ever since focusing more on the paths of compassion in Buddhism I've been able to follow my heart more and it is truly liberation. As a Pure Land Buddhist I am inclined to say that another reason is to enter the Pure Land upon death... But I don'…
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