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I'll be back after a few weeks.
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Enlightenment doesn't mean one possesses all the "correct" answers to certain issues. Being enlightened doesn't mean one stops making "mistakes." Actually, it does.
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Open minded to pop culture??? Are we talking about the same culture here? The USA has been so puritanical to just be embarrassing, and you're saying people who turn away from that are close minded? Just because they're not your chosen philosophy or…
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Great post, if the self is permenant, they we can't never liberate ourselves.
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The Buddha did not become enlightened in one life time, he was a Bodhisattva liberating Sentient beings life after life. Our Buddha nature is covered by a bad habits and defilement, only through diligence and practice can we remove the these thin…
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Sigh... this DIY non-Buddhist stuff again. Reminds me of the F word documentry where they interviews porn stars and alcoholic comedians as people we should respect listen to to... Doesn't seem very Buddhist to judge someone as not worthy of respect…
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his experiments with counterculture and psychedelics, and his steadfast atheism were Those are not the Buddha's teachings. Should not be followed as good examples.
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Sexual desires is one of the hardest desire to transcend. I'd be cautious with any teaching that teaches you to "use" these desires. The Chinese name for the Tibetan school means the "secret ways". I am sure your not ignorant to the trend of the …
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Sigh... this DIY non-Buddhist stuff again. Reminds me of the F word documentry where they interviews porn stars and alcoholic comedians as people we should respect listen to to...
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What does your teachers say about your situation? You have to be very careful about this sort of thing. I've read small sections of the Shurangama Sutra, it talks about these conditions, attachment to emptiness and attachment to excessive pity for…
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It sounds very cliche but here I go: we are social animals.This is an interesting point. The Buddha urged followers, especially monks, to be solitary, and to cultivate only the occasional "virtuous friend" they might find in their travel through li…
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"Literal rebirth is an entirely optional component" You either accept Buddhism as it is or you dont. Literal rebirth is an integral part of Buddha's teaching. You can reject it. But please do not say it is an optional part of Buddhism. Agreed. Ano…
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Wishing for Rebellion isn't the compassionate way. It's based on hatred.
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Congrdulations on your high IQ, although it does explain your attitude alot. This seem to be a common theme in ancient China when Ch'an was flourishing. Many very very smart people fronting to the Ch'an Masters. They all got schooled in the end. …
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Cabossimn, congradulations to start being more mindful of your sexual desires at such a young age! No sex before marriage is actually one of the simpliest method to take. Take alot of the liberal attitude on here with a grain of salt.
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Open mind without wisdom and without a clear target = confusion If I want to successfully get a master degree in medicine, I probably shouldn't dabble in structural engineering papers if I want to pass and get my degree.
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Thank you for posting that!
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Cease and contemplate First curb the scattered mind 2nd have the right understanding 3rd think about them. If we have the wrong ideas to start with, deep thinking will just make us more deluded. Not thinking just makes us more lazy and stupid.
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I guess this sort of attitude is nothing new on here. I see being "open minded" gets mentioned on here alot, but it seems the mind narrows dramatically when faced aspect of teaching that requires you be more cautious with your actions, or possibily…
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People makes up a country. One thing Buddhism teaches is that changes comes the self. If we believe the change must come from other people or the goverment etc then no change will happen. Countries behave like people, how many people admit their …
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Self Immolation is not a good method to take. More mainlanders will just see Tibetan Buddhism as superstitous and extrmist, especially after Falun Gong members also commited such actions in the past. I've read on a times article that the Dalai Lam…
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By trying to argue whether the Pureland is real not is simply obstruction. Does it matter if it's a metaphor or physical? When your chanting the Buddha's name and visualising him your not thinking about unwholesome things!
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Would be nice if more practitioners can see that scientific and athiest skepticism is just as obstructive as believing other religions! The danger of getting trapped in the purely intellectual circle is the danger of slandering the Dharma by refuti…
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Believing "rebirth" is one of the minimum requirement to be called a "Buddhist". It's one of the basic truth taught by Buddha under "Buddhism 101". Not believing in rebirth is like learning math but refuse to believe "1+1 = 2". The importance o…
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Wonderful practices that can help your family members nearing the end of their life. Namo Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
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nah, it doesn't require a university degree to keep the 5 precepts.
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the "greater good" principle. Indeed!
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I think people should look more into Chinese Buddhism, it has always been practiced by educated people living in big cities for a long long time. In my opinion the practices are the least corrupted over the years. This is the conclusion I've come …
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Understand ourselves, so we can help others. The five poisons that causes us suffering is one of the biggest hinderances that stop us from helping others :(
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I highly recommend people read the larger sutra of immeasurable life The Infinite Life Sutra is inspiring!!! I was really touched by Bhikku Dharmakara's vows prior to becoming Amitabha Buddha!!! Namo Amitabha Buddha!
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Chinese civilisation is based on Taoism and Confucism setting the general moral, ethical and philosphical groundwork prior to the introduction of Buddhism. Many aspects of Toaism and Confucism help the propagation of Buddhism greatly in China and t…
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I think the schools all get along, it's just the people who cling to them (turning one right and others wrong in their minds) that have problems. Exactly, it's the same mindset as when metallers hate on people who listen to dance music. The greed f…
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Negativity toward the negative side of Christianity will just make you commit more of the unwholesomeness that your complaining about. It's your mind seeking for a "fight" caused by your greed for fame. "stupid Christians, intelligent buddhist, me…
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Repent. Simply feeling better won't make the bad karma go away. The trouble is your already only thinking of removing your own mental suffering after hurting others.
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I think people should look more into Chinese Buddhism, it has always been practiced by educated people living in big cities for a long long time. In my opinion the practices are the least corrupted over the years. Instead of slandering tradition…
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Can't say, only read these concepts on books, have no "realised" anything myself yet. It's like reading about sky diving, without having actually exprienced by oneself.
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It's tricky business, since we are mostly deluded by the "false self" full of poisons. So the "somebody else" we are trying to become might not help us purify our mind.
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It's hard, I still think about starcraft, even though I've stopped playing computer games for more than a year now, I couldn't help but watching youtube clips of scenes from star craft 2 :(
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Master Hsing Yun have made some eloquent opinions on the Tibetan matter. http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=21047 "One of Taiwan's most influential Buddhist monks urged China on Friday to turn Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lam…
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The world is impermanent. Guess changes must be accepted. I believe if all the highly cultivated Buddhist venerable masters from Taiwan manages to bring back the practice to main land China again, everything will be okay again. Politics tend to…
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I was a athiest hanging with arty and musician crowd. Addicted to my own feelings and ego, have no solid belief in anyone thing but just drift along with all the other young people blaming the wrongs of this world on other people. Then after a bri…
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If you feel that "rules" are problems for you, then you REALLy need rules! Alot of the anxiety and psychological issues of youth today generally comes from lack of clear rules, morality, discipline. I don't mean that in a Catholic guilt trippin …
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He is in no way enlightened, just another cult leader stealing ideas from other religions including Buddhism for his own gain. While deluding and harm many confused people on the way. Why learn the teachings of the Buddha from a contaminated sou…
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Save yourselves so you can save the world!!!! You might be the next Patriarch if you work hard it to purify your mind!!!! Make sure you teach me first!!!! :P
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Without the right morality, concentration and right views, you cannot practice the sutras correctly.
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The title of this thread contains wisdom.
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Thank you for the praise I don't deserve. I am just a noob :( just delivering what other noble practitioners wrote on the internet!