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When Buddha himself died at 80 from eating a bad piece of pork. IF that is the case, wouldn't that fact alone be a good reason to avoid meat?
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I practice Tibetan Buddhism. I have a traditional Tibetan style alter, Tibetan colors, recite Tibetan chants, but I'm not Tibetan. Who cares if they're following an Asian style? I don't see how this would be "counter productive" as you say. What S…
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Sorry Federica, I guess I took you literally, as in virtually all of us grew up in Christian households. And for all I know that may be true, it was just surprising. I gotcha now. ;)
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There's so many better things to worry about than what other people think! You even said "come out as a Buddhist", like it's some sort of taboo. Who cares what people think? Just because they attempt to shove it down your throat doesn't mean you hav…
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The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism by Robert Thurman is absolutely my favorite! I have it on audio, so I can't speak for the printed version, but it has given me a MUCH greater understanding of the Tibetan Traditio…
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Virtually everyone here, (to my knowledge) was born into a Christian background. Really Federica? I didn't know that. I am not from a Christian background... Tamm: What's funny to me is that my father's wife is from Indonesia, where Buddhism is …
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BTW, if you're interested in a less religious overtone, check out Then And Now, a series of talks which examines Tibetan Buddhist beliefs and practices from a Modernist perspective. Excellent; I've been looking for exactly this type of thing. Thanks…
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Well, if you end up going let me know how it was!
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Yes, I know the place. After you meditate you can have a virgin Shirley Temple in a fat buddha cup with a baby umbrella, and you get to keep the cup! :thumbsup:
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And not far from me there is something known as a "Chinese Buddhist Temple", which I know little about (except it has a big fat gold Buddha outside). No, Cran, that's just the Thai Restaurant on the corner.... :D I'm sorry, it's late and that sent…
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Okay, thanks guys. Couldn't another even simpler way to word it be: "We are our own worst enemy"?
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Okay, but why does it say these foes he "accepts" will aid him and do him favors?? The second sentence is so clear to me and makes perfect sense. But it's that first sentence that I just can't reconcile, or understand.
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Submitting = accepting. Really? Okay. I guess I am thinking of acceptance as to "reconcile with", as opposed to submitting, which I tend to think of as to "subject oneself to a certain treatment". Maybe that's still the same thing, I don't know. I w…
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I guess I still don't get it. SUBMITTING to these insults, attacks, poverty, etc?? I can see accepting, or awareness of, or letting these things come and pass, but submitting to them?
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I can't it to load either.
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When I went on retreat I sat toward the back of a very large meditation hall. There were the majority, who sat in the lotus position on the floor on zafus (meditation cushion), and there was also lines of chairs on each side of the hall, where vario…
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I'm disabled, and when I can sit in the lotus position I do, but there are many times when I cannot, and so I too meditate lying down. As long as you get it, and are actually meditating, which it sounds like you are, I don't think it matters.
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Roger, I'm still trying to figure out how Hitler got into heaven. Did he repent before committing suicide? Who let all that riff-raff past the pearly gates, anyway??! Isn't someone supposed to be screening people? :shake: :grumble: Repent: to fe…
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I wouldn't have a clue on how to develop them; they just seem to happen on their own. I can't "make them happen". Not sure that I would want to either....
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Yes, of course. He's only resigning from his political position. He's still the reincarnation of all previous Dalai Lamas. I just wasn't sure if the roles were interrelated that's all; I don't know a lot about the politics of Tibet. Excuse me....
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Yes, but will he still be considered the spiritual leader after he resigns? That was my question.
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I have a stupid question. Will HH still be considered the Spiritual Leader? Or will the newly elected political leader take on that role??
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I have very vivid dreams, every night. I am used to it. But there is a different kind of feeling when I have premonition type dreams. I don't know how to describe it, but it's different. I wake up feeling very strange, like someone visited me in my …
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The last two nights have been dreams about people from my past. One night it was random dreams about my exes, all the way back to my teens, and then last night it was dreams about former bosses of jobs I've had. I have NO idea what significance, if …
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Hmmm... I'll have to look into that the next time I pick up my research. I go in phases, sometimes I become completely submersed it in for weeks on end, and other times I won't touch it for months; my genealogy, that is.
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Yeah, it's an odd name. I have not been able to research the Fones line except for a few generations before her. The other side, the Winthrop side, being royal, was much easier to research (which incidentally, is still HER blood line, since she marr…
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I would love to do that. I have not, but I should. She has papers on Elizabeth housed at the Historical Society in Greenwich, Ct. I would love to visit there too. And by the way, that book is out of print and VERY hard to come by. I paid a fortune …
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Yes, The Winthrop Woman is a historical "fiction" based on her life. It is written by a woman who lives in her old estate in Connecticut, who was so fascinated by her life, that she researched it and wrote a book on it. In order to make it interesti…
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I still don't know where I stand on reincarnation, but I read this book many years ago, and thought, "Wow, it sounds like I am reincarnated from her". It was very strange. The similarities are outright bizarre. By the way, just for the record, I am…
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Yes, the only reason she was not burned at the stake was because of her royal ties and relation to Governor Winthrop. He "arranged" for her to quietly disappear. When I read her biography, I thought, oh my god, that could be me (except for the royal…
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Puritan movement! OMG, you have no idea. You can google Elizabeth Fones (Winthrop). She was my 10th great grandmother, the niece of Puritan Governor John Winthrop, who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was exiled from the colony due to accus…
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I've never asked her about watches, since I never heard of this until tonight. But I will ask her tomorrow. Ironically, she is a Jehovah's Witness, which believe any psychic abilities are satanic, so it's very unusual for her to admit these things. …
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Well, I'm not sure what you mean by "healers" exactly, but my aunt (my father's sister) who I am very close with has the same "gift", if that's what you call it. Her and I will call each other out of the blue and say "What happened?" and sure enough…
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Here's something else weird. I just spent like ten minutes typing all that out, and when I submitted it and went back to the main Discussion page. The very first thread is called "Wisconsin". My uncle, the one I mentioned above with the globe used t…
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Well, I have to say this thread is extremely interesting. I don't mean to "hijack" the thread, but if Mr. S doesn't mind, I'd like to share a few things from my experiences. I can't believe I'm even posting this. I've only told 1 or 2 people this s…
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if you decide to clean up the stuff that you are holding on (hoarding), perhaps you can take a picture of those things first. So you can have them preserved in a digital format forever (email the pictures to yourself, gmail will outlive us all). S…
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Uh, okay. Thanks (I think?) :)
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This thread reminds me of one of the very first books I ever read on Buddhism, back in the 90's, called Instructions To The Cook by Bernard Glassman, a zen master who started a not-for-profit bakery in Yonkers, NYC, who started an organic bakery and…
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@Laurajean "Remember, Buddhism teaches mindfulness of the present moment. So even if you are feeling unsure of your sexuality, that's okay too. Be mindful about being unsure. Does that makes sense?" I love your knows! haha ;) My "knows" or my "nose…
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When I was in the 8th grade, I had a massive crush on this "cute guy" I sent to school with. I never talked to him, just always thought he was so nice looking. His name was Shane. One day on the school bus I overheard a conversation (they didn't kno…
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I agree with zombiegirl, and from my impression 2benlightened is very new to Buddhism, so there are much more basic things to learn before getting into this level of practice.
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I don't mean this in a rude way, but it sounds like you bought a ridiculous book. You certainly do not need to go buying a bunch of buddha statues, learn all their names, recite whatever however many times, or any of that. I would stick to much more…
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i always thought i was terrible at being the shoulder to cry on, because like you, i never knew what to say. the book "Anger" by Thich Nhat Hanh really helped me out with this. in it, he talks about compassionate listening. basically, sometimes ther…
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Just to re-clarify, my question was about what the differences between the schools are, not whether or not there should be a difference and not what the similarities are.
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Personally, I'm in the same place Jeff. I've always had a man in my life, a husband at one time, or long term boyfriends. This last year has been the first time in my life that I've been alone. It's not that I don't want to be with someone, but I'm …
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Well, I feel like we are describing ME now more than my friend, ha ha. I think my friend isn't worried, I think he's stuck. Just stuck in the depression of the loss of his child to his ex. He does not see his son ever now, and it has crushed him. He…