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Re: "Buddha's Teachings" - in 1,000 years, how will they know?
"Buddha's Teachings" - in 1,000 years, how will they know?
Thus have I heard:
Through realisation, as they have known throughout the millennia.
The Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path...
the nature of suffering and the way to its cessation.
We all stray from the path at times, and most of us come to see that we have.
Some realise it sooner than others, yet the light of awareness always finds its way through.
Shoshin1
Re: "Buddha's Teachings" - in 1,000 years, how will they know?
Maybe it'll be in a better state than Christianity?
Tavs
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Well Summer's just around the corner ...Bloody about time too.
I've spent the entire winter here, the first time in 3 years .
Shoshin1
Re: Meditation and mental health
Thanks Lobster for reminding me about Ayurvedic herbs 🌿 I used to take Ashwaganda for stress but Tulsi might be better for mood.
Tavs
Re: My Dharma practice today
todays daozen pactice,
wake up. natural calm and be with the body. this is calm abiding and body awareness practice.
light three incent. homage to the buddha, dharma, shangha. and i said, may i/we be safe. be smart. be well. this is well wishing practice.
makes cigarette. in hale ex hale. aware life and death in the breath. mind awareness practice death and life is one. nonduality practice.
watch tv utube. watch vimalakirti .be inform practice, laypeople is equal to monks in being enlighten to the dharma. vimalakirti is our example.
rewatch simply the best by celine. feel the samstate of celine. samantha nou. this is bond/one practice in tantric. be the praise language of our law, ddd state, diety dao dharma.
drink my coffee and cigarette mindfully. this is awareness of mind body practice.
continue my daozen rest in action before work. and further zen aware "meditation in rest in action. the flow state in us we can experience in a day.
future practice play fetch with our family dog. metta practice. love is in you practice.
essentually all is zen, medetation and absorbtion to it all.
Happy Halloween
To celebrate I have been eating my own version of a soulcake. Well OK just a shortbread biscuit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake
As a horror pumpkin and its crazy cult following is now burying America, we can all relate to the un-dead and similar foretold atrocities.
As soul-less Buddhists we may be involved in a stranger mythology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost
Personally I think I will stick wth treats... You?
lobster
Re: Happy Halloween
Here in the Netherlands Halloween is also becoming quite popular. It’s common to have a little light by the doorway to show that you are participating if you have candy ready and so on.
I noticed this was released, in a little congruence for fans of scary fiction…
Jeroen
Re: Happy Halloween
Me? I’ll be working today. Got a second job to bring in money during these scary times. 💀
It’s at a kids consignment store, so I’m excited to see all the trick or treaters come in. Selling costumes the last couple of days has been super fun! Eh…I haven’t making much
Sweets or treats (trying to lower my sugar intake)…but perhaps I’ll stop on the way home and grab a day old donut bag from the baker. 🎃😄.
And of course tonight,,,
A Scooby Doo Mystery marathon!! 👻
Vastmind
Re: Meditation and mental health
@Tavs said:
And thanks Jeroen and Jeffrey for the advice about meditation. It never occurred to me that I might need to do less.
No problem. Too much meditation can cause a variety of issues that look like mental health problems, in those who are sensitive. You’ll find that at meditation retreats they often ask about a background of mental health problems in the family, and may refuse entry to the retreat if there are enough “red flags” in someone’s application. The reason for this is that some people can suffer a breakthrough with accompanying mental health issues, sometimes even psychosis, during a retreat.
As far as I’m concerned, meditation doesn’t have to be done in long sessions to get the benefits. Something like 10 or 20 minutes a day can be enough.
Jeroen