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Re: Benefits of a Loving Mind
@august said:
Hi everybodyBuddha Shakyamuni spoke about the benefits of a lovingmind and in fact, Maitreya will attain complete unsurpassed awakening through the practice of metta or lovingkindness!
I would love to discuss metta with you.
love or metta in tantra is to weave together. in zen i try to weave wisdom of the earth with loving ways of bodhi. in example of a tantric act a tebetan seeker lore of meeting maitreya. he was walking and saw a wounded dog. the dog had maggets on him. the tibetan man acted with out thought of self, deeply moved and save the dog and magget
by using his tougue and transported the magget and in my version on his hand and carried the magget to a dead corpse. the dog transform into maytree-awe the one the tibet man was looking for. and maytreeawe says to find me in u was love absent a ego fear. from your natural boshi you were one with awareness, instinct born of loveing way to solve a problem
the leesen trust your bodhi that instinctively weeve wisdom and lovingkind ways. there is the guru mayteeawe reside in u as a tibet tantra.
Re: Is it better to believe in one life or in many?
The universe would not be what it is, if we weren’t what we are. An essential part of the whole.
Jeroen
Re: Is it better to believe in one life or in many?
We are all of the dust of the stars. We are each and all part of Life and the Universe inseparable.
This should make us humble.
This should empower us.
It does.
Lionduck
Re: Buddhist quotes
“Gautam Buddha used to say to every monk after initiating him, only one thing, for forty-two years continuously. And he must have initiated thousands and thousands of people. After accepting the person as his disciple, he would say only one thing:
Charaiveti, charaiveti.
It is a Pali word. It means, "Now walk on. Never stop; walk on. Howsoever beautiful the experience is, remember: much more is waiting for you ahead."
Charaiveti, charaiveti.
Just go on.
Experience everything, be thankful, but don't stop and never expect the same experience
again, because that is blocking your path for greater experiences.”
Jeroen
Re: Funny Stuff
@person
That hits too close to home. It should be funny, but is instead infuriatingly and terrifyingly on point.
Lionduck
Re: Is it better to believe in one life or in many?
One of the reasons two or more understandings are possible as mentioned by @Nerida is because we move, flip, mature, grow up, give up, move on etc.
Is it all about us. Yes. Until we have woke the inherent simplicity of Enlightenment, we are liable to change.
Once changed we are likely to change others, move, flip, mature, grow up, give up, move on etc...
Tee Hee!
lobster
Re: Being a light unto yourself
I have found that, whilst I question my path A LOT, since I have started attending a Sangha in person, teachings and events in person while taking my Refuge Vows daily each morning and evening, I am starting to understand myself and hopefully the Dharma better each day. It's still hard and I still make mistakes, but I'm starting to see real, tangible changes in my day to day life. I'm starting to trust myself more and think that perhaps I'm starting to get the hang of it _ /|\ _
Nerida
Re: Is it better to believe in one life or in many?
@Jeroen said:
I think for a Buddhist questions of meaning are resolved by the idea of reincarnation. In terms of the way it enables you to think, I find it much more sane than the Christian approach, and more wise and good natured also.
Speaking only for myself. I was born and raised Catholic by a Jewish parent and a Catholic parent. I became involved in Judaism for a time as an adult. I grew up exposed to the Dharma first at high school (religious studies in high school) and then after my divorce. As a child, I accepted the Christian teachings at face value because I didn't consider that my parents or teachers and Church would ever lie/mislead me. Now, to be honest, I didn't have a terrible experience in Christianity - and I acknowledge I am very lucky in that regard because many, many people have.
I seriously embraced Buddhism 6 or 7 years ago and only recently formally took my Refuge Vows at a Sangha (even though I had previously taken my Bodhisattva Vows formally a year prior - I know). I don't honestly think I even intellectually "got" what rebirth, karma and unconditional love and compassion was about till about six months ago. I see the most stark/confronting example of this in my views on the I/P conflict and the genuine sadness and heartbreak I feel. My views have done a 180 degree change (that's for another conversation though)
As I've changed my outlook on life and myself, I find myself really, really exploring the Six Bardos (I follow Tibetan Buddhism) and rebirth. I find it logical and actually comforting. To me rebirth is more logical than the Abrahamic view of life after death. Again this is just me speaking for myself.
Nerida