Best Of
Re: Morning meditation
Perfect.
Thanks for sharing. This circular perfection is found in many forms, for example:
- A mantra is both a question and answer
- A practice is a focussed relaxation (a tight loosening)
- A koan is a question without an answer
So in this sense we laugh without the need for the joke
In the Vinaya or monastic rules, the Buddha made it clear that monks were not allowed to laugh so much that the teeth could be seen.
Que?
https://soraj.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/laughter-and-buddhism/
lobster
Morning meditation
Before sitting this morning, a question arose. Though not focused on it, it also didn't pass but sat like an urn on a mantle - present only, and setting a fine example. As I ended my sitting, the answer to the question presented itself as both truth and punchline. I laughed and then searched my mind for someone to share it with who might also enjoy a laugh from it.. You all got (s)elected. The question was, "What am I lacking in this moment?" The answer? "Nothing" Spot on.
yagr
Re: Meditation and Anti-Depressant
I just cited multiple Buddhist scriptures and you can't present one. That tells all I need to know about Pure Land school and it's followers. Nichiren Daishonin was right again.
Omar067
Re: Meditation and Anti-Depressant
Find me a sutra from your school that explains why the Buddhist teachings number 80,000. Find me a passage from the three Sutras that your school is based on that explains this.
Omar067
Re: Meditation and Anti-Depressant
If the Buddha can't help, then it is definitely beyond my power. This sutra was one of the most respected Sutra's in India, China, and Japan. There are many versions of this sutra. The sanskrit version is the largest. Only the abbreviated versions exist today. The essential portions of the sutra are still present in the abreviated versions. It was widely respected until certain men tricked many people into giving it up. There is not any Mahayana Buddhist who will say that the Lotus Sutra is a fake sutra. It explains why there are multiple different teachings. It explains how people of the two vehicles can attain Buddhahood. Ordinary humans, evil humans, and women can become Buddha's only through this sutra. It gives you many similes and parables that will explain these things to you. You are making a big mistake by casting aside this sutra. You basically wasting your time by chanting Amida's name because he is a Buddha of another realm. He distinguishes who he has a connection with and who he doesn't. And Amida, just like all of the other Buddhas in the ten directions gave their word that the Lotus Sutra is the formost teaching of the Buddha.
Omar067