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Muscular Buddhism!
zenguitar
Bad BuddhistNew England Veteran
Hi Sangha, are you tired of being a 98 pound weakling Buddhist "doormat", always getting sand kicked in your face by the theological tough guys on the beach? If so, I propose the creation of a new movement, Muscular Buddhism, to be modeled after the (apparently British) phenomenon of Muscular Christianity:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_Christianity
It will feature football players (both US and UK) meditating midfield before games.
What do you think? 
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Are there any doping rules in Muscular Buddhism? (I'm not suggesting to the d-word.)
No, it pays to be quite intellectual... ( a 'dope' is also a somewhat dim-witted person....)
So, animal proteins are accepted to get more physical stamina and muscles? Dim-witted me...
well, yes.... unless of course, you're vegetarian....
I actually thought Muscular Christianity was a joke when I first read about it. Unlike my own suggestion, which is of course perfectly serious.
Of course, Muscular Buddhists always honour their competitors. No arrogance, and always a fair play.
They even lose graciously.... which can be infuriating, but we're like that....
^^^^
... and they all do what mom said and eat their spinach.
Pah! "Hasta la vista, theist!"
The muscular Buddhists exist.
My first introduction to a practical dharma was through a martial art cult. We worked on the three aspects of mind, body and spirit, with body stances being described as 'koans'. Que?
Shaolin Temple are the extreme examples of monks who kick sand rather than sit on the beach . . . Other examples are the bad ass 'Tendai Marathon monks' . . .
http://jamesclear.com/mental-toughness-marathon-monks
Someone tell me how muscular Buddhism is not an Dharmic oxymoron.
You know...where the ox rides a moron.
Nothing to do with my back being out & a grumpy mood.
Indeed
Before carrying ox, tame it.
Must put down Ox . . . good plan . . .
http://www.buddhanet.net/oxherd1.htm
Yes, I'm aware of them. I was thinking of something more along the lines of a huge mass movement though. With a yearly membership fee, payable in cash, check, or credit card to me.
Buddha mussels - yum!
Cannibal!