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Theravada

HermanHesseHermanHesse
edited November 2005 in Buddhism Basics
Ok you crazy kids I would very much like some genuine help and direction.

I am aware that Theravada is considered by some as the move conservative approach. I also know that is practiced in South East Asia ect. What I am looking for is some meat of the bone.

I appreciate many on here practise Tibetan Buddhism but I am guessing there are others out there who don't.

If not then can anyone point me to some good links.

HH

Comments

  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited November 2005
    Herman,

    This thread has a short description of the Path via the Pali Canon, and a few links to Theravadin related sites (as well as others).

    :)

    Jason
  • HermanHesseHermanHesse
    edited November 2005
    Many thanks.

    HH
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited November 2005
    It's good to see you back, HH.

    -bf
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited November 2005
    I'm a 48-year old mother of two, and I just loved being referred to as 'a crazy kid' in HH's first post.... That's made my day! :D



    I know, I need to get a life....:lol:
  • HermanHesseHermanHesse
    edited November 2005
    It nice to now not everyone has got a downer on my direct line of questioning. You I am really keen to find out more and I guess I what is a Buddhism that is served up in a neat it package.

    I am totally frustrated with the Tibetan thing and by people who claim they are Buddhist but haven't left the County or crossed State line. Present company excluded of course.

    I want to be more tolerate but I come over all Dick Cheney.

    I just need a road map.
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited November 2005
    HH,

    I completely understand your frustration. As I began to study Buddhism in depth, I found myself becoming very resistant. The aspect with which I had most difficulty was "non-self". I used to get into really angry debates. Fortunately, a daily practice of meditation has not only helped with equanimity but also with the notion itself.
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited November 2005
    I don't have a problem with your line of questioning or the way you do it. You just don't add a lot of fluff to your questions.

    I usually don't add a lot of tact to mine :)

    But, I haven't been out of the country and I'm Buddhist. I had never been out of the country when I was raised Christian.

    Am I missing something?

    -bf
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited November 2005
    buddhafoot wrote:
    ........................
    Am I missing something?

    -bf

    You certainly are! Travel to strange places and meeting strange people with strange ideas is wonderful. The world is large and diverse.
  • HermanHesseHermanHesse
    edited November 2005
    Simon,
    You are very gracious and more of often than not, diplomatic.The facts are all of you guys are light years ahead. I haven't begun to play in the lower league yet. In an attempt to fast track I am appling my conditioning to complex Buddhist theology and seem to be failing in my understanding. I have a total resistance to Deities dispite trips to Nepal and India. It was Karma cola for me.
    The thing is I believe my conditioning has served me well to this point.
    I would like to point out I am not a christian just a socialism that respects christian values.
    I am agnostic who is flirting with Buddhism.

    Oh and Buddhafoot all I can say is travel has change my soul. I feel truly alive when I travel. Please do yourself the biggest favour in the world and get on that plane.. Ok the clock is ticking.
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited November 2005
    You know, HH, I think it is easier, today, to be a Buddhist Socialist than to be a Christian one, whereas when I was becoming politicised, back in the '50s, that was far from the case.
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