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Vimalajāti Veteran
About
- Username
- Vimalajāti
- Location
- Whitby, Ontario
- Joined
- Visits
- 1,612
- Last Active
- Roles
- Member
- Points
- 568
- Location
- Whitby, Ontario
- Languages Spoken
- French, English, Chinese, very bad Japanese
- Affiliation
- Mahayana
Reactions
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Re: From Buddhism to belief in God?
Not all Buddhism is "the Dharma." It's better someone be Christian than be a Buddhist bereft of the Dharma. Buddhism bereft of the Dharma is a lonely hopeless system. I agree with the OP th… (View Post)
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Re: the Tao = the Dhamma = God?
I was watching Venerable Dhammadipa's talk at the Tsadra Foundation and found him speaking about both Daoism and God, which might be interesting for the OP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31Tk_Pj_n… (View Post)1 -
Re: a chinese character
(Quote) In Buddhist usage, there are three main dominant senses for this character. One is "realization, intuition, insight" and translates the Indian term "Bodhi" (i.e. "Awa… (View Post)
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Re: a chinese character
I think it's 覺, or "Bodhi"/"Awakening," further substantiating @Bunks's comment. Cursive and calligraphic Chinese is very hard to read, for me at least. Bunks, can you ask your f… (View Post)1 -
Re: Silent Mantra
A student asked Grandmaster Xuánshā: "How do you enter the dhyānas?" The master responded: "Do you hear the rushing of the mountain stream? Enter there.” Venerable Kakuban says: "… (View Post)
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