I starting looking into Buddhism when I found some of the ideas seemed similar to how I see myself and the world but I also see differences. I am trying to determine where I am at and where Buddhism …

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I've been here on NB now for about six weeks and I'd like to ask for some direction as to how one might best use the site. I'm grateful to be here and for having met some truly awesome personalities…

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As is clear from the vast array of persona, being and interpretations, the world is different according to where we are inside ourselves. Where are we? Where are we as seeker/finders/noobs/pre noobs/…

I was on another Buddhist web site that went through an interesting transition a number of years ago.

In meditation I reflected on the concept of 'realisation', with the intention of fully understanding what the word really meant to me, and what this led me on to conclude.

Buddhanature should it exist, and for most of us right at the moment it is speculation..is not waiting for you to sit down and watch the breath so that it can spring out and go ' tah -da ! '

Samsara is grasping or ego. Nirvana is non-grasping or lack of ego. That's what I meant by the lightswitch on or off. If you are not grasping then you can't be grasping.

Okay, we've had so many series threads where, the dialogue went way way too far seriousness. So, (in Rod Serling Fashion) I propose to you, a thread. A simple thread where we can enjoy our life, an…