Friends: Independent Bliss = Nibbana: The Blessed Buddha said: There is, friends, an Unborn, Unbecome, Uncreated, and indeed Unconstructed State! If there were...
Friends: Absence of Agitation: Not attending to the experience of People or City, the monk focuses on the single, even & same experience of Forest...! His mind...
Friends: Feeling (Vedana): Causes & Effects: Definitions: There is Pleasant Feeling = mental joy & bodily pleasure. There is Painful Feeling = mental sadness &...
Friends: The Advantage of Straight Talk: The Buddha said: Such talk that deal with withdrawal, with elimination, with release, leading to complete detachment,...
Friends: The 8 Pleasures of the Reclusive Sage (Samana-Sukha): The absence of possessions & possessiveness... Blameless daily begging of alms food... Composed...
Bhikkhu, <gassho> These are great pleasures indeed! May I ask, please, how is the "freedom from government & taxation" accomplished in the USA? Are you ...
Hey everyone! I was wondering how any of you were able to live as Christian Buddhist. I am a practising Catholic who believes wholeheartedly in the teachings...
Hi Ben, Not sure what size of town you live in, however, most larger cities have at least one Catholic Church that is teaching Christian Meditation. ...
Hello, Ben, I am a Buddhist Christian, which is to say that I have practice Nichiren Buddhism for 35 years and lately have gone back to investigate liberal ...
Ben, You might be interested in a book "Speaking of Silence" edited by Susan Walker. This book "assembles the most fruitful exchanges" between Buddhists and...
Dear Ben, I am able to live as a Christian Buddhist. In terms of your area, if you are feeling daring, try going to any Buddhist group and asking if any of the...
http://www.christianzen.com This site practices Buddhism with Christianity instead of practicing Christianity with Buddhism. Let me know what you think. I AM U...
Hi all! I feel the partial quote below really reflects the essence of Dzogchen as well as all authentic spiritual practice. We practice Dzogchen in order to...
Is another word for heart...mind? Or being? Who's mind? David ejackpete <ejackpete@...> wrote: Hi all! I feel the partial quote below really reflects the...
No, David, Heart is not another name for mind. Heart is the Essence of Mind, the mind's Source. We have to distinguish these two different aspects of Being....
Yes that makes sense. ejackpete <ejackpete@...> wrote: No, David, Heart is not another name for mind. Heart is the Essence of Mind, the mind's Source. We...
I'll be quite interested to see this article... it (that Mary and Kuan Yin are different manifestations of the same compassionate reality) is a "suspicion" ...
I'll be quite interested to see this article... it (that Mary and Kuan Yin are different manifestations of the same compassionate reality) is a "suspicion" ...
Friends: Right Relevance: What Counts ? There are these five kinds of Gain: Gain of Family Gain of Possessions Gain of Health Gain of Morality Gain of Right...
Friends: Can one trust Transience ? Buddha once said: Ananda, any form, in which one delights, will cause sadness, when it unavoidably changes!! Realistically...
A serious question for you, Bhikku Samahita, and/or for everyone on this board: I like this thought ("Just Changing Forms") a lot. But always, forever and ...
2 thoughts on this.... one is that one doesn't need to "apply" the truth. It's just truth. the other is, the fact that the forms are changing and impermanent...
It occurred to me, Colin, after posting my question -- which btw, again, I meant seriously but also quite respectfully -- that one would do just as one would...
Right on, Steve. I've spent a very long time trying to apply a philosophy of "living in the moment", acceptance, letting go, etc., and have found that those...
Friends: COOLED & CALMED Not by Anger is Hate ever quenched. Only by Kindness is Hate always stilled. This Ancient Law is an Eternal Truth ..! Dhammapada - The...
Friends: Today, on this full day, the Buddha was quite satisfied with the mental progress of the monks & therefore spoke the Anapanasati Sutta. This quite...
Friends: Sati = Acute Awareness Well-Established, Well-Assured & Well-Founded should Awareness be! Even as the foundation of the Himalaya mountains is quite...
