When we are in a negative frame of mind, it is only natural to doubt rather than to believe.<br>From a Buddhist point of view, doubt is a sign of a lack of...
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jchaiyos
Aug 13, 1999 7:44 am
The more often you listen to your discriminating awareness, the more easily you will be able to change your negative moods yourself, see through them, and even...
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jchaiyos
Aug 14, 1999 4:01 am
Bereavement can force you to look at your life directly, compelling you to find a purpose in it where there may not have been one before. When suddenly you ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 14, 1999 6:45 am
Again and again we need to appreciate the subtle working of the teachings and the practice and even when there is no extraordinary, dramatic change, to ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 16, 1999 1:31 pm
At every moment in our lives we need compassion, but what more urgent moment could there be than when we are dying? What more wonderful and consoling gift ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 17, 1999 10:37 am
When you meditate , keep your mouth slightly open as if about to say a deep, relaxing "Aaah" By keeping the mouth slightly open and breathing mainly through...
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jchaiyos
Aug 18, 1999 8:22 am
Do not make the mistake of imagining that the nature of mind is exclusive only to our minds. It is in fact the nature of everything. It can never be said too...
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hotspur41
Aug 18, 1999 11:55 am
I have a new Yahoo Club called "Secular Buddhism" which explores the Four Noble Truths from a secular (agnostic) POV. All religious viewpoints are welcome as ...
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amdo4420
Aug 19, 1999 12:06 am
his is the site where there is a detaled and easy to read explanation of Mediatations on several most important points in Mahayana Buddhism. Materials could be...
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hotspur41
Aug 19, 1999 12:02 pm
BTW, the Club is linked to my Profile.<br><br>Secular Buddhism:<br><a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/secularbuddhism...
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hotspur41
Aug 19, 1999 12:02 pm
BTW, the Club is linked to my Profile.<br><br>Secular Buddhism:<br><a href=http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/secularbuddhism...
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jchaiyos
Aug 20, 1999 3:02 am
If you find that meditation does not come easily in your city room, be inventive and go out into nature. Nature is always an unfailing fountain of inspiration....
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jchaiyos
Aug 20, 1999 9:53 am
In death all the component of the body and mind are stripped away and distingrate. As the body dies, the sense and subtle elements dissolve, and this is ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 21, 1999 6:05 am
These teachings on the bardos come from the wisdom mind of the buddhas, who can see life and death like looking in the palms of their hands.<br><br>We too are...
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jchaiyos
Aug 21, 1999 6:13 am
Dear all,<br> Aug 22, is the birthday of this club. I would like to ask you all for practice to the founder, Om-Ah-Hum or Leo. or minimize Please send your ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 23, 1999 6:57 am
... Hum<br><om_ah_hum_@...> wrote:<br><br>> > > > Life flickers in the flurries of a thousand ills, More fragile then a bubble in a...
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jchaiyos
Aug 24, 1999 5:51 am
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall from a great height, there is only ...
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hediman
Aug 24, 1999 4:10 pm
It was refreshing seeing Om Ah Hum's words of wisdom and encouragement one more time. He was one of the flickering lights only ....much brighter....
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jchaiyos
Aug 25, 1999 6:20 am
Whatever you do, don't shut off your pain ; accept your pain and remain vulnerable. However desperate you become ,accept your pain as it is, because it is in...
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stepher_2000
Aug 25, 1999 9:14 pm
Hi!<br><br>I thought y'all might find this interesting. i just discovered something called "The Mind and Life Institute" which was set up to facilitate ...
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jchaiyos
Aug 27, 1999 9:22 am
Imagine vividly a situation where you have acted badly, one bout which you feel guilty, and about which you wince even to think of it.<br>Then, as you breathe...
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jchaiyos
Aug 28, 1999 6:43 am
Devotion is the essence of the path, and if we have in mind nothing but the guru and feel nothing but fervent devotion, whatever occurs is perceived as his ...
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stepher_2000
Aug 29, 1999 11:33 pm
hmm... like everyone, i suppose, i find it much easier to be compassionate towards people who are a) nice to me and b) more in need of compassion than i am....
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jchaiyos
Aug 30, 1999 3:09 am
Listening is a far more difficult process than most people imagine. Really to listen in the way that is meant by the masters is to let go utterly of ourselves,...
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jchaiyos
Aug 31, 1999 5:11 am
If you were to draw one essential message from the fact of reincarnation. It would be : Develope a good heart that longs for other beings to find lasting ...
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metcalfcheryl
Aug 31, 1999 6:20 pm
From my point of view I see myself asking why do this if all they think is this all the time. But that's not really the point, is it? <br><br>By giving ...
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vic11999
Aug 31, 1999 10:32 pm
i can see where youre coming from - yes it is much easier to be compassionate to those that are willing to accept, but surely there is more to be learnt of our...
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TheIrishFiddler
Sep 1, 1999 3:30 am
Oh boy, it seems like forever since I've stepped back in here!...A very long time!<br><br>Well, I am starting school again next Tuesday, and I kind of have a ...
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jchaiyos
Sep 1, 1999 5:51 am
After all, it is no more surprising to be born twice than it is to be born once. <br><br>Voltaire<br><br>“If we have lived before,” I’m often...
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stepher_2000
Sep 1, 1999 6:08 am
Hi, Irish Fiddler!<br><br>The question "What is Buddhism?" is so simple yet complex that I think you should ask an expert. Go to <a...
