well couple of things based on commonly known ideas of "Buddhism";<br>Buddha is a term.....<br>-not a name!<br>The Perfect one (one who is awake) - the...
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amdo4420
Sep 1, 1999 9:51 pm
Karma is understood as mental imprints that are put in Your mind stream by all of what You do as all seeds they grow and get ripe, more they not only manifest...
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amdo4420
Sep 1, 1999 10:00 pm
well i have this list set up some time ago and founder of this club was and is a member i only had to go into preferences so He is not getting any email into ...
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ddmatta
Sep 3, 1999 8:35 am
Dear Laura,<br><br>Your message is beautiful and answers a lot of the questions you are actually asking. No need, for your sincerity and concern for others is...
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jchaiyos
Sep 3, 1999 9:04 am
The master is like a great ship for beings to cross the perilous ocean of exitstence, an unerring captain who guides them to the dry land of liberation, a rain...
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ddmatta
Sep 3, 1999 9:19 am
Dear Steph,<br><br>Compassion is not only returning somebody's kindness nor their goodness to us. It stems from our realization how others are actually ...
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TheIrishFiddler
Sep 3, 1999 11:47 pm
I appreciate everyone's replies and I take them to heart.<br><br>ddmatta, I think you have a great point, and I did not think of that. I am going to walk into...
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Prose_
Sep 5, 1999 4:28 am
Although I am relatively new at Buddhism in this lifetime I feel very connected to it in some ways. I do however lack direction it seems in exactly what type...
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Boondog24
Sep 5, 1999 8:25 am
Prose,<br>When I read your message, I thought "Wow, that is what i've been wanting to write..." I too started out reading a book by HH The Dalai Lama, The Art ...
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TheIrishFiddler
Sep 5, 1999 4:22 pm
I have created a club for younger Buddhists-as it sometimes can be very confusing or daunting for us, and I thought it would be nice for young Buddhists to get...
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Prose_
Sep 5, 1999 4:23 pm
Well atleast I know I'm not alone in my religous wanderings. I have always felt more connected to the freedom of exploring many paths to see which suits me...
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jchaiyos
Sep 6, 1999 10:24 am
We often wonder : “How will I be when I died ?” The answer to that is that whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever kind of person we are now, ...
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ddmatta
Sep 7, 1999 5:57 am
Dear Prose,<br><br>The path that usually (and apparently) suits us best is the one that does not change us at all, or that does not ask us to do anything. ...
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Prose_
Sep 7, 1999 3:15 pm
As a silversmith sifts dust from silver, Remove your own impurities little by little. Sayings of Buddha sometimes light the way but if not here is my own ...
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jchaiyos
Sep 8, 1999 2:26 am
Enlightenment is real ; and each of us , whoever we are, can in the right circumstances and with the right training realize the nature of mind and so know in...
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jchaiyos
Sep 8, 1999 2:26 am
Enlightenment is real ; and each of us , whoever we are, can in the right circumstances and with the right training realize the nature of mind and so know in...
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jchaiyos
Sep 8, 1999 11:52 am
Using the mantra,offer your heart and soul in fervent and one-pointed devotion, and merge and mix and blend your mind with that of Pasmasambhava or your ...
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sophaya
Sep 8, 1999 3:55 pm
I wonder if through practice,and greater notice towards my own delusions in order to short circuit them, I have been offered glimpses of pure mind. Certain ...
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Boondog24
Sep 8, 1999 5:24 pm
I recently read about the Four Noble Truths of suffering at www.buddhanet.net and the way it was presented made it easy for me to understand. It helped me to...
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ddmatta
Sep 8, 1999 7:16 pm
Dear Sophaya,<br><br>I have similar experiences of moments of lucidity and clear mindedness, where for sometimes and even somedays, concepts about suffering,...
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jchaiyos
Sep 9, 1999 10:36 am
The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the skylike nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness that ...
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Jason_NRG
Sep 10, 1999 6:02 am
I am new to Buddism, and have really only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of what i know and understand. I have been lead to Buddism as a result of doing a...
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Jason_NRG
Sep 10, 1999 6:02 am
I am new to Buddism, and have really only hit the tip of the iceberg in terms of what i know and understand. I have been lead to Buddism as a result of doing a...
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jchaiyos
Sep 10, 1999 12:07 pm
Often it is only when people suddenly feel they are losing their partner that they realize how much they love them. Then they cling on even tighter. But the...
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Prose_
Sep 10, 1999 2:10 pm
What a wonderful example to describe attatchment! <br> Prose...
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amdo4420
Sep 10, 1999 8:11 pm
friday ten min after 16:00... is around time that founder of this club was killed on in NY time...<br>following post will be dedicated to his memory,...
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amdo4420
Sep 10, 1999 8:16 pm
The following piece is a composite of two interviews with Lama Surya Das, one conducted by Fred von Allmen (copyright 1989), and one by Wes Nisker with ...
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Prose_
Sep 11, 1999 3:42 am
I was upset to read of what happened to the founder of this club. I am new here and never had the fortune of meeting him but to hear of the loss makes me sad....
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TheIrishFiddler
Sep 12, 1999 1:00 am
Oh my goodness! Could someone please tell me what happened?<br>I knew the founder, and we spoke many times a long time ago-when the club was still relatively...
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amdo4420
Sep 12, 1999 4:36 am
As it is known Leo would post here every day, so last message dates June the 4th and is #68 if you go ack and read it from there you will see some ...
