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You! (Compassion)
How compassionate are you? How far do you go? Where is your limit? When do you say "no more"? Are you really loving, caring and sharing? Thought I'd put this question here...
Tagged: Share, Care, Love, Compassion
Started by John X a.k.a. Googol(istic) Aug 26.
Zen-Buddhism Koan - For fun only 5 Replies
This is a Zen koan improvisation, don't take it too seriously, try to learn from the original ones instead, it's for fun only. *** The Zen master approaches a beautyful girl he likes and after a tim…
Tagged: pick, buddhism, koan, riddle, zen
Started by Sasa. Last reply by john Jul 24.
Could be buddhism a distortion of Buddha's words?! 7 Replies
Sometimes I wonder if the nirvana and all these spiritual characteristics of buddhism are not distortions of the meaning of Buddha's words; like all these saints and stuff in the catholicism, which J…
Tagged: buddhism, buddha, belief, distortion
Started by Cesar Kohl. Last reply by john Jul 23.
Anger 12 Replies
“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.”-Buddha What do you guys think abo…
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by john Jul 23.
Another Scientific Study: Buddhist Tradition Thickens Parts of the Brain 1 Reply
By LiveScience Staff posted: 11 November 2005 09:54 am ET Meditation alters brain patterns in ways that are likely permanent, scientists have known. But a new study shows key parts of the brain act…
Tagged: spirituality, buddhism, meditation, brain, religion
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Cesar Kohl Oct. 22, 2008.
Time and it's persuits... 7 Replies
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in s…
Tagged: spirit, death, spirituality, reincarnation, life
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Sasa Oct. 20, 2008.
Mind Waves (thoughts of the mind) 6 Replies
Mind Waves (quotes from that chapter in Zen Mind: by: Shunryu Suzuki) "because we enjoy all aspects of life as an unfolding of big mind, we do not care for any excessive joy. So we have imperturbabl…
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Paladin Oct. 16, 2008.
A moment of tranquility. 1 Reply
I was driving back from reinspecting a landowner's property for responsible management, when I noticed something out of the ordinary. On the side of the highway there were two buddhist monks in oran…
Started by Paladin. Last reply by e46fanatic Sep. 18, 2008.
Scientific Health Study: Zen Meditation Really Does Clear the Mind 4 Replies
By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience posted: 02 September 2008 11:27 pm ET Buzz up! Zen meditation discourages mental withdrawal from the world and dreaminess, and instead asks one to keep fu…
Tagged: practice, buddhism, meditation, religion, mind
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Rich Sep. 3, 2008.
The Uncreated in Buddhism/reincarnation 6 Replies
According to Gautama Buddha the unborn is what allows there to be nirvana (refers to being free from suffering), an escape from the cycle of samsara (rebirth.) What do you guys think about reincarn…
Tagged: spirit, death, spirituality, reincarnation, life
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Rich Sep. 2, 2008.
Does anyone know who buddha is? 5 Replies
Does anyone know who Buddha is?
Tagged: spirit, death, spirituality, reincarnation, life
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Stephanie Grabreck Aug. 30, 2008.
The significance of buddhism in your life.... 3 Replies
1. Who is a Buddhist here? How long have you been and why? 2. How has Buddhism been significant in your life? 3. Who is not Buddhist here? 4. Why are you interested in the Buddhism group?
Tagged: spirit, death, spirituality, reincarnation, life
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Olaf Aug. 28, 2008.
Meditation 4 Replies
I have just started doing meditation, and tonight something happened and I wanted to ask you guys about it. After about 10 minutes, i could tell that I was getting into a deeper focus. Eventually I f…
Started by Rich. Last reply by e46fanatic Aug. 28, 2008.
What is Buddhism? 1 Reply
Technically, to study Buddhism or even be a Buddhist ...you don't really need to be part of the religion...in fact Buddha himself didn't even like religion. Buddhism is founded off of his teachings,…
Tagged: spirit, death, spirituality, reincarnation, life
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Rich Aug. 27, 2008.
Lotus Flower Position/Practice 8 Replies
So, I woke up this morning and opened one of my books on zen Buddhism. I don't know anything about Buddhism but I guess you can say that in this time I've been somewhat searching for more inspiration…
Started by Stephanie Grabreck. Last reply by Vinay Aug. 27, 2008.
Buddhism= worshiping Buddha? 12 Replies
HelpLadyLiberty: "I dont like buddhism, I agree with Buddha's teaching, but I strongly dislike the I Idea for wership a man, just learn his teachings, and fallowthem, but dont I dont like turing it i…
Started by BadBuddha. Last reply by Deborah Aug. 19, 2008.
Buddha's own philosophy 7 Replies
The Four Noble Truths are one of the most fundamental Buddhist teachings. They are among the truths Gautama Buddha is said to have realized during his experience of enlightenment. Why the Buddha is s…
Started by BadBuddha. Last reply by cul Aug. 4, 2008.
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Comment by John X a.k.a. Googol(istic) on August 6, 2009 at 11:41pm - Namaste!
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Comment by john on July 23, 2009 at 1:10pm - I’m zen, it is the most basic form just practice.
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Comment by john on July 23, 2009 at 1:09pm
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I probably talk to unkindly,– practice more right speech.
somehow for me their are only very phew issues relating to practice.
one must believe in Buddha but one can not necessarily see proof of his existence.
their is a complete lack of evidence that he was not their.
and the existence of Buddha would effect the world somehow, so– maybe that just means we need to harder.
I need to look a lot harder myself.
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Comment by Sasa on October 18, 2008 at 11:54pm - For all those who know e46fanatic, I think he reached the next level :))
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Comment by Paladin on August 27, 2008 at 5:41pm - Heres to the middle path, and the end of suffering.
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Comment by Ionflux Solaris on August 22, 2008 at 5:28pm - Lotus Flower :)
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Comment by patientzero on August 15, 2008 at 9:05am - Folks...the Buddha you seek is inside you. The peace is there too. Buddhism is a personal development. World problems were there before your Buddha and they'll be there when it dies - Your personal Buddha(enlightenment) like your personal Christ(savior).
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Comment by patientzero on August 15, 2008 at 8:58am
- Am i wrong to think that Buddha is a word describing an enlightened one or flame? And is it true that the higher Buddhist scholars also study the religion of Brahma, the progenitor of the Essene religions?...could you fill me in....I also wonder if the Brahma caste system is parallel to Zoroastrian (Mazda) connotations?
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Comment by BadBuddha on August 3, 2008 at 4:18pm - I will open new discussion called "Buddhism= worshiping Buddha?". Let's continue talking there.
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Comment by HelpLadyLiberty on August 3, 2008 at 4:07pm - Any religoin named after a man is worship to that man, in naming it after a man you dont foces on the teachings, people hear buddhism and think Buddha, insted of The Four Noble Truths. My definition of "worship" is difrent then yours Keisha
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