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Here are some books on Buddhism, I really like old books because they run from the commercial self-help and almost new-age hippie nature of modern publications on Buddhism - let that for the practice of Buddhism itself.
HISTORY & SCHOLARLY
>The Essence of Buddhism, P. Lakshimi Narasu
>>https://archive.org/details/essenceofbuddhis015612mbp
Originally published in 1907, it's a good introductory read to Buddhism's history, philosophy and the social practices of societies influenced by it - especially India. It deals with every area but the focus is really on Theravada (Hanayama), so if you're into Mahayana or lamism (i.e. Tibetan buddhism) you may find it a bit lacking.
>Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism (1907)
>>https://archive.org/details/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog
>>PDF:https://ia601406.us.archive.org/25/items/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog.pdf
A Jap's book on Mahayana Buddhism, a pretty good read if you want to understand it from the view of a practitioner of that school of thought.
>Studies in Japanese Buddhism, August Karl Reischauer
>>https://archive.org/details/studiesinjapane02reisgoog
>>PDF: https://ia600404.us.archive.org/10/items/studiesinjapane02reisgoog/studiesinjapane02reisgoog.pdf
Originally published in 1917, nice book if you want insights on the history, development and thinking of Japanese Buddhism (Mahayana/Zen) and it's historical influence in Japanese ethics and it's place in the Japanese Life (at least until before they were nuked) from the perspective of foreigners. Worth a read if you're interested in Japanese Buddhism.
>Buddhism and Buddhists in China by Lewis Hodous
>>http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8390
Originally Published in 1933, A book on Chinese Buddhism, its history and influence in Chinese society, culture and everyday life (before Mao). Another really nice read.
BUDDHIST TEXTS
>The Dhammapada
>>PDF:http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf - Buddhist Publication Society of Sri Lanka's Version.
>>PDF:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017 - Frederich Max Müller version.
>>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35185 - Frank Lee Woodward Translation, with footnotes.
>>Online Version Illustrated and commentated: http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/
Dhammapada or the way of Dharma, supposedly left by Buddha himself. One of the canonical books of theravada.
>The Lotus Sutra
>>PDF: http://www.bdkamerica.org/digital/dBET_T0262_LotusSutra_2007.pdf
One of the most influential Sutras of the Chinese Buddhist Canon.
>Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka
>>http://www.bdk.or.jp/bdk/digitaldl.html
An herculean effort to translate the Chinese Buddhist (aka Mahayana) Canon, they offer their translations free for download here.
>Mahayana Texts (1894)
>>PDF Part 1: https://archive.org/download/buddhistmahy01cowe/buddhistmahy01cowe.pdf
>>PDF PArt 2: https://archive.org/download/buddhistmahy02cowe/buddhistmahy02cowe.pdf
A small collection of Mahayana texts containing the Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from the Sanskrit by E. B. Cowell. The larger Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the smaller Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the Vagrakkedikâ, the larger Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, the smaller Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, translated by F. Max Müller. The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu
>Buddhism in Translation by Henry Clarke Warren
>>https://archive.org/details/buddhismintrans03warrgoog
>>PDF: https://ia700407.us.archive.org/29/items/buddhismintrans03warrgoog/buddhismintrans03warrgoog.pdf
It contains a variety of classical texts dealing with central aspects and concepts of Buddhism translated and with commentary.
>The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way
>>PDF: http://www.bdk.or.jp/pdf/bdk/digitaldl/dBET_T2646_Kyogyoshinsho_2003.pdf
>>Online commentated version: http://www.shinranworks.com/majorexpositions.htm
A series of texts written by the Japanese monk Shinran Shonin on the teaching, practice and enlightenment by the founder of Pure-Land Buddhism. Shiran was, at his time, a weird monk that ate meat and married - his objective, as he said, was to show that Buddhism was for everybody, not just ascetics - he set the precedence for behavior in Japanese monks, the only Buddhist monks that get married.
>Jodo wasan. : The hymns on the pure land (aka Buddhist Psalms)
>>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7015
>>Online commentated version: http://www.shinranworks.com/hymns.htm
A series of hymns written by the Japanese monk Shinran Shonin the founder of Shin sect of Pure-Land Buddhism. Good for reading and reflection.
Buddhist Books &Texts
Post books and texts related to Buddhism.——————-
Here are some books on Buddhism, I really like old books because they run from the commercial self-help and almost new-age hippie nature of modern publications on Buddhism - let that for the practice of Buddhism itself.
HISTORY & SCHOLARLY
>The Essence of Buddhism, P. Lakshimi Narasu
>>https://archive.org/details/essenceofbuddhis015612mbp
Originally published in 1907, it's a good introductory read to Buddhism's history, philosophy and the social practices of societies influenced by it - especially India. It deals with every area but the focus is really on Theravada (Hanayama), so if you're into Mahayana or lamism (i.e. Tibetan buddhism) you may find it a bit lacking.
>Outlines of Mahayana Buddhism (1907)
>>https://archive.org/details/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog
>>PDF:https://ia601406.us.archive.org/25/items/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog/outlinesmahanab00suzugoog.pdf
A Jap's book on Mahayana Buddhism, a pretty good read if you want to understand it from the view of a practitioner of that school of thought.
>Studies in Japanese Buddhism, August Karl Reischauer
>>https://archive.org/details/studiesinjapane02reisgoog
>>PDF: https://ia600404.us.archive.org/10/items/studiesinjapane02reisgoog/studiesinjapane02reisgoog.pdf
Originally published in 1917, nice book if you want insights on the history, development and thinking of Japanese Buddhism (Mahayana/Zen) and it's historical influence in Japanese ethics and it's place in the Japanese Life (at least until before they were nuked) from the perspective of foreigners. Worth a read if you're interested in Japanese Buddhism.
>Buddhism and Buddhists in China by Lewis Hodous
>>http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8390
Originally Published in 1933, A book on Chinese Buddhism, its history and influence in Chinese society, culture and everyday life (before Mao). Another really nice read.
BUDDHIST TEXTS
>The Dhammapada
>>PDF:http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/scrndhamma.pdf - Buddhist Publication Society of Sri Lanka's Version.
>>PDF:https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2017 - Frederich Max Müller version.
>>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35185 - Frank Lee Woodward Translation, with footnotes.
>>Online Version Illustrated and commentated: http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/
Dhammapada or the way of Dharma, supposedly left by Buddha himself. One of the canonical books of theravada.
>The Lotus Sutra
>>PDF: http://www.bdkamerica.org/digital/dBET_T0262_LotusSutra_2007.pdf
One of the most influential Sutras of the Chinese Buddhist Canon.
>Taishō Revised Tripiṭaka
>>http://www.bdk.or.jp/bdk/digitaldl.html
An herculean effort to translate the Chinese Buddhist (aka Mahayana) Canon, they offer their translations free for download here.
>Mahayana Texts (1894)
>>PDF Part 1: https://archive.org/download/buddhistmahy01cowe/buddhistmahy01cowe.pdf
>>PDF PArt 2: https://archive.org/download/buddhistmahy02cowe/buddhistmahy02cowe.pdf
A small collection of Mahayana texts containing the Buddha-karita of Asvaghosha, translated from the Sanskrit by E. B. Cowell. The larger Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the smaller Sukhâvatî-vyûha, the Vagrakkedikâ, the larger Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, the smaller Pragñâ-pâramitâ-hridaya-sûtra, translated by F. Max Müller. The Amitâyur dhyâna-sûtra, translated by J. Takakusu
>Buddhism in Translation by Henry Clarke Warren
>>https://archive.org/details/buddhismintrans03warrgoog
>>PDF: https://ia700407.us.archive.org/29/items/buddhismintrans03warrgoog/buddhismintrans03warrgoog.pdf
It contains a variety of classical texts dealing with central aspects and concepts of Buddhism translated and with commentary.
>The True Teaching, Practice, and Realization of the Pure Land Way
>>PDF: http://www.bdk.or.jp/pdf/bdk/digitaldl/dBET_T2646_Kyogyoshinsho_2003.pdf
>>Online commentated version: http://www.shinranworks.com/majorexpositions.htm
A series of texts written by the Japanese monk Shinran Shonin on the teaching, practice and enlightenment by the founder of Pure-Land Buddhism. Shiran was, at his time, a weird monk that ate meat and married - his objective, as he said, was to show that Buddhism was for everybody, not just ascetics - he set the precedence for behavior in Japanese monks, the only Buddhist monks that get married.
>Jodo wasan. : The hymns on the pure land (aka Buddhist Psalms)
>>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7015
>>Online commentated version: http://www.shinranworks.com/hymns.htm
A series of hymns written by the Japanese monk Shinran Shonin the founder of Shin sect of Pure-Land Buddhism. Good for reading and reflection.
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We're all buddhas in death
There's no such thing as reincarnation, just a convenient untruth to make buddhism relevant.
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i am buddhadharma
बुद्धधर्म buddhadharma
बुद्ध buddha enlightened
धर्म dharma buddhism
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D
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Buddhist Crusade/Jihad?
We know that Hindus in India and Buddhists in Myanmar have attacked Muslims living there. Obviously there has been much violence by Muslims against Hindus, and Burmese Buddhists probably fear the same if their Muslim minority were to grow.
Given this, as well as the 14th Dalai Lama stating that "terrorism cannot be tackled by applying the principle of ahimsa because the minds of terrorists are closed," (source below), would it be wise for Buddhists to begin some sort of crusade/jihad against expanding Islamic terror groups such as ISIS or al-Qaeda? Would it be in line with the Middle Path?
Remember what the Taliban did to the Bamyan Buddhas; a rubber stamp on the annihilation of Afghan Buddhism by Islam.
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I claim these triple 1s for /1/
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What's the best english translation of the Bhagavad-Gita for a National Socialist?
All the translators seem to heavily enforce their own spin on it.
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Hello friends, I am only a lay practitioner and not an expert by any means, but I would to hear your thoughts on a description of the core of Buddhism from my perspective:
At its core, Buddhism teaches people:
(Using the Four Noble Truths:)
-> to understand the natures of desire, suffering, cause & effect, impermanence, and interdependence
(Using the Eightfold Path and the Middle Way:)
-> to develop virtuous qualities such as wisdom, compassion, and inner strength/discipline
-> to discern wholesome desires, perceptions, and thoughts from unwholesome ones
-> to make skillful decisions
-> to reduce suffering and bring (impermanent yet valuable) happiness to sentient beings.
The more you understand these concepts, the closer you are to "enlightenment" (Bodhi) and the ability to choose not to create suffering for yourself or others (Nirvana).
The core teachings of Buddhism are not concerned with deities or worship, and polytheistic, monotheistic, atheistic, and agnostic forms of Buddhism have existed around the world. Even concerns of what happens after death are secondary to the goal of enlightenment.
The rules for monks are meant to make the process more efficient but most lay people only adhere to certain encouragements and discouragements such as not killing, not stealing, etc. but even so, the core teachings do not dictate whether they will be absolutely be punished or rewarded for these actions, only that there are physical and mental causes and effects to them that those who do them in most cases are too ignorant to understand fully and often create senseless suffering for themselves and others.
Hello friends, I am only a lay practitioner and not an expert by any means, but I would to hear your thoughts on a description of the core of Buddhism from my perspective:
At its core, Buddhism teaches people:
(Using the Four Noble Truths:)
-> to understand the natures of desire, suffering, cause & effect, impermanence, and interdependence
(Using the Eightfold Path and the Middle Way:)
-> to develop virtuous qualities such as wisdom, compassion, and inner strength/discipline
-> to discern wholesome desires, perceptions, and thoughts from unwholesome ones
-> to make skillful decisions
-> to reduce suffering and bring (impermanent yet valuable) happiness to sentient beings.
The more you understand these concepts, the closer you are to "enlightenment" (Bodhi) and the ability to choose not to create suffering for yourself or others (Nirvana).
The core teachings of Buddhism are not concerned with deities or worship, and polytheistic, monotheistic, atheistic, and agnostic forms of Buddhism have existed around the world. Even concerns of what happens after death are secondary to the goal of enlightenment.
The rules for monks are meant to make the process more efficient but most lay people only adhere to certain encouragements and discouragements such as not killing, not stealing, etc. but even so, the core teachings do not dictate whether they will be absolutely be punished or rewarded for these actions, only that there are physical and mental causes and effects to them that those who do them in most cases are too ignorant to understand fully and often create senseless suffering for themselves and others.
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Is there a endline of mindfullness?
i was browing randomly and come up with your less active brother board (8ch.net/buddhism/res/4.html) and some folks mention if you are old and still meditating you did it the wrong way, and that there is a point where you reach enlightendness and youre done… where others say there is no end to meditation/mindfullness, a never ending practique that stll relevant with no end but kinder the flames of the life/mind…
what do you guys think?
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Hindus?
Do Hindus have a place here? We too have a dharma…. and I respect the Buddha and his teachings
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so, what do you guys think of the Biocentric, Holographic Multiverse scientific theories?
is science discovering what wise people knew a loot of years ago?
or is science producing bad theories?
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Chapter 1 - Yamakavagga (The Pairs)
Verse 1 - Cakkhupalatthera Vatthu (The Story of There Cakkhupala)
Manopubbangama dhamma
<Mind | from> <mental phenomena>
All mental phenomena (Dhamma) are preceded by the mind.
manosettha manomaya
<Mind | set/governed> <Mind | made>
They are governed by the mind, they are made by the mind.
manasa ce padutthena
<mind> <if> <impure/polluted>
If with an impure mind
bhasati va karoti va
<to speak> <or> <to act> <or>
One speaks or acts
tato nam dukkhamanveti
<hence> <him> <suffering | follows with>
Suffering follows him
cakkamva vahato padam.
<wheel | as> <bearer's/driver's> <foot>
As a wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the cart.
"While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha uttered Verse (1) of this book, with reference to Cakkhupala, a blind thera.
On one occasion, Thera Cakkhupala came to pay homage to the Buddha at the Jetavana monastery. One night, while pacing up and down in meditation, the thera accidentally stepped on some insects. In the morning, some bhikkhus visiting the thera found the dead insects. They thought ill of the thera and reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha asked them whether they had seen the thera killing the insects. When they answered in the negative, the Buddha said, "Just as you had not seen him killing, so also he had not seen those living insects. Besides, as the thera had already attained arahatship he could have no intention of killing and so was quite innocent." On being asked why Cakkhupala was blind although he was an arahat, the Buddha told the following story:
Cakkhupala was a physician in one of his past existences. Once, he had deliberately made a woman patient blind. That woman had promised him to become his slave, together with her children, if her eyes were completely cured. Fearing that she and her children would have to become slaves, she lied to the physician. She told him that her eyes were getting worse when, in fact, they were perfectly cured. The physician knew she was deceiving him, so in revenge, he gave her another ointment, which made her totally blind. As a result of this evil deed the physician lost his eyesight many times in his later existences.
Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 1: All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with an evil mind, 'dukkha' follows him just as the wheel follows the hoofprint of the ox that draws the cart.
At the end of the discourse, thirty thousand bhikkhus attained arahatship together with Analytical Insight (Patisambhida)."
Dhammapada daily verse reading and discussion
I'm new to the board and noticed there wasn't a lot here. I'm also fairly new to Buddhism and am starting to read the Dhammapada (Tipitaka or Pali Canon which is the doctrine for Theravada Buddhism) and learning a bit of Pali along the way. As I learn I thought maybe I could start a daily (or weekly; whichever is less annoying) verse thread starting from the 1st verse. Each verse of the Dhammapada has within it a Dhamma or revelation or insight and is accompanied by a story relevant to the verse. All verses will be sourced from http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=001 and I will provide each verse in Pali, a rough literal breakdown of the Pali into english and my gathered translation of the Pali collated with what is written in the source's translation. The story will be given at the end in quotations.Chapter 1 - Yamakavagga (The Pairs)
Verse 1 - Cakkhupalatthera Vatthu (The Story of There Cakkhupala)
Manopubbangama dhamma
<Mind | from> <mental phenomena>
All mental phenomena (Dhamma) are preceded by the mind.
manosettha manomaya
<Mind | set/governed> <Mind | made>
They are governed by the mind, they are made by the mind.
manasa ce padutthena
<mind> <if> <impure/polluted>
If with an impure mind
bhasati va karoti va
<to speak> <or> <to act> <or>
One speaks or acts
tato nam dukkhamanveti
<hence> <him> <suffering | follows with>
Suffering follows him
cakkamva vahato padam.
<wheel | as> <bearer's/driver's> <foot>
As a wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the cart.
"While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha uttered Verse (1) of this book, with reference to Cakkhupala, a blind thera.
On one occasion, Thera Cakkhupala came to pay homage to the Buddha at the Jetavana monastery. One night, while pacing up and down in meditation, the thera accidentally stepped on some insects. In the morning, some bhikkhus visiting the thera found the dead insects. They thought ill of the thera and reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha asked them whether they had seen the thera killing the insects. When they answered in the negative, the Buddha said, "Just as you had not seen him killing, so also he had not seen those living insects. Besides, as the thera had already attained arahatship he could have no intention of killing and so was quite innocent." On being asked why Cakkhupala was blind although he was an arahat, the Buddha told the following story:
Cakkhupala was a physician in one of his past existences. Once, he had deliberately made a woman patient blind. That woman had promised him to become his slave, together with her children, if her eyes were completely cured. Fearing that she and her children would have to become slaves, she lied to the physician. She told him that her eyes were getting worse when, in fact, they were perfectly cured. The physician knew she was deceiving him, so in revenge, he gave her another ointment, which made her totally blind. As a result of this evil deed the physician lost his eyesight many times in his later existences.
Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 1: All mental phenomena have mind as their forerunner; they have mind as their chief; they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts with an evil mind, 'dukkha' follows him just as the wheel follows the hoofprint of the ox that draws the cart.
At the end of the discourse, thirty thousand bhikkhus attained arahatship together with Analytical Insight (Patisambhida)."
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"Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE in the Indian subcontinent, in modern day Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. It was a cultural consequence of a long chain of interactions begun by Greek forays into India from the time of Alexander the Great, carried further by the establishment of the Indo-Greek Kingdom and extended during the flourishing of the Hellenized Kushan Empire. Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic, and perhaps the spiritual development of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism was then adopted in Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Siberia, and Vietnam."
This has wide-ranging implications. It suggests that not only is Buddhism substantially influenced by Greek thought, and thus necessarily part of the Western tradition (as well as the Eastern tradition), but it also raises more questions, such as is Buddhism something that the West can reappropriate? Are Buddhism and Christianity two sides of the same coin?
Greco-Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Buddhism"Greco-Buddhism, sometimes spelled Graeco-Buddhism, refers to the cultural syncretism between Hellenistic culture and Buddhism, which developed between the 4th century BCE and the 5th century CE in the Indian subcontinent, in modern day Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. It was a cultural consequence of a long chain of interactions begun by Greek forays into India from the time of Alexander the Great, carried further by the establishment of the Indo-Greek Kingdom and extended during the flourishing of the Hellenized Kushan Empire. Greco-Buddhism influenced the artistic, and perhaps the spiritual development of Buddhism, particularly Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism was then adopted in Central and Northeastern Asia from the 1st century CE, ultimately spreading to China, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Siberia, and Vietnam."
This has wide-ranging implications. It suggests that not only is Buddhism substantially influenced by Greek thought, and thus necessarily part of the Western tradition (as well as the Eastern tradition), but it also raises more questions, such as is Buddhism something that the West can reappropriate? Are Buddhism and Christianity two sides of the same coin?
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So is this what I should aspire to?
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0105-mummified-monk-is-not-dead-and-in-rare-meditative-state-says-expert/
So is this what I should aspire to?
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0105-mummified-monk-is-not-dead-and-in-rare-meditative-state-says-expert/
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I think it's interesting how these philosophical teachers arise and how philosophy becomes corrupted into religion and theology. Philosophy is by nature non-dogmatic, and once a dogma does arise, it becomes something else. I see the philosophical core of Buddhism in the same way that I see the philosophical core of Greek Philosophy and also how it became absorbed by Christianity and corrupted into dogmatism.
What form of Buddhism is more grounded in the philosophy and less centered around "religious" elements and theology?
Buddhism and Pre-Socratic Philosophy
In my readings I'm noticing many similarities between Buddhism and the Pre-Socrates like Epicurus. For example, the Buddhist teachings on suffering are next to identical to what Epicurus says about it. Both of these philosophies preach the liberation of the self from suffering, the absence of want, how obtaining the things you want simply leads to more wants, etc.I think it's interesting how these philosophical teachers arise and how philosophy becomes corrupted into religion and theology. Philosophy is by nature non-dogmatic, and once a dogma does arise, it becomes something else. I see the philosophical core of Buddhism in the same way that I see the philosophical core of Greek Philosophy and also how it became absorbed by Christianity and corrupted into dogmatism.
What form of Buddhism is more grounded in the philosophy and less centered around "religious" elements and theology?
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Buddhism Board
I thought to make a Buddhism board; I looked through the catalog and found nothing like one existing. I should clarify that I am not a Buddhist, but my father in law is and he provided me with an Introduction to Buddhism text that I read and enjoyed. In addition I have bought the Dhammapada which I plan on reading. Hopefully this board can help to teach me about Buddhism and bring Buddhists together, as they don't seem to have much of a voice here. As a Westerner I'd certainly like to be able to learn more about it in a time where our culture is devoid of spirituality.
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When I was in high school I started to read the Dao de jing, and I really got alot of comfort and growth out of it. I haven't studied much about Buddhism but what I have learned reminds me alot of what I know of Daoism. What does /dharma/ think of Daoism?
When I was in high school I started to read the Dao de jing, and I really got alot of comfort and growth out of it. I haven't studied much about Buddhism but what I have learned reminds me alot of what I know of Daoism. What does /dharma/ think of Daoism?
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I found a Teaching of Buddha book on the ground at a gas station and I read it. I love most of the ideas in it, helped me a bit with depression but I wasn't a 100% practicing buddhist you know.
A few months ago I was walking from class at my college and there was a dude who wanted me to join a yoga (buddhist… sect?) thing. And asked me to donate too, I'm too poor to donate so I didn't but I thanked him and shit.
practice
Do you people practice anything?I found a Teaching of Buddha book on the ground at a gas station and I read it. I love most of the ideas in it, helped me a bit with depression but I wasn't a 100% practicing buddhist you know.
A few months ago I was walking from class at my college and there was a dude who wanted me to join a yoga (buddhist… sect?) thing. And asked me to donate too, I'm too poor to donate so I didn't but I thanked him and shit.
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proclaiming dhamma
As the Buddha proclaims his dhamma to the world, do we know of any stories relating to his state of mind?
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which Pokémon would you fuck?
yiff
hey /dharma/which Pokémon would you fuck?
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I want to learn about dharmic folk tales,costums and such. not the "official" religion,but what the common people actually do.
so, im open to learn about that
I want to learn about dharmic folk tales,costums and such. not the "official" religion,but what the common people actually do.
so, im open to learn about that
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBH0ywUUx5k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBH0ywUUx5k
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Nichiren Buddhism
Any thoughts on Nichiren and Nichiren Buddhism?
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From what I know, there are three kinds of karma:
Good karma, which sends you to a higher realm after death. You eventually run out of good karma and endure reincarnation.
Bad karma, wich sends you to a lower realm after death. As with good karma, you eventually run out of it and endure reincarnation again.
The third kind of karma is liberating karma, which is obained through meditation. You don't run out of it after death because you're supposed to attain an eternal, indescribable bliss.
My question is the following:
If good karma and liberating karma are different things, is it reasonable to think that liberating karma is not a good thing?
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Karma thread
Can we have a thread about the concept of karma?From what I know, there are three kinds of karma:
Good karma, which sends you to a higher realm after death. You eventually run out of good karma and endure reincarnation.
Bad karma, wich sends you to a lower realm after death. As with good karma, you eventually run out of it and endure reincarnation again.
The third kind of karma is liberating karma, which is obained through meditation. You don't run out of it after death because you're supposed to attain an eternal, indescribable bliss.
My question is the following:
If good karma and liberating karma are different things, is it reasonable to think that liberating karma is not a good thing?
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