Buddha

I didn't have time to do more than skim it, but from what I've read it's pretty accurate. It's sometimes hard for non-Buddhists to understand why I'm a Buddhist but also an atheist. They seem to think that contradictory.
 
Kerouac said:
I didn't have time to do more than skim it, but from what I've read it's pretty accurate. It's sometimes hard for non-Buddhists to understand why I'm a Buddhist but also an atheist. They seem to think that contradictory.
Click to expand...

It must be because of our typically christian cultural upbringing that we find it strange that there is a 'religion' that does not revolve around a deity (although some Buddhists certainly revere the Buddha as a deity). I really like the Zen saying that 'should you ever see Buddha out in the street, kill him'
 
Unlike other "religions" I never felt that Buddhism gave you any answers to anything. Rather it gave you the tools and the encouragement to find your own answers.

I also dig that you and I can both be Buddhasit but also at the same time view things very differently and both be correct in some sense.
 
alexslashaxel88 said:
Unlike other "religions" I never felt that Buddhism gave you any answers to anything. Rather it gave you the tools and the encouragement to find your own answers.

I also dig that you and I can both be Buddhasit but also at the same time view things very differently and both be correct in some sense.
Click to expand...

Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another's seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, 'The monk is our teacher.' Kalamas, when you yourselves know: 'These things are bad; these things are blamable; these things are censured by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to harm and ill,' abandon them.
Click to expand...

and

Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another's seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, 'The monk is our teacher.' Kalamas, when you yourselves know: 'These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,' enter on and abide in them.
Click to expand...

:)
 
Oh and because it fits...

the practice of loving compassion
seems sometimes contrary to my very nature
and I find myself often holding my tongue,
biting back the acidic words that travel along my thoughts and
near my mouth.
years of duality and identity are awaiting to be peeled back
setting me further on the path to realize
that I am Buddha all along
and always have been
and always will.
 
Kerouac said:
Oh and because it fits...

the practice of loving compassion
seems sometimes contrary to my very nature
and I find myself often holding my tongue,
biting back the acidic words that travel along my thoughts and
near my mouth.
years of duality and identity are awaiting to be peeled back
setting me further on the path to realize
that I am Buddha all along
and always have been
and always will.
Click to expand...

SHUTUP, BUDDHA!
 
MichelinManZenWithBlueScarf3DPortrait.89114851.jpg
 
My understanding of Buddha. The young Siddhartha was born to royal parents. But as a growing man he realized there was more to life than being inside the palace compound, seeing the streets that were washed and strewn with flowers and incense, the people dressed in finery along the sides, as his parade went by. He left the palace and travelled, ending up in the woods with "ascetics", men who lived plainly and close to nature, and who debated the existence of life on earth. One day, while sitting in a forest clearing meditating, it started to rain. A giant cobra rose up behind Siddhartha and used it's hood to protect him. The others realized he was the Buddha.

Oriental social historians say it was over two hundred years after his death that people started carving and painting his likeness, making him fat as the current social norm dictated, the look of wealth and health.

as always, John Watt
 
John Watt said:
My understanding of Buddha. The young Siddhartha was born to royal parents. But as a growing man he realized there was more to life than being inside the palace compound, seeing the streets that were washed and strewn with flowers and incense, the people dressed in finery along the sides, as his parade went by. He left the palace and travelled, ending up in the woods with "ascetics", men who lived plainly and close to nature, and who debated the existence of life on earth. One day, while sitting in a forest clearing meditating, it started to rain. A giant cobra rose up behind Siddhartha and used it's hood to protect him. The others realized he was the Buddha.

Oriental social historians say it was over two hundred years after his death that people started carving and painting his likeness, making him fat as the current social norm dictated, the look of wealth and health.

as always, John Watt
Click to expand...

:messedup:

I don't even know where to being with correcting that one. Let's just go with everything up until "He left the palace..." was at least in the ballpark.
 
ah.... Devil is Dill... Samanathra is more like it. And Buddism is not a religion, but a philosophy.
The Bhagavad-Gita, the over 4,500 year old book from India, along with many Vedas and The Upanishads,
contain revelations for all life on earth.
Depictions of the cobra scene show a tall and thin, scraggly, long-haired with cloth around his waist Siddhartha.

may hummingbirds fly onstage and drop nectar on your fingertips, to make your pick stick.

as always, John Watt
 
Last edited:
Forget cobras puffing up hoods. What are these very young guys doing with such puffed up bags under their eyes?
I'm 59 and I don't have bags under my eyes.

as always, John Watt

my favorite: "The Reclining Buddha", now known as "Buddha-Slackera"
 
I'm far from religious, but Buddha always struck me as a pretty damn cool guy :thu:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top