My Understanding of Buddhism

[stevenlchilds]

The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS are

1) Life is suffering
2) The cause of suffering is desire for what you want
3) There is a way to stop this suffering
4) The way is the eightfold path

1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration

Affirming Faith in Mind is very close to my understanding of Buddhism. It is by letting things be as they are that frees us from suffering. By letting things be as they are we are freed from ego suffering. Right thought and action corrects the world also. You and the world are not separate. Just say it is not two different things. You, and I and the world are not separate. Quantum mechanics is a science that tells the same tell. May we find the root of suffering? Our change in heart will bring about peace. Alice Miller wrote a book called FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, HIDDEN CRUELTY IN CHILD REARING AND THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE. She also agrees with truth.

 

[Avatar4321]

You're point?

It's difficult to have a discussion unless you are clear on what you are trying to say. Merely quoting Buddhist philosophy is all well and good, but any of us could look that up any day of the week. On a discussion board we need something to discuss. Are you looking for people to ask you questions? Are you trying to argue a point? Please articulate your points so we can discuss them.

 

[ABikerSailor]

It's not so much that things themselves are the cause of suffering, it's our attachment to those things or people which we mistakenly affix PERMANENTLY, so that when it's gone, you feel pain over it's loss.

Had an experience with that while transferring from Norfolk VA to Amarillo TX.

For the people I'd worked with on the ship? Took me about 1/2 hour to tell everyone bye, thanks for everything and move on.

Why? They weren't part of my social fabric, and so when it was time for me to go work at a different place, it didn't hurt or faze me.

The people who were part of my off-duty life? Took me 3 days to say goodbye to everyone (I have a lot of friends in Norfolk), and when I left the next day? I felt like someone had torn off an arm, and I missed my friends.

I wasn't attached to the shipmates I worked with, as most dealings with others on the ship was strictly professional, so therefore it didn't hurt.

I was VERY attached to Darlene and my circle of friends, so, because of my attachment to them, I caused myself to feel pain and suffering when I left.

By the way.............if Buddhist philosophy seems kinda hard to wrap your skull around, a good thing to investigate would be The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, and get the one that is translated by a dude named Red Pine. He gives the original texts, along with the translation, and has commentary on the various verses by several other great philosophers.

And, interestingly enough, there are many places where Taoist philosophy dovetails very nicely with Judaic theology.

 

[Sky Dancer]

The topic of Buddhism is near and dear to my heart. What is it the OP wants to discuss?

 

[xsited1]

...
1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration
...

So you're a member of the GOP?

 

[Sky Dancer]

...
1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration
...

So you're a member of the GOP?

or a Buddhist fundamentalist.

 

[ABikerSailor]

...
1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration
...

So you're a member of the GOP?

Wait a minute..........there is no fucking way that a right winger could ever be a Buddhist.

Why? The greedy fucks are too attached to PMS (power, money, sex), to understand that their actions have consequences on more than just them.

Buddhists practice NON attachment.

 

[Sky Dancer]

...
1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration
...

So you're a member of the GOP?

Wait a minute..........there is no fucking way that a right winger could ever be a Buddhist.

Why? The greedy fucks are too attached to PMS (power, money, sex), to understand that their actions have consequences on more than just them.

Buddhists practice NON attachment.

You can definitely have Buddhists who are anti-abortion. That's a right wing position.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Yes, it's a right wing position, but, in order to be a true right winger, you've got to have a strong attachment to money (keep your taxes off my check), as well as a strong attachment to your things, with little or no desire to share.

Can you imagine John Ensign as a Buddhist?

By the way Sky, Tiger Woods is golfing again and claims that he's a Buddhist and in his canned apology stated that he'd left his beliefs in pursuit of other things.

I then heard his press conference this week, and he still has not very much humility.

Do you think Tiger can get back on the path or not?

 

[Sky Dancer]

Yes, it's a right wing position, but, in order to be a true right winger, you've got to have a strong attachment to money (keep your taxes off my check), as well as a strong attachment to your things, with little or no desire to share.

Can you imagine John Ensign as a Buddhist?

By the way Sky, Tiger Woods is golfing again and claims that he's a Buddhist and in his canned apology stated that he'd left his beliefs in pursuit of other things.

I then heard his press conference this week, and he still has not very much humility.

Do you think Tiger can get back on the path or not?

Can Tiger Woods get back on the Buddhist path again? I'm sure he can but I don't know if he will.

I know so little about Tiger Woods Buddhism. He wears some kind of bracelet and his mother is Buddhist. I understand the bracelet he is wearing is some kind of protection cord. It's supposed to remind him that any protection he has comes from keeping his vows wholeheartedly.

 

[amrchaos]

The very first truth "Life is suffering" is what turns me away from Buddhism.

Sometimes you suffer, sometimes you do not.

Since a conception of life is suppose to be the first truth, I claim that a pertinent truth is
"Life is what you want it to be."

 

[ABikerSailor]

Amrchaos, I'd recommend The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, as translated by Red Pine.

You may find some stuff there you like quite a bit.

 

[amrchaos]

Amrchaos, I'd recommend The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, as translated by Red Pine.

You may find some stuff there you like quite a bit.

Is it related to I Ching?

I own a copy of I Ching.

 

[dilloduck]

Stop cramming Buddhism down my throat you mother fuckers !!

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

The FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS are

1) Life is suffering
2) The cause of suffering is desire for what you want
3) There is a way to stop this suffering
4) The way is the eightfold path

1) Right understanding
2) Right thinking
3) Right Speech
4) Right attitude
5) Right livelihood
6) Right effort
7) Right mindfulness
8) Right concentration

Affirming Faith in Mind is very close to my understanding of Buddhism. It is by letting things be as they are that frees us from suffering. By letting things be as they are we are freed from ego suffering. Right thought and action corrects the world also. You and the world are not separate. Just say it is not two different things. You, and I and the world are not separate. Quantum mechanics is a science that tells the same tell. May we find the root of suffering? Our change in heart will bring about peace. Alice Miller wrote a book called FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, HIDDEN CRUELTY IN CHILD REARING AND THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE. She also agrees with truth.

I checked out your profile page.

All 7 posts.

I think you are Tea Party material. You ever think of running for public office?

 

[Skull Pilot]

It seems to me the first 2 so called truths are easily remedied

1) Life is suffering
2) The cause of suffering is desire for what you want

Just stop wanting shit and all your problems are solved.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Amrchaos, I'd recommend The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, as translated by Red Pine.

You may find some stuff there you like quite a bit.

Is it related to I Ching?

I own a copy of I Ching.

Actually, yes. Both come from China, and, both are used by Zen students (Zen includes Buddhist and Taoist beliefs).

The I Ching is an oracle which uses 3 coins to tell the future via hexagrams.

The Tao Te Ching is a book written by Lao Tzu that uses around 80 verses to explain all of life.

Interestingly enough, practice Tao long enough, and you'll see the concept of balance, and when you get that down, it will be almost impossible for anyone to lie to you.

Tao teaches you to look at the light and dark of a situation. That's why their symbol is the yin-yang symbol.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

The very first truth "Life is suffering" is what turns me away from Buddhism.

Sometimes you suffer, sometimes you do not.

Since a conception of life is suppose to be the first truth, I claim that a pertinent truth is
"Life is what you want it to be."

You can't simply look at that one truth by itself, however. The Buddha said that there is suffering in life, but there is also a way to end that suffering. The Four Noble Truths must be taken as a whole.

 

[amrchaos]

Amrchaos, I'd recommend The Tao Te Ching by Lao-Tzu, as translated by Red Pine.

You may find some stuff there you like quite a bit.

Is it related to I Ching?

I own a copy of I Ching.

Actually, yes. Both come from China, and, both are used by Zen students (Zen includes Buddhist and Taoist beliefs).

The I Ching is an oracle which uses 3 coins to tell the future via hexagrams.

The Tao Te Ching is a book written by Lao Tzu that uses around 80 verses to explain all of life.

Interestingly enough, practice Tao long enough, and you'll see the concept of balance, and when you get that down, it will be almost impossible for anyone to lie to you.

Tao teaches you to look at the light and dark of a situation. That's why their symbol is the yin-yang symbol.

I figured I bought the wrong book.

I couldn't make heads or tails out of I Ching.

I'll check it out--The Tao Te Ching.

 

[xsited1]

Is it related to I Ching?

I own a copy of I Ching.

Actually, yes. Both come from China, and, both are used by Zen students (Zen includes Buddhist and Taoist beliefs).

The I Ching is an oracle which uses 3 coins to tell the future via hexagrams.

The Tao Te Ching is a book written by Lao Tzu that uses around 80 verses to explain all of life.

Interestingly enough, practice Tao long enough, and you'll see the concept of balance, and when you get that down, it will be almost impossible for anyone to lie to you.

Tao teaches you to look at the light and dark of a situation. That's why their symbol is the yin-yang symbol.

I figured I bought the wrong book.

I couldn't make heads or tails out of I Ching.

I'll check it out--The Tao Te Ching.

When I was a younger man, I probably read The Tao Te Ching at least 100 times. I even created a massive reference guide for myself that compared the various verses in the book with each other and in other religious books. Great book.