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Calling all Buddhist
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Interested in Buddhism ?? Plenty to read right here on ICmag!
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=3819
Enjoy!!
http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=3819
Enjoy!!
If you want to know more about Zen Buddhism, check out "Zen Mind, Beginners Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki - http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Mind-Beginners-Shunryu-Suzuki/dp/0834800799
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I became a buddhist a little while ago cuz i saw this movie with brad pitt and the dalai lama, and i thought brad pit was really cool in the movie so i decided to become buddhist just like him
lol jk
lol jk
I try to incorporate zen practices into everything I do. With everything I do, I pretty much clear my mind of all other things and the only thing that I think about is the task at hand. Weed helps me with that to a great extent.
The only thing a lot of people might not like about 'real' Buddhism is it calls for (among other things) cutting out all drugs including marijuana and alcohol.
The only thing a lot of people might not like about 'real' Buddhism is it calls for (among other things) cutting out all drugs including marijuana and alcohol.
yeah, but if you are at true peace/harmony with yourself, you don't even need that stuff to be happy. i cut out drinking because i feel that it brings out more negativity than positivity, whereas weed is vice versa most of the time. dealing with drunks is a bitch and there is no spiritual connection at all compared with weed.
"we take joy in experiencing all the unfolding of the big mind so we do not seek excessive joy"
or something like that
i have always been a fan of the Om Mani Padme Hum though
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is a nice one too
i just enjoy meditation as a means to gain some understanding in all walks of life
marx2k, funny you mention that book i just picked it up form the library the a few days ago! very well done book
or something like that
i have always been a fan of the Om Mani Padme Hum though
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is a nice one too
i just enjoy meditation as a means to gain some understanding in all walks of life
marx2k, funny you mention that book i just picked it up form the library the a few days ago! very well done book
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"...Then, the Licchavi Vimalakirti said to the crown prince, Manjusri, "Manjusri, you have already been in innumerable hundreds of thousands of buddha-fields throughout the universes of the ten directions. In which buddha-field did you see the best lion-thrones with the finest qualities?"
Manjusri replied, "Noble sir, if one crosses the buddha-fields to the east, which are more numerous than all the grains of sand of thirty-two Ganges rivers, one will discover a universe called Merudhvaja. There dwells a Tathagata called Merupradiparaja. His body measures eighty-four hundred thousand leagues in height, and the height of his throne is sixty-eight hundred thousand leagues. The bodhisattvas there are forty-two hundred thousand leagues tall and their own thrones are thirty-four hundred thousand leagues high. Noble sir, the finest and most superb thrones exist in that universe Merudhvaja, which is the buddha-field of the Tathagata Merupradiparaja."
At that moment, the Licchavi Vimalakirti, having focused himself in concentration, performed a miraculous feat such that the Lord Tathagata Merupradiparaja, in the universe Merudhvaja, sent to this universe thirty-two hundred thousand thrones. These thrones were so tall, spacious, and beautiful that the bodhisattvas, great disciples, Sakras, Brahmas, Lokapalas, and other gods had never before seen the like. The thrones descended from the sky and came to rest in the house of the Licchavi Vimalakirti. The thirty-two hundred thousand thrones arranged themselves without crowding and the house seemed to enlarge itself accordingly. The great city of Vaisali did not become obscured; neither did the land of Jambudvipa, nor the world of four continents.
Everything else appeared just as it was before.
Then, the Licchavi Vimalakirti said to the young prince Manjusri, "Manjusri, let the bodhisattvas be seated on these thrones, having transformed their bodies to a suitable size!..." Vimalakirti Sutra
Manjusri replied, "Noble sir, if one crosses the buddha-fields to the east, which are more numerous than all the grains of sand of thirty-two Ganges rivers, one will discover a universe called Merudhvaja. There dwells a Tathagata called Merupradiparaja. His body measures eighty-four hundred thousand leagues in height, and the height of his throne is sixty-eight hundred thousand leagues. The bodhisattvas there are forty-two hundred thousand leagues tall and their own thrones are thirty-four hundred thousand leagues high. Noble sir, the finest and most superb thrones exist in that universe Merudhvaja, which is the buddha-field of the Tathagata Merupradiparaja."
At that moment, the Licchavi Vimalakirti, having focused himself in concentration, performed a miraculous feat such that the Lord Tathagata Merupradiparaja, in the universe Merudhvaja, sent to this universe thirty-two hundred thousand thrones. These thrones were so tall, spacious, and beautiful that the bodhisattvas, great disciples, Sakras, Brahmas, Lokapalas, and other gods had never before seen the like. The thrones descended from the sky and came to rest in the house of the Licchavi Vimalakirti. The thirty-two hundred thousand thrones arranged themselves without crowding and the house seemed to enlarge itself accordingly. The great city of Vaisali did not become obscured; neither did the land of Jambudvipa, nor the world of four continents.
Everything else appeared just as it was before.
Then, the Licchavi Vimalakirti said to the young prince Manjusri, "Manjusri, let the bodhisattvas be seated on these thrones, having transformed their bodies to a suitable size!..." Vimalakirti Sutra
