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shiva82

shiva82

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strain_hunter said:
Hatha is great. I use it to treat backpain and leave the rest out.

No, Vajrayana is an own path but it includes Theravada and Mahayana. In total you have three paths for three different stages of development. In Vajarayana, there are paths for different types of people also. If your main focus is joy and you are attracted to nice women, fast motorbikes and so on, there are other methods than for people who are more intellectual or are busy to avoid things they don‘t like most of the time. Gelugpas are studying 20 years, before they are going into deep meditation. Nyngmapas use Maha Ati and Dzogchen, which is perfect for aversionists and Kagyupas use Mahamudra for the joyous people.

I don’t belive in anything.
Everything in the world is composite, changing all the time and has no real and lasting core. So it doesn’t make sense to seek lasting happiness in fleeting objects. Isn’t it? Or did someone find a deeper truth, that doesn’t need blind trust?
You can enjoy everything, but are aware of the fleeting aspect of object based happiness. If you look for something lasting, there is only space, where everything comes from and dissolves back. It is not composite but it can know and perceive things and is boundless, which is the basis for endless rebirths, depending on the collected imprints.
Pure and simple. When conciousness focus on itself it becomes aware of it’s timeless und indestructible nature. Then it makes sense to think beyond this life.
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endless rebirth into suffering. aka hell .
 
strain_hunter

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FTL said:
Well that whole situation could have been waaaaaaaaaaay worse. Some crazy people out there at the moment
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That’s what I thought.

I know someone who used to work for the security staff in the subway. He said that he quit because the situation was simply getting completely out of control. He said that the newly arrived violent criminals take special drugs and even if they have been beaten down with clubs for self-defense, they always get up and attack again. In order to help, I would also intervene proactively and protectively with irritant gas to at least have a small chance against the stabbers. I'm not the type to look the other way or just stand by and watch. Last time I passed a couple of strong guys on the way to de-escalation and just pulled them along and said we'll help now. It worked well.
 
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shiva82

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i have to rebuild much of yard and garden , i'm behind schedule converting it into a greenhouse , so for now i'm going to erect a cheap plastic greenhouse ready for the season , and projects . i can move plants on into the wild, possibly the farm , to mr beans and a few here and there

going to smoke one and then go build it up and get planning the season
 
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Persianfarmer

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strain_hunter said:
Hatha is great. I use it to treat backpain and leave the rest out.

No, Vajrayana is an own path but it includes Theravada and Mahayana. In total you have three paths for three different stages of development. In Vajarayana, there are paths for different types of people also. If your main focus is joy and you are attracted to nice women, fast motorbikes and so on, there are other methods than for people who are more intellectual or are busy to avoid things they don‘t like most of the time. Gelugpas are studying 20 years, before they are going into deep meditation. Nyngmapas use Maha Ati and Dzogchen, which is perfect for aversionists and Kagyupas use Mahamudra for the joyous people.

I don’t belive in anything.
Everything in the world is composite, changing all the time and has no real and lasting core. So it doesn’t make sense to seek lasting happiness in fleeting objects. Isn’t it? Or did someone find a deeper truth, that doesn’t need blind trust?
You can enjoy everything, but are aware of the fleeting aspect of object based happiness. If you look for something lasting, there is only space, where everything comes from and dissolves back. It is not composite but it can know and perceive things and is boundless, which is the basis for endless rebirths, depending on the collected imprints.
Pure and simple. When conciousness focus on itself it becomes aware of it’s timeless und indestructible nature. Then it makes sense to think beyond this life.
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Hiya. Thanks again for taking the time to answer and for sharing your thoughts.

Yes Hatta is the basis and quite nice. Iyengar is really awesome for alignment and correct posture, and Ashtanga Mysore style is super physical.

Well I read that Varjayana was an off shoot of Mahayana which then evolved on its own.

As you I do not believe in anything and I do not believe that all humans are good, and believe that if enlightenment does in fact really exists, then it a solitary path and a selfish one…. Anyways, I respect all different paths as far as they are not based on blind belief and fanatisme.
 
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Persianfarmer

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shiva82 said:
i have to rebuild much of yard and garden , i'm behind schedule converting it into a greenhouse , so for now i'm going to erect a cheap plastic greenhouse ready for the season , and projects . i can move plants on into the wild, possibly the farm , to mr beans and a few here and there

going to smoke one and then go build it up and get planning the season
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Nice! You will have mad fun and amazing varieties of plants that you could grow (like exotic plants), or are you dedicating it for medicinal plants only? How big will it be… I am so envious you got a garden ahhhhh!
 
strain_hunter

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shiva82 said:
i have to give strainhunter credit , he is one of least annoying buddhist around and really knows his onions
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I have all disturbing emotions like everyone else but I don’t identify that often with it anymore. Was a bit confused the last weeks and there were more joyous thoughts the last days. I am excited to see, what comes next 😂
 
strain_hunter

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Persianfarmer said:
Hiya. Thanks again for taking the time to answer and for sharing your thoughts.

Yes Hatta is the basis and quite nice. Iyengar is really awesome for alignment and correct posture, and Ashtanga Mysore style is super physical.

Well I read that Varjayana was an off shoot of Mahayana which then evolved on its own.
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The teachings were always there regarding to my teachers. But it got lost in Tibet for example and had to be brought back. Padmasambhava brought it from India to Tibet the first time and later it was brought there from Marpa.

But in India there were masters like Saraha or Nagarjuna. The book with the title The 84 Mahasiddhas from Keith Dowman is an interesting reading.

Persianfarmer said:
As you I do not believe in anything and I do not believe that all humans are good, and believe that if enlightenment does in fact really exists, then it a solitary path and a selfish one….
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I think that people are not inherently evil, but simply don't understand reality properly.

The term enlightenment is also used inflationarily. It depends on the wishes one makes before practicing. A tenth stage bodhisattva reappears as long as conditions permit in changing bodies all the time, with a Buddha only appearing when there were no more methods and all good conditions come together. Since one does not make any wishes before liberation, one remains alone for oneself.
Persianfarmer said:
Anyways, I respect all different paths as far as they are not based on blind belief and fanatisme.
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Different methods for different people.
 
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