Buddhism - Path of Evil

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"How wonderful is the tongue of the inanimate. You cannot hear it with your ears, but you can hear it with your eyes." -- Refuse (zen master)

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When you have pain all over your body and die because of it, you have reached enlightenment.

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Student: "How shall I learn the law?"

Master: "Eat when you are hungry and sleep when you are tired."

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Student: "Where has Zen become perfected?"

Master: "The moon."

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i'm basically challenging buddhists to explain their non attachment philosophy. to me it comes off as supporting destruction and annihilation of all life, love and everything in our fragile, temporary existence. it supports opting out of life to dwell in uncaring nirvana instead of getting attached, gaining, losing living loving and learning here in 3D! it spits in the face of the creator.

 Bluebell,....gosh but our greatest and most diligent efforts are to give loving kindness to all things. 

  Would you please,...as a favor to me,...consider looking at some You Tube talks by Ajahn Brahm? 

 Being a Buddhist isn't about checking out of life, or dwelling in "uncaring nirvana". Nirvana is about love, peace, understanding, and mindfulness. It is about living life to it's fullest.
 Yes,...Buddhist Monks live rather austere lives, but none of that applies to Buddhist laymen and women. It is ALL about being human.
  
  Bluebell,...please don't take my word for,....take 45 minutes and listen to one of Ajahn Brahms talks.
  It's all so very different then I think you're perceiving.

 The "non-attachment" concept is towards not trying to control every aspect and outcome. But with the caveat of understanding that which needs your attention and that which doesn't. 

 Bluebell, I can only speak for myself, and those I associate with,......as practicing Buddhists we still do the following,....

 Run Businesses,...work jobs,.....make love to our mates,....disagree with our mates,........tell jokes,.....eat junk food,......drive cars,.....etc.

 What has Buddhism done for me?.......well,....along with the Law of One,.....it's helped me to be more grateful,.....see the beauty in life,....it's buffered the difficult times,.......my Girl and her Children say it's made me a more peaceful, happier person. 

 That is not to say I don't fail in my discipline, or backslide,...forgetting to apply compassion and loving kindness to all. 

 Bluebell,....perhaps there is some confusion between how monks live,........ versus how just a person walking the Middle Way and practicing the Precepts lives?

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Admittedly, some of those things are things that I made up. But my point is that Zen Buddhism, in particular, promotes lateral thinking.

"If you meet the Buddha... kill him."

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Thich Nhat Hanh: On Homosexuality

Posted on March 29, 2009

Thich Nhat Hanh, the noted Zen monk, poet, teacher who is the inspiration behind Deer Park Monastery and the Plum Village tradition, shares these words about the Buddhadharma’s view of “homosexuality” in the latest book, ANSWERS FROM THE HEART.

Q. What is the Buddhist view of homosexuality?
A. The spirit of Buddhism is inclusiveness. Looking deeply into the nature of a cloud, we see the cosmos. A flower is a flower, but if we look deeply into it, we see the cosmos. Everything has a place. The base-the foundation of everything-is the same. When you look at the ocean, you see different kinds of waves, many sizes and shapes, but all the waves have water as their foundation and substance. If you are born gay or lesbian, your ground of being in the same as mine. We are different, but we share the same ground of being. The Protestant theologian Paul Tillich said that God is the ground of being. You should be yourself. If God has created me as a rose, then I should accept myself as a rose. If you are a lesbian, then be a lesbian. Looking deeply into your nature, you will see yourself as you truly are. You will be able to touch the ground of your being and find peace.
If you’re a victim of discrimination, then your way to emancipation is not simply by crying out against injustice. Injustice cannot be repaired by recognition alone, but by your capacity to touch the ground of your being. Discrimination, intolerance, and suppression stem from lack of knowledge and lack of understanding. If you’re capable of touching the ground of your being, you can be released from the suffering that has been created in you through discrimination and oppression.
Someone who discriminates against you, because of your race or the color of your skin or your sexual orientation, is ignorant. He doesn’t know his own ground of being. He doesn’t realize that we all share the same ground of being; that is why he can discriminate against you.
Someone who discriminates against others and causes them to suffer is someone who is not happy with himself. Once you’ve touched the depth and the nature of your ground of being, you’ll be equipped with the kind of understanding that can give rise to compassion and tolerance, and you will be capable of forgiving even those who discriminate against you. Don’t believe that relief or justice will come through society alone. True emancipation lies in your capacity to look deeply.
When you suffer because of discrimination, there’s always an urge to speak out. But even if you spend a thousand years speaking out, your suffering won’t be relieved. Only through deep understanding and liberation from ignorance can you be liberated from your suffering.
When you break through to the truth, compassion springs up like a stream of water. With that compassion, you can embrace even the people who have persecuted you. When you’re motivated by desire to help those who are victims of ignorance, only then are you free from your suffering and feelings of violation. Don’t wait for things to change around you. You have to practice liberating yourself. Then you will be equipped with the power of compassion and understanding, the only kind of power that can help transform an environment full of injustice and discrimination. You have to become such a person-one who can embody tolerance, understanding, and compassion. You transform yourself into an instrument for social change and change in the collective consciousness of mankind.

Thich Nhat Hanh, Answers from the Heart: Practical Responses To Life’s Burning Questions (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 2009), 119-122.

https://isanghamahal.wordpress.com/2009/...sexuality/