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mm buddhism.
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| Zenchowdah |
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/cano...aka/dhp/21.html
this is why Mahayanas do not like Theravedas :)
Zen is an offshoot of Mahayana, and feel that to attain enlightment, one must make no effort at attaining it.
Theravedas focus on meditation and understanding, and the ways of the elders. They believe in no ego, and therefore tend not to be empathetic in any way whatsoever, much to the disdain of Mahayana, as portrayed here (Dhammapada XXI, 290):
"If, by forsaking
a limited ease,
he would see
an abundance of ease,
the enlightened man
would forsake
the limited ease
for the sake
of the abundant. "
anybody else like a bit of buddhism with their morning coffee? :) |
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| mezzir |
meeee :toothless
always identified with buddhism and zen way way more than any western religions, made way more sense to me
and i have a statue of buddha standing smiling hands outstretched that i've had for probably 4-5 years now that i got at a buddhist temple in japan
the fragile little thing is missing some beats from his necklace and an entire arm...he just wasn't meant to live in a dorm :( |
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| Jackson |
| I follow a mixture of Zen buddhism and Taoism. And yeah i have always been able to relate more to it than western religions too. *Lights insence stick and sips green tea* |
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| Lira |
Believing in "no ego" is an essential part of Buddhism, which exists both in Mahayana and Theravada.
I don't understand much of the poems because of my English though... or because I've just gotten out of bed :p |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Believing in "no ego" is an essential part of Buddhism, which exists both in Mahayana and Theravada.
I don't understand much of the poems because of my English though... or because I've just gotten out of bed :p |
it could be a lot of the english thing.. they use strange grammar |
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