Saturday, March 6, 2010
Keeping Good Company
Were I a magician, the strongest magic potions would have been the five moral precepts*
Coming back to the good company part ...it does start from good moral precepts and grows with time and metta. The Sangha renders a lot of intangible substrates that do become tangible effectively.
All I say here is get rid of bad company, all you will be left with will be good company, even if you are left with nothing!
Good company is people who can speak the truth, who are not greedy, who are on the path of dhamma! These people/merit will be your guide till you reach the final goal, even as you see noone around you, this will intervene and interfere in your dreams, in your life, in incidents and leave you drenched with love, at times unexpectedly ... without leaving a trace behind
:)
Coming back to the good company part ...it does start from good moral precepts and grows with time and metta. The Sangha renders a lot of intangible substrates that do become tangible effectively.
All I say here is get rid of bad company, all you will be left with will be good company, even if you are left with nothing!
Good company is people who can speak the truth, who are not greedy, who are on the path of dhamma! These people/merit will be your guide till you reach the final goal, even as you see noone around you, this will intervene and interfere in your dreams, in your life, in incidents and leave you drenched with love, at times unexpectedly ... without leaving a trace behind
:)
About the Blog
This blog is more or less uselss, even for me.
Like most religious texts, it only talks About it. I do not give any info about practicing vipassana, it is only this practice that automatically brings about changes*. I do not mention anything about the technique, but only talk of things like shedding passion, how does it help the layman?? I dont have an answer! It does open things to wrong interpretation. Meditative life is both tough and easy, freaking tough and freaking easy!
*Largely because there are already well-structured centers teaching the technique, I m one of the millions who are touched. http://www.dhamma.org/
Like most religious texts, it only talks About it. I do not give any info about practicing vipassana, it is only this practice that automatically brings about changes*. I do not mention anything about the technique, but only talk of things like shedding passion, how does it help the layman?? I dont have an answer! It does open things to wrong interpretation. Meditative life is both tough and easy, freaking tough and freaking easy!
*Largely because there are already well-structured centers teaching the technique, I m one of the millions who are touched. http://www.dhamma.org/
Thursday, March 4, 2010
* Do dogs have Buddha nature?
It is easy and acceptable to say all beings have Buddha nature. If you like to hear that, then I have said it :) Go no futher.
What I personally feel is that a question, sometimes, is not answered pointing out the obvious, but also the dissimilarities. Like if I sell a product telling what it can do, but I skip some functionality where it is crucial to tell what it does Not do, then I have not really given the information. Like if I sell magic potions, the 'can not do this' part becomes really important. But you know some companies do not really believe in this, and I end up paying more for less :(
Now:
Buddha is rid of the something very significant. Buddha nature isn’t much about what he is, but more about what he is not. No defilements, no more birth, no more circles of existence…even nibbana is a no-definition. With great momentum (all the preparation yogis make for, is this final Olympic) he has broken a few barriers and experienced through the physical experiences (ahh I remember a long forgotten dream here, this dream helped me understand this with great symbolic pictures). He has experienced a state after aeons of merit as a yogi, a vipassi. Some existences were of a fish, other animals, kings, devas and humans. But is that fish, is that dog, is that human in the previous existence this Buddha?
*But you know some questions are null questions, they should have not been asked in the first place! I know the theories of educationists/no question is irrelevant ... there is a skill to asking the right questions, life-changing questions, and there is a whole set of misleading questions, life-challenging questions
Pardon me, I express only personal opinions here
What I personally feel is that a question, sometimes, is not answered pointing out the obvious, but also the dissimilarities. Like if I sell a product telling what it can do, but I skip some functionality where it is crucial to tell what it does Not do, then I have not really given the information. Like if I sell magic potions, the 'can not do this' part becomes really important. But you know some companies do not really believe in this, and I end up paying more for less :(
Now:
Buddha is rid of the something very significant. Buddha nature isn’t much about what he is, but more about what he is not. No defilements, no more birth, no more circles of existence…even nibbana is a no-definition. With great momentum (all the preparation yogis make for, is this final Olympic) he has broken a few barriers and experienced through the physical experiences (ahh I remember a long forgotten dream here, this dream helped me understand this with great symbolic pictures). He has experienced a state after aeons of merit as a yogi, a vipassi. Some existences were of a fish, other animals, kings, devas and humans. But is that fish, is that dog, is that human in the previous existence this Buddha?
*But you know some questions are null questions, they should have not been asked in the first place! I know the theories of educationists/no question is irrelevant ... there is a skill to asking the right questions, life-changing questions, and there is a whole set of misleading questions, life-challenging questions
Pardon me, I express only personal opinions here
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
To tumble onto things
Like if you carry a weight for too long, or a scent for long enough, there are moments when you forget its there at all. Passion is such, so much of it is there that we forget how much it is present in things, like salt in food. Its got everything colored in its taste, so much of it!
I say this realising that when you take this weight off your back you realise it was there afterall. You 'feel' it even if it gets lighter by a little bit. I realised there was less of passion when I see my usual reactions to things chnage. I didnt find myself ready to take on a fight, not willing to feel excited, or sad, or elated or any of those things. At the same time I felt very comfortable, very comfortable with things around me, more efficient. The most terrific thing was that I was not thinking in terms of gain or loss. I m feeling lighter and better, swifter and stiller.
Contrary to this love (which is not passion) makes you feel closer to people without having to have a physical presence near them. You listen more intently, feel more beautiful, feel healthier, love truth, are unafraid and yes, simple. Love makes you tolerant and strong, humbler and definitely more poised, more sure about yourself.
I say this realising that when you take this weight off your back you realise it was there afterall. You 'feel' it even if it gets lighter by a little bit. I realised there was less of passion when I see my usual reactions to things chnage. I didnt find myself ready to take on a fight, not willing to feel excited, or sad, or elated or any of those things. At the same time I felt very comfortable, very comfortable with things around me, more efficient. The most terrific thing was that I was not thinking in terms of gain or loss. I m feeling lighter and better, swifter and stiller.
Contrary to this love (which is not passion) makes you feel closer to people without having to have a physical presence near them. You listen more intently, feel more beautiful, feel healthier, love truth, are unafraid and yes, simple. Love makes you tolerant and strong, humbler and definitely more poised, more sure about yourself.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Be Not Scared of Nothingness
In Buddhism they say your enemy is one that comes across as sweet but is not, like flattery.
And sometimes we do not recognize what is beautiful as beautiful.
Moments when I have nothing to do are beautiful moments, potentially. And I see 'nothing' is what I used to be scared of. Mind would run towards accomplishments, sport, entertainment, when 'nothing' is beautiful, and that only. Nothing is active, nothing is truly open, nothing is fun, in the hands of one who is bereft of lethargy and passion. It opens true doors of exploring, of undoing, of unlearning, of true being.
We unfortunately tell ourselves we are bored. What void are we trying to constantly fill?
And sometimes we do not recognize what is beautiful as beautiful.
Moments when I have nothing to do are beautiful moments, potentially. And I see 'nothing' is what I used to be scared of. Mind would run towards accomplishments, sport, entertainment, when 'nothing' is beautiful, and that only. Nothing is active, nothing is truly open, nothing is fun, in the hands of one who is bereft of lethargy and passion. It opens true doors of exploring, of undoing, of unlearning, of true being.
We unfortunately tell ourselves we are bored. What void are we trying to constantly fill?
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