Posted on 10/29/2019 5:26:52 PM PDT by Farcesensitive
Trying to move the conversation away from muzzies!
“What’s being discussed here is not the religion. It is the practice of understanding the mind. Which is an incredibly useful thing to do and really ought to be taught to everyone.”
The schools are teaching more than just understanding the mind:
In a video on “Mindfulness in Education” by expert Amy Burke, the very first quote comes from an Indian guru and so-called “World Teacher” by the name of “Jiddu Krishnamurti,” from his book “Education and the Significance of Life.” The decision to quote this particular character guru offers significant insight into what this is all about.
This guru, who was adopted and trained by the head of a Luciferian cult known as the “Theosophical Society,” was blunt about his pagan agenda. “You want to have your own gods – new gods instead of the old, new religions instead of the old, new forms instead of the old – all equally valueless, all barriers, all limitations, all crutches,” Krishnamurti explained.
“Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions; instead of the old worships you have new worships,” the guru said. “You are all depending for your spirituality on someone else, for your happiness on someone else, for enlightenment on someone else; … you must put them all away and look within yourselves for the enlightenment, for the glory, for the purification, and for the incorruptibility of the self.”
Note that the quotes in question are in a video about teaching “midfulness”.
So kids who slug their teachers could be required to meditate in the full lotus for their time-out, making them more mindful of their behavior.
So I’m good wit dat, yo.
Crystals and oiji boards are on back order
So we are supposed to believe that even though the Buddha's teachings are followed by more than 1 Billion people, and have been published continuously since before the birth of Christ, that you are the first person to have posted them on the internet.
LOL, you win the award for most foolish post of the day.
Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get what one wants is suffering; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.
Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the origin of suffering: it is this craving [taṇhā, "thirst"] which leads to re-becoming, accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there; that is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving for becoming, craving for disbecoming.
Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, non-reliance on it.
Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of suffering: it is this noble eightfold path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
Your understanding of Buddhism, as you created in your alternate set of statements supposedly the Four Noble Truths, is just wrong. Ask yourself, why do I need to make up a fake representation of Buddhism?
How strong can your own faith be, whatever it is, if you need to lie about another religion?
Do you really think avoiding the suffering brought about by, for example, lust, by avoiding lustful thoughts and actions is a bad thing?
It isn’t avoiding suffer. It is that the purpose of life IS suffering to extirpate the sins of a previous life. When the Buddha wrote of achieving nothingness he really meant nothingness. No lust but no love either.
But never mind you will not convince me and you are obviously not going to change your mind either
I've seen people here claim that doing a downward dog in yoga will allow demons to enter your body.
Absolute BS! The First Noble Truth says nothing about the purpose of life. Not one word. Neither do the other three.
What you posted is Fai Mao's Faux Noble Truths. lol
The rest of it is equally a sack of lies.
I was slightly confusing Samsara with the “Noble Laws”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/samsara
The continuous cycle of birth/life/death/rebirth in which we suffer for the sins of our past life.
It has only been 35 years since I read all the Asian philosophy stuff. I am working from old memories
I'm afraid that is not a correct Buddhist view either. The samsaric cycle of birth/death and rebirth is caused by mental and emotional attachments, ie holding onto the concept of an independent self, not for sins. Good karma keeps us stuck in that cycle just as much as bad karma. In some respects perhaps even more so.
It has only been 35 years since I read all the Asian philosophy stuff. I am working from old memories
My understanding is a bit more current. 21+ years of practice, contemplation, study, teachings (from a number of teachers) and dozens of hours of formal and informal discussion with my teacher.
No offense intended but I'm afraid your memories on this subject have not survived time very well. Almost everything you have stated in posts above is incorrect.
Nothing is more in error than your statements on 'nothingness.' In the Buddhist view a state of nothingness is not possible. Not in this relative reality (samsara) and not in the absolute reality. The concept of nothingness is anathema to the teachings and it is safe to say that no school, sect or level of teachings would embrace it.
I think a claim like that speaks for itself.
I think a claim like that speaks for itself.
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