Very Important Message!
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I hope together we,you,are going into this.Together we are investigating,not the speaker investigates and you listen,agree or disagree,accept or deny,but together we are exploring a very,very profound problem of humanity.We must together consider this question deeply.You can only consider this question,when the mind is very sincere.If you have fear,you will go around praying and asking for help.Hoping to get some happiness or some deities to save you. If you take away fear,do you still need that prayer?
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Have you read the Heart Sutra ( 心�)?
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AEN can explains much better to all of us in English. ( sorry, push to AEN again
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Hi Cycle, very fitting verse.
"Having nothing to attain, Bodhisattvas live prajna paramita with no hindrance in the mind.
No hindrance, thus no fear.
Far beyond delusive thinking, they attain complete Nirvana." -
If that is the case,why Buddhist is still praying to Buddha and Boddhisttvah asking for help.
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Originally posted by Canihelpyou02:
If that is the case,why Buddhist is still praying to Buddha and Boddhisttvah asking for help.
I for one don't often pray for help. Buddhism is not a praying religion, and many of those people who "pray" aren't Buddhists to begin with. So we must not mistake Buddhism with the common Chinese folk religion that prays to all Buddhist and non-Buddhist figures, and deities.
By the way, Buddhists don't pray to deities, unlike folk religions. Deities are samsaric beings, still in the cycle of rebirth. Buddha and Bodhisattvas are above samsara, they are enlightened beings. Even then we do not 'pray' to them, we only pay respect and veneration.
Through their teachings, we aim to practice the Boddhisattva path, attain Buddhahood ourselves. We do not 'worship' them. Everyone's Buddha Nature is complete, just that we have not realised it.
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HOW TO REALISE THE BUDDHA NATURE? Can someone help me please! I will be very grateful for that.
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
I for one don't often pray for help. Buddhism is not a praying religion, and many of those people who "pray" aren't Buddhists to begin with. So we must not mistake Buddhism with the common Chinese folk religion that prays to all Buddhist and non-Buddhist figures, and deities.
By the way, Buddhists don't pray to deities, unlike folk religions. Deities are samsaric beings, still in the cycle of rebirth. Buddha and Bodhisattvas are above samsara, they are enlightened beings. Even then we do not 'pray' to them, we only pay respect and veneration.
Through their teachings, we aim to practice the Boddhisattva path, attain Buddhahood ourselves. We do not 'worship' them. Everyone's Buddha Nature is complete, just that we have not realised it.
Agreed..We treat Buddha and Bodhisattvas as our teachers in this case. And Buddhism is a form of education according to some senior monk
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Originally posted by Lost_Drift:
Agreed..We treat Buddha and Bodhisattvas as our teachers in this case. And Buddhism is a form of education according to some senior monk
That is very true..
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Originally posted by Canihelpyou02:I hope together we,you,are going into this.Together we are investigating,not the speaker investigates and you listen,agree or disagree,accept or deny,but together we are exploring a very,very profound problem of humanity.We must together consider this question deeply.You can only consider this question,when the mind is very sincere.If you have fear,you will go around praying and asking for help.Hoping to get some happiness or some deities to save you. If you take away fear,do you still need that prayer?
Hi,
I think what you wrote is very true.
IMO, by keeping this in mind one can better distinguish the truth from the propaganda.
Bear in mind that propaganda, like marketing and selling exists everywhere...even in religions.
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Originally posted by Canihelpyou02:I hope together we,you,are going into this.Together we are investigating,not the speaker investigates and you listen,agree or disagree,accept or deny,but together we are exploring a very,very profound problem of humanity.We must together consider this question deeply.You can only consider this question,when the mind is very sincere.If you have fear,you will go around praying and asking for help.Hoping to get some happiness or some deities to save you. If you take away fear,do you still need that prayer?
First of all, if you think you are free of fear, it could be your mind is not subtle enough to notice the very slight fear in you. The seed of fear may be still there, when you experience that kind of suffering beyond your current imagination, your fear may arise. If you really get rid of all these fear and seeds which is what we call attachment, then I must bow down to you already.
But then have to remember the sentient beings around you, they still have fear, so must think of a way to save them. Now the question is, when you hear those beings crying and praying for your help, will you go and help them. -
For: justdoit77
"If you really get rid of all these fear and seeds which is what we call attachment, then I must bow down to you already".
But for me,if you still havent get rid of all the fear and seeds,which is what call attachment,I also can bow down to you.
Human beings like to check,hold and attach.The mind is always checking the other mind which is the shadow of the latter.There will be no end.The whole fear comes from "I".The "I" or ego is very afraid to die.Lastly,when i hear those beings crying and praying for help, I will not go and help because they actually should be out searching for a way out.Crying and praying cannot help,give them some candy and they stop crying.