A Dharma Maser view on pureland practice... (in Chinese)

• Zenist69

  17 Dec 12, 22:09

  "行门中特别æ�·å¾„çš„è¯�是禅宗，禅宗在目å‰�讲大家都认为å�‚禅悟é�“那么是æ�·å¾„，但是特别æ�·å¾„是净土法门。æ�·å¾„就是最近的路ä¸�必绕é�“那就是禅，但是一个特别æ�·å¾„比禅宗更厉害的，那么就是所谓净土。因为所有的法门统统需è¦�断惑，å�ªæœ‰å‡€åœŸå®—的，你å�ªè¦�ä¼�惑就好，ä¼�惑简å�•è®²å°±æ˜¯å¹³å¸¸è¦�学习放得下，放得下——金钱放得下ã€�å��利放得下，那么你的情执，感情放得下，等临命终的时候，你å�ªè¦�这些暂时ä¸�èµ·æ�¥ï¼Œä¸€å®šå¾€ç”Ÿæž�ä¹�世界。所以今天我们没有碰到净土宗的法门，认为è¦�了生死的机会，我认为等于零，几乎ä¸�å�¯èƒ½ã€‚"

  �自慧律法师《大专佛学�四讲表》http://daoyi1961.blog.163.com/blog/static/8864935820129375111297/

• Zenist69

  17 Dec 12, 22:41

  So when I posted 慧律法师 view on doomsday rumor, it get deleted rightaway. (I tried at least 4 times) And this post which praise pureland practice, get to stay.

  So why is it view on debunking doomsday rumor is a taboo here in this forum??? Anyone?

• An Eternal Now

  17 Dec 12, 23:22

  I have no ideas who deleted your thread on doomsday but I am pretty sure it was not deleted by the moderators of BWB. (could it be fireice? who knows)
  
  2012 doomsday is basically bullshit, I have said since years ago that nothing will happen on December 21, 2012.

  Doomsday will happen billions of years from now.

• An Eternal Now

  17 Dec 12, 23:29

  sgForums has a policy (implemented by FireIce) that is against double posting in multiple forums.

  If you posted something twice, it is likely that sgForum's overseer FireIce will delete both of your posts.

• Dalforce 1941

  17 Dec 12, 23:40

  My view is that there won't be doomsday this friday.

• Zenist69

  18 Dec 12, 02:04

  Originally posted by An Eternal Now:

  sgForums has a policy (implemented by FireIce) that is against double posting in multiple forums.

  If you posted something twice, it is likely that sgForum's overseer FireIce will delete both of your posts.

  I didn't double post, nor multiple post. 

  I think, its probably due to some hiccup of the SgForum system. Maybe it mistaken my second  youtube link post identical with the first youtube link post (which is two different youtube link). So it delete the post with the second youtube link.

  Its okay, just cant share with u guys that video i edited. Nevermind, its just one clip. And the most important thing is to practice fang xia. And right now, I am carrying around 'my youtube channel', 'my youtube clip', more 'views for my youtube channel'. 修行�到家。Let me go delete my youtube account right now... (Juz kidding...)

  阿弥陀佛。See u around. 

• sinweiy

  18 Dec 12, 09:39

  'Mayan Apocalypse' come from two New Age books in the Seventies and Eighties. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/mayan-apocalypse-2012--how-predictions-came-from-new-age-magic-mushroom-trip-130852054.html How the 'Mayan Apocalypse' came from a New Age magic mushroom trip The 'prophecy' does not stem from the Mayans at all. Instead, the beliefs come from two New Age books in the Seventies and Eighties, says a British academic. People who are expecting the world to end on December 21 - the so-called 'Mayan Apocalypse' - should be in for a pleasant disappointment. The 'prophecy' does not stem from the Mayans at all - or date from thousands of years ago. Instead, the beliefs come from two New Age books in the Seventies and Eighties. The two books predict outcomes as surreal as a 'upgrade' to human consciousness predicted by a spirit from the seventh century. The date itself comes from a prophecy based on a magic mushroom trip. “December 21st will be just another Friday morning,� said Andrew Wilson, Assistant Head of Social Studies at the University of Derby. “A hippy guru called Jose Arguelles associated the date with the Mayan calendar in a book called The Mayan Factor in 1987. But it's an obsolete form of the calendar, which had not been used since the year 1100AD.� [Related: 20-year-old global warming prediction 'was accurate'] “He claimed to be channelling various spirits, including the spirit of a Mayan king from the seventh century. He predicted a ‘shift in human consciousness’ - mass enlightenment.� The actual date of December 21 first appeared in an earlier work - a 1975 book by Terence McKenna, a writer known for his descriptions of “machine elves� seen while under the influence of drugs. The date appeared in McKenna's ‘Timeline Zero’ prophecy, and was based on McKenna’s own mathematics, the Chinese I Ching and a magic mushroom trip. Jose Arguelles, author of The Mayan Factor (Image: Wikimedia)McKenna later met Arguelles and the two became, Wilson says, part of a circle of New Age authors who cited each other’s work, lending the ‘prophecy’ an air of believability. “The significance of December 21 2012 in ‘New Age’ circles emerged from the work of ‘ethnobotanist’ Terence McKenna as he travelled deep into the Amazon in the 1970s,� says Wilson. His calculations of a ‘zero time wave’ suggested the world would go through a large change on December 21.� “Arguelles, who had a long-held interest in Native American spiritualties, was inspired by McKenna’s work. He popularised the date in connection with the ‘long count calendar’ of the Mayan people in his new-age circles.� As the belief has evolved, it has become associated with other, wilder predictions - such as the idea that Earth will be hit by a ‘rogue planet’, Nibiru, or swallowed by a black hole. “There is no central belief,� says Wilson, “It varies from the ideas that Earth’s magnetic poles might shift, to the idea of a ‘galactic council’ visiting Earth. There’s no one, definite idea - it mirrors the New Age beliefs from which it comes.� “It’s become part of a lot of religious movements. For instance, ‘The Galactic Federation of Light’ believes that ‘Planet X’ will make a close pass by the earth in 2012 – causing a deep transformation of human life on Earth. “What this and other apocalyptic dates have in common across new religious movements is that they are often predicted to occur within a believer’s lifetime - making their beliefs urgent and important,� said Wilson. “However, most people who believe in the significance of December 21 2012 have tempered their predictions of an apocalypse to, instead, signifying some significant change in humanity. Whether that is a change in culture or a world-wide event - most believers in an apocalypse won't be preparing for an earthly end but looking forward to an imminent transformation." “A lot of people look to this story for reassurance - about the financial climate, or even about fears of, for instance, the Large Hadron Collider.� “What’s been popularised is the dramatic stuff - but I am definitely still doing my Christmas shopping as normal this year.� Wilson’s paper, ‘From Mushrooms to the Stars’, will be published by Ashgate in 2013.
• Zenist69

  18 Dec 12, 11:08

  Here's 慧律法师 view on 2012 doomsday rumor. In Chinese.

  "最近常常看这个电视，我们最近电视上都会出现世界末日，世界末日，很多人写e-mail �问师父，很多人写e-mail �问师父说：师父�您对世界末日有什么看法？诸��2012的今天没有世界末日，�有心�末日。为什么没有世界末日？诸��（大众鼓掌）。讲一下，世界末日是马雅文化，其他人解读错误，玛雅文化�5126年；有的人讲5144，五�一百二�六年一个大的循环，新西元�三�多年，�加上2012，加起�刚好是5126年，这是玛雅文化历算的最�一年。玛雅文化并没有说世界末日啊，没有啊，是��的人一直解读，玛雅文化2012，12月21，早上11点11分是世界末日。诸��人家玛雅的长�起�讲�了，在��国也�表，在全世界�过CNN他就�表：我们玛雅文化没有说世界末日，希望大家���以讹传讹，���错误一直传�传下去，我们玛雅文化没有说世界末日。"

  ---摘自慧律法师开示《摩诃般若与涅槃妙心》

  http://daoyi1961.blog.163.com/blog/static/886493582012101711356599/

• An Eternal Now

  18 Dec 12, 14:33

  Very interesting info sinweiy and zenist69 :) Appreciate the debunking of false concepts.

• An Eternal Now

  18 Dec 12, 15:42

  p.s. sent you a PM, zenist.