Dhamma Wheel

Dear friends, I am already your friend in the Dhamma. Read and meditate. Be patient. Don't get overwhelmed because you have no Sangha. Many of us do not, as you can clearly see. All will come in time. Keep your spirits up, and participate online for support. We are here for you, as much as can help ...

Immerse yourself in the Buddha’s teaching for a while, then step back and take a big-picture view of what you’ve encountered and you cannot but see that the Buddha may be trusted as one trusts one’s own mother, or father, or whoever one might have known whose word one has trusted implicitly. Becaus...

You say that, but you don't say how this is so. What are these Mahayana teachings which negate the Pali Canon and refute Theravada? I agree. We have to be very careful when we criticize other schools of Buddhism. In the end, the Dhamma is the Dhamma, and the Buddha's most prominent and important te...

Opinions will be greatly appreciated. Have you thought of being a hermit? There's quite a tradition of hermits in some countries. It's a lonely life though, and difficult with food and healthcare and old age. The only other alternative I could think of is to properly be an 8-precept layperson full-...

I wouldn't presume to define Zen, but according to Bodhidharma, it is not dependent on words, and points directly at the Original Mind, ie Nibbana. Zen teachers are meant to embody realisation and point it out with skilful means, appropriate to the student, through words-actions, their entire being...

Comparing is never wholesome.

The forum is useful to me, and to many others. I have learned a lot.

The Sangha can support you, but only you can find enlightenment. Others cannot do it for you.

May this dear man find pure happiness in future lives. He, like all of us, will someday fulfill his deepest wish for happiness. It may be countless lifetimes, but we all shall prevail from rebirth at some point. Death awaits us all. It is real and is coming. It is why we practice. We don't have much...

Taro, As an addendum I want to say this. Its something I should have mentioned earlier in that first post I made on this thread, but it surfaced into my mind a few moments ago. You will find in Vajrayana communities that the word 'enlightened' gets used very easily, partly because of the Guru Yoga ...

The Jhanas are somewhat like what the Mahayanas in the Tibetan traditions call Dzogchen. I am not sure if the Zen/Chan/Seon traditions have an equivalent, as they're all quite simplistic: Shikantaza meditation (the Japanese Zen term). I know the Jhanas are real. I know the Dhamma is real. I know tha...

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

confusedlayman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:57 amThere is no peace in existance

Yes, dear friend, samsara is no longer seen as samsara when our minds are purified and we see emptiness directly. We are permanently at peace in nibbana. There is no ego, no self, and no clinging. Pure consciousness only.

Buddhism is not nihilstic. Also, we don't need to consider rebirth, either. If all human beings were to see clearly (nibbana), they would see the most profound value in living life, as they would have no more suffering -- only perfect peace. Because we are all Buddha at our core, we have potential f...

but if it isn't, then making an effort in Dhamma practice is quite important. No. It appears the opposite. It appears it is those that believe in future lives that don't make a strong effort. For example, Ajahn Brahm is always telling his audience there are so many lives in the future to attain the...

Striving for Monkhood wrote about being very disturbed by some things that Sadguru said, but not wanting to discuss it because it would be negative speech. Respectfully, may I suggest, that bringing it up and then not discussing the details is worse. Now we are left to imagine what might be these d...

Yes.. it not wholesome to talk of others Absolutely! We can strongly disagree but not talk ill of others. I am afraid my language will get out of control to continue. Also, I was disheartened a bit, but I understand that Sadhguru is just one person who is not even a Buddhist. LOL. If he were a Budd...