confusedlayman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:30 pm
But jesus is not bodhisattva he was a puthujana ...
in the Pali suttas, the term 'bodhisatta' refers to an unenlightened puthujjana. in other words, both jesus and all bodhisattva are puthujjana
confusedlayman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:30 pmby the way thanks for suggesting me a activity to do in free time if i go there after final confirmation
you are welcome. it appears you, SteRo, Jesus and Bodhisatva share the same characteristic. the buddha said:
Cunda, it is impossible that one who is himself sunk in the mire should pull out another who is sunk in the mire.
MN 8
i hope you going to Israel to learn computing or electronic surveillance. but if you are going to the land of self-tribal-cherishing to learn the amoral Mahayana, that is a strange thing i have ever heard
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There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
Mr Man wrote:I wouldn't take the exceptions to the rule as an endorsement of violent self-defence.
Whose doing that?
This is our foundation: to have sati, recollection, and sampajañña, self-awareness, whether standing, walking, sitting, or reclining. Whatever arises, just leave it be, don’t cling to it. Whether it’s like or dislike, happiness or suffering, doubt or certainty... Don’t try to label everything, just know it. See that all the things that arise in the mind are simply sensations. They are transient. They arise, exist and cease. That’s all there is to them, they have no self or being, they are neither ‘us’ nor ‘them’. None of them are worthy of clinging to.
confusedlayman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:36 am
after covid, i might be going to some country like israel and live for sometime where all citizens are recommended to own their own gun ..
Its not wise to go to a country if you have wrong views about that country, its culture, its laws and its people.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
confusedlayman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:36 am
after covid, i might be going to some country like israel and live for sometime where all citizens are recommended to own their own gun ..
Its not wise to go to a country if you have wrong views about that country, its culture, its laws and its people.
But how could he better gain right views about that country, its culture, its laws and people, than by going to that country?
perkele wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 10:43 pm
But how could he better gain right views about that country, its culture, its laws and people, than by going to that country?
Research the internet about Israel gun ownership. Before you travel to any foreign country, you should research many things.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
DooDoot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:51 pm if you are going to the land of self-tribal-cherishing to learn the amoral Mahayana, that is a strange thing i have ever heard
sentinel wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:25 am
What is it amoral that you are referring to ?
Non-conceptuality. Non-duality. Suspending judgments of 'good' & 'evil'. Attempting to abandon thought rather than abandoning craving.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
sentinel wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:25 am
What is it amoral that you are referring to ?
Non-conceptuality. Non-duality. Suspending judgments of 'good' & 'evil' while engaging in sexual misconduct with naive students. Attempting to abandon thought rather than abandoning craving.
Ah...but that isnt mahayana if i am not mistaken . That was one person having wrong action and affected the whole community . I have known many mahayana practioners whom are very stricts in vinaya though and aims at eliminating defilements . And they do explains that their cultivation establishes on learning the four noble truth and eight fold path as their foundation . However , i hope this is not to mix up with Theravada position in explaining the Buddha teachings in its entirety .
Anyway , i am not going to fall into wrong speech mocking at people as i gradually understand the dhamma now .
