Buddhist Extremist Group - Discussion
Buddhist Extremist Group
Mettafore, modificat fa 8 anys at 22/11/15 08:51
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Buddhist Extremist Group
Apunts: 171 Data d'incorporació: 24/03/14 Publicacions recents
This Onion article is hilarious and wonderful at the same time. Enjoy:
http://www.theonion.com/article/buddhist-extremist-cell-vows-to-unleash-tranquilit-34623
http://www.theonion.com/article/buddhist-extremist-cell-vows-to-unleash-tranquilit-34623
tom moylan, modificat fa 8 anys at 24/11/15 06:33
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RE: Buddhist Extremist Group
Apunts: 896 Data d'incorporació: 07/03/11 Publicacions recentsbernd the broter, modificat fa 8 anys at 24/11/15 17:54
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RE: Buddhist Extremist Group
Apunts: 376 Data d'incorporació: 13/06/12 Publicacions recentsRinpoche also said all Western nations would “pay a heavy price in negative thinking and self-doubt” if they do not immediately engage in serious introspection and true spiritual liberation.
(Can't wait to get to one of those covert monasteries and train serious tranquil insurgency tactics.)
CJMacie, modificat fa 8 anys at 25/11/15 01:43
Created 8 anys ago at 25/11/15 01:41
RE: Buddhist Extremist Group
Apunts: 856 Data d'incorporació: 17/08/14 Publicacions recents
This framing reminds me of Karen Armstrong's characterization (in her creatively biographical book Buddha, 2001).
Having depicted one of the Buddha's key insights as a correlation between the four Brahma-Viharas (notably "compassion") and four jhana-s *, and high-lighting the circumstances surrounding the Buddha's birth where prophets predicted he would become either a great "world-turning" political leader OR a great religious leader – when, after his awakening, the god Brahma convinced him to go out and teach his knowledge, Armstrong notes:
"He would spend the next forty-five years of his life tramping tirelessly through the cities and towns of the Ganges plain, bringing the Dhamma to gods, animals, men and women. There could be no limits to this compassionate offensive."
* Actually, such a correlation is found in the Bojjhanga-Samyutta, and it's between the four Brahma-Vihara-s and the four "immaterial bases" (arupa ayatana), not the more familiar four fine-material (rupa) jhana-s.
Having depicted one of the Buddha's key insights as a correlation between the four Brahma-Viharas (notably "compassion") and four jhana-s *, and high-lighting the circumstances surrounding the Buddha's birth where prophets predicted he would become either a great "world-turning" political leader OR a great religious leader – when, after his awakening, the god Brahma convinced him to go out and teach his knowledge, Armstrong notes:
"He would spend the next forty-five years of his life tramping tirelessly through the cities and towns of the Ganges plain, bringing the Dhamma to gods, animals, men and women. There could be no limits to this compassionate offensive."
* Actually, such a correlation is found in the Bojjhanga-Samyutta, and it's between the four Brahma-Vihara-s and the four "immaterial bases" (arupa ayatana), not the more familiar four fine-material (rupa) jhana-s.