Tue 12 Jan, 2010 09:28 pm - Hi everyone,
S9 - You ask "what did I realise?" This is the problem. What do I say? Was it God, the One, Brahman, the Tao, Nirvana, Emptyness? It was something which could be understood... (view)
Sun 10 Jan, 2010 04:17 pm - Hi S9,
I think the problem in Buddhism is the apotheosis, they magnify the founder into a super human deity with qualities and powers that no real human being could ever possess. The problem is... (view)
Sat 9 Jan, 2010 11:00 pm - Hi S9,
My answer to your question about the "real self" is probably confused. I am trying to show what I think must be the path back to wholeness. But for me there was no path.
A... (view)
Fri 8 Jan, 2010 04:29 pm - Hi S9,
What do I think about the Real Self ?
The mind makes distinctions, these are usefull for thinking about the world. One can not avoid dualistic thinking. While thinking dualistically one... (view)
Thu 7 Jan, 2010 07:34 pm - Hi S9,
Before my "enlightenment experience" I had not read anything on Buddhism. But some people say that this is what J. Krishnamurti was teaching - although he did not use that label.... (view)
Thu 7 Jan, 2010 10:40 am - Hi S9,
About Chan and Zen I know nothing. I think I read perhaps three books on Zen about twenty years ago. I did not know what to make of it. Also one book on Chan at about the same time.
I... (view)
Wed 6 Jan, 2010 11:49 pm - This thread is to continue a conversation started in the new member introduction section. I had quoted the seventeenth century Catholic preacher Abraham a Santa Clara who said :
"A man who... (view)
Fri 18 Dec, 2009 05:53 pm - My understanding of right view is very different, but so is my understanding of the noble eightfold path. Here are some ideas based on the teachings found in the five nikayas :
* There are many... (view)
