Buddha ?

[Kung Fu Wang]

Buddhist philosophy ...

My favor part of the Buddhist philosophy is the "emptiness".

Anything that happen today, 100 years later, it won't exist any more. So, why should we feel sad if we lose something (or someone)?

9 years ago, my little Yorkie Ya-Ya passed away when she was 8 years old. Both my wife and I felt sad about Ya-Ya's death for 3 months. Most Yorkie won't live over15 years old. If Ya-Ya wasn't dead 9 years ago, she would be dead today anyway.

This was my Ya-Ya.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I don't get this? Are you saying "kill (smash) all Buddhists" ???

No no it’s a Buddhist saying.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I appreciate the link. Interesting items for sale.

I would like to see a picture of the one you purchased.

Thank you.

Many of these deities have multiple iterations and names across several cultures, languages, and countries. Some Chinese Taoist deities are present in Japanese Shinto/Buddhist culture as well. Although they may look different and have a different names, the stories and portfolio are nearly the same. This is common in some literature as well. Border Marshes or 108 heroes are good examples.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Anyone on here have any good links for Buddhist philosophy and/or buddhist breathing techniques? I've got a couple techniques I learned as a result of psychology & mindfulness, but any additional ones would not hurt.

Dr Yang teaches these breathing techniques and has written some really good books on the topic.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

My favor part of the Buddhist philosophy is the "emptiness".

Anything that happen today, 100 years later, it won't exist any more. So, why should we feel sad if we lose something (or someone)?

9 years ago, my little Yorkie Ya-Ya passed away when she was 8 years old. Both my wife and I felt sad about Ya-Ya's death for 3 months. Most Yorkie won't live over15 years old. If Ya-Ya wasn't dead 9 years ago, she would be dead today anyway.

This was my Ya-Ya.

I just picked my Holly dogs ashes yesterday. They made a paw print. My wife and just sat in the car afterwards for few minutes and tried not to cry all over again.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

I just picked my Holly dogs ashes yesterday. They made a paw print. My wife and just sat in the car afterwards for few minutes and tried not to cry all over again.

I can understand you and your wife's feeling. Even today (9 years later) when I walk a path that my Ya-Ya was with me before, I can feel sad.

My wife kept my Ya-Ya's hair in her car. This way Ya-Ya will be with her no matter where she go.

I have 5 Yorkies today. Just thinking about I have to go through this 5 times can scare me a lot.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

I can understand you and your wife's feeling. Even today (9 years later) when I walk a path that my Ya-Ya was with me before, I can feel sad.

My wife kept my Ya-Ya's hair in her car. This way Ya-Ya will be with her no matter where she go.

I have 5 Yorkies today. Just thinking about I have to go through this 5 times can scare me a lot.

I see it as the bill come due for all the unconditional love they give you. They are your friend for some years but you are their best friend for their whole life.

 

[Haruhiko]

Cheat code for Eastern culture: it makes extensive use of metaphor.

If you see meet the Buddha on a road...

 

[Haruhiko]

I have spent most of my life working for a Buddhist sect in Japan.

Ohhh I had an inkling about this based on your writings. What sect, if you're allowed to / care to share?

 

[opr1945]

My favor part of the Buddhist philosophy is the "emptiness".

Anything that happen today, 100 years later, it won't exist any more. So, why should we feel sad if we lose something (or someone)?

9 years ago, my little Yorkie Ya-Ya passed away when she was 8 years old. Both my wife and I felt sad about Ya-Ya's death for 3 months. Most Yorkie won't live over15 years old. If Ya-Ya wasn't dead 9 years ago, she would be dead today anyway.

This was my Ya-Ya.

I don't get this? So in the end we loose contact with everyone/thing-So we should not feel sad ever, it is all inevitable! If we don't know sadness, then we don't know happiness. If we don't know happiness or sadness everything is the same-blandness. ?????

If we do not feel sad at some's passing, and it is inevitable then why form a relationship to begin with?

Above my pay grade.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

I don't get this? So in the end we loose contact with everyone/thing-So we should not feel sad ever, it is all inevitable! If we don't know sadness, then we don't know happiness. If we don't know happiness or sadness everything is the same-blandness. ?????

If we do not feel sad at some's passing, and it is inevitable then why form a relationship to begin with?

Above my pay grade.

The pain in our lives is we own too many things. When we lose it, we feel sad. If we never own it, we won't have chance to lose it.

A: The stock market didn't do very good in the past 3 days.
B: I don't care because I don't have any money to invest in stock market.

This is why the 1st thing that a Buddhis need to do is to "break his relationship with his family".

A: What's your opinion about life?
B: Life is like a mirror. If I clean it every day, dust won't be able to attach on it.
A: Your thinking is good. But it's not good enough.
C: Life is not mirror. Dust won't have any chance to attach on it.
A: C's thinking is superior to B's thinking. I'll accept C as my disciple.

What C's thinking is exactly the "emptiness". There is nothing on earth that can attack "emptiness".

 

[Xue Sheng]

I don't get this? So in the end we loose contact with everyone/thing-So we should not feel sad ever, it is all inevitable! If we don't know sadness, then we don't know happiness. If we don't know happiness or sadness everything is the same-blandness. ?????

If we do not feel sad at some's passing, and it is inevitable then why form a relationship to begin with?

Above my pay grade.

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[opr1945]

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."

Janis Joplin Me & Bobby McGee 1970

 

[opr1945]

I found this

"It is a rather profound proverb. It means that if you have something you value and are not willing to lose, it restricts your acts and your choices. You are in bondage. If you have a family, home, whatever, you are not willing to take risks which would lead to losing it.

Only when you have absolutely nothing, you have nothing to lose if the risks get realized, and you are completely free to do whatever you want (albeit doing almost anything will quickly lead you in a prison when living in an organized society)."

 

[Same Trick]

I don't get this? So in the end we loose contact with everyone/thing-So we should not feel sad ever, it is all inevitable! If we don't know sadness, then we don't know happiness. If we don't know happiness or sadness everything is the same-blandness. ?????

If we do not feel sad at some's passing, and it is inevitable then why form a relationship to begin with?

Above my pay grade.

It sounds as something out of miyamoto musashi’s life and his 20ish commandments how to live

 

[Xue Sheng]

I found this

"It is a rather profound proverb. It means that if you have something you value and are not willing to lose, it restricts your acts and your choices. You are in bondage. If you have a family, home, whatever, you are not willing to take risks which would lead to losing it.

Only when you have absolutely nothing, you have nothing to lose if the risks get realized, and you are completely free to do whatever you want (albeit doing almost anything will quickly lead you in a prison when living in an organized society)."

it is not "Having nothing" It is non-attachment to things... these are not the same thing.

 

[opr1945]

Interesting. I had a brother-in-law once (he died) who inherited a pocket knife from his grand father. several other family members valued it. We were on a picnic at a river park. one of his sons about 10 years old want a knife to some reason. My BIL gave him the old pocket knife to use. The boy dropped it into to river never to be found. He was not bothered by the loss. It was "just a knife" he said. Several other family members were up set with him.

He had no attachment to "things". Since he didn't value things, he didn't maintain them very well (like changing the oil in his car). While I came to love him, I didn't respect his attitude toward things.

It never occurred to me that this attitude might be desirable. I thought that he was disrespecting gifts from God. (Christians - tools for life)

Personally, I am attached to some "things". They have value to me, for example my grandfathers pocket watch. I guess my thought was that to value a thing was to respect the memory that it represented.

MY wife and I are old. We live in the Northern part of our country (US). We have several children, grandchildren and 5 days ago our first great grandson. I would like to move to a warmer location. But, wife is so attached to children she won't consider moving very far. So as it the above quote her attachment limits her choices. My father passed away early because my mother would not move (he had health issues here) away from her mother. (Do I see a pattern here?)
Limited.

I guess I need to rethink this concept.

Thanks all for the challenge.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Interesting. I had a brother-in-law once (he died) who inherited a pocket knife from his grand father. several other family members valued it. We were on a picnic at a river park. one of his sons about 10 years old want a knife to some reason. My BIL gave him the old pocket knife to use. The boy dropped it into to river never to be found. He was not bothered by the loss. It was "just a knife" he said. Several other family members were up set with him.

He had no attachment to "things". Since he didn't value things, he didn't maintain them very well (like changing the oil in his car). While I came to love him, I didn't respect his attitude toward things.

It never occurred to me that this attitude might be desirable. I thought that he was disrespecting gifts from God. (Christians - tools for life)

Personally, I am attached to some "things". They have value to me, for example my grandfathers pocket watch. I guess my thought was that to value a thing was to respect the memory that it represented.

MY wife and I are old. We live in the Northern part of our country (US). We have several children, grandchildren and 5 days ago our first great grandson. I would like to move to a warmer location. But, wife is so attached to children she won't consider moving very far. So as it the above quote her attachment limits her choices. My father passed away early because my mother would not move (he had health issues here) away from her mother. (Do I see a pattern here?)
Limited.

I guess I need to rethink this concept.

Thanks all for the challenge.

now your confusing not caring with non-attachment .... also confusing love with non-attachment as well. If you are truly interested in Buddhism, might I suggest a book.

Buddhism for Beginners​

and maybe this site too

Buddhism for Beginners | Start your journey here!

Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of the Buddha—the title given to the Indian spiritual seeker Siddhartha Gautama more than 2,600 years ago.

tricycle.org

 

[opr1945]

now your confusing not caring with non-attachment

I think I have thought that caring was showing (proof) of attachment.

So I can be a attached to something with out caring about the item? Or I can care about something I am not attached to?

Very new to me. Thanks.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I think I have thought that caring was showing (proof) of attachment.

So I can be a attached to something with out caring about the item? Or I can care about something I am not attached to?

Very new to me. Thanks.

read the linked article in my previous post, or get the book
The book is especially good at clearing things up

Did the Buddha teach us to get rid of our emotions?

Does Buddhism get rid of our emotions? While emotions are a part of life, Buddhism says that they don’t have to cause so much suffering.

tricycle.org