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| Any Buddhists or Taoists here?
Posted: 2/17/2005 5:30:27 PM | | i have been interested in buhddism for awhile.........i wouldn't mind getting into it or practicing it........ | |
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| Any Buddhists or Taoists here?
Posted: 2/17/2005 6:29:59 PM | Would I call myself Taoist?
I guess.
Not sure what it means to be Taoist.
Perhaps I'd be best descibed as Taoist-Fascist. | |
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Posted: 2/18/2005 6:40:52 AM | I'm no Buddhist, but I belive the basic beliefs are: "Do good. If you can't do good, don't do bad."
Taoism: Be the uncarved block. | |
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Jivin
| | Joined: 2/10/2005
Msg: 10 | |
| Any Buddhists or Taoists here?
Posted: 2/18/2005 11:36:37 AM | | I like Buddhism...the Four Noble Truths, The Eightfold Path...words to live by....I'm just not sure I can take a lecture on self discipline from a 600lb man. | |
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Posted: 2/18/2005 2:29:52 PM | | LOL jivin, but FYI the fat man is not buddha, he is was a homeless man that Buddha helped, the carnation of Buddha at that time was skinny. I will make a picture of him as my little logo to the left. | |
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Posted: 2/18/2005 4:32:48 PM | | Well, as some answering this already know (because we bump into each other on other forums), I'm a Christian. However, I am favorable to Zen, Taoism, and Kaballah. And this is for a number of reasons. Zen and Kaballah believe in a form of God as all and all and one and all is one (or a kind of awkward definition of pantheism), and Taoism believes in non-resistance--a thoroughly Christ-like idea as well. So, I guess, besides being a Christian, I also believe in Taoism, Zen, and the Kaballah, but only as each does not conflict with Jesus' teaching (and generally they do not conflict too greatly with his teaching). However, I am more than willing to talk about it with anyone who wants to open pleasant debate. | |
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Jivin
| | Joined: 2/10/2005
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| Any Buddhists or Taoists here?
Posted: 2/18/2005 4:42:48 PM | "Ah yes...I like Jesus...but he no help me hit a home run..."
whoops...that was meant for the movie trivia thread... | |
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Posted: 2/18/2005 7:02:48 PM | | Pretty fervent Buddhist and Taoist here. I practice constantly, refining my understanding through martial arts. Its all in the mind... | |
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Posted: 2/18/2005 7:23:21 PM | To WalkingVigil:
Yeah, that's how I got into Zen Buddhism: martial arts. Before that I never really knew much about it. The mind becomes one with the universe and that is why both the way (Tao & Zen Satori) of understanding and martial arts are so powerful.
Ron | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 7:39:54 AM |
Posted By: wildberry
Message: yeah, I'm a practicing buddhist
Yay! There's at least one! And she's cute too! | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 7:44:39 AM |
Posted By: eccentric
Buddhism-attainment of enlightenment through suffering and empting the mind
That is not correct. Buddhism aims to reduce and eliminate suffering. It is known as the middle path because the Buddha rejected the ascetic body-denying methods of enlightenment through suffering. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 9:24:56 AM | Basically, I read the Tao and Chuang-Tzu and think about how what is said in there applies to my life.
The Art of War isn't so bad either; it's very Taoist in spirit.
Practice doing non-doing. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 2:52:58 PM | | Long time Taoist here. I start with Taoist Alchemy and Kung Fu and went from there. Love it. Good to see so many others here. | |
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meln88
| | Joined: 9/16/2004
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Posted: 2/19/2005 4:48:22 PM | | In Buddhism, there is nothing without Vipassana Meditation. It's the key to unlock the secrets of the mind. That's where I have little concerned for creator God. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 6:26:56 PM | hey, Im not buddhist by practice .. I find that Its Impossibel to Live In todays capitail Infected society and Obey The Eight fold Path.. However Philoshopically I beleave that buddism Is very close to what I practice. Congrats to anyone out there who Is beleaving In anything regardless Of Obsticels towards their understanding. And congrats to anyone who Is accepting And understanding that we all must suffer, And we all must heal.
Enlightenment cannot be Attained Untill Suffering Is realized Universally. This is not a state of mind, but a sense of self.
Not untill you have lost everything are you truly free to know anything.
HERE IS WHAT I KNOW
Keep The fight Going with out striking your opponent Or blocking his advance.
what you own will only end up owning you
War. Boycott it openly and loudly
Karma. Plant the seeds And see what grows. It may be you.
Charity. give Untill you can give With out bragging or even feeling good about it. then give some more.
Meditaion, Find somthing that feels good, clears your mind of all distractions and allows you to see all the details You missed along the way.
Life, Try everything twice
Death. ?????????
Thanks for reading. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2005 6:29:08 PM | The Buddha felt that God's were irrelevant to ones spiritual advancement.
If forced to define my "religious beliefs" I would describe myself as a Tao-Buddist.
I don't believe in re-incarnation, but I do believe in rebirth. | |
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Posted: 2/21/2005 10:54:09 PM | | I'm still learning more about Zen Buddhism and more about my husband's lineage in Cherokee Indian beliefs. So currently I can't say as I'm one way or the other as both seem to complement in a lot of their beliefs about what Spirit is. | |
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