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by Gazelle
Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:05 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

:anjali:

Thank you Dan74

:smile:
by Gazelle
Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

Hi Dan74, No that's 'Bodhivana' Monastery in Warburton.... the name is close... I was living at Bodhinyana in Serpentine with Ajahn Brahm. :smile: As to Trungpa, it doesn't bother me if he considered himself a Buddhist or not, it's just words....however what was frustrating was when I had a conversa...
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:27 am
Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
Topic: Living simply
Replies: 6
Views: 2782

Re: Living simply

I sold my car and bought a scooter.... :clap:
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 6:32 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

tiltbillings wrote:That's good for you.
Ha ha...you're no doubt correct! :clap:
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:54 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

tiltbillings wrote:You do seem to have thing about poor dead Trungpa.
Yeah he certainly is entertaining to read about. :shock:

And plus I've had the pleasure of having conversations with pro Trungpa students where I was heavily outnumbered and gunned down. :guns:

:anjali:
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:51 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

I think if we all took the medicine, we would not be here. Perhaps there is more subtlety to the human condition that you seem to be seeing, Gazelle. A person can be a sage in some respects and deluded in others. He could be capable of sublime acts of selfless compassion and yet wallow in the cessp...
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:25 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

Can't verify the accuracy of this story, however reading it is a sad tale for Trungpa and his followers in his final days. Extract from here - http://www.american-buddha.com/cult.othersideeden.33-36.htm#35._Hell_Bent Two months later, Rinpoche finally died of acute late stage alcoholism. I saw a pic...
by Gazelle
Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:08 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

According to the Alagagaddupama Sutta (MN22) it didn't seem Buddha held back with anyone who misrepresented his teachings. And yet as soon as I question a teachers conduct which seems so in contrast to the current teachings we have at our disposal, I seem to get mild hostility? :shrug: Then the Bles...
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:20 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

Ben wrote:Well, that is interesting.
Perhaps you can tell us how you are protecting the Buddha's Dispensation from further decline.
By practicing the noble eightfold path according to the Pali Canon.

:meditate:
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

I think, what makes one a Buddhist is seeing danger in saṃsāra, and aspiring to something better than endless dispute. Yep...and I'm following your advice Bhante by, "taking an active role in protecting the Buddha’s Dispensation from further decline." http://www.aimwell.org/Books/Pesala/p...
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:26 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

Just like a doctor who is sick, can still prescribe medicine and tell patients how to get healthy again, so can an unawakened person encourage the practice that leads towards awakening. The doctor is sick with the same 'dis-ease', yet does not take their own recommended prescribed medicine....that'...
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:37 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

Dan74 wrote:Trungpa was certainly not an exemplar of moral purity, but he actively discouraged this kind of behavior in his students and also worked very hard to spread the Dharma.
So he actively discouraged this kind of behaviour while still doing it himself? :rofl:

C'mon people.... let's get real!
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:34 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: What makes one a Buddhist?

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by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:29 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: Super Famous Buddhists

Thank you for sharing your opinion.
:thanks:
by Gazelle
Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:58 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: What makes one a Buddhist?
Replies: 81
Views: 17656

Re: Super Famous Buddhists

That may be so about the poor porn guys. That aside, so according to you (?) we must perfectly follow the precepts to be true Buddhists. Anything less, we are not Buddhists. You might want to clarify your position, and maybe you might want to clarify why you are focusing on poor dead Trungpa who wa...