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by Doctor Who
Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:58 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

I know eh! thought about this tonight at work.

like i said big Ah Ha/eureaka moment.
by Doctor Who
Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

Thank you and a big AHA!!!! Venerable Mahá Kassapa, the elected head of the First Council. Cúlavagga Xl,1,1 (ii,284) reiterated: "Come, friends: let us recite the Teaching and the Discipline before what is not the Teaching shines forth and the Teaching is put aside, before what is not the Disci...
by Doctor Who
Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Word Association Game
Replies: 11976
Views: 1543296

Re: Word Association Game

obscured
by Doctor Who
Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

add on to abouve diatribe lol... I say that one had to be in a person to person relationship with Him to actually gain the true result of what he was all about. He prolly knew people would go gaga and like he did not mind if they created a loving kindness attitude from it all. But enlightenment and ...
by Doctor Who
Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:24 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

Well thanks for helping. I'm so jaded on the whole thing. hopefully you never end up where i am .Or quite possibily it's where you all will end up. Since a kid at 15 I took to the path. I'm 54. every sect i joined praised me for my efforts. I always gave 500%. Did the nichiren thing after years of m...
by Doctor Who
Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:31 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

Where did Our Lord introduce this " was perfecting the paramitas over countless lifetime"? I always thought it was introduced for the first time in the Lotus Sutra, A Mahayana dharmakaya sutra. I don't have the exact quote / reference but it might be in the Jataka or Buddhavamsa. I defini...
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:30 pm
Forum: Suggestion box
Topic: Widen Scope of Dharma Wheel
Replies: 4
Views: 1834

Re: Widen Scope of Dharma Wheel

I'm having a huge difficulty in believeing the stuff that is labeled "Coming from the Dharma Kaya"\
I need to know exactly what Our Lord taught on earth as Gotama.
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism
Replies: 52
Views: 27172

Re: The Bodhisattva Ideal in Theravada Buddhism

In Theravada, bodhisattva is bodhisatta in Pali and refers to a being on the way to buddha-hood. The Buddha of our time, Gotama (or Shakyamuni as he is sometimes called in Mahayana) was perfecting the paramitas over countless lifetimes, literally tens of thousands of lifetimes. Where did Our Lord i...
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi
Replies: 10
Views: 1693

Re: Hi

lol
catmoon wrote:Hi Who, Hi who
It's off to work we goooo
lol...

goo?

sometimes my life does feel like goo. do you know something i don't
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:15 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi
Replies: 10
Views: 1693

Re: Hi

Actually I was a Nichiren buddhist.
I recently spent years into guru yoga under a Tibetan Rinpoche.

I don't know what i am anymore.
I am going to explore Theravadian here.

Warm vibes in here by the way.
I'm sensitive to good things and this place has it.
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:50 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi
Replies: 10
Views: 1693

Hi

Hi I just blew in from a google about esangha being down
google
Esangha down
and you find the topic about it here.

maybe we all need to learn about theravadian buddhism.

why am i here then.
hello!

did i tell you i'm nuts? :cookoo:
by Doctor Who
Mon Oct 19, 2009 1:44 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: E-Sangha
Replies: 99
Views: 30200

Re: E-Sangha

Hi...wow..what a trip huh. so like i actuallu have been having problems with computer. it's a win98 old IBM computer with zero defence. i was getting memory parity error halted blue screen deal for a while . now i do have a problem with my longing on i get this DOS message syntax error unidentified ...