Amanaki Is no longer to be seen as Buddhist.

[Spirit of Light]

From today it would be good if members of RF would kindly no longer refer to me as Theravada Buddhist or Buddhist in general. I have chosen to begin cultivating of Falun Gong (Chinese Cultivation path)
The reason for my choice is very personal but I can reveal that after more than 20 years of practicing Buddhism I could not reach a higher level of wisdom then the current level I did reach (according to Monks who trained me)

Falun Gong is a high energy cultivation practice where the energy Gong is important to accumulate.
And where Shen, shan, ren or Truth, Compassion, Tolerance is of the essence for a Falun Gong practitioner.
You will also see me write Falun Dafa, and this is a different word for Falun Gong but referring to the practice of Falun Gong.

So to say in a different way, Now i will be cultivating Falun Gong as a Falun Dafa practitioner.

Master Li Hongzhi Is the teacher of Falun Gong and from now he is my teacher, even I will still regard Buddha Sakyamuni as the teacher he was, I do no longer see my self as a student of Buddhism.

This transition will, of course, mean that I will be less able to directly answer deeper knowledge of Falun Gong until I have cultivated for some time. But I will be happy to answer questions you may have (as long they are respectful and not intended to harm Falun Gong or practitioners of Falun Dafa)

 

[wizanda]

Falun Gong

Interesting; I've not studied this yet...

Thank you for sharing; it looks an enlightening mix of Taoist and Buddhist practises.

In my opinion.

 

[dybmh]

It's a really great system, Amanaki. I'm very happy for you that you found it!

It suits you because, Falun Dafa practitioners are "healers". At least, that's how I see it.

 

[dybmh]

Interesting; I've not studied this yet...

Thank you for sharing; it looks an enlightening mix of Taoist and Buddhist practises.

In my opinion.

It's QI Gong. It's Chinese medicine. At a very very high level.

 

[crossfire]

I'd love to see a Falun Gong DIR in the non-revealed religions section!

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

I'm very happy for you!

I more or less feel I outgrew the Abahamic faiths. I needed something to keep my imagination active and vivid, to open my mind without fear.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Interesting; I've not studied this yet...

Thank you for sharing; it looks an enlightening mix of Taoist and Buddhist practises.

In my opinion.

Within the Fa (similar to Dharma) it contain everything, so yes Different schools we know from the past like Buddhist cultivation, Tao cultivation have their focus on the different aspect of Fa. So even every cultivation practice have Shen, shan, and Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) we see that Buddhism has the main focus on Compassion, Falun Gong have the focus on all 3 aspects of Truth, Compassion, Tolerance.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I'm very happy for you!

I more or less feel I outgrew the Abahamic faiths. I needed something to keep my imagination active and vivid, to open my mind without fear.

I can only speak of my own way of knowing Falun Gong, and yes i can speak about benefit the teaching will be able to give those who practice, and if people become interested in Falun Gong, i would be able to provide links to both the teaching books, and to websites.
But i will not proselyte the teaching because only Master Li Honghi words contain the true teaching. so if you or others may read the teachings, that will give the best result for someone wishing to follow and cultivate the teaching

But i am happy people seem interested in this

 

[SalixIncendium]

I'd love to see a Falun Gong DIR in the non-revealed religions section!

I'm not sure how useful it would be, as I think @Amanaki is the sole practitioner here on the forum and I'd hate to be the one responsible for causing him to talk to himself.

But all kidding aside, if you think it would be useful, we could create a poll to gauge interest.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I'm not sure how useful it would be, as I think @Amanaki is the sole practitioner here on the forum and I'd hate to be the one responsible for causing him to talk to himself.

But all kidding aside, if you think it would be useful, we could create a poll to gauge interest.

I know there has been some Falun Gong practitioner in the form from time to time, But yes at the moment i might be the only active on RF.

But if there is a Falun Gong DIR, it could of course help if and when others come to practice and see RF as one place to share their wisdom.
But i am not the right person to take that decision for RF

 

[dybmh]

I'm not sure how useful it would be, as I think @Amanaki is the sole practitioner here on the forum and I'd hate to be the one responsible for causing him to talk to himself.

But all kidding aside, if you think it would be useful, we could create a poll to gauge interest.

I will add, if I may, that my friends who are practitioners are very private ( due to the persecution and risk to their families in China ). I would not expect any of them to offer assistance on an Internet forum.

 

[BSM1]

Can one ever not be Buddhist?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Can one ever not be Buddhist?

Yes. one are only a Buddhist when one cultivates the Buddha dharma as Buddha Sakyamuni did explain how to do it. One can not be seen as true cultivator of Buddha dharma if one does not practice it

 

[dybmh]

Can one ever not be Buddhist?

Falun Gong describes karma as a substance. I have been told, that this specific element is not Buddhism. It's either Dao or Jain, I think.

OTOH, the ultimate goal in Falun Gong is to achieve Buddha-nature. So... it's a difficult question to answer.

 

[Harel13]

Good luck on your journey.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Good luck on your journey.

Thank you

 

[metis]

From today it would be good if members of RF would kindly no longer refer to me as Theravada Buddhist or Buddhist in general.

As one who also switched "paths" recently, I can relate to what you say. Life is a journey, and this journey doesn't always travel along paths that we may expect.

So, have good travels, my friend.

 

[Spirit of Light]

As one who also switched "paths" recently, I can relate to what you say. Life is a journey, and this journey doesn't always travel along paths that we may expect.

So, have good travels, my friend.

Thank you
Yes i noticed for some time that i did not gain deeper wisdom within Buddhism the way i used to do before, and when speaking with my Buddhist teacher I realize that it was me not Buddhism in itself that had reached the end of the path, And even I have known about Falun Gong for a longer time it was first now that when again study this teaching I realized this was what I would need to learn to find those answers I could not realize within Buddhism. But again I want to make it very clear that for those who are Buddhists it is still a valid way for them This time it was me who found my path taking a turn and the choice i had was keep going nowhere, or become a cultivator of a path that has its original teacher here today, one we can gain the true teaching from directly. and not from teaching that could have been changed from its original truth 2600 years ago. So since Master Li Hongzhi is on earth today this is the best time to really be able to gain the wisdom within Falun Dafa
But it is a very serious cultivation path, so I know this is not something everyone could do, and I don't know if i can even make it my self. only my effort and time will give me that answer

And it is important to not see Falun Gong as a religion because it is not. it is called the cultivation path. Belief is not enough. only my own effort of cultivating the teaching and doing exercises that are required to strengthen the Gong energy. and to always try to become a better version of who I am today. strengthening the morals and ethics I live by.

 

[crossfire]

Falun Gong describes karma as a substance. I have been told, that this specific element is not Buddhism. It's either Dao or Jain, I think.

OTOH, the ultimate goal in Falun Gong is to achieve Buddha-nature. So... it's a difficult question to answer.

Jain. I think Jains see karma as a substance that attaches to the sticky jiva. (I could be mistaken, though, as I'm not Jain.)

 

[Spirit of Light]

Jain. I think Jains see karma as a sticky substance that attaches to the jiva. (I could be mistaken, though, as I'm not Jain.)

I do not know Jain teaching much, but karma in the way i have understood it for some time(Not from Buddhist teaching or now from Falun Gong) Is that the karma we speak of is a black substance that if we gain too much karma it can block our vision within spiritual practice, and we become delusional and we suffer extremely in the way that even we trying to do go, we can even misunderstand what good is
The black substance. stick to us as long we can not repay the last action, words or thought that led us to gain this negative karma. opposite of karma is virtue, so as spiritual practitioners we would be seeking to gain good virtue and abandon the path that leads to karma