What do we look for?

[savagewind]

Is the Buddha looking for the end of this?

 

[Spirit of Light]

I've taken to doing exactly this as of late. Sometimes I get chills when I stumble upon the parallels.

We are investigate the same truth, but seen from different view point You from a Advatist Hindu View and me from a Buddhist view point

There are many similarities in Hinduism and buddhism but even this, it is different teachings But i do like discussing with you i gain new wisdom too

 

[savagewind]

What good is the wisdom in a world where that can happen?

 

[Spirit of Light]

But Buddha and his followers are not going the same way as everyone else is.

True, As cultivator of Buddhas path we study his teaching and gaining wisdom from the teaching and our own investigation in to the dharma

 

[syo]

In our spiritual practice we are in search for something, But this can be different from teaching to teaching.
What do you search for in your practice?

A manual how to live life.

 

[Spirit of Light]

What good is the wisdom in a world where that can happen?

The wisdom is not meant for living a human life The wisdom attained in buddhist path is so we can enlighten and end samsara (reincarnation) and enter Nirvana.

 

[savagewind]

The wisdom is not meant for living a human life The wisdom attained in buddhist path is so we can enlighten and end samsara (reincarnation) and enter Nirvana.

So, you want for yourself.

 

[Spirit of Light]

So, you want for yourself.

I have no more attachment to self. so if i was to realise enlightenment i would use it to help others, and actually that is what already happens, i live a life that is meant for helping others

 

[Shantanu]

The wisdom is not meant for living a human life The wisdom attained in buddhist path is so we can enlighten and end samsara (reincarnation) and enter Nirvana.

On enlightenment there is only a Master who determines moment by moment how to exist in this samsara to achieve peace, contentment and full liberation to the question of whether ones dharmic actions undertaken are approved by the mere fact that one has survived another moment.

 

[SalixIncendium]

So, you want for yourself.

I think from a dharmic perspective, it's less about wanting for oneself than it is to understand oneself and what one has the ability to change for the benefit of oneself and others.

If my own house is a mess, who am I to speak for how others should keep theirs?

 

[Spirit of Light]

S

On enlightenment there is only a Master who determines moment by moment how to exist in this samsara to achieve peace, contentment and full liberation to the question of whether ones dharmic actions undertaken are approved by the mere fact that one has survived another moment.

orry i do not understand what yo mean by this?

 

[savagewind]

I think from a dharmic perspective, it's less about wanting for oneself than it is to understand oneself and what one has the ability to change for the benefit of oneself and others.

If my own house is a mess, how can I be expected how to speak for how others should keep theirs?

I think that actions speak louder than words. I am experiencing a world where most people I meet on and offline can't even hear anymore, in case humans ever did know.

 

[SalixIncendium]

I think that actions speak louder than words. I am experiencing a world where most people I meet on and offline can't even hear anymore, in case humans ever did know.

You are, of course, correct in saying that actions speak louder than words, and I should have been more impeccable with the point I was making in my metaphor.

Let me more accurately convey my point. If I don't act in accordance with my dharma, who am I to judge the actions of others or tell others how they should live? I need to perfect myself before I set out to perfect the world.

 

[Shantanu]

I may be wrong in this, but from my understanding Sri Krisha, while many of his devotees would consider him the supreme God, I don't think when asked, "What shall I call you?" he'd be so arrogant as to say, "Call me God."

God does not wish to be known as Brahman because He is Paramatman.

 

[Shantanu]

S

orry i do not understand what yo mean by this?

Of course you would not understand: you are a Buddhist wanting to escape this world: I want to live in it to my maximum ability.

 

[SalixIncendium]

God does not wish to be known as Brahman because He is Paramatman.

I do wish others would afford the same respect I do in offering their views as their own rather than universal.

That said, I do respect your view.

In my view, Paramatman is Saguna Brahman is Nirguna Brahman.

 

[Shantanu]

I do wish others would afford the same respect I do in offering their views as their own rather than universal.

That said, I do respect your view.

In my view, Paramatman is Saguna Brahman is Nirguna Brahman.

I have had an experience of God and I extrapolate the rest from it.

 

[Vee]

In our spiritual practice we are in search for something, But this can be different from teaching to teaching.
What do you search for in your practice?

Answers about the past, a hope for the future and the values and courage necessary to be a good human being in the present.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I enjoy every moment when i am here as a human being, and i do not see it as a escape, but liberation from reincarnation. a moment of bliss can be reach when on earth, but the bliss i am about to discover can not be held in the physical realm

 

[SalixIncendium]

I have had an experience of God and I extrapolate the rest from it.

I think the difference is less in the experience of God than it is the extrapolation itself.