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  1. The Rev

    making a buddha

    It's more like a habit of the mind. You can be aware without thinking, without attaching to arising thoughts. But it takes practice, and that is what meditation is for. :namaste
  2. The Rev

    An observation

    I've never heard that koan. I'm fairly new to Ch'an, and I'm not even sure we include koans like Japanese Zen. Thanks for the explanation, tho. :namaste
  3. The Rev

    An observation

    I don't understand. Am I supposed to? :namaste
  4. The Rev

    making a buddha

    Enlightenment is realizing that you are already enlightened. :namaste
  5. The Rev

    An observation

    In the Zen sense? Or in the usual, illusory sense? Hmmm... I suppose, either way, I'm the new guy. :namaste
  6. The Rev

    Namaste!

    In my area, we have a few different Buddhist groups, including a Nichiren center which is probably the largest. I just happened to stumble upon a small group of Ch'an practitioners that I really took to. Also, of all the Buddhist sects, Zen resonates with me the most, because it is simple and...
  7. The Rev

    Namaste!

    Thanks for the explanation. I sent you a frubal in appreciation. :namaste
  8. The Rev

    Namaste!

    Ch'an. My teacher is a student of Sheng Yen, who founded the Dharma Drum Mountain Center in Taiwan. Ch'an is the Chinese school of Zen Buddhism. :namaste
  9. The Rev

    Have You Ever Met Anyone Who Has Attained Nirvana? Is it Even Possible?

    There have been times that I have flirted with it, seen glimpses of it, especially those times that I took large quantities of psychedelic mushrooms (which distort thinking so much that they pretty much force your mind into silence). At those times, I realized I was everything, and have spent...
  10. The Rev

    Namaste!

    Thanks, everyone! I have a question: what are frubals? I see that some people have millions of them, some very few. :namaste
  11. The Rev

    An observation

    I am new to Buddhism, but the group I joined is Ch'an, so I will probably have something to contribute here from time to time. :namaste
  12. The Rev

    Alan Watts Zen and philosophy

    I've recently discovered Alan Watts and I really love what he has had to say so far. :namaste
  13. The Rev

    What's the Buddhist holy book?

    The first book I read on Buddhism was "Buddhism for Dummies" and it was actually very informative, and a good primer on the subject. When studying something new, I always like to get the broad overview first, and that book served that purpose very well for me. :namaste
  14. The Rev

    What's the Buddhist holy book?

    The Pali Canon is the core of it; just a light 30,000 page read. LOL :namaste
  15. The Rev

    Monotheism

    I would not speak for other Buddhists. Each person must make up his/her own mind about what to believe. For myself, I don't accept the existence of any of those things as facts. I acknowledge, for example, the idea of Nirvana, and I seek to understand what it is through my own experience, but...
  16. The Rev

    Monotheism

    I think that any time you accept the idea of something existing for which there is no evidence, you open the door for delusion; you reinforce a habit of denial of reality, or acceptance of fantasy as reality. Both are ignorance, and decidedly unskillful, in the Buddhist tradition. :namaste
  17. The Rev

    Namaste!

    I am a new member, and I am a new Buddhist. The site was recommended to me by another member, SageTree, and so far, it looks really great. I look forward to getting to know everyone. :wheel:
  18. The Rev

    Rebirth

    As a Buddhist, I have always had difficulty with this issue too. It seems, at least as I understand it, that belief in reincarnation is a kind of self-grasping. It's a belief that reflects the fears we have about losing the self, and offers a kind of resolution to that. However, this kind of...
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