Enlightenment

Discussion in 'Buddhism' started by beyondtheastral, Nov 4, 2014.

  1. Chodpa

    Chodpa Senior Member

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    someone was stupid enough to ask you for guidance -

    hahahahahafucking hahahaha

    you've got delusions of grandeur
     
  2. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    [SIZE=14.4444446563721px]Stupid is me, I asked him a question. Which of those minutes of meditation is important?[/SIZE]
     
  3. beyondtheastral

    beyondtheastral Member

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  4. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    Now that is just not true is it? Which minute of meditation is important?
     
  5. Chodpa

    Chodpa Senior Member

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    whatever this thread went to hell as soon as the troll made himself known
     
  6. Monkey Boy

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    Seeing things as they are and that includes thoughts, feelings and emotions.

    I am a transparent sense organ.
     
  7. Mr Smith

    Mr Smith Newbie

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    If you look on the website plumvillage.org there is a Vietnamese Buddhist Master who lives in France, go and do a retreat with him that will answer your questions
     
  8. Mr Smith

    Mr Smith Newbie

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    To become liberated, morality and morals a very basic things that must be overcome, they are nothing more than ignorance, that is why so-called religious people are so into them.
     
  9. Mr.Writer

    Mr.Writer Senior Member

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    Thich Nhat Hanh is a poseur? That's news to me . . . he seems like he's really living in the moment and has a strong radiance of compassion in his speech and actions.
     
  10. TheSamantha

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    You don't sound very Buddhist. You sound mean.
     
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  11. MeatyMushroom

    MeatyMushroom Juggle Tings Proppuh

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    Lol, priests remain priests even after they fuck the little children.

    Whatever you address yourself as, we're emotional meatbags and if you stifle your own arisings in order to look like a shining example of divinity.... you're a fraud.

    Warts n all honey, it's a dirty little secret.
     
  12. Lexlooter71

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    Everyone is already enlightened. Only Ignorant. You reading this, in this forum is already enlightened.
    Just open up to the world. There is so much more to learn.
     
  13. MeatyMushroom

    MeatyMushroom Juggle Tings Proppuh

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    So no, not everyone is enlightened since they haven't opened up to the world.

    Everyone is the goal of enlightenment, but they are not enlightened.


    I know, semantics, but they're important when describing subtler phenomena.
     
  14. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    Morals are an interesting aspect to Buddhism. A new idea for me to ponder on...

    I'll have to come back and read more of this later. Some really good info and debates here.
     
  15. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    Morals are an interesting aspect to Buddhism. A new idea for me to ponder on...

    I'll have to come back and read more of this later. Some really good info and debates here.


    I don't quite understand the negativity and speedy harsh judgement either. I found only one comment used as an example to be relevant, but also not needed.
     
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  16. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    I think a more proper question would be "Does enlightenment exist?"

    From my experience (knowledge gathered over time), one can never truly 'be' enlightened. To claim one is enlightened is a mistake. If anything, by undertaking the goal to be enlightened, to be on a journey 'of' enlightenment, one is enlightened. That within itself though is not truly enlightenment.

    The whole 'journey, not the destination' type thing.

    Then again, there are points in life where one is enlightened to (or 'of?') certain thoughts and ideas previously unattainable without knowledge that is a prerequisite to further knowledge.

    Still, this is not true enlightenment.
     
  17. BlackBillBlake

    BlackBillBlake resigned HipForums Supporter

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    What if we scratch out 'enlightenment' and use the word 'nirvana' instead?

    'Enlightenment' is a word with different shades of meaning, most of which have nothing to do with the sense in which Buddhists use it.
     
  18. MeAgain

    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    Debating about enlightenment is like debating about air,​
    No need to search for it or describe its essence.​
    It's all around you,​
    Just breathe.​
     
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  19. BlackBillBlake

    BlackBillBlake resigned HipForums Supporter

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    That comes from a more innocent age, before this

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    Central London smog 2011.
     
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  20. MeatyMushroom

    MeatyMushroom Juggle Tings Proppuh

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    You see the dude who vacuumed the air for a year and made a brick out of the filth?
     

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