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This is not the premise of Buddhism. Here is a good starting point for understanding what is: http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN074.pdf http://ftp.budaedu.or
by gbuk2013 7y ago
This is not the premise of Buddhism.
Here is a good starting point for understanding what is: http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN074.pdf http://ftp.budaedu.org/ebooks/pdf/EN074.pdf
- CPLX 7y agoI didn't say it is "the" premise of Buddhism. I said it is a premise of Buddhism. It is. The story of Shakyamuni Buddha achieving enlightenment after 49 days of meditation under the Bodhi tree is pretty well known. There, of course, are a lot more antecedents to contemporary Buddhist thought and ethics than that one incident, but it's fair to say it's a pretty core part of the historical tradition, and precedes essentially everything that came after. For context in this discussion, I am a practicing Zen Buddhist.
- gbuk2013 7y agoEthics affect the seeds you plant. If your seeds are bad you will not even have the opportunity to learn meditation. Meditation is for going beyond all that. > I am a practicing Zen Buddhist Who?