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This is fortune cookie buddhism from a place that you think has a statue of Buddha out front but it is actually a statue of Budai. Buddhists desire peace. Bud

by dfc 12y ago

This is fortune cookie buddhism from a place that you think has a statue of Buddha out front but it is actually a statue of Budai. Buddhists desire peace. Buddhists desire enlightenment. Desire in itself is not bad and withdrawal is definitely not the reaction to the recognition of impermanence. When you you get a new puppy everything is wonderful and playful and this lasts through puppyhood and changes into the love of an old lazy dog. One day that dog is going to get hit by a car or get cancer and have to be put down. Everyone says well it was bound to happen or of course that is life. If instead you get the puppy and accept from day one that the dog is already dead every day until then is that much more precious. This is not silly word play. When Plato (my first dog) died I realized that Freedom (6months younger) was on borrowed time, realizing that only strengthened my emotional attachment to him. Instead of withdrawing I embraced my extra time with him and made an effort to throw the ball one more time or scratched his head just a little longer than I would have done before Plato died. Sure I was sad on that final trip to the vet but I was comforted by the knowledge that I had made the most of my extra time with him. When I get my next dog I will not have to wait till the last year to treasure my time with the dog, every moment from day one will be bonus time.

wpietri 12y ago
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted here. This is exactly in line with the teachings of Ajahn Chah, a noted Thai Buddhist. In Thoughts Without a Thinker, he is quoted as saying: “You see this goblet? For me, this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on a shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ But when I understand that this glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”
- dfc 12y ago
  I think a lot of people are not comfortable Buddhism with unless it smells like incense and has an exotic feeling distinguishing it from their everyday lives.

by dfc 12y ago

wpietri 12y ago

I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted here. This is exactly in line with the teachings of Ajahn Chah, a noted Thai Buddhist. In Thoughts Without a Thinker, he is quoted as saying: “You see this goblet? For me, this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds my water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put this glass on a shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ But when I understand that this glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”

dfc 12y ago
I think a lot of people are not comfortable Buddhism with unless it smells like incense and has an exotic feeling distinguishing it from their everyday lives.