tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post3470507723159426101..comments2024-03-24T02:16:06.408-07:00Comments on Blog of The Happier Abroaders - Better Dating, Social Connection and Freedom Overseas: Does Buddhism make one repressed and less human?Diannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09292402361729985882noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-80174313581217132562018-06-08T20:55:05.386-07:002018-06-08T20:55:05.386-07:00I recommend finding an authentic teacher, attendin...I recommend finding an authentic teacher, attending dharma talks, YouTube is a blessing, reading Buddhist literature, practicing to the best of your ability and coming to your own conclusions. I feel I'm living a more passionate life as a Buddhist than previously. My teacher is very passionate, engaging, and human.Mark Bykerk Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515529377311657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-83223781470384637012018-06-08T20:49:54.616-07:002018-06-08T20:49:54.616-07:00I recommend finding an authentic teacher attending...I recommend finding an authentic teacher attending the teachings,YouTube is a blereading dharma books, Mark Bykerk Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515529377311657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-40161993016389195142017-04-11T01:59:02.828-07:002017-04-11T01:59:02.828-07:00During the third period, the Mahayana degenerated ...During the third period, the Mahayana degenerated into an unhealthy form of Tantra and lost ground in most parts of India until Buddhism was brought to an end in its homeland by the Turkish invaders in a short time following this period. <br /><a href="http://www.buddhawow.com" rel="nofollow">buddha meaning</a><br />Mueeid Soomrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15577809287812278966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-89263863844015546602014-12-10T23:42:54.165-08:002014-12-10T23:42:54.165-08:00Having read your writing for years, I don't th...Having read your writing for years, I don't think you would make a good Buddhist. Hedonism and Buddhism are not on the same plane.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812475771025041335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-78773243384868582632014-08-17T12:42:52.809-07:002014-08-17T12:42:52.809-07:00Hello All,
A definitive goal of the Buddhist path ...Hello All,<br />A definitive goal of the Buddhist path is discharge from the round of phenomenal existence with its inborn suffering. To accomplish this goal is to achieve nirvana, an enlightened state in which the blazes of greed, hatred, and ignorance have been extinguished. Not to be befuddled with aggregate demolition, nirvana is a state of cognizance past definition. In the wake of achievingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280177869088083159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-92176107183417512622014-06-27T04:25:14.346-07:002014-06-27T04:25:14.346-07:00Hi, Winston… I agree with some of your comments --...Hi, Winston… I agree with some of your comments -- especially your concluding remarks. But the way I learned The Dharma (the term "Buddhism" -- as I understand it -- is more or less a Western invention) was not as a religion or dogmatic belief system but as a psychological system and a practice that succeeds or fails on its merits for each individual who practices it in their own way. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381002630743652833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869029385656642973.post-71259983211782751542014-06-27T01:18:46.452-07:002014-06-27T01:18:46.452-07:00Hey Winston, Cyrus here. As with a lot of religion...Hey Winston, Cyrus here. As with a lot of religions, what starts out as practical teachings from a religious figure gets interpreted wildly over hundreds of years, into some weird incarnation it is today. When a real Buddhist (that is.... Buddha) says to not desire, he means to not be attached to the outcome of things. Don't pen ALL your happiness on some job or some chick, only to have your CyrusKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380574298256805498noreply@blogger.com