"In the Sutras, Buddha says:
The fully ripened effects of actions ripen not on soil or stones, but only on consciousness.

This is because only consciousness has feelings, and only with feelings can we experience the ripened effects of actions.

Virtuous actions result in pleasant feelings,
non-virtuous actions in unpleasant feelings, and
neutral actions in neutral feelings."

"The function of contaminated feelings is to act as the basis for the three poisons - attachment, hatred, and ignorance.

Contaminated pleasant feelings induce attachment,
contaminated unpleasant feelings induce hatred, and
contaminated neutral feelings induce ignorance.

In Guide to the Bodhisnttva's Way of Life Shantideva says:
Because of feeling, craving develops.


When ordinary beings develop pleasant feelings they develop craving, or attachment.

Similarly, their unpleasant feelings induce anger, and their neutral feelings induce ignorance.

By closely watching our mind we can observe these automatic reactions occurring almost continuously."

"Contaminated feelings are like moisture germinating the seeds of delusion that we have carried from previous lives.

Uncontaminated feelings
Foe Destroyers have eradicated the seeds of delusion from their mental continuum and so even when they develop intensely pleasant feelings they do not develop desirous attachment.

Being free from self-grasping, their feelings are uncontaminated and so they cannot be the cause of delusions.


All contaminated feelings are objects to be abandoned."

"There is a twofold division of feelings from the point of view of their uncommon dominant condition:
1.Bodily feelings
2.Mental feelings

Bodily feelings are feelings associated with the five sense consciousnesses.

They are generated in dependence upon a sense power possessing form.

Mental feelings are feelings associated with mental consciousness, which arise in dependence upon a mental power."

"There is a twofold division of feelings from the point of view of their nature:
1.Contaminated feelings
2.Uncontaminated feelings

Contaminated feelings are feelings conjoined with self-grasp*ing, and uncontaminated feelings are feelings conjoined with wisdom directly realizing emptiness.

Until we attain the path of seeing, most of our feelings are contaminated feelings."

"It is easy to generate a wish to abandon unpleasant feelings, but to generate a wish to abandon contaminated pleasant and neutral feelings we need a very good understanding of the nature of samsara.

Both contaminated feelings and contaminated discriminations are key links in the chain that binds us to samsara.

Contaminated discriminations identify objects as pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral; and contaminated feelings experience them in these ways.

Contaminated feelings then give rise to the three poisons, which in turn lead us to perform contaminated actions, the principal causes of rebirth in samsara.

As mentioned earlier, it is because feelings and discriminations are so import*ant that when Buddha explained the five aggregates he selected them from among the 51 mental factors and designated them each as a separate aggregate."

"According to Dharma, laziness is any mind that is disinclined to engage in virtuous activities, not just attachment to physical ease and sleep.

There is no more important spiritual task than to eliminate laziness.

Suppleness is the direct opponent to laziness.

With suppleness, virtuous activities such as contemplation or meditation become a pleasure and there is no reluctance to engage in them.


The serviceability of the mind, which is called 'suppleness', is one of the main benefits that come from concentration.

Although at present we have a certain degree of concentration when we meditate, it is relatively weak and short-lived, and so the suppleness it produces is subtle and difficult to recognize; but as our concentration becomes stronger and more stable our suppleness will also improve.


It is not just the intensity of suppleness that is important, for suppleness must also be firm and long-lasting.

If we have suppleness that lasts for twenty-four hours a day we shall always find it easy to engage in virtuous actions because we shall never become physically or mentally tired; and we shall always be delighted to listen to, contemplate, and meditate on Dharma teachings.

With this joy in Dharma practice we shall find no difficulty in accomplishing the five paths, the ten grounds, and the realizations of the two stages of Tantra."

"Fericiti facatorii de pace caci ei vor mosteni imparatia cerurilor."

Pacea adevarata poate fi "facuta" doar atunci cand este eliminata orice tensiune in procesul cognitiei, cand cele 'trei sfere ale cunoasterii' sunt eliberate prin realizarea directa a naturii lor: subiect, obiect, proces cognitiv.

"Non-hatred

" Modern Bodhisattva’s Way of Life: Becoming the living, loving Dharmakaya


(3.21) Just like the great elements such as earth,
And like eternal space,
May I become the basis from which everything arises
For sustaining the life of countless living beings;

(3.22) And, until they have passed beyond sorrow,
May I sustain all forms of life
Throughout the realms of living beings
That reach to the ends of space.

If we’re practicing giving like Shantideva then we have a wish to be whatever others need, not simply to do what others want.

We want to be what they need.

We think, “if others want me to be someone other, I’ll be that person for them.”

With total faith and a loving heart like Shantideva, we offer ourself to others pledging to become whatever we need to become for them to be able to provide them both temporary and ultimate benefit.

We have an attitude that is ready to endure whatever we need to endure.

We are ready to go through whatever we need to go through.

For me, the easiest way to do this is to view my ordinary self as like a karmic reflection or echo or synthesis of all the delusions and negative karma of those I love that I have taken upon myself through my previous practice of taking.

When suffering arises within our body, delusions emerge within our mind or negative karma ripens in our life, we strongly believe that this is the suffering, delusions and negative karma of all living beings that we have previously taken upon ourselves.

We then believe that – like Jesus – we work through these things for living beings so that they don’t have to. What do living beings need? They need somebody to do this for them.

This is why Jesus is so powerful in this world – he meets this need.

But so can we, if we train diligently in correct methods for long enough.

With these verses, Shantideva reveals how the truth body Dharmakaya of a Buddha is of the same nature as his emanation body.

Normally we speak of a Buddha’s emanations, as if they are a multitude of individual emanations.

But in truth, all of conventional reality is a fully integrated blanket of emanations functioning as a whole to liberate living beings.

It is only due to our ignorance that we see conventional reality as a samsara instead of as the unfolding of Buddha’s emanations in this world.

The pure conventional nature of all things is a Buddha’s form body, and the pure ultimate nature is a Buddha’s truth body. These two are inseparable, like gold from its coin." Kadampa Working Dad - Ryan

De ce sa ne asemanam Lui Hristos in rabdarea suferintelor?

Care este sensul profund al acestei patimiri voluntare, daca nu dorinta de a salva totul si toate,
de a reda fiecarei fapturi fericirea eterna de a fi?

Patimirea hristica este legata de salvarea celor care se afla in suferinta.

Dragostea de Dumnezeu se aprinde intelegand dragostea Lui Dumnezeu pentru toate fapturile.

Iubirea dintre om si Dumnezeu include toata realitatea, nu lasa nimic inafara, nu ignora nicio faptura.

Cine e fiinta?
 

Scriu demult singura in agenda mea tot felul de intrebari si cugetari ciudate si personale.Am citit cat am putut din masiva ta contributie pe tema budism crestinism.viata filozofie etc.
imi place ca esti liber in cautari si nici o garnita a intrebarilor nu e prea sus. nu exista intrebari de care mi-e frica (pentru mine). chestionez tot. Asta ma face sa cred.

Anyway, pe ultima pagina din agenda mea scrie asa:
(Iti dau o frantura, nu am mai aratat nimanui ce ma tot intreb. Unele intrebari sunt de copil.Dar e o metoda sa-mi pun mintea in sine insasi. in stare... )

''Cine e FIINTA? nu toti formam FIINTA UNIVERSALA? Daca n-ar mai exista nici o fiinta?
Ar ramane vacuitatea? E vacuitatea o stare alterata de constiinta? sau isi are germenii in constiinta ? sau poate nu constiinta asa cu o intelegem noi oamenii...

O constiinta a vietii insasi?

are vacuitatea legatura cu non fiinta? Adica non fiinta fiind opusul ideii de fiinta creatoare?
Exista pentru budisti non fiinta?

Cine e non -fiinta?

:) O sa ai de lucru daca vrei sa-mi raspunzi.

Cu tot dragul iti multumesc <3

Fiinta (constiinta / persoana) - non-fiinta sunt conceptualizari care isi au izvorul in experienta curenta, in modul cum percepem/concepem fenomenele.

Daca privim de la o distanta rezonabila se poate face cu usurinta distinctie intre cele doua categorii. Insa, daca intram in profunzimea lor, daca incepem sa le privim cu microscopul si marim din ce in ce mai mult zoom-ul, lucrurile se complica - granita care le delimiteaza devine din ce in ce mai dificil de identificat.

In filmul Matrix este o replica celebra:

No one can be told what the Matrix is.
You have to see it for yourself.

Este perfect valabila cu privire la natura fiintei / non-fiintei - Dumnezeu.

Nimanui nu i se poate spune ce este fiinta/constiinta/non-fiinta sau Dumnezeu Insusi. Natura lor este de domeniul experientei directe.

Ca sa-ti raspund la intrebarea adresata -- vacuitatea nu are legatura cu non-fiinta.

In budism, vacuitatea este un instrument cognitiv, instrumentul care cauta esenta fenomenelor fie cele incluse in categoria fiinta, fie cele percepute ca non-fiinta.

Este un mod rational prin care se initiaza actul contemplatiei.

Fundamentul rational este sistematizat teoretic si explicat in numeroase tratate budiste (de referinta Calea de Mijloc - Nagarjuna). Toate isi au insa originea in ceea ce este numit in budism, A Doua Invartire a Rotii Dharmei - discursul lui Buddha cu privire la Prajnaparamita (Perfectiunea Intelepciunii).

Echivalentul cognitiv in iudaism/crestinism il aflam in prima/a doua porunca: Sa nu-ti faci plasmuiri cu privire la ce este Dumnezeu - pentru ca Dumnezeu nu poate fi asemuit cu nimic.

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Doctrina budista sustine ca nu exista realitate in afara de constiinta,
ca absolut toate fenomenele sunt, de fapt, expresii ale acesteia.

Experienta curenta pare sa contrazica aceasta afirmatie in sensul ca pare sa existe o realitate obiectiva inafara constiintei, un neant material.

Misterul rezida in esenta constiintei, adevarul cu privire la natura acesteia.

Sper ca ti-am oferit niste raspunsuri. Numai bine.

da multumesc pentru raspuns.
intradevar zoomul exagerat nu este intentia intrebarilor mele.
ne putem duce pe aceasta axa a intrebarilor in orice extrema.
de preferat ar fii sa fim ancorati in credinta sa patrundem aceste taine cu inima.
Eu cred ca increderea si credinta si sacrificul pentru ceva in care crezi sunt cele mai tainice motoare ale fiintei, cele mai de neinteles, cele mai misterioase, cele mai haotice.O viata manata de credinta , oricare credinta ar fii ea , oricat de tainica are un parfum pe care moartea nu-l poate anula. Nu e vorba ca ne depasim conditia cand credem in ceva. De abia atunci ne-o creem.

neantul material , frumos...

iti doresc multa liniste si impacare.
mai revin :)

incerc sa-mi dau seama cum se posteaza aici , de aceea 2 mesaje.
numai bine

Metafora, misterul - constructia poetica in ansamblul sau, cu toata gama de expresie de la tragic/agonie la extaz; de la zbucium la pace adanca - are rolul lor ei specific in economia spirituala.

Toate religiile uziteaza intensiv de acest gen de constructii semantice prin care isi transmit mesajul, prin care formeaza/transfigureaza profilul credinciosilor. Cuvantul modeleaza mintea si inima.

Insa, poezia are limitele sale. Este de domeniul expresiei, fenomenalului. Adevarul o transcende.

Renuntarea reprezinta o virtute radacina, fara de care virtutile corespunzatoare stadiilor mai inalte de practica nu pot inflori.

Daca cineva ne impune sa renutam la ceva pe care-l consideram util, aceasta ne induce o stare de discomfort. Daca ar fi ceva care ne face bucurosi, ne-ar provoca o stare de parere de rau.

Insa, renuntarea la ceva periculos, nefolositor, ne aduce o anumita pace si bucurie interioara.

Renuntarea la samsara este o stare de emulatie sustinuta de intelegere si decizie.

Denumirea "samsara" nu suscita la prima lectura intelesurile pe care acest termen il are de fapt. Mai potrivit ar fi, de exemplu, "viciasara", pentru a denomina o existenta profund viciata - vicii vizibile cum ar fi suferinta, boala, moartea si - vicii invizibile care se afla in continuumul mintii.

There's no higher miracle, there's no greater wonder than simply acknowledging the basic truth about the nature of reality.

"Whether we experience an object as pleasant or unpleasant depends entirely upon our karma."
No object is inherently pleasant or unpleasant.
Only our ignorance make us perceive in this deluded way.
Being wise as a snake suppose to understand this and consequently you'll be gentle as a dove.

True meaning of Exodus

"Samsara is described with many different analogies, such as a prison, a swamp and a nightmare.
But for me, it is a slaughterhouse in which none will be spared. All enter, none come out.

We correctly decry the Nazi death camps, but we don’t think twice about the much larger genocide taking place all around us. All who are born must die, and they will be tormented by suffering the whole way.
Death holds total dominion over us all. His reign goes unquestioned and unchallenged by all but the few brave souls, such as Jesus and Buddha, who stood their ground and defeated death itself. Because we doubt it can be done, we don’t even try. But it can be done, and we have been given the methods for how to do so.If we succeed, and success is guaranteed if we never give up trying, we will not only conquer death ourselves but we will gain the ability to help all others do the same. We will stand at the door of death where we will lovingly greet all and guide them to permanent freedom. We admire the soldiers who free people from captivity, we worship Moses who freed the Jewish people from Egyptian bondage, but no real freedom is ever found in samsara.

The true meaning of Exodus is from samsara, from uncontrolled death itself.

The Buddhas have come for us. Our time is now. We are invited to bring along all those we love. The freedom of all is assured if we but follow.
Material poverty is tragic, but it pales in comparison with spiritual poverty. We could be the richest person on earth, but spiritually poor, and our life would have no meaning. We could be the poorest person on earth, but spiritually rich, and we would lack for nothing. The only reason we lack anything is because we ignorantly grasp at ourselves as somehow being separate from all things.

When we realize the wisdom of non-dual emptiness, we not only will lack nothing we will become everything.

What else can promise such things?"


Kadampa Ryan

Florine, cred ca ar fi mult mai bine daca ai traduce ceea ce postezi in engleza.S-ar intelege mai bine ,chiar daca ai face doar un rezumat, si nu ai traduce cuvant cu cuvant.

Oricum imi aduc aminte de Gandhi un om care il stimez si il respect mult,care desi a citit si studiat si din Biblie, si lucruri din crestinism,studiind si locuind vreo 4 ani in Anglia, la un moment dat i se propune sa fie adus la crestinism,si el raspunde ceva de genul, ca sa nascut aici in hinduism ,si ca locul lui este acolo(in hinduism), de aceea nu prea te inteleg inca o data in plus, de ce te departezi de ortodoxie, de crestinism?

Din punctul meu de vedere nu ma indepartez, ci ma apropii mai mult de miezul crestinismului.

Budhismul ofera o perspectiva de detaliu, rationala, cu privire la aspecte cheie cum ar fi pacatul, persoana/eul, cunoasterea apofatica. Dar si o perspectiva generala asupra naturii existentei - transformarea/impermanenta fenomenelor/suferinta/moartea/nasterea.

Crestinismul nu dezvolta analize pe conceptele cheie in sensul elucidarii naturii lor - miscarea intelegerii nu poate fi decat in spatiul limitat de dogma. Depinde de la persoana la persoana, unii au nevoie de mai multe explicatii, altii nu.

Voi incerca sa traduc din engleza, in limita timpului pe care il am la dispozitie.

Numai bine Johnny!

"Anxiety comes from fear - fear we can't get it all done, fear we are not up to the task, fear of what might happen. It's all equally empty." Kadampa Ryan
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Anxietatea vine din frica - frica de a nu putea indeplini toate sarcinile ce ne revin, frica ce ne cupride atunci cand apreciem ca sarcina este prea dificila, frica de ceea ce s-ar putea intampla. Insa toate fricile sunt goale de o natura proprie - metaforic - nu sunt altceva decat praf in vant.

Transfigure all your ordinary activities into enlightened ones.

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Transfigureaza toate activitatile tale lumesti in lucrari ceresti.

The realm of innocence begins with the initial awareness of an existence and ends with conceiving it as being inherent.

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Taramul inocentei se intinde de la constientizarea initiala a unei existente pana la conceperea acesteia ca fiind intrinseca.

Te apropii de crestinism si de Dumnezeu in clipa in care tii tainele dupa puterile proprii.Adica spovedanie macar de doua ori pe an, in cele doua mari posturi. In clipa in care nu o faci ,te intreb ce ai avea de ascuns.Ai o teama ,o frica? Daca nu te spovedesti te departezi de Dumnezeu.Fiindca nespovedindu-te apoi nici nu te impartasesti si "iacata" dintro data, ai lasat doua taine ortodoxe, sa nu lucreze in viata ta.

La Cine ne spovedim de fapt?
Cum si cu Cine ne impartasim, de fapt?

Caci spovedania nu este altceva decat o golire, iar impartasania o umplere.

Fara golire nu poate fi umplere.

The healthiest and purest diet - the diet with blessings. .

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Cea mai sanatoasa si curata dieta - dieta cu binecuvantari.

Desi operam cu intelesuri: "unire" si "despartire" / "golire" si "umplere" - in mod necesar trebuie sa gasim intelepciunea care le transcende.