tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619851895994016888.post3273000163610018494..comments2020-10-08T15:47:50.603-05:00Comments on An Outpost From A Complex World: Common Sense when Looking for Buddha Dharma and Sangha真行 http://www.blogger.com/profile/09275768134243230516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619851895994016888.post-8625634712329046352012-12-03T15:03:23.382-06:002012-12-03T15:03:23.382-06:00One of the points I tried to make in this post is ...<br /><br />One of the points I tried to make in this post is that the safety or refuge people often spend their whole lives searching for on the outside is found within. From that safety, I can begin to include all dharmas as an extension of self, although accepting all dharmas as an extension of self is something I'm still struggling with. Especially when they are dharmas or views I did not agree to or, in some cases, even initially perceive.<br /><br />I don't think it's ever possible to know the reality of all dharmas, or even one dharma. That's why the words and actions of even the most well-intentioned, most enlightened people can go awry. Maybe that's why Shakyamuni Buddha began to walk on tiptoes, as well as developing the eight-fold path. I doubt Shakyamuni Buddha ever taught fear and anger.<br /><br />I'm sure I still have quite a lot to learn along these lines. I imagine life will find a way. I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be and ultimately that's my refuge.<br /><br />Thank you very much for your comment. <br /><br /><br />真行 https://www.blogger.com/profile/09275768134243230516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-619851895994016888.post-18093767003583546582012-12-02T01:48:08.759-06:002012-12-02T01:48:08.759-06:00Hi, Interesting questions. I wish to add some pers...Hi, Interesting questions. I wish to add some perspectives of my own,so to speak, and these may not be the ultimate truth.It is up to you to interpret as you wish.<br /><br />1) The teacher and the student are both conceptual understandings. The Buddha said to his disciples, 'after the passing away of the Buddha the dharam should become the teacher'. All phenomenon are defined as dharma. Even a teacher-student relationship is a phenomena. <br /><br />2) What should be learned, what is refuge? Refuge is to know the reality of the phenomenon. Knowing the reality one shapes a 'safe heaven'. There is no artificial safe heaven, hence, nothing is safe and nothing is heavenly. Mind, action,words shapes our outcomes. Protecting these three doors should provide us with the safety we wish to find.<br /><br />I wish you all the very best for your spiritual journey.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07992585415120054925noreply@blogger.com