tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post2167983388596657073..comments2024-03-18T16:28:06.364+07:00Comments on Buddha Space: Buddha & Eckhart: On DetachmentGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-10208172696016467712015-09-21T23:11:13.894+07:002015-09-21T23:11:13.894+07:00Thanks for the comments, Brad. An interesting book...Thanks for the comments, Brad. An interesting book that compares Buddhism & Eckhart is 'Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist' by D.T. Suzuki. Well worth a read. Also, on this blog there are a series of reflections under the label 'Buddha and Eckhart.'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-26209599623920957602015-09-21T22:38:51.518+07:002015-09-21T22:38:51.518+07:00Hello my friend,
I wrote a research paper on Meis...Hello my friend,<br /><br />I wrote a research paper on Meister Eckhart's battles with the papal inquisition, very interesting story containing some insights into European politics and religion during the middle ages...BUT I wanted to explore more what I felt were similarities between Eckhart's theology and certain Buddhist views; For whatever reason, I got too busy to really dig in much. I will keep your blog on my radar. Thanks for posting!<br /><br />-BradBrad Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337333600618221920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-12336989921239101352012-03-26T19:31:20.657+07:002012-03-26T19:31:20.657+07:00Perhaps there's more pleasure for you (up till...Perhaps there's more pleasure for you (up till now), Anonymous...but don't count on that always being the case. And, is one person's experience that there's more pleasure than pain reason to deny it in the lives of others? Tell a starving child that there's more pleasure in life than pain...tell a victim of torture and abuse. As to the Buddha, he wasn't concerned so much with pain, but with suffering (dukkha). We can experience pain and not suffer (through detachment). We can still recognize pain and what it is pointing out to us, but we don't have to suffer...that's a choice. The Buddha showed us this...Be well!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-56524667411714594872012-03-25T17:43:42.916+07:002012-03-25T17:43:42.916+07:00One thing is for sure,
i can detach like bamboo sh...One thing is for sure,<br />i can detach like bamboo shadows playing on the dusty floor and sleep mat<br />like moonbeams on the scales of fish, the turbulence above untouched, unaffected, like the Dunwichian Horror that passed by the Savior's crucified feet and never dematerialized<br />What is the price of rice in a far away country? If I knew I wouldn't have to walk a thousand miles. I don't care if I ever will know-knowledge is a grave, and concepts shrouds-as long as I'm on the way, I'm with Life, and <br />Life is all that matters. <br />And Buddha otherwise, there's more pleasure than there's pain, and pain is alright, at least in notifying a child of the presence of fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-43722051092196477332012-03-25T15:32:44.572+07:002012-03-25T15:32:44.572+07:00Thanks for the comments, Anonymous X2.Thanks for the comments, Anonymous X2.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-42313341528415726372012-03-25T14:25:16.262+07:002012-03-25T14:25:16.262+07:00Very interesting! The commonalities are fascinatin...Very interesting! The commonalities are fascinating. If all loads lead to Rome (or to Nirvana), it is helpful to see the many different ways one can arrive there. One has to choose one's own course (or a wise teacher can guide one to the path most suited to one's particular character and experience).<br /><br />- SergeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-24972387846766261032012-02-12T17:56:46.729+07:002012-02-12T17:56:46.729+07:00How can i detach from the law of gravity? I'll...How can i detach from the law of gravity? I'll still fall from ten floors down. and such a beautiful face as I go down, I'll stop more hearts than Elvis Presley when I hit the ground. Oh!!! Absolute Beauty if My friend gets skinned alive by traffickers; can it be compared to Mozart's, displace a note, and oh, Ugliness!!! Stupid philosopher. He just got lucky the Inquisition didn't get him. did i just misunderstand whatever he means by detachment. It's easy to detach from just an apple pie, can i detach from the center of the galaxy? Easy and hard are relative. Also stupid. And him. if the beating of my heart depends on attachments, then to detach would be folly. And i'm happy that is out of my control. And I'm happy that my heart is attached to everything, and my blood flows, and life is kept, and my eyes keep glorying in the glories of the Lord, and Buddha and Eckhart can stick their detachment up their colAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-51614997827640656822010-12-28T10:58:57.066+07:002010-12-28T10:58:57.066+07:00Freespace - no win, no lose; right! Just is-ness, ...Freespace - no win, no lose; right! Just is-ness, where phenomena and non-phenomena (No-thing) coexist. <br /><br />Zen111 - ah, got it! "No-thingness." Great!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-67054143338528743582010-12-28T09:32:20.566+07:002010-12-28T09:32:20.566+07:00no such thing of immortality or eternity like in c...no such thing of immortality or eternity like in christianity. eternity in buddhism = as if you are never born in the first place. aka the main theme in this blog NO_THINGNESS!!!rendevous_zen111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-65725655935244787372010-12-28T09:31:22.192+07:002010-12-28T09:31:22.192+07:00study first right? along the way we will know stud...study first right? along the way we will know studying just cause much suffering instead let go right? here in the end youll realize you neither win or lose one just the end of phenomena..freespacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-4886007053488465702010-12-27T22:02:39.299+07:002010-12-27T22:02:39.299+07:00Freespace, it's right that we should quit stud...Freespace, it's right that we should quit studying to realise in actual experience what otherwise might remain just conceptual. Funnily enough, we need to study first before we can give it up, however, otherwise we have nothing to give up! (Also, a certain amount of studying the Buddha Dharma helps to let go wisely.) Nice process of reflection going on here - thank you!<br /><br />Zen111, understood and agree with the first statement. The second statement didn't make sense, however; would you rephrase it for this idiot typing these words?Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-59397414058487031062010-12-27T21:09:52.961+07:002010-12-27T21:09:52.961+07:00perfection is where there is absolutely nothing to...perfection is where there is absolutely nothing to begin and end with. in buddhism there is no way for a concrete existence such as in christianity to begin what perfection is.rendevous_zen111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-45161264838069736372010-12-27T21:08:04.872+07:002010-12-27T21:08:04.872+07:00buddhism is like being in a very difficul class wh...buddhism is like being in a very difficul class where passing and failing is too much of a risk. a student always fails and pass at the same time but deep inside he felt that he has too much worries and thinks this is always a cycle. what he did he contemplated and thinks life is an illusion and wha t he is doing pass or fail are just like this, gone with the wind. after much reflection he knows what to do. quit studying since it is useless in the long run in the light of non self, interdependence and dukkha. he felt comfort and calmness after he quit the class. he is concerned about his co suffering schoolmates thus he taught them how to do the same so suffering will end. thanks for the compliments though.freespacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-69385460556032039082010-12-26T22:00:13.254+07:002010-12-26T22:00:13.254+07:00Nicely put, Freespace. Your last words recall the ...Nicely put, Freespace. Your last words recall the penultimate verse from the Xin Xin Ming of Zen's Third Chinese Patriarch:<br /><br />One in all,<br />All in One -<br />If only this is realized,<br />No more worry about imperfection. <br /><br />These words also echo Raju's comments, as well: we're One after all. And great to hear that the words on 'Buddha Space' are "mind-cracking"!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-31433553838786334012010-12-26T03:03:30.434+07:002010-12-26T03:03:30.434+07:00G space,
another mind cracking blog for christmas...G space,<br /><br />another mind cracking blog for christmas. <br /><br />detachment is a means of realizing emptiness from which A B and C are not anymore mutually seperate beings but part of each other. emptiness = taking B and C as your body part not some external interpersonal relationship. in christianity stopping anger needs an empowering from the love of God and in buddhism plus mysticism stopping anger is effective by realizing no such external seperatedness but all is one and one is all.freespacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-88074957732862066652010-12-25T10:53:31.343+07:002010-12-25T10:53:31.343+07:00Good for you, Raju!Good for you, Raju!Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-1434476465551620412010-12-25T09:00:39.659+07:002010-12-25T09:00:39.659+07:00I have no hard feelings, to have that you need atl...I have no hard feelings, to have that you need atleast two, but there is only one. I just see the totality in all beings.Raju Kumarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-47434365490141030502010-12-25T08:58:45.141+07:002010-12-25T08:58:45.141+07:001) Truth is neither interesting nor not interestin...1) Truth is neither interesting nor not interesting. It is only truth.<br />2)Absolutely and no one can understand it all<br />3)Comparison will only cause confusion. Hence we have so many interpretations<br />4) Buddhism or any ism is still concept. Truth has no isms<br />5) Might be fun for you, but others fight over this<br />6) Its difficult to follow just one teacher<br />7)How do you define a christian? How is that different from a buddhist? Go beyond the names and forms.<br />8)Its is the practice that will lead to awakening<br />9)You need to understand only the truth. Rest all is impermanent<br />10)comparing truth with truth results only in truth. Surprised that you find differences.Raju Kumarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-87846606113426833192010-12-25T07:44:04.295+07:002010-12-25T07:44:04.295+07:00"Why do you compare two teachers?"
Beca..."Why do you compare two teachers?"<br /><br />Because:<br />1) It's interesting<br />2) No one teacher has 'it all'<br />3) Comparison can improve understanding<br />4) Looking at Buddhism with Eckartian eyes can illuminate it in ways that may have otherwise remained darkened<br />5) It's fun<br />6) It's inspiring<br />7) To connect with Christians<br />8) To awaken<br />9) To understand Christianity better<br />10) To find the similarities, as well as the differences<br /><br />"Please stop comparing Buddha with all the rest."<br /><br />No.<br /><br />Be well, Raju. No hard feelings (here, anyway!).Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820006311674418847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595900014735598043.post-78087095214936886102010-12-25T00:47:43.313+07:002010-12-25T00:47:43.313+07:00Why do you compare two teachers? There teachings a...Why do you compare two teachers? There teachings are to be followed. If you start comparing you would end up with some differences which will cause more problems. Please stop comparing buddha with all the rest. Each teacher is unique and teaches according to the culture in that place and hence there would be differences.Raju Kumarnoreply@blogger.com