Is meru D same as a Buddhist monk or merudanda same as meru D? what is the same-ness of same? lionâs mane/ only strangely names/what did it contain/the samely same/a broken chain in a hungry vein/all too plain/as you may see/plain and same/ will never be the same/in this game
Plain was the same as it ever was the same plainly plain, samely same. But thenâ" someone lit the flame! Plain rode away on lionâs mane where plain met fruits with strangely names such wonderful things did they did containâ" a shot of life to a hungry vein, the captive beast who broke the chain. And there upon that fruited plain became what plain became So much more than more than plain. Plain will never be the same.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuWGt2Ux6I <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJuWGt2Ux6I> The day was short, night will be cool And this night, it was made for fools You wonât find fools like me and you I found myself in you.. [:D] Keep day from night and as the day fades Burn a candle bright for me --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > good morning evening meru D, is the Dharma the same as the Tao? Being? The Void? I have seen this phrase the Dharma before and have wondered what it means when used in this way which is different than what I am familiar with. apologies for ending sentence with preposition thank you sl > > PS Sometimes athletes call it being in the zone and I think this is the same state as mindfulness or yoga stah but am not really an expert on mindfulness so could be wrong. Wishing you easeful resolution of mixed feelings. Are you a Buddhist monk? > > > > ________________________________ > From: merudanda [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 3:47 AM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Buddhist same-sex wedding in Taiwan > > > > Homophobia. -Islamo-phobia, -Buddha-phobia,-Nation-phobia ? > ...you don't have to look too and so far to see similar to that :racism continues long after the Civil Rights act and other -isms continue to flare up > One such instance is the Islamophobia that has increased in much of the Western world after successful Al-Queda attacks of 9/11, the 7/7 attacks in London, the Madrid train bombing, and others. Muslims have also been under attack in the Theravadin Buddhist world of Sri Lanka, Thailand, and -more recently- Burma > In response to this, Joshua Eaton, with Danny Fisher recently created "An Open Letter on Islamophobia from the Buddhist Community" > .http://buddhistletteronislamophobia.wordpress.com/ > "..In our own countries, we ask law enforcement agencies to stop targeting Muslim communities with indiscriminate surveillance and profiling. And we call on Americans to see their Muslims neighbors as fellow citizens, bound together with them through the shared values of democracy, equality, and freedom. > > In the wider Buddhist community, we ask our fellow Buddhists to refrain from using the Dharma to support nationalism, ethnic conflict, and Islamophobia. We believe that these values are antithetical to the Buddha's teachings on loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity..." > > On a bit `real-er' note, the Olympics produced good stories related to Buddhism by describing air pistol winner Kim Jang-Mi of South Korea as an avid meditator: > > "In Buddhism it is said that athletic activities pull you into a natural state of mindfulness. Sport becomes a form of meditation when you engage it with your full attention." > http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=89,11012,0,0,1,0 > http://www.examiner.com/article/kim-jang-mi-says-buddhist-mindfulness-tr\ aining-won-her-an-olympic-gold. > Interestingly we wonder why another story seems also to gives rise to mixed feelings: > a Tibetan woman winning an Olympic medal â" for China. ... > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb no_reply@ wrote: > > > > Forwarded to FFL, for what I suspect will soon become apparent reasons, > > is a short post I found on Facebook, originally from a forum that I know > > nothing about called Wipe Out Homophobia. > > > > Two women became the first couple to have a Buddhist same-sex wedding in > > Taiwan. > > > > Fish Huang and You Ya-ting , who have been together for seven years, > > exchanged vows and prayer beads instead of rings at a monastery in > > Taoyuan, northern Taiwan, accompanied by chants from nearly 300 > > Buddhists. > > > > [https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/409743_517664258\ \ > > 259636_1626934322_n.jpg] > > > > https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/409743_5176642582\ \ > > 59636_1626934322_n.jpg > > <https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/409743_517664258\ \ > > 259636_1626934322_n.jpg> > > >
