Alex wrote:
--- In [email protected], Alex Bunard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Fudo, you say somewhere above that an attachment > > is "very > > relative and based upon limited information" , do > > you know of any > > teaching that deals with a limited information that > > in many cases > > can not be known since it will be the equivalent to > > know the future, > > and how to remove the relativity that impose one's > > wishes. > > Hi Carlos, > > Many people I get in contact with approach Buddhist > practice for the wrong reasons. Having various issues > with one's parents, children, employers, spouses, > neighbours, etc. is not a reason to necessarily seek > help in Buddhist teachings. Such issues can be > resolved using other, more common-sense measures (such > as therapy, for example). > > Buddhist practice is the final answer. It deals > strictly with questions pertaining to life and death. I thought that life was everything thar comes before death. > > Buddhism doesn't explain the world around us, nor does > it focus on ameliorating our everyday world. There are > other disciplines that specialize in that. I thought that Buddhism show the path to awakening so one can understand the world around us and the fake world that we create in our mind as well as what happen to us when ego and body dies. Iterestingly the first noble truth say that life is suffering, the second noble truth tell the reason of suffering, the third noble truth say that trere is a way out of suffering and the four noble truth show the way we have to live this life (now,the present)in order to get awakened, one can say that Zen is different because it goes directly to awakening before reflecting on one actions but since awakening is not Buddahood one has to go continuing purifying ones mind for a long time before complete enlightment ,so it is not so different. Maybe I am totally mistaken about what I am going to say and please if somebody could explain it better please do it. If the therapist adjust the world that a person has created (fix ego of some neurotic pattern so that this person can funtion better (according to some predetermined standard))Would not that be to reinforce dualistic living and the dellusion of I? > > Because of that, I routinely refuse to engage any > questions of the type "should I call my estranged > father, or should I wait for him to call me?" etc. In > other words, it is important to let one's students > know that the teacher will not be telling them what to > do in their every day affairs. No one can remove the > responsibility off your shoulders. One has to do what > one has to do, and no amount of enlightened Buddhist > practice will help us avoid that. > > Alex Metta Carlos ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> It is better to give.... Especially when giving to a child in poverty. Click here to meet a child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/uq3f6C/hJlJAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
